Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

England 1888-1895

‹ 1888-1894 1888-1896 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sunderland 9.229 223 101 21 35 440 210 157 6
2 Preston North End 7.989 269 122 25 60 497 262 207 1
3 Blackburn Rovers 6.235 244 99 46 67 525 382 212 2
4 Aston Villa 6.196 237 104 29 68 538 408 201 3
5 Notts County 4.973 214 92 30 83 449 391 205 7
6 Everton 4.951 231 103 25 67 489 345 195 5
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4.863 233 100 33 79 418 402 212 4
8 Nottingham Forest 4.495 117 45 27 43 210 199 115 14
9 Sheffield United 4.352 104 46 12 32 177 167 90 18
10 Bolton Wanderers 4.122 199 87 25 85 416 395 197 8
11 Sheffield Wednesday 3.775 120 52 16 51 222 222 119 13
12 Liverpool 3.758 76 31 14 16 134 93 61 20
13 West Bromwich Albion 3.686 188 80 28 95 410 437 203 9
14 Birmingham City 3.322 107 49 9 29 257 168 87 16
15 Burnley 3.277 177 75 27 92 357 413 194 10
16 Derby County 3.203 173 70 33 93 372 483 196 11
17 Bury 2.326 48 23 2 5 78 33 30 29
18 Stoke City 2.260 135 54 27 94 290 400 175 12
19 Darwen 2.150 106 46 14 57 234 290 117 17
20 Accrington 2.115 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 15
21 Manchester United 1.985 73 28 17 50 170 216 95 22
22 Newcastle United 1.322 65 28 9 24 143 128 61 25
23 Grimsby Town 1.174 98 47 4 37 202 165 88 19
24 Leicester City 1.151 41 16 9 8 74 57 33 31
25 Burton Wanderers 0.800 37 15 7 10 69 41 32 33
26 Arsenal 0.732 62 26 10 26 130 128 62 27
27 Bootle 0.552 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 36
28 Burton United 0.532 76 34 8 39 180 191 81 21
29 Lincoln City 0.531 67 29 9 45 158 206 83 24
30 Manchester City 0.528 70 31 8 41 174 183 80 23
31 Burslem Port Vale 0.450 63 26 11 43 135 198 80 26
32 Walsall 0.434 58 26 6 51 142 241 83 28
33 Middlesbrough Iron 0.431 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 35
34 Derby Midland 0.321 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 42
35 Northwich Victoria 0.307 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 34
36 Rotherham Town 0.292 39 17 5 36 99 153 58 32
37 Crewe Alexandra 0.284 46 15 16 54 118 262 85 30
38 Chatham Town 0.241 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 37
39 Sunderland Albion 0.190 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 39
40 Linfield Athletic 0.161 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 46
41 Birmingham St George 0.119 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 38
42 Middlesbrough 0.100 4 2 0 3 8 10 5 40
43 Notts Rangers 0.055 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 47
44 Chester City 0.015 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 45
45 Halliwell 0.011 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 41
46 Birmingham St George's 0.006 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 43
47 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 44
47 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 48
47 Loughborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 49
47 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50
47 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 51
47 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 52
47 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 53
47 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 54
47 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 55
47 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 56
47 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 57
47 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 58
47 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 59
47 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 60
47 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 61
47 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 62
47 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 63
47 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 64
47 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 65
47 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 66
47 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 67
47 Stockton 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 68
47 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 69
47 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 70
47 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 71
47 Reading 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1 72
47 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 73

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes league matches from the top 4 tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.