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

England 1888-1896

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EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sunderland 8.810 266 119 28 44 508 255 191 5
2 Preston North End 7.521 299 134 31 74 543 312 239 1
3 Aston Villa 6.781 292 129 34 73 634 458 236 2
4 Blackburn Rovers 5.371 276 112 52 81 570 437 245 3
5 Everton 5.359 275 121 33 75 562 393 229 4
6 Bolton Wanderers 4.600 240 105 30 95 468 434 230 8
7 Bury 4.378 77 36 5 21 132 89 62 29
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4.225 259 112 35 99 483 468 246 6
9 Nottingham Forest 4.171 146 58 30 60 260 263 148 14
10 Sheffield United 4.090 133 57 19 47 222 221 123 17
11 Notts County 4.090 240 104 32 100 507 450 236 7
12 Liverpool 3.821 124 54 16 24 245 129 94 19
13 Sheffield Wednesday 3.752 155 67 21 65 279 279 153 13
14 Derby County 3.610 214 87 40 100 441 520 227 10
15 Burnley 3.207 204 85 34 106 406 459 225 11
16 Birmingham City 3.140 127 57 13 48 297 249 118 18
17 West Bromwich Albion 2.944 216 90 36 113 448 500 239 9
18 Stoke City 2.453 167 70 27 110 349 451 207 12
19 Darwen 1.965 137 58 21 70 306 359 149 16
20 Accrington 1.937 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 20
21 Manchester United 1.915 106 43 20 63 238 276 126 22
22 Newcastle United 1.664 101 45 11 37 219 186 93 23
23 Grimsby Town 1.402 140 67 6 45 284 203 118 15
24 Leicester City 1.121 73 30 13 21 132 105 64 30
25 Burton Wanderers 0.985 79 34 11 18 139 83 63 28
26 Manchester City 0.819 116 52 12 46 237 221 110 21
27 Arsenal 0.740 94 40 14 39 188 171 93 25
28 Lincoln City 0.514 89 38 13 62 211 281 113 26
29 Bootle 0.505 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 37
30 Burton United 0.457 100 44 12 55 219 260 111 24
31 Burslem Port Vale 0.445 81 33 15 62 178 276 110 27
32 Middlesbrough Iron 0.398 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 35
33 Walsall 0.397 58 26 6 51 142 241 83 32
34 Rotherham Town 0.325 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 33
35 Northwich Victoria 0.318 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 34
36 Crewe Alexandra 0.291 59 20 19 76 148 357 115 31
37 Derby Midland 0.278 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 43
38 Loughborough 0.277 23 9 5 17 41 68 31 36
39 Chatham Town 0.209 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 38
40 Sunderland Albion 0.168 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 40
41 Linfield Athletic 0.139 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 48
42 Middlesbrough 0.117 6 3 0 4 13 16 7 41
43 Barnsley 0.112 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 46
44 Birmingham St George 0.100 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 39
45 Notts Rangers 0.050 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 49
46 Chester City 0.014 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 47
47 Halliwell 0.011 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 42
48 Birmingham St George's 0.005 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 44
49 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 45
49 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 50
49 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 51
49 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 52
49 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 53
49 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 54
49 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 55
49 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 56
49 Millwall 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 57
49 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 58
49 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 59
49 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 60
49 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 61
49 Southampton 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 62
49 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 63
49 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 64
49 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 65
49 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 66
49 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 67
49 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 68
49 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 69
49 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 70
49 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 71
49 Stockton 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 72
49 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 7 3 73
49 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 74
49 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 75
49 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 76
49 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 77
49 Reading 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1 78
49 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 79

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.