Eigenrankings

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

England 1888-1898

‹ 1888-1897		1888-1899 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Aston Villa	6.235	372	164	44	90	770	552	298	1
2	Sunderland	6.187	328	143	42	69	590	336	254	5
3	Preston North End	5.909	357	153	51	97	635	401	301	2
4	Liverpool	4.874	193	80	33	48	349	222	161	18
5	Sheffield United	4.850	215	88	39	61	324	288	188	14
6	Nottingham Forest	4.724	214	83	48	84	368	367	215	15
7	Bolton Wanderers	4.702	308	133	42	124	548	526	299	7
8	Everton	4.621	352	153	46	98	687	498	297	3
9	Blackburn Rovers	4.549	325	130	65	112	645	556	307	6
10	Burnley	4.516	278	114	50	127	544	557	291	11
11	Sheffield Wednesday	4.449	232	98	36	87	388	365	221	12
12	Bury	4.036	135	56	23	47	218	190	126	26
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3.858	333	142	49	123	600	559	314	4
14	Notts County	3.654	307	131	45	123	640	546	299	8
15	Derby County	3.483	294	121	52	125	592	643	298	9
16	West Bromwich Albion	3.245	283	115	53	138	536	607	306	10
17	Birmingham City	3.114	200	89	22	68	425	350	179	17
18	Stoke City	2.348	224	92	40	142	448	576	274	13
19	Manchester United	2.050	189	78	33	81	364	354	192	20
20	Newcastle United	1.985	185	85	15	57	346	275	157	21
21	Accrington	1.733	117	41	35	60	252	340	136	28
22	Darwen	1.653	179	78	23	109	404	498	210	22
23	Grimsby Town	1.380	205	95	15	72	405	318	182	16
24	Leicester City	1.067	136	56	24	45	238	199	125	25
25	Manchester City	1.014	189	80	29	63	362	308	172	19
26	Arsenal	0.906	161	69	23	63	327	299	155	23
27	Burton Wanderers	0.782	100	43	14	38	171	152	95	30
28	Gainsborough Trinity	0.739	63	25	13	24	101	105	62	32
29	Southampton	0.617	8	3	2	3	11	11	8	43
30	Blackpool	0.597	58	24	10	30	113	126	64	35
31	Walsall	0.564	113	49	15	80	254	369	144	29
32	Lincoln City	0.564	118	49	20	104	281	448	173	27
33	Luton Town	0.541	30	13	4	17	69	58	34	38
34	Bootle	0.521	21	9	3	15	52	79	27	40
35	Burton United	0.516	145	61	23	88	304	394	172	24
36	Port Vale	0.505	84	34	16	63	181	281	113	31
37	Middlesbrough Iron	0.396	27	11	5	21	48	98	37	39
38	Loughborough	0.341	62	27	8	56	115	219	91	33
39	Northwich Victoria	0.311	31	13	5	34	75	161	52	37
40	Rotherham Town	0.295	56	24	8	56	133	250	88	36
41	Derby Midland	0.295	2	1	0	1	4	2	2	47
42	Crewe Alexandra	0.263	59	20	19	77	148	361	116	34
43	Chatham Town	0.221	10	3	4	2	16	31	9	41
44	Sunderland Albion	0.174	8	3	2	4	15	16	9	44
45	Middlesbrough	0.162	6	3	0	4	13	16	7	45
46	Linfield Athletic	0.148	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	52
47	Barnsley	0.132	2	1	0	1	2	5	2	50
48	Birmingham St George	0.092	9	4	1	4	16	24	9	42
49	Notts Rangers	0.057	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	53
50	Chester City	0.013	2	1	0	2	1	9	3	51
51	Halliwell	0.009	3	1	1	3	11	21	5	46
52	Birmingham St George's	0.005	2	1	0	1	3	4	2	48
53	Swifts	0	2	1	0	1	4	7	2	49
53	Witton	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	54
53	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	55
53	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	56
53	Newcastle West End	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	57
53	Derby Junction	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	58
53	Stockport County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	59
53	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	60
53	Marlow	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	61
53	Wrexham	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	62
53	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	63
53	Hucknall St. John's	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	64
53	New Brighton Tower	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	65
53	Old Brightonians	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	66
53	Long Eaton Rangers	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	3	67
53	Old Carthusians	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	2	68
53	Southport	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	69
53	South Shore	0	0	0	0	3	4	8	3	70
53	Heanor Town	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	2	71
53	Sheffield Heeley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	72
53	Shankhouse	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	73
53	Old Westminsters	0	0	0	0	3	5	10	3	74
53	Millwall	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	2	75
53	Crusaders	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	2	76
53	Stockton	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	77
53	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	78
53	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	1	79
53	Chesterfield	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	2	80
53	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	81
53	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	2	82
53	Clapton	0	0	0	0	2	1	17	2	83
53	Reading	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	1	84
53	Casuals	0	0	0	0	4	1	23	4	85

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.