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

England 1888-1900

1888-1899 1888-1901

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sunderland 5.038 410 179 52 96 691 421 327 5
2 Sheffield United 4.931 312 122 68 80 458 390 270 13
3 Preston North End 4.790 422 178 66 132 729 501 376 3
4 Liverpool 4.737 281 117 47 75 463 311 239 17
5 Sheffield Wednesday 4.656 314 132 50 112 508 455 294 12
6 Aston Villa 4.546 472 206 60 107 931 638 373 1
7 Bolton Wanderers 4.427 386 164 58 148 664 604 370 7
8 Bury 4.173 217 89 39 76 325 290 204 24
9 Nottingham Forest 4.029 293 112 69 111 479 470 292 15
10 Everton 3.736 425 182 61 125 785 593 368 2
11 Blackburn Rovers 3.614 395 158 79 143 760 673 380 6
12 Burnley 3.598 345 140 65 157 626 663 362 11
13 Derby County 3.447 374 151 72 150 715 755 373 9
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.359 411 172 67 148 705 648 387 4
15 Newcastle United 3.186 255 111 33 85 453 374 229 21
16 Notts County 3.123 378 154 70 148 741 660 372 8
17 Birmingham City 3.002 290 127 36 87 594 444 250 16
18 West Bromwich Albion 2.791 353 142 69 171 642 724 382 10
19 Manchester City 2.661 276 116 44 83 507 394 243 20
20 Stoke City 2.405 300 121 58 171 545 683 350 14
21 Manchester United 2.048 277 117 43 102 498 430 262 19
22 Southampton 1.601 21 9 3 5 26 19 17 45
23 Glossop North End 1.540 64 24 16 29 107 113 69 37
24 Leicester City 1.487 224 91 42 61 355 278 194 23
25 Grimsby Town 1.484 280 127 26 99 543 434 252 18
26 Accrington 1.267 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 30
27 Darwen 1.248 188 80 28 136 426 639 244 27
28 Arsenal 1.061 238 103 32 89 460 389 224 22
29 Walsall 0.903 188 76 36 102 385 467 214 26
30 Port Vale 0.860 157 65 27 89 276 365 181 29
31 New Brighton Tower 0.811 78 31 16 22 137 112 69 34
32 Lincoln City 0.810 185 75 35 131 379 547 241 28
33 Burton Wanderers 0.761 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 32
34 Gainsborough Trinity 0.678 113 44 25 61 204 252 130 31
35 Chesterfield 0.673 38 16 6 14 65 68 36 41
36 Burton United 0.602 197 80 37 123 398 548 240 25
37 Barnsley 0.578 56 21 14 35 100 140 70 39
38 Bootle 0.487 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 46
39 Blackpool 0.422 78 32 14 53 162 224 99 35
40 Millwall 0.404 9 3 3 3 9 12 9 48
41 Tottenham Hotspur 0.395 5 2 1 3 9 15 6 51
42 Middlesbrough 0.386 30 11 8 22 52 85 41 43
43 Luton Town 0.382 71 28 15 59 160 228 102 36
44 Middlesbrough Iron 0.370 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 44
45 Loughborough 0.314 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 33
46 Bristol City 0.314 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 54
47 Northwich Victoria 0.305 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 42
48 Rotherham Town 0.292 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 40
49 Crewe Alexandra 0.259 59 20 19 77 148 361 116 38
50 Derby Midland 0.230 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 55
51 Chatham Town 0.173 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 47
52 Sunderland Albion 0.148 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 50
53 Queens Park Rangers 0.139 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 52
54 Linfield Athletic 0.115 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 60
55 Birmingham St George 0.075 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 49
56 Portsmouth 0.060 2 0 2 1 1 6 3 58
57 Notts Rangers 0.040 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 61
58 Chester City 0.015 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 59
59 Halliwell 0.009 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 53
60 Birmingham St George's 0.005 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 56
61 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 57
61 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 62
61 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 63
61 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 64
61 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 65
61 New Brompton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 66
61 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 67
61 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 68
61 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 69
61 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 70
61 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 71
61 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 72
61 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 73
61 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 74
61 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 75
61 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 76
61 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 77
61 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 78
61 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 79
61 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 80
61 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 81
61 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 82
61 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 83
61 Stockton 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 84
61 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 85
61 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 86
61 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 87
61 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 88
61 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 89
61 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 90
61 Reading 0 0 0 0 2 1 20 2 91
61 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 92

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.