Eigenrankings

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.