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

England 1888-1901

1888-1900 1888-1902

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 4.811 328 137 54 84 523 348 275 18
2 Sunderland 4.729 453 194 65 103 749 449 362 3
3 Sheffield Wednesday 4.616 350 145 60 124 560 498 329 13
4 Preston North End 4.588 448 187 74 151 781 581 412 4
5 Sheffield United 4.480 353 138 77 96 509 450 311 12
6 Nottingham Forest 4.018 335 129 77 123 538 510 329 15
7 Aston Villa 3.966 511 219 73 122 987 695 414 1
8 Bolton Wanderers 3.910 421 178 65 163 704 660 406 7
9 Bury 3.839 258 106 46 88 380 329 240 23
10 Everton 3.562 464 199 66 139 843 638 404 2
11 Burnley 3.427 392 161 70 168 686 694 399 10
12 Newcastle United 3.352 293 125 43 96 496 414 264 21
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.346 446 183 80 161 752 710 424 5
14 Blackburn Rovers 3.255 428 170 88 157 799 722 415 6
15 Derby County 3.151 405 163 79 166 770 798 408 9
16 Notts County 3.110 420 173 74 161 799 709 408 8
17 Birmingham City 3.028 344 148 48 93 655 471 289 14
18 West Bromwich Albion 2.830 381 152 77 191 680 790 420 11
19 Manchester City 2.738 308 129 50 99 555 453 278 20
20 Stoke City 2.564 330 133 64 190 594 743 387 16
21 Tottenham Hotspur 2.224 18 7 4 3 29 23 14 48
22 Manchester United 2.074 312 132 48 119 544 475 299 19
23 Grimsby Town 1.655 329 147 35 105 603 468 287 17
24 Glossop North End 1.550 102 39 24 41 158 147 104 34
25 Arsenal 1.346 278 120 38 103 503 425 261 22
26 Leicester City 1.288 256 102 52 75 395 320 229 24
27 Darwen 1.200 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 29
28 Accrington 1.181 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 32
29 Southampton 1.157 21 9 3 6 27 22 18 46
30 New Brighton Tower 1.026 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 31
31 Port Vale 0.893 190 76 38 102 322 415 216 28
32 Walsall 0.861 215 83 49 117 425 526 249 27
33 Lincoln City 0.812 218 88 42 145 422 586 275 25
34 Burton Wanderers 0.782 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 35
35 Gainsborough Trinity 0.740 143 54 35 75 249 312 164 30
36 Barnsley 0.683 83 32 19 53 147 200 104 37
37 Chesterfield 0.659 69 26 17 30 116 129 73 40
38 Middlesbrough 0.630 73 29 15 35 111 127 79 38
39 Burton United 0.601 217 88 41 145 432 614 274 26
40 Blackpool 0.522 109 44 21 68 195 282 133 33
41 Reading 0.475 9 3 3 3 8 26 9 52
42 Bootle 0.467 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 47
43 Luton Town 0.369 71 28 15 60 161 230 103 39
44 Middlesbrough Iron 0.365 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 44
45 Stockport County 0.336 25 11 3 21 38 69 35 45
46 Loughborough 0.318 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 36
47 Northwich Victoria 0.300 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 43
48 Millwall 0.294 9 3 3 4 9 17 10 51
49 Bristol City 0.294 4 1 2 2 9 8 5 55
50 Rotherham Town 0.292 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 42
51 Crewe Alexandra 0.255 59 20 19 78 148 362 117 41
52 Derby Midland 0.223 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 58
53 Chatham Town 0.167 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 49
54 Sunderland Albion 0.143 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 53
55 Queens Park Rangers 0.134 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 56
56 Linfield Athletic 0.112 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 64
57 Birmingham St George 0.074 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 50
58 Kettering Town 0.048 5 2 1 3 5 11 6 54
59 Portsmouth 0.042 2 0 2 2 1 9 4 63
60 Notts Rangers 0.039 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 65
61 Bristol Rovers 0.028 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 60
62 Chester City 0.015 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 62
63 Halliwell 0.009 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 57
64 Birmingham St George's 0.004 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 59
65 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 61
65 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 66
65 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 67
65 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 68
65 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 69
65 New Brompton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 70
65 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 71
65 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 72
65 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 73
65 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 74
65 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 75
65 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 76
65 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 77
65 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 78
65 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 79
65 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 80
65 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 81
65 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 82
65 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 83
65 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 84
65 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 85
65 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 86
65 Stockton 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 87
65 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 88
65 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 89
65 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 90
65 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 91
65 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 92
65 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 93
65 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 94

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.