Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.
England 1888-1902
| ‹ 1888-1901 | 1888-1903 › | |
|---|---|---|
| EP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GP | PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4.422 | 384 | 158 | 68 | 138 | 608 | 551 | 364 | 13 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 4.392 | 400 | 156 | 88 | 110 | 575 | 505 | 354 | 12 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 4.368 | 499 | 214 | 71 | 113 | 800 | 485 | 398 | 3 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 4.365 | 492 | 205 | 82 | 162 | 855 | 618 | 449 | 4 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 4.104 | 363 | 148 | 67 | 97 | 570 | 392 | 312 | 17 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 3.653 | 455 | 191 | 73 | 178 | 758 | 718 | 442 | 7 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 3.595 | 436 | 177 | 82 | 196 | 763 | 824 | 455 | 10 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 3.530 | 376 | 145 | 86 | 136 | 589 | 557 | 367 | 14 |
| 9 | Derby County | 3.480 | 449 | 179 | 91 | 179 | 822 | 846 | 449 | 9 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 3.397 | 546 | 232 | 82 | 136 | 1032 | 739 | 450 | 1 |
| 11 | Bury | 3.386 | 296 | 121 | 54 | 102 | 436 | 371 | 277 | 23 |
| 12 | Everton | 3.308 | 506 | 216 | 74 | 150 | 898 | 677 | 440 | 2 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 3.134 | 335 | 141 | 53 | 108 | 549 | 451 | 302 | 21 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3.076 | 478 | 196 | 86 | 177 | 798 | 769 | 459 | 5 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 2.958 | 374 | 159 | 56 | 108 | 702 | 516 | 323 | 15 |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 2.887 | 464 | 185 | 94 | 171 | 851 | 772 | 450 | 6 |
| 17 | Burnley | 2.865 | 422 | 171 | 80 | 183 | 727 | 740 | 434 | 11 |
| 18 | Notts County | 2.837 | 452 | 187 | 78 | 178 | 851 | 768 | 443 | 8 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 2.552 | 366 | 146 | 74 | 205 | 644 | 803 | 425 | 16 |
| 20 | Manchester City | 2.495 | 340 | 141 | 58 | 117 | 602 | 516 | 316 | 19 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 2.369 | 362 | 160 | 42 | 121 | 648 | 531 | 323 | 18 |
| 22 | Southampton | 2.222 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 33 | 26 | 46 |
| 23 | Manchester United | 2.010 | 340 | 143 | 54 | 136 | 582 | 528 | 333 | 20 |
| 24 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1.861 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 17 | 50 |
| 25 | Arsenal | 1.647 | 320 | 138 | 44 | 114 | 553 | 453 | 296 | 22 |
| 26 | Glossop North End | 1.481 | 134 | 49 | 36 | 54 | 195 | 190 | 139 | 32 |
| 27 | Leicester City | 1.310 | 285 | 114 | 57 | 92 | 433 | 376 | 263 | 24 |
| 28 | Bristol City | 1.230 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 43 | 39 | 44 |
| 29 | Middlesbrough | 1.128 | 125 | 52 | 21 | 42 | 202 | 153 | 115 | 33 |
| 30 | Darwen | 1.120 | 188 | 80 | 28 | 137 | 426 | 641 | 245 | 29 |
| 31 | Lincoln City | 1.112 | 262 | 103 | 56 | 153 | 472 | 624 | 312 | 25 |
| 32 | Accrington | 1.068 | 117 | 41 | 35 | 60 | 252 | 340 | 136 | 35 |
| 33 | New Brighton Tower | 1.004 | 122 | 49 | 24 | 32 | 198 | 156 | 105 | 34 |
| 34 | Port Vale | 0.965 | 219 | 86 | 47 | 117 | 365 | 474 | 250 | 27 |
| 35 | Walsall | 0.857 | 217 | 84 | 49 | 118 | 426 | 531 | 251 | 28 |
| 36 | Chesterfield | 0.839 | 97 | 37 | 23 | 47 | 163 | 197 | 107 | 38 |
| 37 | Gainsborough Trinity | 0.761 | 162 | 58 | 46 | 94 | 279 | 392 | 198 | 30 |
| 38 | Burton Wanderers | 0.746 | 100 | 43 | 14 | 38 | 171 | 152 | 95 | 37 |
| 39 | Barnsley | 0.743 | 113 | 44 | 25 | 69 | 198 | 263 | 138 | 36 |
| 40 | Burton United | 0.736 | 247 | 99 | 49 | 160 | 478 | 668 | 308 | 26 |
| 41 | Doncaster Rovers | 0.689 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 58 | 34 | 45 |
| 42 | Blackpool | 0.611 | 138 | 55 | 28 | 84 | 235 | 338 | 167 | 31 |
| 43 | Reading | 0.517 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 11 | 51 |
| 44 | Bootle | 0.444 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 79 | 27 | 49 |
| 45 | Luton Town | 0.361 | 71 | 28 | 15 | 60 | 161 | 230 | 103 | 40 |
| 46 | Middlesbrough Iron | 0.347 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 48 | 98 | 37 | 48 |
| 47 | Stockport County | 0.321 | 48 | 19 | 10 | 40 | 74 | 141 | 69 | 43 |
| 48 | Loughborough | 0.318 | 88 | 34 | 20 | 105 | 171 | 411 | 159 | 39 |
| 49 | Portsmouth | 0.303 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 56 |
| 50 | Northwich Victoria | 0.295 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 75 | 161 | 52 | 47 |
| 51 | Rotherham Town | 0.291 | 56 | 24 | 8 | 56 | 133 | 250 | 88 | 42 |
| 52 | Millwall | 0.283 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 54 |
| 53 | Crewe Alexandra | 0.246 | 59 | 20 | 19 | 78 | 148 | 362 | 117 | 41 |
| 54 | Derby Midland | 0.196 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 61 |
| 55 | Chatham Town | 0.147 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 52 |
| 56 | Sunderland Albion | 0.131 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 55 |
| 57 | Queens Park Rangers | 0.119 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 59 |
| 58 | Linfield Athletic | 0.098 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 65 |
| 59 | Bristol Rovers | 0.077 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 57 |
| 60 | Birmingham St George | 0.067 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 53 |
| 61 | Kettering Town | 0.050 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 58 |
| 62 | Notts Rangers | 0.037 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 66 |
| 63 | Chester City | 0.018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 64 |
| 64 | Oxford City | 0.009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 67 |
| 65 | Halliwell | 0.008 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 60 |
| 66 | Birmingham St George's | 0.004 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 62 |
| 67 | Swifts | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 63 |
| 67 | Witton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 68 |
| 67 | Newcastle East End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 69 |
| 67 | Newcastle West End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 70 |
| 67 | Derby Junction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| 67 | New Brompton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| 67 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 73 |
| 67 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| 67 | Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 75 |
| 67 | Wrexham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 76 |
| 67 | 93rd Highland Regiment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 77 |
| 67 | Hucknall St. John's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 78 |
| 67 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 79 |
| 67 | Old Brightonians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 80 |
| 67 | Long Eaton Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 81 |
| 67 | Old Carthusians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 82 |
| 67 | Southport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 83 |
| 67 | South Shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 84 |
| 67 | Jarrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 85 |
| 67 | Sheffield Heeley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 86 |
| 67 | Shankhouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 87 |
| 67 | Old Westminsters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 88 |
| 67 | Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 89 |
| 67 | Stockton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 90 |
| 67 | Chorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 91 |
| 67 | Heanor Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 92 |
| 67 | Lisburn Distillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 93 |
| 67 | Fairfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 94 |
| 67 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 95 |
| 67 | Clapton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 96 |
| 67 | Casuals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 97 |
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.