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

England 1888-1903

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EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sunderland 4.499 542 231 80 124 854 528 435 3
2 Sheffield United 4.447 441 174 93 124 637 553 391 11
3 Aston Villa 4.285 601 257 87 148 1112 779 492 1
4 Liverpool 4.263 408 168 72 112 647 451 352 17
5 Sheffield Wednesday 4.134 422 175 72 150 655 583 397 14
6 West Bromwich Albion 3.703 469 191 87 211 801 876 489 10
7 Nottingham Forest 3.572 417 162 93 150 642 604 405 15
8 Derby County 3.550 496 201 94 195 894 900 490 6
9 Bury 3.483 344 143 58 118 514 418 319 23
10 Preston North End 3.482 526 216 94 175 915 668 485 4
11 Everton 3.409 550 235 80 167 966 733 482 2
12 Bolton Wanderers 3.218 478 200 78 203 802 805 481 9
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.178 504 207 90 193 832 821 490 5
14 Small Heath 3.100 425 183 59 116 776 553 358 13
15 Newcastle United 2.976 367 155 57 126 591 509 338 22
16 Notts County 2.945 489 201 87 194 897 821 482 8
17 Manchester City 2.813 394 166 62 124 698 554 352 18
18 Blackburn Rovers 2.611 494 198 98 189 884 835 485 7
19 Burnley 2.464 440 176 88 203 752 810 467 12
20 Stoke City 2.346 410 164 82 219 701 850 465 16
21 Grimsby Town 2.136 389 168 53 139 695 599 360 19
22 Manchester United 2.082 385 161 63 149 647 575 373 20
23 Middlesbrough 2.074 157 66 25 58 243 203 149 33
24 Southampton 1.808 38 14 10 9 51 42 33 46
25 Tottenham Hotspur 1.660 25 9 7 5 38 31 21 49
26 Woolwich Arsenal 1.646 368 158 52 121 620 486 331 21
27 Bristol City 1.504 88 36 16 23 125 82 75 39
28 Glossop 1.385 163 60 43 72 242 255 175 32
29 Leicester Fosse 1.234 313 124 65 108 474 441 297 24
30 Darwen 1.089 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 30
31 Lincoln City 1.070 292 115 62 170 518 679 347 25
32 Accrington 1.029 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 37
33 New Brighton Tower 0.968 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 36
34 Burslem Port Vale 0.958 253 99 55 130 422 536 284 27
35 Chesterfield 0.879 134 51 32 58 230 237 141 35
36 Walsall 0.818 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 28
37 Gainsborough Trinity 0.810 191 69 53 110 320 451 232 29
38 Barnsley 0.765 149 58 33 84 257 326 175 34
39 Millwall 0.747 15 6 3 6 18 23 15 51
40 Burton United 0.735 276 110 56 177 520 731 343 26
41 Burton Wanderers 0.707 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 38
42 Blackpool 0.625 166 64 38 99 279 397 201 31
43 Doncaster Rovers 0.577 59 22 15 31 84 130 68 43
44 Reading 0.500 12 4 4 5 13 34 13 52
45 Bootle 0.453 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 50
46 Luton Town 0.346 71 28 15 62 161 234 105 41
47 Middlesbrough Iron 0.339 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 48
48 Loughborough 0.313 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 40
49 Stockport County 0.298 68 26 16 61 112 215 103 42
50 Northwich Victoria 0.291 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 47
51 Rotherham Town 0.284 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 45
52 Crewe Alexandra 0.242 58 20 18 77 145 355 115 44
53 Portsmouth 0.237 8 2 4 4 8 21 10 54
54 Sunderland Albion 0.211 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 53
55 Derby Midland 0.193 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 60
56 Queens Park Rangers 0.119 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 59
57 Chatham Town 0.097 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 58
58 Bristol Rovers 0.091 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 55
59 Birmingham St George 0.076 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 56
60 Kettering Town 0.051 5 2 1 4 6 16 7 57
61 Heanor Town 0.028 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 64
62 Stockton 0.027 1 0 1 2 1 17 3 65
63 Chester City 0.017 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 62
64 Oxford City 0.009 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 63
65 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 61
65 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 66
65 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 67
65 New Brompton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 68
65 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 69
65 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 70
65 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 71
65 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 72
65 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 73
65 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 74
65 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 75
65 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 76
65 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 77
65 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 78
65 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 79
65 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 80
65 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 81
65 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 82
65 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 83
65 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 84
65 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 85
65 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 86
65 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 87
65 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 88
65 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 89
65 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 90

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes 15 seasons from 1888-89 to 1902-03.

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.