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

England 1888-1904

‹ 1888-1903 History 1888-1905 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sheffield Wednesday 4.673 477 198 81 158 716 617 437 13
2 Sheffield United 4.600 483 191 101 136 704 614 428 11
3 Sunderland 4.145 581 248 85 137 919 580 470 3
4 Liverpool 3.810 434 177 80 130 697 516 387 19
5 Aston Villa 3.640 644 275 94 159 1185 830 528 1
6 Preston North End 3.534 578 237 104 180 978 695 521 4
7 West Bromwich Albion 3.475 494 198 98 229 839 940 525 10
8 Nottingham Forest 3.350 451 174 103 165 704 666 442 15
9 Manchester City 3.315 449 190 69 133 781 602 392 16
10 Derby County 3.295 532 213 106 211 964 968 530 6
11 Bury 3.212 375 151 73 131 557 474 355 23
12 Small Heath 3.183 455 194 67 131 815 605 392 14
13 Everton 3.179 593 254 85 178 1026 767 517 2
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.144 544 222 100 206 884 893 528 5
15 Bolton Wanderers 3.113 521 216 89 216 872 851 521 8
16 Newcastle United 3.018 409 173 63 137 650 556 373 22
17 Notts County 2.829 519 213 93 212 938 887 518 9
18 Blackburn Rovers 2.565 526 211 104 207 939 899 522 7
19 Burnley 2.466 479 191 97 213 802 865 501 12
20 Middlesbrough 2.405 192 77 38 72 295 253 187 31
21 Stoke City 2.299 437 174 89 237 757 910 500 17
22 Tottenham Hotspur 2.262 30 11 8 6 42 35 25 49
23 Manchester United 2.201 436 182 72 156 717 618 410 18
24 Grimsby Town 2.163 425 182 61 152 745 649 395 20
25 Woolwich Arsenal 1.860 419 180 59 128 714 512 367 21
26 Southampton 1.780 40 15 10 10 55 46 35 46
27 Glossop 1.440 189 70 49 90 299 319 209 32
28 Bristol City 1.370 130 54 22 34 199 126 110 36
29 Leicester Fosse 1.139 335 130 75 126 516 523 331 24
30 Lincoln City 1.083 322 126 70 185 559 737 381 25
31 Darwen 1.069 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 33
32 New Brighton Tower 0.982 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 37
33 Accrington 0.975 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 38
34 Burslem Port Vale 0.960 282 109 64 146 476 591 319 27
35 Gainsborough Trinity 0.903 222 83 56 127 373 511 266 28
36 Chesterfield 0.863 164 62 40 73 267 282 175 35
37 Walsall 0.818 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 29
38 Barnsley 0.818 181 69 43 97 295 383 209 34
39 Burton United 0.760 305 121 63 193 565 792 377 26
40 Burton Wanderers 0.716 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 39
41 Blackpool 0.646 193 75 43 117 319 464 235 30
42 Millwall 0.636 15 6 3 7 18 25 16 52
43 Doncaster Rovers 0.570 59 22 15 31 84 130 68 43
44 Bradford City 0.498 31 12 7 15 45 59 34 47
45 Stockport County 0.458 95 34 27 76 152 287 137 40
46 Bootle 0.450 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 51
47 Reading 0.375 13 4 5 6 16 38 15 53
48 Luton Town 0.351 71 28 15 62 161 234 105 42
49 Middlesbrough Iron 0.346 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 50
50 Loughborough 0.323 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 41
51 Northwich Victoria 0.294 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 48
52 Rotherham Town 0.285 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 45
53 Crewe Alexandra 0.243 58 20 18 77 145 355 115 44
54 Sunderland Albion 0.205 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 54
55 Portsmouth 0.190 8 2 4 5 10 26 11 55
56 Derby Midland 0.181 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 61
57 Queens Park Rangers 0.114 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 60
58 Bristol Rovers 0.099 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 56
59 Chatham Town 0.091 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 59
60 Birmingham St George 0.073 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 57
61 Kettering Town 0.049 5 2 1 4 6 16 7 58
62 Plymouth Argyle 0.038 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 64
63 Heanor Town 0.026 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 66
64 Stockton 0.024 1 0 1 3 2 21 4 67
65 Chester City 0.017 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 63
66 Oxford City 0.009 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 65
67 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 62
67 Fulham 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 New Brompton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 71
67 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 72
67 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 73
67 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 74
67 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 75
67 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 76
67 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 77
67 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 78
67 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 79
67 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 80
67 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 81
67 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 82
67 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 83
67 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 84
67 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 85
67 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 86
67 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 87
67 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 88
67 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 89
67 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 90
67 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 91
67 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 92
67 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 93

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

« 1888-1890 History 1888-2026 »

Includes 16 seasons from 1888-89 to 1903-04.

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.