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

England 1888-1904

1888-1903 1888-1905

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sheffield Wednesday 4.837 482 200 82 158 723 622 440 12
2 Sheffield United 4.651 483 191 101 135 703 612 427 11
3 Sunderland 4.118 579 247 85 136 917 577 468 4
4 Liverpool 3.809 427 174 79 129 689 508 382 19
5 Preston North End 3.761 582 240 102 179 978 690 521 3
6 Aston Villa 3.679 636 272 92 160 1177 837 524 1
7 Nottingham Forest 3.363 449 172 105 165 706 671 442 16
8 West Bromwich Albion 3.355 498 200 98 229 855 943 527 10
9 Manchester City 3.329 449 190 69 132 781 596 391 15
10 Derby County 3.251 528 211 106 211 952 968 528 7
11 Birmingham City 3.183 455 194 67 131 816 606 392 14
12 Bury 3.167 372 150 72 130 545 470 352 23
13 Bolton Wanderers 3.108 517 215 87 215 865 842 517 9
14 Newcastle United 3.022 409 173 63 136 650 551 372 22
15 Everton 2.988 585 250 85 177 1011 760 512 2
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.887 551 225 101 206 898 899 532 5
17 Notts County 2.861 519 213 93 212 939 887 518 8
18 Blackburn Rovers 2.545 528 211 106 207 951 901 524 6
19 Burnley 2.518 481 192 97 213 807 872 502 13
20 Middlesbrough 2.422 192 77 38 72 295 253 187 31
21 Stoke City 2.295 435 173 89 236 751 906 498 17
22 Tottenham Hotspur 2.262 30 11 8 6 42 35 25 49
23 Grimsby Town 2.245 425 183 59 152 743 646 394 20
24 Manchester United 2.038 431 180 71 155 708 613 406 18
25 Arsenal 1.865 419 180 59 128 714 512 367 21
26 Southampton 1.818 36 14 8 9 51 41 31 46
27 Glossop North End 1.439 189 70 49 89 297 314 208 32
28 Bristol City 1.367 130 54 22 34 199 126 110 36
29 Leicester City 1.143 335 130 75 126 516 523 331 24
30 Lincoln City 1.081 322 126 70 185 559 737 381 25
31 Darwen 1.062 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 33
32 New Brighton Tower 0.987 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 37
33 Port Vale 0.961 282 109 64 146 476 591 319 27
34 Accrington 0.956 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 38
35 Gainsborough Trinity 0.908 222 83 56 127 373 511 266 28
36 Chesterfield 0.868 164 62 40 73 267 282 175 35
37 Walsall 0.844 217 84 49 118 426 531 251 29
38 Barnsley 0.839 181 69 43 96 294 375 208 34
39 Burton United 0.764 305 121 63 192 562 788 376 26
40 Burton Wanderers 0.744 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 39
41 Millwall 0.691 15 6 3 6 17 23 15 52
42 Blackpool 0.649 193 75 43 117 319 464 235 30
43 Doncaster Rovers 0.569 59 22 15 31 84 130 68 43
44 Bradford City 0.502 31 12 7 15 45 59 34 47
45 Stockport County 0.458 95 34 27 76 152 287 137 40
46 Bootle 0.429 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 51
47 Reading 0.373 13 4 5 6 16 38 15 53
48 Luton Town 0.358 71 28 15 61 161 233 104 42
49 Middlesbrough Iron 0.347 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 50
50 Loughborough 0.326 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 41
51 Northwich Victoria 0.290 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 48
52 Rotherham Town 0.284 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 45
53 Crewe Alexandra 0.241 59 20 19 78 148 362 117 44
54 Portsmouth 0.190 8 2 4 5 10 26 11 57
55 Derby Midland 0.177 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 62
56 Chatham Town 0.133 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 54
57 Sunderland Albion 0.123 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 56
58 Queens Park Rangers 0.108 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 60
59 Bristol Rovers 0.100 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 58
60 Linfield Athletic 0.089 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 66
61 Birmingham St George 0.064 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 55
62 Kettering Town 0.048 5 2 1 3 5 11 6 59
63 Plymouth Argyle 0.038 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 67
63 Notts Rangers 0.038 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 68
65 Chester City 0.017 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 65
66 Oxford City 0.009 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 69
67 Halliwell 0.008 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 61
68 Birmingham St George's 0.004 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 63
69 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 64
69 Fulham 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 70
69 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 71
69 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 72
69 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 73
69 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 74
69 New Brompton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 75
69 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 76
69 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 77
69 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 78
69 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 79
69 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 80
69 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 81
69 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 82
69 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 83
69 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 84
69 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 85
69 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 86
69 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 87
69 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 88
69 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 89
69 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 90
69 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 91
69 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 92
69 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 93
69 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 94
69 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 95
69 Stockton 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 2 96
69 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 97
69 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 98
69 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 99
69 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 100

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.