Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.
England 1888-1905
| ‹ 1888-1904 | 1888-1906 › | |
|---|---|---|
| EP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GP | PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 4.965 | 486 | 201 | 84 | 133 | 784 | 536 | 418 | 16 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4.711 | 522 | 217 | 88 | 174 | 792 | 683 | 479 | 12 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 4.352 | 523 | 210 | 103 | 149 | 767 | 670 | 462 | 11 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 3.912 | 689 | 296 | 97 | 171 | 1258 | 885 | 564 | 1 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 3.701 | 620 | 263 | 94 | 147 | 978 | 623 | 504 | 4 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 3.657 | 624 | 255 | 114 | 191 | 1024 | 731 | 560 | 3 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 3.478 | 578 | 244 | 90 | 221 | 958 | 878 | 555 | 6 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 3.474 | 468 | 200 | 68 | 146 | 734 | 589 | 414 | 19 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 3.402 | 497 | 211 | 75 | 141 | 850 | 636 | 427 | 14 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 3.154 | 494 | 211 | 72 | 144 | 870 | 646 | 427 | 15 |
| 11 | Everton | 3.084 | 640 | 274 | 92 | 186 | 1087 | 801 | 552 | 2 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 3.078 | 476 | 182 | 112 | 184 | 748 | 733 | 478 | 18 |
| 13 | Derby County | 3.036 | 560 | 223 | 114 | 226 | 989 | 1018 | 563 | 7 |
| 14 | Bury | 2.908 | 398 | 161 | 76 | 151 | 595 | 540 | 388 | 23 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 2.770 | 528 | 213 | 102 | 246 | 911 | 991 | 561 | 10 |
| 16 | Arsenal | 2.765 | 453 | 192 | 69 | 142 | 750 | 553 | 403 | 22 |
| 17 | Notts County | 2.704 | 537 | 218 | 101 | 234 | 975 | 957 | 553 | 9 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2.580 | 580 | 237 | 106 | 226 | 949 | 976 | 569 | 5 |
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 2.423 | 555 | 222 | 111 | 226 | 992 | 954 | 559 | 8 |
| 20 | Burnley | 2.398 | 511 | 204 | 103 | 229 | 850 | 924 | 536 | 13 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 2.300 | 219 | 86 | 47 | 90 | 332 | 311 | 223 | 30 |
| 22 | Stoke City | 2.253 | 467 | 187 | 93 | 254 | 793 | 968 | 534 | 20 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 2.194 | 455 | 194 | 67 | 168 | 776 | 694 | 429 | 21 |
| 24 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2.155 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 41 | 29 | 48 |
| 25 | Manchester United | 2.094 | 484 | 204 | 76 | 160 | 789 | 643 | 440 | 17 |
| 26 | Southampton | 2.004 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 48 | 34 | 47 |
| 27 | Glossop North End | 1.331 | 219 | 80 | 59 | 103 | 334 | 360 | 242 | 31 |
| 28 | Bristol City | 1.328 | 176 | 74 | 28 | 46 | 266 | 172 | 148 | 36 |
| 29 | Leicester City | 1.116 | 364 | 141 | 82 | 143 | 557 | 583 | 366 | 24 |
| 30 | Darwen | 1.031 | 188 | 80 | 28 | 137 | 426 | 641 | 245 | 35 |
| 31 | Lincoln City | 0.987 | 353 | 138 | 77 | 201 | 602 | 779 | 416 | 25 |
| 32 | Chesterfield | 0.980 | 203 | 76 | 51 | 82 | 311 | 317 | 209 | 34 |
| 33 | New Brighton Tower | 0.980 | 122 | 49 | 24 | 32 | 198 | 156 | 105 | 37 |
| 34 | Port Vale | 0.964 | 309 | 119 | 71 | 163 | 523 | 663 | 353 | 27 |
| 35 | Accrington | 0.899 | 117 | 41 | 35 | 60 | 252 | 340 | 136 | 38 |
| 36 | Gainsborough Trinity | 0.882 | 258 | 97 | 64 | 139 | 434 | 569 | 300 | 28 |
| 37 | Barnsley | 0.849 | 214 | 83 | 48 | 111 | 332 | 431 | 242 | 33 |
| 38 | Walsall | 0.840 | 217 | 84 | 49 | 118 | 426 | 531 | 251 | 32 |
| 39 | Burton United | 0.800 | 325 | 129 | 67 | 214 | 592 | 872 | 410 | 26 |
| 40 | Burton Wanderers | 0.759 | 100 | 43 | 14 | 38 | 171 | 152 | 95 | 39 |
| 41 | Millwall | 0.636 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 52 |
| 42 | Blackpool | 0.635 | 221 | 84 | 53 | 132 | 355 | 512 | 269 | 29 |
| 43 | Bradford City | 0.600 | 63 | 24 | 15 | 29 | 90 | 108 | 68 | 44 |
| 44 | Stockport County | 0.461 | 95 | 34 | 27 | 76 | 152 | 287 | 137 | 40 |
| 45 | Bootle | 0.403 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 79 | 27 | 51 |
| 46 | Reading | 0.368 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 18 | 53 |
| 47 | Luton Town | 0.354 | 71 | 28 | 15 | 61 | 161 | 233 | 104 | 42 |
| 48 | Doncaster Rovers | 0.351 | 67 | 25 | 17 | 60 | 107 | 211 | 102 | 43 |
| 49 | Middlesbrough Iron | 0.344 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 48 | 98 | 37 | 50 |
| 50 | Loughborough | 0.329 | 88 | 34 | 20 | 105 | 171 | 411 | 159 | 41 |
| 51 | Portsmouth | 0.296 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 55 |
| 52 | Northwich Victoria | 0.294 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 75 | 161 | 52 | 49 |
| 53 | Rotherham Town | 0.292 | 56 | 24 | 8 | 56 | 133 | 250 | 88 | 46 |
| 54 | Crewe Alexandra | 0.240 | 59 | 20 | 19 | 78 | 148 | 362 | 117 | 45 |
| 55 | Fulham | 0.174 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 59 |
| 56 | Derby Midland | 0.154 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 64 |
| 57 | Bristol Rovers | 0.120 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 58 |
| 58 | Chatham Town | 0.115 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 54 |
| 59 | Sunderland Albion | 0.112 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 57 |
| 60 | Queens Park Rangers | 0.091 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 61 |
| 61 | Linfield Athletic | 0.077 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 68 |
| 62 | Plymouth Argyle | 0.076 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 62 |
| 63 | Birmingham St George | 0.060 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 56 |
| 64 | Kettering Town | 0.051 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 60 |
| 65 | Notts Rangers | 0.037 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 69 |
| 66 | Chester City | 0.016 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 67 |
| 67 | Halliwell | 0.008 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 63 |
| 68 | Oxford City | 0.008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 70 |
| 69 | Birmingham St George's | 0.004 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 65 |
| 70 | Swifts | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 66 |
| 70 | Witton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 71 |
| 70 | Newcastle East End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 72 |
| 70 | Newcastle West End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 73 |
| 70 | Derby Junction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| 70 | New Brompton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| 70 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| 70 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| 70 | Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 78 |
| 70 | Wrexham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 79 |
| 70 | 93rd Highland Regiment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 80 |
| 70 | Hucknall St. John's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 81 |
| 70 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 82 |
| 70 | Old Brightonians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 83 |
| 70 | Long Eaton Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 84 |
| 70 | Old Carthusians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 85 |
| 70 | Southport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 86 |
| 70 | South Shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 87 |
| 70 | Jarrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 88 |
| 70 | Sheffield Heeley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 89 |
| 70 | Shankhouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 90 |
| 70 | Old Westminsters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 91 |
| 70 | Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 92 |
| 70 | Chorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 93 |
| 70 | Heanor Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 94 |
| 70 | Lisburn Distillery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 95 |
| 70 | Stockton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 96 |
| 70 | Fairfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 97 |
| 70 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 98 |
| 70 | Clapton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 99 |
| 70 | 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.