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.