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

England 1888-1905

‹ 1888-1904 History 1888-1906 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 4.969 493 204 85 134 792 544 423 16
2 Sheffield Wednesday 4.555 517 215 87 174 785 678 476 12
3 Sheffield United 4.304 523 210 103 150 768 672 463 11
4 Aston Villa 3.877 697 299 99 170 1266 878 568 1
5 Sunderland 3.725 622 264 94 148 980 626 506 3
6 Bolton Wanderers 3.477 582 245 92 222 965 887 559 5
7 Newcastle United 3.470 468 200 68 147 734 594 415 20
8 Preston North End 3.435 620 252 116 192 1024 736 560 4
9 Manchester City 3.389 497 211 75 142 850 642 428 14
10 Everton 3.268 648 278 92 187 1102 808 557 2
11 Birmingham 3.158 494 211 72 144 869 645 427 15
12 Derby County 3.080 564 225 114 226 1001 1018 565 7
13 Nottingham Forest 3.063 478 184 110 184 746 728 478 18
14 Bury 2.952 401 162 77 152 607 544 391 23
15 West Bromwich Albion 2.871 524 211 102 246 895 988 559 10
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.798 573 234 105 226 935 970 565 6
17 Woolwich Arsenal 2.774 453 192 69 142 750 553 403 22
18 Notts County 2.667 537 218 101 234 974 957 553 9
19 Blackburn Rovers 2.440 553 222 109 226 980 952 557 8
20 Burnley 2.348 509 203 103 229 845 917 535 13
21 Middlesbrough 2.288 219 86 47 90 332 311 223 30
22 Manchester United 2.268 489 206 77 161 798 648 444 17
23 Stoke City 2.257 469 188 93 255 799 972 536 19
24 Tottenham Hotspur 2.153 34 12 10 7 45 41 29 48
25 Grimsby Town 2.122 455 193 69 168 778 697 430 21
26 Southampton 1.962 44 17 10 11 61 53 38 47
27 Bristol City 1.332 176 74 28 46 266 172 148 36
28 Glossop 1.332 219 80 59 104 336 365 243 31
29 Leicester Fosse 1.113 364 141 82 143 557 583 366 24
30 Darwen 1.038 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 35
31 Lincoln City 0.989 353 138 77 201 602 779 416 25
32 Chesterfield 0.977 203 76 51 82 311 317 209 34
33 New Brighton Tower 0.976 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 37
34 Burslem Port Vale 0.964 309 119 71 163 523 663 353 27
35 Accrington 0.916 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 38
36 Gainsborough Trinity 0.878 258 97 64 139 434 569 300 28
37 Barnsley 0.828 214 83 48 112 333 439 243 33
38 Walsall 0.815 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 32
39 Burton United 0.793 325 129 67 215 595 876 411 26
40 Burton Wanderers 0.732 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 39
41 Blackpool 0.632 221 84 53 132 355 512 269 29
42 Bradford City 0.599 63 24 15 29 90 108 68 44
43 Millwall 0.588 15 6 3 8 19 28 17 52
44 Stockport County 0.461 95 34 27 76 152 287 137 40
45 Bootle 0.422 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 51
46 Reading 0.370 15 4 7 7 16 39 18 53
47 Doncaster Rovers 0.351 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 43
48 Luton Town 0.348 71 28 15 62 161 234 105 42
49 Middlesbrough Iron 0.343 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 50
50 Loughborough 0.326 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 41
51 Northwich Victoria 0.298 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 49
52 Portsmouth 0.297 10 3 4 6 13 28 13 54
53 Rotherham Town 0.293 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 46
54 Crewe Alexandra 0.242 58 20 18 77 145 355 115 45
55 Sunderland Albion 0.186 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 55
56 Fulham 0.177 6 2 2 2 4 8 6 57
57 Derby Midland 0.157 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 63
58 Bristol Rovers 0.118 6 2 2 3 5 9 7 56
59 Queens Park Rangers 0.096 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 61
60 Chatham Town 0.079 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 60
61 Plymouth Argyle 0.075 3 0 3 2 4 8 5 62
62 Birmingham St George 0.068 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 58
63 Kettering Town 0.052 5 2 1 4 6 16 7 59
64 Heanor Town 0.028 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 67
65 Stockton 0.022 1 0 1 3 2 21 4 68
66 Chester City 0.016 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 65
67 Oxford City 0.008 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 66
68 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 64
68 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 69
68 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 70
68 New Brompton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 71
68 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 72
68 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 73
68 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 74
68 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 75
68 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 76
68 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 77
68 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 78
68 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 79
68 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 80
68 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 81
68 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 82
68 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 83
68 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 84
68 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 85
68 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 86
68 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 87
68 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 88
68 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 89
68 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 90
68 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 91
68 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 92
68 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 93

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

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Includes 17 seasons from 1888-89 to 1904-05.

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.