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

England 1888-1906

1888-1905 1888-1907

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 5.440 545 228 89 144 871 585 461 15
2 Sheffield Wednesday 4.680 573 238 97 187 867 741 522 10
3 Sheffield United 3.860 561 226 109 167 829 735 502 12
4 Aston Villa 3.695 734 315 104 187 1347 947 606 1
5 Preston North End 3.480 671 272 127 200 1078 771 599 3
6 Birmingham City 3.291 543 231 81 159 942 711 471 16
7 Sunderland 3.289 660 280 100 166 1044 699 546 4
8 Newcastle United 3.254 523 223 77 160 828 641 460 18
9 Manchester City 3.201 540 230 80 156 924 694 466 17
10 Bolton Wanderers 3.155 619 261 97 236 1039 948 594 5
11 Everton 3.091 689 295 99 202 1171 871 596 2
12 Nottingham Forest 2.915 512 197 118 205 817 820 520 19
13 Derby County 2.858 598 238 122 244 1033 1078 604 7
14 West Bromwich Albion 2.804 580 235 110 255 991 1030 600 9
15 Arsenal 2.752 499 211 77 159 827 624 447 21
16 Bury 2.643 431 172 87 169 655 621 428 23
17 Notts County 2.466 571 229 113 250 1030 1029 592 11
18 Manchester United 2.380 552 235 82 165 896 677 482 13
19 Blackburn Rovers 2.333 595 238 119 241 1046 1007 598 8
20 Burnley 2.302 549 219 111 245 892 979 575 14
21 Grimsby Town 2.197 495 209 77 182 822 746 468 22
22 Tottenham Hotspur 2.189 39 14 11 8 51 46 33 51
23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.182 605 246 113 250 1010 1080 609 6
24 Stoke City 2.144 508 204 100 270 848 1024 574 20
25 Middlesbrough 2.088 256 98 60 108 397 391 266 29
26 Southampton 1.970 47 19 9 11 69 53 39 48
27 Bristol City 1.689 242 104 34 49 350 202 187 33
28 Glossop North End 1.265 247 90 67 123 383 431 280 32
29 Chelsea 1.219 53 22 9 7 90 37 38 47
30 Leicester City 1.112 406 156 94 155 611 633 405 24
31 Gainsborough Trinity 0.963 289 110 69 162 482 630 341 28
32 Port Vale 0.961 337 131 75 186 572 748 392 27
33 Darwen 0.959 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 36
34 New Brighton Tower 0.899 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 38
35 Barnsley 0.883 250 96 58 129 397 495 283 31
36 Lincoln City 0.874 385 151 83 222 675 856 456 25
37 Chesterfield 0.872 234 87 60 103 354 392 250 34
38 Accrington 0.826 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 39
39 Burton United 0.774 351 139 73 237 626 940 449 26
40 Walsall 0.771 217 84 49 118 426 531 251 35
41 Burton Wanderers 0.720 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 41
42 Bradford City 0.705 101 39 23 47 144 171 109 40
43 Hull City 0.668 44 19 6 14 67 55 39 49
44 Leeds City 0.666 43 17 9 12 59 47 38 50
45 Millwall 0.659 18 7 4 8 20 30 19 56
46 Blackpool 0.654 256 96 64 152 397 582 312 30
47 Stockport County 0.587 130 47 36 93 198 347 176 37
48 Reading 0.397 17 5 7 8 19 42 20 57
49 Bootle 0.369 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 55
50 Doncaster Rovers 0.328 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 44
51 Luton Town 0.323 71 28 15 61 161 233 104 43
52 Middlesbrough Iron 0.319 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 53
53 Loughborough 0.305 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 42
54 Rotherham Town 0.271 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 46
55 Northwich Victoria 0.269 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 52
56 Portsmouth 0.269 10 3 4 7 14 33 14 59
57 Crewe Alexandra 0.226 60 20 20 79 149 367 119 45
58 Brentford 0.209 4 2 0 1 5 3 3 66
59 Clapton Orient 0.192 22 7 8 25 35 81 40 54
60 Derby Midland 0.146 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 73
61 Fulham 0.142 8 3 2 3 6 11 8 62
62 Plymouth Argyle 0.138 6 1 4 3 11 16 8 63
63 Chatham Town 0.109 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 58
64 Sunderland Albion 0.104 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 61
65 Bristol Rovers 0.095 6 2 2 4 5 10 8 64
66 Linfield Athletic 0.073 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 78
67 Queens Park Rangers 0.061 3 1 1 2 2 4 4 70
68 Birmingham St George 0.055 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 60
69 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.046 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 67
70 New Brompton 0.042 3 1 1 2 2 3 4 69
71 Kettering Town 0.038 5 2 1 4 5 15 7 65
72 Notts Rangers 0.035 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 80
73 West Ham United 0.016 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 79
74 Chester City 0.012 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 77
75 Crystal Palace 0.009 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 75
76 Halliwell 0.008 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 71
77 Oxford City 0.006 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 81
78 Birmingham St George's 0.004 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 74
79 Norwich City 0 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 68
79 Watford 0 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 72
79 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 76
79 Tunbridge Wells 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 82
79 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 83
79 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 84
79 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 85
79 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 86
79 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 87
79 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 88
79 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 89
79 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 90
79 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 91
79 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 92
79 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 93
79 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 94
79 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 95
79 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 96
79 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 97
79 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 98
79 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 99
79 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 100
79 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 101
79 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 102
79 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 103
79 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 104
79 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 105
79 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 106
79 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 107
79 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 108
79 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 109
79 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 110
79 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 111
79 Stockton 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 2 112
79 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 113
79 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 114
79 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 115
79 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 116
79 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 117

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.