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

England 1888-1906

‹ 1888-1905 History 1888-1907 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 5.429 552 231 90 145 879 593 466 14
2 Sheffield Wednesday 4.521 568 236 96 187 860 736 519 11
3 Sheffield United 3.825 561 226 109 168 830 737 503 12
4 Aston Villa 3.668 742 318 106 186 1355 940 610 1
5 Sunderland 3.310 662 281 100 167 1046 702 548 4
6 Birmingham 3.299 543 231 81 159 941 710 471 16
7 Everton 3.272 697 299 99 203 1186 878 601 2
8 Preston North End 3.265 667 269 129 201 1078 776 599 3
9 Newcastle United 3.252 523 223 77 161 828 646 461 18
10 Manchester City 3.195 540 230 80 157 924 700 467 17
11 Bolton Wanderers 3.157 623 262 99 237 1046 957 598 5
12 Derby County 2.905 602 240 122 244 1045 1078 606 6
13 Nottingham Forest 2.905 514 199 116 205 815 815 520 19
14 West Bromwich Albion 2.899 576 233 110 255 975 1027 598 9
15 Woolwich Arsenal 2.764 499 211 77 159 827 624 447 21
16 Bury 2.684 434 173 88 170 667 625 431 23
17 Manchester United 2.549 557 237 83 166 905 682 486 13
18 Notts County 2.433 571 229 113 250 1029 1029 592 10
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.363 598 243 112 250 996 1074 605 7
20 Blackburn Rovers 2.347 593 238 117 241 1034 1005 596 8
21 Burnley 2.258 547 218 111 245 887 972 574 15
22 Tottenham Hotspur 2.189 39 14 11 8 51 46 33 51
23 Stoke City 2.149 510 205 100 271 854 1028 576 20
24 Grimsby Town 2.130 495 208 79 182 824 749 469 22
25 Middlesbrough 2.079 256 98 60 108 397 391 266 29
26 Southampton 1.930 51 20 11 12 73 58 43 48
27 Bristol City 1.693 242 104 34 49 350 202 187 33
28 Glossop 1.266 247 90 67 124 385 436 281 32
29 Chelsea 1.219 53 22 9 7 90 37 38 47
30 Leicester Fosse 1.110 406 156 94 155 611 633 405 24
31 Darwen 0.965 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 36
32 Burslem Port Vale 0.962 337 131 75 186 572 748 392 27
33 Gainsborough Trinity 0.961 289 110 69 162 482 630 341 28
34 New Brighton Tower 0.896 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 38
35 Lincoln City 0.876 385 151 83 222 675 856 456 25
36 Chesterfield 0.869 234 87 60 103 354 392 250 34
37 Barnsley 0.864 250 96 58 130 398 503 284 31
38 Accrington 0.841 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 39
39 Burton United 0.767 351 139 73 238 629 944 450 26
40 Walsall 0.748 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 35
41 Bradford City 0.710 101 39 23 47 144 171 109 40
42 Burton Wanderers 0.693 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 41
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 Blackpool 0.651 256 96 64 152 397 582 312 30
46 Millwall 0.609 18 7 4 9 21 32 20 56
47 Stockport County 0.587 130 47 36 93 198 347 176 37
48 Reading 0.399 17 5 7 8 19 42 20 57
49 Bootle 0.387 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 55
50 Doncaster Rovers 0.328 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 44
51 Middlesbrough Iron 0.318 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 53
52 Luton Town 0.317 71 28 15 62 161 234 105 43
53 Loughborough 0.302 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 42
54 Northwich Victoria 0.273 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 52
55 Rotherham Town 0.272 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 46
56 Portsmouth 0.270 10 3 4 7 14 33 14 58
57 Crewe Alexandra 0.228 59 20 19 78 146 360 117 45
58 Brentford 0.210 4 2 0 1 5 3 3 65
59 Clapton Orient 0.192 22 7 8 25 35 81 40 54
60 Sunderland Albion 0.173 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 59
61 Derby Midland 0.149 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 72
62 Fulham 0.146 8 3 2 3 6 11 8 60
63 Plymouth Argyle 0.139 6 1 4 3 11 16 8 61
64 Bristol Rovers 0.094 6 2 2 4 5 10 8 62
65 Chatham Town 0.075 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 67
66 Queens Park Rangers 0.064 3 1 1 2 2 4 4 70
67 Birmingham St George 0.063 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 63
68 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.046 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 66
69 Kettering Town 0.038 5 2 1 5 6 20 8 64
70 New Brompton 0.037 3 1 1 2 2 3 4 69
71 Heanor Town 0.025 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 79
72 Stockton 0.020 1 0 1 3 2 21 4 80
73 West Ham United 0.016 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 76
74 Chester City 0.012 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 75
75 Crystal Palace 0.009 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 74
76 Oxford City 0.006 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 77
77 Norwich City 0 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 68
77 Watford 0 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 71
77 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 73
77 Tunbridge Wells 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 78
77 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 81
77 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 82
77 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 83
77 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 84
77 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 85
77 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 86
77 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 87
77 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 88
77 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 89
77 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 90
77 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 91
77 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 92
77 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 93
77 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 94
77 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 95
77 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 96
77 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 97
77 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 98
77 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 99
77 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 100
77 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 101
77 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 102
77 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 103
77 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 104
77 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 105
77 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 106
77 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 107
77 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 108
77 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 109
77 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 110

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

« 1888-1890 History 1888-2026 »

Includes 18 seasons from 1888-89 to 1905-06.

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.