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

England 1888-1907

‹ 1888-1906 History 1888-1908 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 4.904 591 247 97 164 947 660 508 14
2 Sheffield Wednesday 4.079 617 254 109 202 923 802 565 10
3 Nottingham Forest 3.908 575 227 121 212 891 854 560 17
4 Aston Villa 3.546 788 338 112 200 1436 995 650 1
5 Everton 3.417 754 324 106 217 1270 929 647 2
6 Sheffield United 3.329 606 243 120 179 887 793 542 12
7 Bristol City 3.187 292 125 42 60 421 252 227 31
8 Bolton Wanderers 3.121 672 282 108 250 1110 1008 640 5
9 Birmingham 3.065 581 246 89 175 994 764 510 16
10 Newcastle United 3.039 574 245 84 171 902 693 500 18
11 Sunderland 3.017 705 297 111 183 1116 770 591 3
12 Preston North End 2.992 702 283 136 219 1122 834 638 4
13 Woolwich Arsenal 2.936 552 235 82 174 903 689 491 20
14 Manchester City 2.892 573 240 93 174 979 780 507 19
15 West Bromwich Albion 2.742 633 258 117 268 1070 1078 643 9
16 Manchester United 2.742 600 254 92 180 961 742 526 13
17 Derby County 2.514 635 251 133 265 1093 1141 649 7
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.512 639 260 119 265 1064 1130 644 6
19 Bury 2.476 470 188 94 190 729 694 472 23
20 Notts County 2.459 609 240 129 266 1088 1084 635 11
21 Blackburn Rovers 2.115 633 253 127 259 1096 1070 639 8
22 Burnley 2.077 587 235 117 261 950 1022 613 15
23 Tottenham Hotspur 2.072 47 16 15 9 56 53 40 52
24 Middlesbrough 2.001 294 114 66 126 457 457 306 30
25 Grimsby Town 1.962 531 224 83 202 882 815 509 22
26 Southampton 1.898 54 21 12 13 77 63 46 50
27 Stoke City 1.788 538 213 112 292 898 1097 617 21
28 Chelsea 1.361 111 48 15 15 172 74 78 41
29 Leicester Fosse 1.186 454 176 102 166 674 676 444 24
30 Glossop 1.157 279 103 73 144 439 517 320 33
31 Barnsley 1.139 295 114 67 146 477 562 327 29
32 Burslem Port Vale 1.074 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 27
33 Gainsborough Trinity 0.966 323 124 75 182 528 704 381 28
34 Chesterfield 0.962 265 98 69 124 406 464 291 34
35 Darwen 0.894 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 36
36 Lincoln City 0.892 416 164 88 245 724 932 497 25
37 New Brighton Tower 0.872 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 39
38 Bradford City 0.828 152 62 28 60 217 225 150 38
39 Burton United 0.801 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 26
40 Blackpool 0.771 289 107 75 169 431 635 351 32
41 Accrington 0.759 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 40
42 Walsall 0.717 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 35
43 Burton Wanderers 0.663 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 42
44 Brentford 0.652 9 4 1 2 10 7 7 62
45 Stockport County 0.621 166 59 48 109 241 401 216 37
46 Hull City 0.617 83 34 15 31 132 113 80 44
47 Millwall 0.609 20 8 4 10 23 35 22 56
48 Leeds City 0.587 79 30 19 28 115 114 77 45
49 Crystal Palace 0.519 11 3 5 2 8 10 10 61
50 Reading 0.391 17 5 7 9 19 44 21 57
51 Bootle 0.369 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 55
52 Luton Town 0.337 75 29 17 63 163 236 109 46
53 Doncaster Rovers 0.330 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 47
54 Middlesbrough Iron 0.301 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 54
55 Loughborough 0.290 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 43
56 Portsmouth 0.288 13 4 5 8 18 37 17 58
57 Clapton Orient 0.279 52 18 16 44 80 148 78 51
58 Rotherham Town 0.261 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 49
59 Northwich Victoria 0.255 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 53
60 Crewe Alexandra 0.216 60 20 20 79 147 362 119 48
61 Fulham 0.210 12 4 4 4 8 13 12 59
62 Bristol Rovers 0.186 11 4 3 5 9 11 12 60
63 Sunderland Albion 0.170 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 63
64 Derby Midland 0.153 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 76
65 Plymouth Argyle 0.108 6 1 4 4 11 18 9 65
66 Chatham Town 0.077 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 71
67 Birmingham St George 0.061 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 67
68 Queens Park Rangers 0.057 4 1 2 3 2 5 6 70
69 West Ham United 0.049 3 1 1 3 6 8 5 73
70 New Brompton 0.048 7 2 3 3 4 4 8 64
71 Kettering Town 0.038 5 2 1 5 6 20 8 68
72 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.026 4 1 2 2 7 8 5 69
73 Heanor Town 0.023 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 81
74 Stockton 0.017 1 0 1 3 2 21 4 82
75 Chester City 0.012 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 78
76 Accrington Stanley 0.009 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 72
77 Oxford City 0.005 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 80
78 Norwich City 0 5 2 1 2 9 6 5 66
78 Oldham Athletic 0 2 1 0 1 5 1 2 74
78 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 77
78 Watford 0 2 1 0 2 7 5 3 75
78 Tunbridge Wells 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 79
78 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 83
78 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 84
78 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 85
78 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 86
78 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 87
78 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 88
78 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 89
78 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 90
78 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 91
78 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 92
78 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 93
78 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 94
78 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 95
78 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 96
78 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 97
78 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 98
78 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 99
78 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 100
78 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 3 101
78 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 102
78 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 103
78 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 104
78 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 105
78 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 106
78 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 107
78 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 108
78 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 109
78 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 110
78 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 111
78 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 112
78 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 113
78 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 114

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

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Includes 19 seasons from 1888-89 to 1906-07.

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.