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

England 1888-1910

‹ 1888-1909 History 1888-1911 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 3.933 720 302 116 211 1166 855 629 15
2 Aston Villa 3.496 930 396 138 237 1670 1160 771 1
3 Newcastle United 3.415 748 318 112 205 1153 858 635 11
4 Nottingham Forest 3.407 692 270 152 261 1081 1056 683 18
5 Everton 3.216 897 381 135 261 1494 1123 777 2
6 Bolton Wanderers 3.036 787 331 125 305 1279 1180 761 6
7 Manchester City 2.990 717 299 119 214 1212 957 632 16
8 Sheffield Wednesday 2.936 744 307 130 249 1133 996 686 12
9 Manchester United 2.907 752 320 112 219 1189 927 651 10
10 Sunderland 2.661 836 357 122 235 1351 973 714 3
11 Bristol City 2.608 416 168 80 108 587 444 356 27
12 Woolwich Arsenal 2.591 664 274 116 223 1051 880 613 20
13 Sheffield United 2.562 721 285 151 224 1058 960 660 14
14 West Bromwich Albion 2.472 778 316 146 304 1259 1210 766 7
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.467 771 313 145 311 1256 1299 769 8
16 Derby County 2.428 789 315 159 299 1318 1290 773 5
17 Bury 2.418 585 231 123 239 928 908 593 23
18 Tottenham Hotspur 2.321 140 51 38 36 193 166 125 45
19 Preston North End 2.305 814 324 166 268 1274 996 758 4
20 Birmingham 2.220 672 277 118 233 1139 975 628 19
21 Blackburn Rovers 2.159 763 301 161 298 1295 1252 760 9
22 Notts County 2.120 722 283 156 315 1251 1250 754 13
23 Chelsea 2.090 220 90 40 69 342 274 199 38
24 Bradford City 2.061 289 118 53 100 428 369 271 35
25 Burnley 1.926 710 286 138 312 1151 1200 736 17
26 Middlesbrough 1.862 404 156 92 176 630 637 424 29
27 Stoke City 1.834 584 232 120 312 969 1162 664 24
28 Southampton 1.790 66 26 14 16 87 76 56 53
29 Grimsby Town 1.771 627 261 105 264 1026 1029 630 21
30 Leicester Fosse 1.613 586 230 126 211 893 894 567 22
31 Barnsley 1.334 409 158 93 201 659 754 452 28
32 Glossop 1.314 399 150 99 194 620 711 443 30
33 Fulham 1.304 153 59 35 43 221 173 137 42
34 Oldham Athletic 1.183 149 64 21 37 220 137 122 43
35 Hull City 1.036 230 98 34 68 354 268 200 37
36 Gainsborough Trinity 0.939 427 164 99 239 663 930 502 26
37 Burslem Port Vale 0.910 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 33
38 Blackpool 0.841 388 142 104 224 583 825 470 31
39 Chesterfield 0.837 321 116 89 167 494 629 372 34
40 Lincoln City 0.791 468 183 102 290 813 1094 575 25
41 New Brighton Tower 0.732 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 46
42 Darwen 0.719 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 40
43 Burton United 0.705 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 32
44 Crystal Palace 0.643 19 6 7 5 22 31 18 61
45 Stockport County 0.643 268 100 68 168 385 594 336 36
46 Swindon Town 0.612 13 6 1 4 15 14 11 67
47 Accrington 0.608 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 47
48 Leeds City 0.594 177 67 43 87 263 319 197 41
49 Walsall 0.588 215 83 49 117 420 524 249 39
50 Burton Wanderers 0.559 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 48
51 Bradford Park Avenue 0.551 72 31 10 37 124 121 78 51
52 Millwall 0.544 25 10 5 13 29 47 28 58
53 Clapton Orient 0.513 147 53 41 100 194 329 194 44
54 Brentford 0.452 12 5 2 4 15 13 11 69
55 Coventry City 0.326 6 3 0 2 8 8 5 74
56 Portsmouth 0.323 22 8 6 11 30 46 25 59
57 Reading 0.317 19 5 9 12 22 54 26 62
58 Norwich City 0.298 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 66
59 Plymouth Argyle 0.294 13 4 5 7 19 30 16 68
60 Bootle 0.291 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 60
61 Luton Town 0.290 75 29 17 65 167 246 111 50
62 Bristol Rovers 0.280 17 7 3 8 15 21 18 64
63 West Ham United 0.278 18 6 6 6 24 18 18 63
64 Doncaster Rovers 0.275 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 52
65 New Brompton 0.250 12 3 6 5 11 11 14 70
66 Loughborough 0.242 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 49
67 Middlesbrough Iron 0.241 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 57
68 Rotherham Town 0.221 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 55
69 Northwich Victoria 0.212 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 56
70 Crewe Alexandra 0.185 60 20 20 79 147 362 119 54
71 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.184 9 2 5 5 11 16 12 71
72 Queens Park Rangers 0.180 16 5 6 6 12 12 17 65
73 Sunderland Albion 0.134 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 72
74 Derby Midland 0.120 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 84
75 Leyton 0.091 6 2 2 1 5 3 5 73
76 Northampton Town 0.087 5 1 3 6 7 15 10 76
77 Chatham Town 0.060 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 79
78 Carlisle United 0.060 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 80
79 Birmingham St George 0.049 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 75
80 Southend United 0.038 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 78
81 Kettering Town 0.027 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 77
82 Heanor Town 0.018 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 91
83 Croydon Common 0.016 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 88
84 Stockton 0.014 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 92
85 Chester City 0.010 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 86
86 Tunbridge Wells 0.010 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 89
87 Watford 0.010 3 1 1 5 9 13 7 82
88 Accrington Stanley 0.007 3 1 1 2 3 9 4 83
89 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 90
90 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 81
90 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 85
90 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 87
90 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 93
90 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 94
90 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 95
90 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 96
90 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 97
90 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 98
90 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 99
90 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 100
90 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 101
90 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 102
90 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 103
90 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 104
90 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 105
90 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 106
90 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 107
90 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 108
90 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 109
90 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 110
90 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 111
90 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 112
90 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 113
90 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 114
90 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 115
90 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 116
90 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 117
90 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 118
90 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 119
90 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 120
90 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 121
90 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 122
90 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 123
90 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 124
90 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 125
90 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 126

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

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Includes 22 seasons from 1888-89 to 1909-10.

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.