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

England 1888-1910

‹ 1888-1909 1888-1911 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 3.930 713 299 115 210 1158 847 624 16
2 Aston Villa 3.528 922 393 136 238 1662 1167 767 1
3 Nottingham Forest 3.420 690 268 154 261 1083 1061 683 18
4 Newcastle United 3.417 748 318 112 204 1153 853 634 11
5 Everton 3.070 889 377 135 260 1479 1116 772 2
6 Bolton Wanderers 3.033 783 330 123 304 1272 1171 757 6
7 Sheffield Wednesday 3.017 749 309 131 249 1140 1001 689 10
8 Manchester City 3.006 717 299 119 213 1212 951 631 15
9 Manchester United 2.767 747 318 111 218 1180 922 647 12
10 Sunderland 2.652 834 356 122 234 1349 970 712 3
11 Bristol City 2.613 416 168 80 108 587 444 356 27
12 Arsenal 2.589 664 274 116 223 1051 880 613 20
13 Sheffield United 2.580 721 285 151 223 1057 958 659 14
14 Derby County 2.469 785 313 159 299 1306 1290 771 5
15 Preston North End 2.459 818 327 164 267 1274 991 758 4
16 Bury 2.399 582 230 122 238 916 904 590 23
17 West Bromwich Albion 2.391 782 318 146 304 1275 1213 768 7
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.358 778 316 146 311 1270 1305 773 8
19 Tottenham Hotspur 2.320 140 51 38 36 193 166 125 45
20 Birmingham City 2.217 672 277 118 233 1140 976 628 19
21 Blackburn Rovers 2.153 765 301 163 298 1307 1254 762 9
22 Notts County 2.150 722 283 156 315 1252 1250 754 13
23 Chelsea 2.084 220 90 40 69 342 274 199 38
24 Bradford City 2.056 289 118 53 100 428 369 271 35
25 Burnley 1.960 712 287 138 312 1156 1207 737 17
26 Middlesbrough 1.865 404 156 92 176 630 637 424 29
27 Stoke City 1.829 582 231 120 311 963 1158 662 24
28 Grimsby Town 1.822 627 262 103 264 1024 1026 629 21
29 Southampton 1.807 62 25 12 15 83 71 52 53
30 Leicester City 1.611 586 230 126 211 893 894 567 22
31 Barnsley 1.340 409 158 93 200 658 746 451 28
32 Glossop North End 1.314 399 150 99 193 618 706 442 30
33 Fulham 1.297 153 59 35 43 221 173 137 42
34 Oldham Athletic 1.179 149 64 21 37 220 137 122 43
35 Hull City 1.033 230 98 34 68 354 268 200 37
36 Gainsborough Trinity 0.939 427 164 99 239 663 930 502 26
37 Port Vale 0.906 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 33
38 Blackpool 0.841 388 142 104 224 583 825 470 31
39 Chesterfield 0.829 321 116 89 167 494 629 372 34
40 Lincoln City 0.788 468 183 102 290 813 1094 575 25
41 New Brighton Tower 0.732 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 46
42 Darwen 0.715 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 40
43 Burton United 0.708 376 147 82 261 660 1010 490 32
44 Crystal Palace 0.640 19 6 7 5 22 31 18 61
45 Stockport County 0.640 268 100 68 168 385 594 336 36
46 Swindon Town 0.612 13 6 1 4 15 14 11 67
47 Walsall 0.604 217 84 49 118 426 531 251 39
48 Accrington 0.598 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 47
49 Leeds City 0.592 177 67 43 87 263 319 197 41
50 Burton Wanderers 0.580 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 48
51 Millwall 0.571 25 10 5 12 28 45 27 58
52 Bradford Park Avenue 0.549 72 31 10 37 124 121 78 51
53 Clapton Orient 0.512 147 53 41 100 194 329 194 44
54 Brentford 0.453 12 5 2 4 15 13 11 69
55 Coventry City 0.327 6 3 0 2 8 8 5 76
56 Portsmouth 0.322 22 8 6 11 30 46 25 59
57 Reading 0.316 19 5 9 12 22 54 26 62
58 Norwich City 0.299 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 66
59 Plymouth Argyle 0.294 13 4 5 7 19 30 16 68
60 Luton Town 0.293 75 29 17 64 167 245 110 50
61 Bristol Rovers 0.286 17 7 3 8 15 21 18 64
62 Bootle 0.278 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 60
63 West Ham United 0.275 18 6 6 6 24 18 18 63
64 Doncaster Rovers 0.275 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 52
65 New Brompton 0.252 12 3 6 5 11 11 14 70
66 Loughborough 0.243 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 49
67 Middlesbrough Iron 0.242 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 57
68 Rotherham Town 0.220 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 55
69 Northwich Victoria 0.209 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 56
70 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.186 9 2 5 5 11 16 12 72
71 Crewe Alexandra 0.184 61 20 21 80 150 369 121 54
72 Queens Park Rangers 0.179 16 5 6 6 12 12 17 65
73 Derby Midland 0.118 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 85
74 Leyton 0.091 6 2 2 1 5 3 5 75
75 Chatham Town 0.089 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 71
76 Northampton Town 0.087 5 1 3 6 7 15 10 77
77 Sunderland Albion 0.081 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 74
78 Carlisle United 0.060 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 80
79 Linfield Athletic 0.059 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 89
80 Birmingham St George 0.044 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 73
81 Southend United 0.038 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 79
82 Kettering Town 0.027 5 2 1 5 5 23 8 78
83 Notts Rangers 0.020 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 92
84 Croydon Common 0.016 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 90
85 Tunbridge Wells 0.010 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 93
86 Chester City 0.010 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 88
87 Watford 0.010 3 1 1 5 9 13 7 82
88 Accrington Stanley 0.006 3 1 1 2 3 9 4 83
89 Halliwell 0.006 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 84
90 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 94
91 Birmingham St George's 0.003 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 86
92 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 81
92 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 87
92 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 2 3 6 3 91
92 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 95
92 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 96
92 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 97
92 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 98
92 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 99
92 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100
92 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 101
92 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 102
92 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 103
92 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 104
92 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 105
92 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 106
92 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 107
92 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 108
92 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 109
92 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 110
92 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 111
92 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 112
92 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 113
92 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 114
92 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 115
92 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 116
92 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 117
92 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 118
92 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 119
92 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 120
92 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 121
92 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 122
92 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 123
92 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 124
92 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 125
92 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 126
92 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 127
92 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 128
92 Stockton 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 3 129
92 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 130
92 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 131
92 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 132

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.