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

England 1888-1912

‹ 1888-1911 1888-1913 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Newcastle United 3.494 844 356 132 231 1296 954 719 11
2 Aston Villa 3.428 1019 434 151 263 1819 1276 848 1
3 Liverpool 3.389 788 328 132 244 1265 962 704 16
4 Manchester United 3.025 848 358 132 242 1317 1034 732 10
5 Everton 2.917 991 421 149 286 1593 1204 856 2
6 Bolton Wanderers 2.864 881 373 135 329 1398 1258 837 7
7 Manchester City 2.834 787 323 141 247 1314 1070 711 17
8 Nottingham Forest 2.714 748 290 168 303 1185 1187 761 18
9 Sheffield Wednesday 2.668 833 342 149 277 1258 1102 768 12
10 Sunderland 2.599 923 387 149 257 1480 1075 793 3
11 Bradford City 2.590 395 162 71 129 543 465 362 32
12 Blackburn Rovers 2.533 870 342 186 323 1456 1365 851 8
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.503 867 351 165 340 1395 1396 856 9
14 Arsenal 2.452 742 303 136 253 1149 991 692 19
15 Chelsea 2.406 334 139 56 88 489 350 283 35
16 Derby County 2.392 889 357 175 321 1466 1377 853 4
17 West Bromwich Albion 2.383 888 361 166 327 1399 1306 854 6
18 Sheffield United 2.352 795 313 169 255 1169 1059 737 15
19 Preston North End 2.291 888 353 182 302 1355 1101 837 5
20 Bristol City 2.140 477 193 91 150 671 574 434 29
21 Burnley 2.130 811 325 161 332 1288 1296 818 13
22 Bury 2.121 635 246 143 281 995 1048 670 23
23 Tottenham Hotspur 2.093 212 79 54 72 300 288 205 44
24 Birmingham City 2.049 740 303 134 271 1238 1105 708 20
25 Notts County 2.043 797 312 173 348 1340 1365 833 14
26 Oldham Athletic 1.883 232 95 42 68 316 237 205 42
27 Middlesbrough 1.800 485 186 113 209 742 753 508 27
28 Grimsby Town 1.707 670 279 112 279 1085 1084 670 21
29 Stoke City 1.690 582 231 120 312 964 1160 663 24
30 Leicester City 1.586 662 261 140 248 1006 1029 649 22
31 Fulham 1.518 235 93 49 76 347 288 218 41
32 Barnsley 1.447 499 187 125 229 768 855 541 25
33 Southampton 1.406 62 25 12 17 84 76 54 55
34 Swindon Town 1.390 29 13 3 6 37 21 22 59
35 Glossop North End 1.241 461 171 119 230 708 826 520 31
36 Hull City 1.088 322 131 60 91 468 363 282 38
37 Blackpool 0.897 468 172 124 255 670 922 551 30
38 Gainsborough Trinity 0.856 479 178 123 279 733 1054 580 28
39 Port Vale 0.839 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 34
40 West Ham United 0.830 30 11 8 8 39 31 27 58
41 Chesterfield 0.779 323 117 89 168 497 633 374 37
42 Lincoln City 0.744 494 191 112 312 844 1168 615 26
43 New Brighton Tower 0.688 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 47
44 Bradford Park Avenue 0.687 150 61 28 70 230 227 159 46
45 Burton United 0.666 376 147 82 261 660 1010 490 33
46 Darwen 0.659 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 45
47 Stockport County 0.644 331 122 87 204 479 729 413 36
48 Leeds City 0.643 244 93 58 125 373 457 276 39
49 Clapton Orient 0.608 237 93 51 128 301 412 272 40
50 Accrington 0.558 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 48
51 Crystal Palace 0.556 23 7 9 7 26 36 23 64
52 Walsall 0.553 217 84 49 119 426 537 252 43
53 Coventry City 0.540 13 6 1 4 15 19 11 71
54 Burton Wanderers 0.540 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 49
55 Millwall 0.485 25 10 5 14 30 49 29 61
56 Huddersfield Town 0.423 66 26 14 37 108 125 77 53
57 Reading 0.412 25 7 11 13 27 59 31 62
58 Norwich City 0.357 16 6 4 7 24 25 17 68
59 Portsmouth 0.327 24 9 6 13 33 53 28 63
60 Brentford 0.326 13 5 3 6 15 18 14 70
61 Darlington 0.300 7 3 1 2 6 8 6 79
62 Plymouth Argyle 0.292 13 4 5 9 21 35 18 72
63 Luton Town 0.272 75 29 17 66 170 254 112 51
64 Bristol Rovers 0.270 18 7 4 10 16 24 21 66
65 Northampton Town 0.266 13 4 5 8 18 21 17 69
66 Doncaster Rovers 0.256 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 52
67 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.256 12 3 6 7 15 21 16 74
68 Crewe Alexandra 0.241 65 21 23 82 158 379 126 54
69 Bootle 0.239 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 65
70 Loughborough 0.229 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 50
71 Middlesbrough Iron 0.224 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 60
72 New Brompton 0.211 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 73
73 Rotherham Town 0.206 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 56
74 Northwich Victoria 0.192 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 57
75 Queens Park Rangers 0.189 17 5 7 8 15 21 20 67
76 Derby Midland 0.088 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 87
77 Leyton 0.076 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 78
78 Sunderland Albion 0.066 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 77
79 Chatham Town 0.066 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 75
80 Carlisle United 0.049 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 82
81 Linfield Athletic 0.044 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 92
82 Birmingham St George 0.039 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 76
83 Kettering Town 0.028 5 2 1 5 5 23 8 80
84 Southend United 0.025 4 1 2 2 5 9 5 81
85 Watford 0.022 4 1 2 7 9 25 10 83
86 Croydon Common 0.021 2 0 2 3 5 19 5 91
87 Notts Rangers 0.017 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 94
88 Chester City 0.009 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 90
89 Tunbridge Wells 0.009 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 95
90 Accrington Stanley 0.007 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 85
90 Halliwell 0.007 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 86
92 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 96
93 Birmingham St George's 0.004 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 88
94 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 89
94 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 2 3 6 4 84
94 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 2 3 6 3 93
94 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 97
94 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 98
94 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 99
94 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 100
94 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 101
94 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 102
94 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 103
94 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 104
94 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 105
94 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 106
94 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 107
94 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 108
94 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 109
94 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 110
94 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 111
94 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 112
94 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 113
94 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 114
94 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 115
94 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 116
94 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 117
94 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 118
94 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 119
94 Southport 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 120
94 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 121
94 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 122
94 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 123
94 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 124
94 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 125
94 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 126
94 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 127
94 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 128
94 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 129
94 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 130
94 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 131
94 Stockton 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 3 132
94 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 133
94 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 134
94 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 135

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.