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

England 1888-1912

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EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Newcastle United 3.492 844 356 132 232 1296 959 720 11
2 Liverpool 3.394 795 331 133 245 1273 970 709 15
3 Aston Villa 3.392 1027 437 153 262 1827 1269 852 1
4 Manchester United 3.132 853 360 133 243 1326 1039 736 10
5 Everton 3.047 999 425 149 287 1608 1211 861 2
6 Bolton Wanderers 2.868 885 374 137 330 1405 1267 841 5
7 Manchester City 2.824 787 323 141 248 1314 1076 712 17
8 Nottingham Forest 2.704 750 292 166 303 1183 1182 761 18
9 Sunderland 2.606 925 388 149 258 1482 1078 795 3
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.602 860 348 164 340 1381 1390 852 9
11 Sheffield Wednesday 2.601 828 340 148 277 1251 1097 765 12
12 Bradford City 2.595 395 162 71 129 543 465 362 32
13 Blackburn Rovers 2.538 868 342 184 323 1444 1363 849 8
14 West Bromwich Albion 2.458 884 359 166 327 1383 1303 852 7
15 Woolwich Arsenal 2.452 742 303 136 253 1149 991 692 19
16 Chelsea 2.412 334 139 56 88 489 350 283 35
17 Derby County 2.353 893 359 175 321 1478 1377 855 4
18 Sheffield United 2.340 795 313 169 256 1170 1061 738 16
19 Preston North End 2.154 884 350 184 303 1355 1106 837 6
20 Bury 2.140 638 247 144 282 1007 1052 673 23
21 Bristol City 2.138 477 193 91 150 671 574 434 29
22 Burnley 2.092 809 324 161 332 1283 1289 817 13
23 Tottenham Hotspur 2.088 212 79 54 72 300 288 205 44
24 Birmingham 2.050 740 303 134 271 1237 1104 708 20
25 Notts County 2.015 797 312 173 348 1339 1365 833 14
26 Oldham Athletic 1.885 232 95 42 68 316 237 205 42
27 Middlesbrough 1.797 485 186 113 209 742 753 508 27
28 Stoke City 1.693 584 232 120 313 970 1164 665 24
29 Grimsby Town 1.662 670 278 114 279 1087 1087 671 21
30 Leicester Fosse 1.584 662 261 140 248 1006 1029 649 22
31 Fulham 1.522 235 93 49 76 347 288 218 41
32 Barnsley 1.445 499 187 125 230 769 863 542 25
33 Southampton 1.414 66 26 14 18 88 81 58 53
34 Swindon Town 1.393 29 13 3 6 37 21 22 59
35 Glossop 1.240 461 171 119 231 710 831 521 31
36 Hull City 1.090 322 131 60 91 468 363 282 38
37 Blackpool 0.897 468 172 124 255 670 922 551 30
38 Gainsborough Trinity 0.855 479 178 123 279 733 1054 580 28
39 Burslem Port Vale 0.841 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 34
40 West Ham United 0.834 30 11 8 8 39 31 27 58
41 Chesterfield 0.785 323 117 89 168 497 633 374 37
42 Lincoln City 0.746 494 191 112 312 844 1168 615 26
43 Bradford Park Avenue 0.689 150 61 28 70 230 227 159 46
44 New Brighton Tower 0.688 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 47
45 Burton United 0.663 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 33
46 Darwen 0.662 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 45
47 Stockport County 0.646 331 122 87 204 479 729 413 36
48 Leeds City 0.646 244 93 58 125 373 457 276 39
49 Clapton Orient 0.609 237 93 51 128 301 412 272 40
50 Accrington 0.566 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 48
51 Crystal Palace 0.556 23 7 9 7 26 36 23 64
52 Walsall 0.538 215 83 49 118 420 530 250 43
53 Coventry City 0.530 13 6 1 4 15 19 11 71
54 Burton Wanderers 0.520 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 49
55 Millwall 0.466 25 10 5 15 31 51 30 61
56 Huddersfield Town 0.424 66 26 14 37 108 125 77 54
57 Reading 0.414 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 0.299 7 3 1 2 6 8 6 77
62 Plymouth Argyle 0.293 13 4 5 9 21 35 18 72
63 Luton Town 0.269 75 29 17 67 170 255 113 51
64 Bristol Rovers 0.265 18 7 4 10 16 24 21 66
65 Northampton Town 0.265 13 4 5 8 18 21 17 69
66 Doncaster Rovers 0.257 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 52
67 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.255 12 3 6 7 15 21 16 74
68 Bootle 0.250 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 65
69 Crewe Alexandra 0.242 64 21 22 81 155 372 124 55
70 Loughborough 0.228 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 50
71 Middlesbrough Iron 0.223 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 60
72 New Brompton 0.210 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 73
73 Rotherham Town 0.207 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 56
74 Northwich Victoria 0.195 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 57
75 Queens Park Rangers 0.190 17 5 7 8 15 21 20 67
76 Sunderland Albion 0.109 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 75
77 Derby Midland 0.089 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 86
78 Leyton 0.076 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 76
79 Carlisle United 0.049 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 82
80 Chatham Town 0.044 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 81
81 Birmingham St George 0.042 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 78
82 Kettering Town 0.028 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 79
83 Southend United 0.025 4 1 2 2 5 9 5 80
84 Watford 0.022 4 1 2 7 9 25 10 83
85 Croydon Common 0.021 2 0 2 3 5 19 5 89
86 Heanor Town 0.014 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 93
87 Stockton 0.012 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 94
88 Chester City 0.009 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 88
89 Tunbridge Wells 0.009 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 91
90 Accrington Stanley 0.007 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 85
91 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 92
92 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 87
92 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 2 3 6 4 84
92 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 90
92 Barrow 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 95
92 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 96
92 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 97
92 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 98
92 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 99
92 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 100
92 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 101
92 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 102
92 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 103
92 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 104
92 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 105
92 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 106
92 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 107
92 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 108
92 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 109
92 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 110
92 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 111
92 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 112
92 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 113
92 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 114
92 Southport 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 115
92 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 116
92 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 117
92 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 118
92 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 119
92 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 120
92 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 121
92 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 122
92 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 123
92 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 124
92 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 125
92 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 126
92 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 127
92 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 128
92 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 129

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

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Includes 24 seasons from 1888-89 to 1911-12.

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.