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

England 1888-1913

‹ 1888-1912 1888-1914 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 3.994 1081 459 163 270 1925 1329 892 1
2 Liverpool 3.237 830 346 138 262 1334 1036 746 15
3 Newcastle United 3.196 888 372 144 249 1351 1007 765 11
4 Everton 3.062 1035 439 157 303 1651 1260 899 2
5 Manchester United 3.042 900 379 142 254 1392 1081 775 10
6 Sunderland 2.967 990 417 156 267 1586 1125 840 3
7 Bolton Wanderers 2.878 923 389 145 342 1460 1323 876 7
8 Blackburn Rovers 2.866 921 361 199 333 1547 1414 893 8
9 Manchester City 2.766 833 342 149 260 1371 1109 751 14
10 Sheffield Wednesday 2.599 887 365 157 288 1346 1161 810 12
11 Derby County 2.518 931 374 183 335 1536 1446 892 5
12 Preston North End 2.438 941 372 197 307 1411 1136 876 4
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.384 907 366 175 355 1454 1454 896 9
14 Bradford City 2.382 430 174 82 145 593 526 401 32
15 Nottingham Forest 2.380 782 303 176 322 1248 1252 801 19
16 West Bromwich Albion 2.338 928 374 180 341 1459 1362 895 6
17 Arsenal 2.280 763 307 149 277 1178 1070 733 20
18 Chelsea 2.236 365 151 63 110 546 432 324 35
19 Sheffield United 2.170 829 327 175 274 1226 1132 776 16
20 Oldham Athletic 2.144 283 113 57 79 376 295 249 40
21 Bury 2.141 676 262 152 297 1051 1109 711 23
22 Burnley 2.122 870 350 170 342 1389 1356 862 13
23 Birmingham City 2.050 786 321 144 282 1297 1153 747 18
24 Bristol City 1.973 510 202 106 165 717 649 473 28
25 Tottenham Hotspur 1.909 245 92 61 93 352 363 246 43
26 Notts County 1.846 820 319 182 371 1368 1423 872 17
27 Middlesbrough 1.771 522 199 124 227 805 828 550 27
28 Grimsby Town 1.719 710 294 122 293 1137 1139 709 21
29 Stoke City 1.622 583 231 121 313 966 1165 665 24
30 Leicester City 1.524 695 274 147 267 1056 1098 688 22
31 Fulham 1.513 274 110 54 93 412 345 257 41
32 Swindon Town 1.390 33 15 3 7 43 26 25 58
33 Barnsley 1.365 547 207 133 242 830 906 582 25
34 Southampton 1.312 63 25 13 18 86 79 56 55
35 Glossop North End 1.200 493 183 127 249 757 896 559 30
36 Hull City 1.116 361 147 67 109 530 421 323 36
37 Blackpool 0.928 495 181 133 277 711 998 591 29
38 Bradford Park Avenue 0.866 193 78 37 87 297 294 202 45
39 Gainsborough Trinity 0.844 481 179 123 280 735 1058 582 31
40 Lincoln City 0.798 534 206 122 325 894 1220 653 26
41 West Ham United 0.796 34 12 10 9 45 39 31 57
42 Port Vale 0.792 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 34
43 Leeds City 0.747 284 108 68 139 445 524 315 39
44 Chesterfield 0.745 323 117 89 169 498 637 375 38
45 Crystal Palace 0.715 27 9 9 8 30 41 26 61
46 Huddersfield Town 0.668 111 44 23 50 178 168 117 49
47 New Brighton Tower 0.668 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 47
48 Clapton Orient 0.641 271 103 65 143 335 465 311 42
49 Darwen 0.636 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 46
50 Burton United 0.634 376 147 82 261 660 1010 490 33
51 Stockport County 0.617 357 130 97 225 536 812 452 37
52 Accrington 0.556 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 48
53 Coventry City 0.545 14 6 2 5 17 22 13 71
54 Walsall 0.531 217 84 49 119 426 537 252 44
55 Burton Wanderers 0.517 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 50
56 Millwall 0.490 26 10 6 15 31 53 31 63
57 Reading 0.475 30 9 12 14 34 63 35 60
58 Norwich City 0.439 20 7 6 8 31 30 21 67
59 Bristol Rovers 0.362 24 9 6 11 22 31 26 64
60 Plymouth Argyle 0.344 15 5 5 10 23 37 20 70
61 Portsmouth 0.319 24 9 6 14 34 55 29 65
62 Brentford 0.315 13 5 3 6 15 18 14 72
63 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.310 15 4 7 8 17 23 19 69
64 Darlington 0.289 7 3 1 2 6 8 6 79
65 Luton Town 0.265 75 29 17 66 170 254 112 52
66 Doncaster Rovers 0.246 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 53
67 Northampton Town 0.242 13 4 5 9 20 28 18 73
68 Crewe Alexandra 0.227 65 21 23 82 158 379 126 54
69 Bootle 0.223 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 66
70 Loughborough 0.220 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 51
71 Middlesbrough Iron 0.214 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 62
72 New Brompton 0.212 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 74
73 Rotherham Town 0.196 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 56
74 Queens Park Rangers 0.185 19 6 7 9 21 26 22 68
75 Northwich Victoria 0.181 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 59
76 Derby Midland 0.077 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 87
77 Leyton 0.072 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 78
78 Sunderland Albion 0.060 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 77
79 Chatham Town 0.058 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 75
80 Carlisle United 0.045 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 82
81 Linfield Athletic 0.038 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 92
82 Birmingham St George 0.035 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 76
83 Kettering Town 0.026 5 2 1 5 5 23 8 80
84 Southend United 0.021 4 1 2 3 7 14 6 81
85 Watford 0.021 4 1 2 7 9 25 10 83
86 Croydon Common 0.019 2 0 2 3 5 19 5 91
87 Notts Rangers 0.016 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 97
88 Croydon 0.013 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 93
89 Chester City 0.010 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 90
90 Tunbridge Wells 0.010 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 98
91 Gillingham 0.008 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 95
92 Accrington Stanley 0.007 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 85
92 Halliwell 0.007 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 86
94 Barrow 0.007 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 94
95 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 99
96 Birmingham St George's 0.003 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 88
97 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 89
97 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 2 3 6 4 84
97 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 2 3 6 3 96
97 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 100
97 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 101
97 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 102
97 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 103
97 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 104
97 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 105
97 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 106
97 London Caledonians 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 107
97 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 108
97 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 109
97 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 110
97 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 111
97 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 112
97 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 113
97 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 114
97 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 115
97 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 116
97 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 117
97 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 118
97 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 119
97 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 120
97 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 121
97 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 122
97 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 123
97 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 124
97 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 125
97 Southport 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 126
97 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 127
97 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 128
97 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 129
97 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 130
97 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 131
97 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 132
97 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 133
97 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 134
97 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 135
97 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 136
97 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 137
97 Stockton 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 3 138
97 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 139
97 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 140
97 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 141

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.