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

England 1888-1913

‹ 1888-1912 History 1888-1914 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 3.954 1089 462 165 269 1933 1322 896 1
2 Liverpool 3.241 837 349 139 263 1342 1044 751 14
3 Newcastle United 3.194 888 372 144 250 1351 1012 766 11
4 Everton 3.191 1043 443 157 304 1666 1267 904 2
5 Manchester United 3.145 905 381 143 255 1401 1086 779 9
6 Sunderland 2.974 992 418 156 268 1588 1128 842 3
7 Bolton Wanderers 2.882 927 390 147 343 1467 1332 880 6
8 Blackburn Rovers 2.871 919 361 197 333 1535 1412 891 8
9 Manchester City 2.758 833 342 149 261 1371 1115 752 15
10 Sheffield Wednesday 2.537 882 363 156 288 1339 1156 807 12
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.480 900 363 174 355 1440 1448 892 10
12 Derby County 2.476 935 376 183 335 1548 1446 894 5
13 West Bromwich Albion 2.409 924 372 180 341 1443 1359 893 7
14 Bradford City 2.386 430 174 82 145 593 526 401 32
15 Nottingham Forest 2.369 784 305 174 322 1246 1247 801 19
16 Preston North End 2.310 937 369 199 308 1411 1141 876 4
17 Woolwich Arsenal 2.281 763 307 149 277 1178 1070 733 20
18 Chelsea 2.241 365 151 63 110 546 432 324 35
19 Sheffield United 2.159 829 327 175 275 1227 1134 777 16
20 Bury 2.157 679 263 153 298 1063 1113 714 23
21 Oldham Athletic 2.149 283 113 57 79 376 295 249 40
22 Burnley 2.085 868 349 170 342 1384 1349 861 13
23 Birmingham 2.051 786 321 144 282 1296 1152 747 18
24 Bristol City 1.972 510 202 106 165 717 649 473 28
25 Tottenham Hotspur 1.904 245 92 61 93 352 363 246 43
26 Notts County 1.822 820 319 182 371 1367 1423 872 17
27 Middlesbrough 1.770 522 199 124 227 805 828 550 27
28 Grimsby Town 1.674 710 293 124 293 1139 1142 710 21
29 Stoke City 1.626 585 232 121 314 972 1169 667 24
30 Leicester Fosse 1.522 695 274 147 267 1056 1098 688 22
31 Fulham 1.515 274 110 54 93 412 345 257 41
32 Swindon Town 1.393 33 15 3 7 43 26 25 58
33 Barnsley 1.364 547 207 133 243 831 914 583 25
34 Southampton 1.323 67 26 15 19 90 84 60 53
35 Glossop 1.199 493 183 127 250 759 901 560 30
36 Hull City 1.117 361 147 67 109 530 421 323 36
37 Blackpool 0.927 495 181 133 277 711 998 591 29
38 Bradford Park Avenue 0.867 193 78 37 87 297 294 202 45
39 Gainsborough Trinity 0.843 481 179 123 280 735 1058 582 31
40 West Ham United 0.800 34 12 10 9 45 39 31 57
41 Lincoln City 0.800 534 206 122 325 894 1220 653 26
42 Burslem Port Vale 0.794 371 144 83 206 641 839 433 34
43 Chesterfield 0.750 323 117 89 169 498 637 375 38
44 Leeds City 0.748 284 108 68 139 445 524 315 39
45 Crystal Palace 0.714 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 0.667 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 47
48 Clapton Orient 0.641 271 103 65 143 335 465 311 42
49 Darwen 0.639 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 46
50 Burton United 0.632 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 33
51 Stockport County 0.619 357 130 97 225 536 812 452 37
52 Accrington 0.564 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 48
53 Coventry City 0.536 14 6 2 5 17 22 13 71
54 Walsall 0.517 215 83 49 118 420 530 250 44
55 Burton Wanderers 0.498 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 50
56 Reading 0.476 30 9 12 14 34 63 35 60
57 Millwall 0.470 26 10 6 16 32 55 32 63
58 Norwich City 0.439 20 7 6 8 31 30 21 67
59 Bristol Rovers 0.358 24 9 6 11 22 31 26 64
60 Plymouth Argyle 0.343 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 0.288 7 3 1 2 6 8 6 77
65 Luton Town 0.262 75 29 17 67 170 255 113 52
66 Doncaster Rovers 0.246 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 54
67 Northampton Town 0.241 13 4 5 9 20 28 18 73
68 Bootle 0.234 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 66
69 Crewe Alexandra 0.228 64 21 22 81 155 372 124 55
70 Loughborough 0.218 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 51
71 Middlesbrough Iron 0.214 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 62
72 New Brompton 0.211 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 74
73 Rotherham Town 0.197 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 56
74 Queens Park Rangers 0.187 19 6 7 9 21 26 22 68
75 Northwich Victoria 0.184 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 59
76 Sunderland Albion 0.099 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 75
77 Derby Midland 0.078 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 86
78 Leyton 0.072 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 76
79 Carlisle United 0.046 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 82
80 Chatham Town 0.039 4 1 2 1 7 15 4 81
81 Birmingham St George 0.037 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 78
82 Kettering Town 0.027 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 79
83 Watford 0.021 4 1 2 7 9 25 10 83
84 Southend United 0.021 4 1 2 3 7 14 6 80
85 Croydon Common 0.019 2 0 2 3 5 19 5 89
86 Croydon 0.013 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 91
87 Heanor Town 0.013 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 96
88 Stockton 0.011 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 97
89 Chester City 0.010 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 88
90 Tunbridge Wells 0.010 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 94
91 Gillingham 0.008 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 93
92 Accrington Stanley 0.007 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 85
93 Barrow 0.007 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 92
94 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 95
95 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 87
95 Exeter City 0 3 1 1 2 3 6 4 84
95 Wrexham 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 90
95 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 98
95 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 99
95 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100
95 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 101
95 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 102
95 London Caledonians 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 103
95 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 104
95 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 105
95 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 106
95 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 107
95 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 108
95 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 109
95 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 110
95 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 111
95 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 112
95 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 113
95 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 114
95 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 115
95 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 116
95 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 117
95 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 118
95 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 119
95 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 120
95 Southport 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 121
95 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 122
95 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 123
95 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 124
95 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 125
95 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 126
95 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 127
95 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 128
95 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 129
95 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 130
95 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 131
95 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 132
95 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 133
95 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 134
95 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 135

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

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Includes 25 seasons from 1888-89 to 1912-13.

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.