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

England 1888-1914

‹ 1888-1913 History 1888-1915 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 3.935 1141 485 171 283 2007 1376 939 1
2 Liverpool 3.304 884 368 148 281 1402 1111 797 14
3 Newcastle United 3.074 925 385 155 265 1390 1065 805 11
4 Bolton Wanderers 3.043 973 408 157 356 1539 1389 921 5
5 Everton 3.030 1078 455 168 320 1713 1324 943 2
6 Sunderland 3.009 1039 438 163 284 1665 1183 885 3
7 Manchester United 2.966 941 396 149 273 1453 1149 818 10
8 Blackburn Rovers 2.842 974 383 208 341 1619 1456 932 4
9 Manchester City 2.740 877 359 159 278 1428 1171 796 15
10 Sheffield Wednesday 2.534 923 379 165 306 1400 1230 850 12
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.434 944 382 180 371 1495 1502 933 9
12 Derby County 2.403 964 385 194 355 1606 1520 934 8
13 West Bromwich Albion 2.367 971 389 193 352 1494 1403 934 7
14 Woolwich Arsenal 2.330 812 327 158 287 1232 1110 772 19
15 Preston North End 2.288 971 383 205 329 1469 1214 917 6
16 Notts County 2.278 873 342 189 380 1446 1462 911 17
17 Bradford City 2.264 470 187 96 158 635 567 441 32
18 Sheffield United 2.241 877 347 183 293 1303 1196 823 16
19 Chelsea 2.231 405 167 71 126 592 488 364 33
20 Nottingham Forest 2.192 808 312 184 345 1285 1326 841 20
21 Bury 2.188 722 279 164 312 1104 1156 755 22
22 Burnley 2.126 918 367 184 356 1458 1406 907 13
23 Oldham Athletic 2.107 327 130 67 92 432 342 289 39
24 Birmingham 1.979 824 335 154 299 1348 1215 788 18
25 Tottenham Hotspur 1.899 282 105 72 110 410 432 287 43
26 Bristol City 1.879 552 218 116 179 771 703 513 28
27 Middlesbrough 1.824 565 218 129 242 882 891 589 26
28 Grimsby Town 1.615 744 306 132 311 1181 1202 749 21
29 Stoke City 1.580 585 232 121 315 972 1173 668 25
30 Swindon Town 1.479 35 16 3 8 46 30 27 58
31 Leicester Fosse 1.468 722 285 152 291 1106 1166 728 23
32 Fulham 1.450 312 126 60 110 458 390 296 42
33 Barnsley 1.334 593 226 141 256 883 961 623 24
34 Southampton 1.281 67 26 15 20 90 87 61 53
35 Glossop 1.187 523 195 133 272 812 970 600 30
36 Hull City 1.069 403 163 77 123 584 460 363 34
37 West Ham United 1.064 39 14 11 10 57 46 35 57
38 Bradford Park Avenue 0.970 244 102 40 100 374 345 242 44
39 Blackpool 0.839 527 190 147 293 744 1043 630 29
40 Gainsborough Trinity 0.816 481 179 123 281 737 1062 583 31
41 Lincoln City 0.771 560 216 128 348 931 1290 692 27
42 Port Vale 0.769 371 144 83 207 641 842 434 37
43 Leeds City 0.763 333 129 75 151 525 574 355 38
44 Crystal Palace 0.746 29 10 9 9 32 44 28 62
45 Clapton Orient 0.725 317 120 77 155 386 505 352 41
46 Chesterfield 0.717 323 117 89 170 499 645 376 40
47 Huddersfield Town 0.666 147 58 31 68 228 222 157 47
48 Millwall 0.655 31 12 7 17 34 59 36 59
49 New Brighton Tower 0.648 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 48
50 Stockport County 0.625 393 143 107 240 591 869 490 35
51 Darwen 0.621 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 46
52 Burton United 0.615 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 36
53 Accrington 0.553 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 49
54 Coventry City 0.517 14 6 2 5 17 22 13 71
55 Walsall 0.505 215 83 49 118 420 530 250 45
56 Burton Wanderers 0.484 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 50
57 Reading 0.449 30 9 12 15 35 68 36 61
58 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.416 20 6 8 9 22 28 23 69
59 Norwich City 0.406 20 7 6 9 32 32 22 68
60 Plymouth Argyle 0.392 17 6 5 11 28 40 22 70
61 Bristol Rovers 0.357 24 9 6 12 24 36 27 65
62 Queens Park Rangers 0.313 26 9 8 10 30 32 27 64
63 Brentford 0.306 13 5 3 6 15 18 14 72
64 Darlington 0.295 7 3 1 2 6 8 6 77
65 Portsmouth 0.291 24 9 6 15 34 59 30 66
66 Luton Town 0.254 75 29 17 67 170 255 113 52
67 Doncaster Rovers 0.237 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 54
68 Northampton Town 0.227 13 4 5 10 20 29 19 73
69 Bootle 0.226 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 67
70 Crewe Alexandra 0.220 64 21 22 81 155 372 124 55
71 Loughborough 0.211 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 51
72 Middlesbrough Iron 0.210 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 63
73 New Brompton 0.207 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 74
74 Rotherham Town 0.191 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 56
75 Northwich Victoria 0.179 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 60
76 Sunderland Albion 0.096 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 75
77 Derby Midland 0.072 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 87
78 Leyton 0.070 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 76
79 Carlisle United 0.048 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 82
80 Gillingham 0.038 3 1 1 2 2 5 4 85
81 Birmingham St George 0.038 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 79
82 Chatham Town 0.031 4 1 2 2 7 24 5 84
83 Kettering Town 0.025 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 80
84 Exeter City 0.024 5 2 1 3 8 8 6 78
85 Southend United 0.020 4 1 2 4 8 16 7 81
86 Watford 0.020 4 1 2 7 9 25 10 83
87 Croydon Common 0.019 2 0 2 3 5 19 5 91
88 Croydon 0.013 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 93
89 Heanor Town 0.012 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 97
90 Stockton 0.011 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 98
91 Chester City 0.009 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 90
92 Tunbridge Wells 0.009 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 95
93 Barrow 0.007 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 94
94 Accrington Stanley 0.007 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 86
95 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 96
96 Wrexham 0.002 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 92
97 Swansea Town 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 88
97 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 89
97 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 99
97 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 100
97 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 101
97 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 102
97 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 103
97 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 104
97 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 105
97 South Shields 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 106
97 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 107
97 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 108
97 Merthyr Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 109
97 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 110
97 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 111
97 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 112
97 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 113
97 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 114
97 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 115
97 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 116
97 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 117
97 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 118
97 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 119
97 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 120
97 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 121
97 London Caledonians 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 122
97 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 123
97 Southport 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 124
97 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 125
97 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 126
97 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 127
97 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 128
97 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 129
97 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 130
97 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 131
97 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 132
97 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 133
97 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 134
97 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 135
97 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 136
97 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 137
97 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 138

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

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Includes 26 seasons from 1888-89 to 1913-14.

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.