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

England 1888-1915

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EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 3.600 1180 499 182 298 2071 1449 979 1
2 Liverpool 3.334 923 383 157 297 1470 1187 837 16
3 Everton 3.289 1132 478 176 332 1800 1374 986 2
4 Bolton Wanderers 3.041 1013 423 167 376 1622 1482 966 7
5 Newcastle United 2.959 966 399 168 283 1447 1121 850 12
6 Manchester United 2.793 971 405 161 291 1499 1212 857 10
7 Sunderland 2.779 1080 456 168 300 1747 1257 924 3
8 Blackburn Rovers 2.772 1017 401 215 355 1702 1518 971 5
9 Manchester City 2.694 925 376 173 289 1482 1212 838 15
10 Sheffield Wednesday 2.569 970 396 178 317 1465 1286 891 11
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.428 991 402 187 384 1573 1556 973 9
12 Derby County 2.387 1017 408 201 364 1678 1555 973 6
13 West Bromwich Albion 2.362 1011 404 203 366 1543 1447 973 8
14 Bradford City 2.318 518 203 112 170 695 619 485 31
15 Preston North End 2.280 1022 403 216 338 1530 1259 957 4
16 Arsenal 2.274 857 347 163 302 1304 1152 812 19
17 Oldham Athletic 2.265 379 150 79 103 511 403 332 36
18 Sheffield United 2.225 933 368 197 303 1364 1239 868 14
19 Burnley 2.194 965 387 191 370 1529 1456 948 13
20 Bury 2.169 763 295 173 328 1168 1215 796 22
21 Notts County 2.144 904 351 202 397 1488 1521 950 17
22 Chelsea 2.133 446 180 86 144 656 561 410 34
23 Birmingham 2.093 873 354 165 312 1420 1259 831 18
24 Nottingham Forest 2.064 837 322 193 365 1329 1407 880 20
25 Bristol City 1.846 591 234 123 196 835 763 553 26
26 Middlesbrough 1.808 605 232 141 256 953 969 629 25
27 Tottenham Hotspur 1.743 312 114 84 129 471 526 327 43
28 Bradford Park Avenue 1.637 289 121 47 115 445 411 283 44
29 Stoke City 1.528 585 232 121 315 972 1173 668 28
30 Grimsby Town 1.527 775 317 141 330 1229 1281 788 21
31 Swindon Town 1.477 36 16 4 9 49 36 29 58
32 Southampton 1.412 72 28 16 21 98 95 65 53
33 Fulham 1.398 351 142 67 127 515 441 336 41
34 Leicester Fosse 1.390 746 295 156 315 1153 1254 766 23
35 Barnsley 1.335 640 248 144 270 934 1015 662 24
36 Hull City 1.185 453 185 83 138 660 521 406 33
37 Glossop 1.134 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 30
38 West Ham United 1.041 40 14 12 11 61 51 37 57
39 Blackpool 0.822 566 207 152 310 803 1102 669 29
40 Gainsborough Trinity 0.800 481 179 123 281 737 1062 583 32
41 Lincoln City 0.754 591 227 137 367 978 1357 731 27
42 Millwall 0.744 35 13 9 18 39 66 40 59
43 Port Vale 0.744 371 144 83 207 641 842 434 38
44 Crystal Palace 0.732 30 10 10 10 34 49 30 62
45 Leeds City 0.720 367 144 79 172 592 640 395 39
46 Huddersfield Town 0.713 189 75 39 82 290 267 196 46
47 Clapton Orient 0.712 358 136 86 169 437 555 391 40
48 Chesterfield 0.709 323 117 89 170 499 645 376 42
49 Stockport County 0.636 430 158 114 257 645 932 529 35
50 Norwich City 0.631 26 9 8 10 40 38 27 65
51 New Brighton Tower 0.630 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 48
52 Darwen 0.605 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 47
53 Burton United 0.596 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 37
54 Accrington 0.537 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 49
55 Coventry City 0.508 14 6 2 5 17 22 13 72
56 Queens Park Rangers 0.499 30 11 8 11 34 35 30 61
57 Walsall 0.491 215 83 49 118 420 530 250 45
58 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.469 23 7 9 10 24 32 26 68
59 Burton Wanderers 0.465 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 50
60 Reading 0.434 30 9 12 16 35 69 37 63
61 Plymouth Argyle 0.391 18 6 6 12 30 43 24 70
62 Bristol Rovers 0.365 25 9 7 13 24 39 29 66
63 Brentford 0.292 13 5 3 6 15 18 14 73
64 Portsmouth 0.281 24 9 6 16 34 60 31 67
65 Darlington 0.248 7 3 1 3 6 9 7 77
66 Northampton Town 0.247 15 5 5 11 24 31 21 71
67 Luton Town 0.242 75 29 17 68 170 258 114 52
68 Doncaster Rovers 0.232 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 54
69 Bootle 0.217 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 69
70 Crewe Alexandra 0.211 64 21 22 81 155 372 124 55
71 Loughborough 0.204 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 51
72 Middlesbrough Iron 0.203 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 64
73 New Brompton 0.194 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 74
74 Rotherham Town 0.182 56 24 8 57 133 251 89 56
75 Northwich Victoria 0.171 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 60
76 Swansea Town 0.164 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 79
77 Sunderland Albion 0.091 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 75
78 Leyton 0.068 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 76
79 Derby Midland 0.067 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 88
80 Carlisle United 0.046 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 83
81 Southend United 0.040 7 2 3 5 11 22 10 78
82 Birmingham St George 0.036 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 81
83 Gillingham 0.032 3 1 1 3 2 7 5 86
84 Chatham Town 0.029 4 1 2 2 7 24 5 85
85 Kettering Town 0.025 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 82
86 Exeter City 0.023 5 2 1 4 8 10 7 80
87 Watford 0.020 4 1 2 7 9 25 10 84
88 Croydon Common 0.017 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 92
89 Heanor Town 0.012 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 98
90 Rochdale 0.012 2 1 0 2 2 5 3 90
91 Croydon 0.012 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 94
92 Tunbridge Wells 0.012 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 96
93 Stockton 0.010 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 99
94 Barrow 0.010 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 95
95 Chester City 0.009 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 91
96 Accrington Stanley 0.007 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 87
97 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 97
98 Wrexham 0.002 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 93
99 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 89
99 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 100
99 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 101
99 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 102
99 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 103
99 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 104
99 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 105
99 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 106
99 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 107
99 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 108
99 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 109
99 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 110
99 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 111
99 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 112
99 South Shields 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 113
99 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 114
99 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 115
99 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 116
99 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 117
99 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 118
99 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 119
99 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 120
99 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 121
99 London Caledonians 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 122
99 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 123
99 Merthyr Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 124
99 Southport 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 125
99 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 126
99 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 127
99 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 128
99 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 129
99 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 130
99 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 131
99 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 132
99 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 133
99 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 134
99 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 135
99 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 136
99 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 137
99 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 138
99 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 139
99 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 140

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

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Includes 27 seasons from 1888-89 to 1914-15.

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.