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

England 1888-1920

‹ 1888-1915 History 1888-1921 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 3.674 1234 523 188 316 2156 1525 1027 1
2 Liverpool 3.154 978 405 168 311 1537 1234 884 14
3 Everton 2.916 1170 490 190 349 1869 1444 1029 2
4 Bolton Wanderers 2.892 1060 442 176 391 1694 1548 1009 6
5 Newcastle United 2.862 1011 417 177 300 1493 1161 894 12
6 Sunderland 2.777 1133 480 173 317 1828 1320 970 3
7 Manchester United 2.659 1013 419 175 307 1555 1264 901 11
8 Manchester City 2.627 972 395 182 305 1557 1278 882 16
9 Blackburn Rovers 2.486 1055 414 227 374 1768 1598 1015 8
10 Tottenham Hotspur 2.440 388 149 90 134 584 560 373 40
11 West Bromwich Albion 2.349 1071 432 207 377 1647 1495 1016 4
12 Sheffield Wednesday 2.321 994 403 188 344 1493 1352 935 13
13 Derby County 2.275 1056 421 214 382 1726 1616 1017 7
14 Birmingham 2.270 933 380 173 323 1511 1295 876 18
15 Bradford City 2.248 563 220 123 188 756 685 531 30
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.205 1024 413 198 407 1632 1640 1018 9
17 Arsenal 2.195 901 363 175 318 1364 1213 856 19
18 Notts County 2.165 944 365 214 416 1550 1599 995 17
19 Chelsea 2.152 503 206 91 160 725 616 457 32
20 Preston North End 2.133 1064 419 226 357 1592 1337 1002 5
21 Sheffield United 2.111 975 385 205 322 1427 1310 912 15
22 Burnley 2.103 1020 409 202 383 1600 1518 994 10
23 Bury 2.100 813 316 181 343 1230 1265 840 21
24 Oldham Athletic 2.001 417 165 87 123 560 457 375 36
25 Bristol City 1.994 642 251 140 209 889 810 600 26
26 Nottingham Forest 1.984 868 333 202 388 1372 1483 923 20
27 Middlesbrough 1.750 647 248 151 274 1018 1036 673 25
28 Bradford Park Avenue 1.638 337 139 59 131 516 483 329 43
29 Stoke 1.598 627 250 127 334 1032 1229 711 27
30 Huddersfield Town 1.517 263 108 47 89 400 310 244 45
31 Swindon Town 1.516 38 17 4 10 51 41 31 60
32 Fulham 1.492 398 161 76 142 577 493 379 38
33 Grimsby Town 1.428 800 327 146 358 1264 1358 831 22
34 Barnsley 1.388 682 264 154 288 997 1074 706 24
35 Leicester City 1.380 791 312 167 333 1199 1318 812 23
36 West Ham United 1.357 92 35 22 26 117 95 83 51
37 Southampton 1.316 73 28 17 22 99 98 67 55
38 Hull City 1.168 495 203 89 157 740 599 449 33
39 Glossop 1.086 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 31
40 Blackpool 0.894 621 229 163 322 873 1152 714 28
41 Gainsborough Trinity 0.820 481 179 123 281 737 1062 583 34
42 Lincoln City 0.801 618 236 146 392 1023 1462 774 29
43 Port Vale 0.787 401 156 89 224 683 895 469 37
44 Clapton Orient 0.751 396 152 92 190 489 618 434 39
45 Leeds City 0.748 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 41
46 Stockport County 0.706 467 172 123 277 698 996 572 35
47 Chesterfield 0.676 323 117 89 170 499 645 376 44
48 Millwall 0.672 35 13 9 19 39 68 41 61
49 New Brighton Tower 0.606 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 48
50 Norwich City 0.602 26 9 8 10 40 38 27 67
51 Coventry City 0.579 44 15 14 28 54 98 57 58
52 Burton United 0.575 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 42
53 Darwen 0.575 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 47
54 Crystal Palace 0.535 30 10 10 11 34 51 31 64
55 Accrington 0.505 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 49
56 Walsall 0.472 215 83 49 118 420 530 250 46
57 Gateshead 0.470 42 15 12 16 58 49 43 59
58 Burton Wanderers 0.452 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 50
59 Queens Park Rangers 0.441 30 11 8 12 35 37 31 63
60 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.428 23 7 9 10 24 32 26 70
61 Plymouth Argyle 0.417 22 8 6 13 37 47 27 71
62 Rotherham Town 0.415 90 37 16 78 184 334 131 52
63 Reading 0.406 30 9 12 17 35 71 38 65
64 Bristol Rovers 0.329 25 9 7 14 25 43 30 68
65 Darlington 0.278 10 4 2 4 8 13 10 76
66 Luton Town 0.254 78 30 18 69 173 262 117 54
67 Portsmouth 0.254 24 9 6 17 34 62 32 69
68 Brentford 0.253 13 5 3 7 16 23 15 74
69 Cardiff City 0.229 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 84
70 Northampton Town 0.227 15 5 5 11 24 31 21 73
71 Doncaster Rovers 0.226 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 56
72 Crewe Alexandra 0.206 64 21 22 81 155 372 124 57
73 Bootle 0.205 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 72
74 Middlesbrough Iron 0.201 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 66
75 Loughborough 0.198 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 53
76 New Brompton 0.187 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 75
77 Northwich Victoria 0.165 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 62
78 Swansea Town 0.149 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 80
79 Sunderland Albion 0.086 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 77
80 Leyton 0.067 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 78
81 Derby Midland 0.062 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 90
82 Southend United 0.035 7 2 3 6 11 25 11 79
83 Carlisle United 0.035 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 85
84 Birmingham St George 0.035 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 82
85 Gillingham 0.030 3 1 1 4 3 10 6 88
86 Chatham Town 0.027 4 1 2 2 7 24 5 87
87 Kettering Town 0.024 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 83
88 Exeter City 0.020 5 2 1 4 8 10 7 81
89 Watford 0.017 4 1 2 7 9 25 10 86
90 Croydon Common 0.016 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 96
91 South Shields 0.014 1 0 1 3 3 8 4 101
92 West Stanley 0.012 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 93
93 Thornycrofts 0.012 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 103
94 Croydon 0.011 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 98
95 Tunbridge Wells 0.011 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 102
96 Heanor Town 0.011 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 105
97 Barrow 0.010 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 99
98 Stockton 0.010 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 106
99 Chester City 0.009 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 95
100 Rochdale 0.008 2 1 0 3 4 9 4 94
101 Newport County 0.007 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100
102 Accrington Stanley 0.006 3 1 1 3 3 11 5 89
103 Oxford City 0.004 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 104
104 Wrexham 0.001 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 97
105 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 91
105 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 92
105 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 107
105 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 108
105 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 109
105 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 110
105 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 111
105 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 112
105 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 113
105 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 114
105 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 115
105 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 116
105 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 117
105 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 118
105 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 119
105 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 120
105 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 121
105 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 122
105 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 123
105 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 124
105 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 125
105 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 126
105 London Caledonians 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 127
105 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 128
105 Merthyr Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 129
105 Southport 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 130
105 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 131
105 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 132
105 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 133
105 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 134
105 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 135
105 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 136
105 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 137
105 Worksop Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 138
105 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 139
105 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 140
105 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 141
105 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 142
105 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 143
105 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 144
105 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 145

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

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Includes 28 seasons from 1888-89 to 1919-20.

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.