Eigenrankings

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

England 1888-1922

‹ 1888-1921		1888-1923 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Aston Villa	3.176	1331	566	199	353	2306	1665	1118	1
2	Liverpool	2.879	1085	444	197	328	1664	1302	969	13
3	Tottenham Hotspur	2.499	507	199	109	161	746	656	469	35
4	Newcastle United	2.488	1114	458	198	327	1629	1253	983	11
5	Manchester City	2.444	1075	439	197	333	1699	1398	969	15
6	Bolton Wanderers	2.390	1157	481	195	416	1834	1656	1092	6
7	Sunderland	2.240	1213	509	195	351	1944	1446	1055	3
8	Everton	2.222	1252	518	216	380	1983	1555	1114	2
9	Blackburn Rovers	2.197	1143	442	259	407	1897	1725	1108	7
10	Sheffield Wednesday	2.137	1087	436	215	375	1597	1458	1026	12
11	Cardiff City	2.132	128	52	24	25	143	99	101	57
12	Manchester United	2.027	1077	440	197	347	1654	1407	984	14
13	Birmingham City	2.001	1028	419	190	352	1640	1396	961	18
14	Arsenal	1.959	990	396	198	353	1480	1340	947	19
15	Burnley	1.939	1135	457	221	406	1771	1628	1084	8
16	Derby County	1.930	1120	440	240	423	1810	1746	1103	9
17	Preston North End	1.914	1166	459	248	393	1721	1473	1100	4
18	Bradford City	1.844	641	245	151	227	876	831	623	30
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.820	1118	450	218	447	1749	1769	1115	10
20	Notts County	1.803	1046	400	246	446	1672	1702	1092	16
21	Chelsea	1.802	598	239	120	191	824	726	550	31
22	West Bromwich Albion	1.782	1160	464	232	411	1774	1627	1107	5
23	Nottingham Forest	1.768	964	367	230	416	1481	1581	1013	20
24	Bury	1.731	890	345	200	378	1317	1369	923	22
25	Grimsby Town	1.683	892	365	162	387	1386	1468	914	21
26	Oldham Athletic	1.662	489	188	113	161	652	601	462	37
27	Sheffield United	1.661	1045	406	233	358	1527	1432	997	17
28	Huddersfield Town	1.612	360	146	68	126	518	422	340	44
29	Southampton	1.568	192	72	48	34	238	149	154	47
30	Swindon Town	1.536	139	56	27	36	199	154	119	52
31	Middlesbrough	1.517	739	281	177	301	1150	1165	759	25
32	Stoke City	1.512	718	281	156	362	1143	1336	799	27
33	Bristol City	1.472	727	282	163	242	976	902	687	26
34	Fulham	1.389	494	198	98	175	682	583	471	36
35	West Ham United	1.324	190	74	42	55	221	167	171	48
36	Bradford Park Avenue	1.308	398	161	76	179	609	624	416	41
37	Barnsley	1.296	776	298	180	317	1119	1178	795	24
38	Leicester City	1.275	880	340	200	360	1284	1408	900	23
39	Hull City	1.222	592	236	120	184	847	697	540	32
40	Crystal Palace	1.174	133	49	35	36	157	140	120	55
41	Glossop North End	0.896	541	201	139	298	842	1054	638	34
42	Stockport County	0.860	553	205	143	305	800	1093	653	33
43	Port Vale	0.858	473	181	111	262	771	1005	554	40
44	Blackpool	0.840	709	265	179	358	976	1257	802	28
45	Millwall	0.815	127	44	39	47	128	146	130	58
46	Lincoln City	0.810	655	251	153	411	1074	1522	815	29
47	Plymouth Argyle	0.780	133	46	41	31	141	110	118	54
48	Clapton Orient	0.760	480	183	114	223	575	713	520	39
49	Queens Park Rangers	0.742	135	52	31	36	154	119	119	53
50	Norwich City	0.716	100	31	38	45	136	157	114	69
51	Gainsborough Trinity	0.704	481	179	123	281	737	1062	583	38
52	Swansea Town	0.656	105	36	33	27	118	104	96	65
53	Chesterfield	0.654	358	133	92	189	547	712	414	45
54	Leeds City	0.620	377	148	81	174	609	650	403	42
55	Gateshead	0.616	132	49	34	44	162	133	127	56
56	Luton Town	0.593	181	71	39	96	309	359	206	50
57	Reading	0.591	101	35	31	60	120	185	126	66
58	Coventry City	0.589	113	39	35	67	144	228	141	62
59	Brighton & Hove Albion	0.560	100	36	28	52	116	148	116	70
60	Rotherham Town	0.552	165	63	39	113	253	430	215	51
61	Walsall	0.541	257	102	53	137	495	609	292	46
62	New Brighton Tower	0.520	122	49	24	32	198	156	105	59
63	Portsmouth	0.502	117	39	39	41	144	155	119	60
64	Leeds United	0.500	83	30	23	32	89	85	85	75
65	Burton United	0.494	376	147	82	261	660	1010	490	43
66	Darlington	0.478	61	26	9	16	93	57	51	81
67	Darwen	0.476	188	80	28	137	426	641	245	49
68	Brentford	0.457	86	30	26	45	111	137	101	73
69	Northampton Town	0.418	94	34	26	50	136	186	110	71
70	Bristol Rovers	0.417	106	41	24	50	147	173	115	63
71	Burton Wanderers	0.407	100	43	14	38	171	152	95	67
72	Accrington	0.397	117	41	35	60	252	340	136	61
73	Watford	0.393	100	36	28	34	128	123	98	68
74	Aberdare Athletic	0.359	44	17	10	15	57	51	42	83
75	Merthyr Town	0.336	85	32	21	33	105	110	86	74
76	Crewe Alexandra	0.318	106	39	28	97	218	435	164	64
77	Southend United	0.267	76	27	22	51	98	167	100	76
78	Newport County	0.254	72	25	22	40	87	133	87	78
79	Charlton Athletic	0.253	37	13	11	18	43	56	42	90
80	Exeter City	0.252	74	23	28	41	85	126	92	77
81	Gillingham	0.246	67	23	21	47	85	147	91	79
82	Doncaster Rovers	0.189	67	25	17	60	107	211	102	80
83	Stalybridge Celtic	0.187	41	18	5	15	62	63	38	85
84	Hartlepools United	0.183	42	17	8	13	52	39	38	84
85	Middlesbrough Iron	0.181	27	11	5	21	48	98	37	98
86	Loughborough	0.174	88	34	20	105	171	411	159	72
87	Southport	0.168	39	14	11	17	56	52	42	86
88	Accrington Stanley	0.165	44	20	4	19	76	68	43	82
89	Bootle	0.164	21	9	3	15	52	79	27	99
90	Ashington	0.155	38	17	4	18	61	70	39	88
91	New Brompton	0.148	12	3	6	6	11	12	15	100
92	Wrexham	0.145	38	14	10	17	54	62	41	87
93	Durham City	0.139	37	17	3	18	68	67	38	89
94	Northwich Victoria	0.137	31	13	5	34	75	161	52	94
95	Nelson	0.135	33	13	7	18	48	66	38	92
96	Barrow	0.113	34	14	6	21	45	59	41	91
97	Wigan Borough	0.110	31	11	9	18	46	72	38	93
98	Halifax Town	0.101	29	10	9	20	58	80	39	96
99	Tranmere Rovers	0.091	29	9	11	18	51	61	38	95
100	Rochdale	0.083	28	12	4	27	56	88	43	97
101	Leyton	0.056	7	2	3	3	5	6	8	104
102	Derby Midland	0.052	2	1	0	1	4	2	2	109
103	Sunderland Albion	0.043	8	3	2	4	15	16	9	103
104	South Shields	0.031	3	1	1	5	7	15	7	107
105	Chatham Town	0.030	10	3	4	3	16	40	10	101
106	Birmingham St George	0.027	9	4	1	4	16	24	9	102
107	Linfield Athletic	0.026	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	116
108	Carlisle United	0.023	4	1	2	3	9	19	6	106
109	Kettering Town	0.020	5	2	1	5	5	23	8	105
110	West Stanley	0.017	2	1	0	1	3	5	2	112
111	Croydon Common	0.014	2	0	2	4	5	22	6	115
112	Swifts	0.014	2	1	0	1	4	7	2	113
113	Notts Rangers	0.011	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	118
114	Thornycrofts	0.010	1	0	1	1	0	5	2	120
115	Croydon	0.010	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	117
116	Chester City	0.007	2	1	0	2	1	9	3	114
117	Halliwell	0.006	3	1	1	3	11	21	5	108
118	Tunbridge Wells	0.006	1	0	1	1	1	6	2	119
119	Birmingham St George's	0.003	2	1	0	1	3	4	2	111
120	Oxford City	0.003	1	0	1	2	0	7	3	121
121	Castleford Town	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	2	110
121	Witton	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	122
121	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	123
121	Newcastle West End	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	124
121	Derby Junction	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	125
121	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	126
121	Marlow	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	127
121	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	128
121	Hednesford Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	129
121	Hucknall St. John's	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	130
121	Old Brightonians	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	131
121	Long Eaton Rangers	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	3	132
121	New Crusaders	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	133
121	Old Carthusians	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	2	134
121	Workington	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	135
121	Bath City	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	136
121	Shrewsbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	137
121	South Shore	0	0	0	0	3	4	8	3	138
121	Eccles United	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	139
121	Jarrow	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	2	140
121	Sheffield Heeley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	141
121	Shankhouse	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	142
121	Old Westminsters	0	0	0	0	3	5	10	3	143
121	Staple Hill	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	144
121	Crusaders	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	2	145
121	Hastings & St Leonards United	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	3	146
121	London Caledonians	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	2	147
121	Sutton Junction	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	148
121	Woking	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	149
121	Goole Town	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	1	150
121	Irthlingborough Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	151
121	Chorley	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	152
121	Worcester City	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	153
121	Heanor Town	0	0	0	0	3	1	8	3	154
121	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	1	155
121	Worksop Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	156
121	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	157
121	Bishop Auckland	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	158
121	King's Lynn	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	1	159
121	Stockton	0	0	0	0	3	1	13	3	160
121	Clapton	0	0	0	0	2	1	17	2	161
121	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	3	1	21	3	162
121	Casuals	0	0	0	0	4	1	23	4	163

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.