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

England 1888-1923

‹ 1888-1922 History 1888-1924 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 2.875 1385 587 211 367 2378 1710 1165 1
2 Liverpool 2.852 1157 475 207 338 1749 1344 1020 11
3 Bolton Wanderers 2.691 1214 502 210 433 1902 1725 1145 4
4 Newcastle United 2.453 1163 476 211 341 1675 1298 1028 10
5 Tottenham Hotspur 2.417 555 219 117 180 812 709 516 34
6 Everton 2.284 1308 542 224 397 2062 1623 1163 2
7 Manchester City 2.272 1120 456 208 349 1750 1455 1013 15
8 Sunderland 2.253 1271 533 205 363 2022 1506 1101 3
9 Manchester United 2.231 1133 460 213 360 1717 1453 1033 13
10 Blackburn Rovers 2.080 1184 457 270 424 1933 1786 1151 7
11 The Wednesday 2.049 1132 453 226 389 1649 1502 1068 14
12 Bristol City 2.034 788 307 174 250 1047 946 731 25
13 Cardiff City 1.968 177 72 33 43 224 165 148 55
14 Birmingham 1.928 1065 432 201 371 1681 1454 1004 18
15 Arsenal 1.927 1033 412 209 370 1542 1406 991 19
16 Burnley 1.848 1171 472 227 427 1825 1683 1126 8
17 Chelsea 1.839 637 249 139 207 870 780 595 31
18 Southampton 1.821 249 90 69 50 289 198 209 48
19 Bradford City 1.801 679 257 165 244 918 878 666 30
20 Preston North End 1.799 1201 470 261 413 1784 1545 1144 6
21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.791 1140 457 226 472 1778 1842 1155 12
22 West Bromwich Albion 1.789 1206 481 244 426 1820 1675 1151 5
23 Bury 1.774 945 366 213 393 1389 1422 972 21
24 Notts County 1.773 1100 423 254 459 1717 1737 1136 16
25 Derby County 1.763 1171 460 251 441 1877 1800 1152 9
26 Nottingham Forest 1.713 1003 382 239 438 1521 1648 1059 20
27 Huddersfield Town 1.695 419 169 81 137 584 457 387 42
28 Sheffield United 1.677 1099 426 247 376 1605 1502 1049 17
29 Grimsby Town 1.548 925 378 169 406 1443 1523 953 23
30 Oldham Athletic 1.517 519 198 123 184 687 667 505 37
31 Middlesbrough 1.449 778 295 188 321 1209 1232 804 26
32 Stoke City 1.445 752 293 166 386 1200 1410 845 28
33 Bradford Park Avenue 1.435 448 181 86 191 679 668 458 41
34 Swindon Town 1.420 185 73 39 51 261 212 163 53
35 West Ham United 1.337 254 99 56 67 298 214 222 47
36 Fulham 1.323 538 214 110 190 725 619 514 36
37 Barnsley 1.279 824 316 192 333 1185 1239 841 24
38 Leicester City 1.266 933 362 209 373 1353 1453 944 22
39 Crystal Palace 1.190 170 62 46 55 211 203 163 58
40 Hull City 1.148 634 250 134 199 892 745 583 32
41 Stockport County 0.885 589 219 151 325 843 1151 695 33
42 Glossop 0.863 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 35
43 Plymouth Argyle 0.856 191 71 49 44 207 142 164 51
44 Port Vale 0.848 510 195 120 281 810 1056 596 39
45 Blackpool 0.848 756 283 190 372 1036 1302 845 27
46 Millwall 0.822 176 59 58 59 176 191 176 56
47 Lincoln City 0.816 691 264 163 426 1113 1577 853 29
48 Clapton Orient 0.772 516 195 126 242 615 765 563 38
49 Swansea Town 0.757 158 58 42 38 196 149 138 60
50 Queens Park Rangers 0.706 183 71 41 53 216 171 165 54
51 Gainsborough Trinity 0.681 481 179 123 281 737 1062 583 40
52 Chesterfield 0.679 403 152 99 201 615 764 452 43
53 Norwich City 0.675 136 44 48 65 187 230 157 67
54 Leeds United 0.666 133 49 35 46 136 125 130 69
55 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.655 156 57 42 64 172 186 163 61
56 Leeds City 0.604 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 44
57 Coventry City 0.597 150 54 42 87 190 291 183 62
58 Gateshead 0.592 172 64 44 61 197 177 169 57
59 Luton Town 0.590 230 92 46 112 378 411 250 49
60 Reading 0.568 135 45 45 78 156 240 168 68
61 Walsall 0.568 301 120 61 147 540 646 328 46
62 Rotherham Town 0.565 200 76 48 133 297 493 257 50
63 New Brighton Tower 0.511 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 71
64 Portsmouth 0.494 164 58 48 57 203 210 163 59
65 Charlton Athletic 0.494 85 30 25 33 103 109 88 82
66 Burton United 0.478 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 45
67 Darwen 0.462 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 52
68 Brentford 0.426 124 43 38 62 152 188 143 70
69 Bristol Rovers 0.426 148 54 40 63 182 209 157 63
70 Watford 0.402 146 53 40 50 189 182 143 65
71 Darlington 0.391 101 41 19 29 152 103 89 77
72 Northampton Town 0.388 139 51 37 64 190 230 152 66
73 Accrington 0.387 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 73
74 Burton Wanderers 0.385 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 78
75 Crewe Alexandra 0.324 148 56 36 108 263 466 200 64
76 Merthyr Town 0.293 121 43 35 51 144 159 129 72
77 Southend United 0.279 113 39 35 68 147 221 142 74
78 Exeter City 0.261 107 36 35 63 132 210 134 75
79 Gillingham 0.258 104 38 28 67 136 206 133 76
80 Aberdare Athletic 0.228 73 26 21 38 100 124 85 88
81 Nelson 0.228 84 37 10 29 109 107 76 83
82 Newport County 0.219 99 33 33 63 127 203 129 79
83 Wrexham 0.192 76 28 20 31 92 112 79 86
84 Stalybridge Celtic 0.191 78 33 12 33 104 112 78 84
85 Wigan Borough 0.186 77 30 17 31 116 116 78 85
86 Doncaster Rovers 0.185 67 25 17 60 107 211 102 92
87 Accrington Stanley 0.183 85 37 11 33 135 133 81 81
88 Middlesbrough Iron 0.175 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 98
89 Loughborough 0.169 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 80
90 Halifax Town 0.169 70 27 16 35 112 129 78 90
91 Bootle 0.167 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 99
92 Hartlepools United 0.166 74 27 20 29 100 93 76 87
93 Ashington 0.158 68 28 12 37 112 147 77 91
94 Southport 0.156 70 26 18 36 88 98 80 89
95 New Brompton 0.145 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 100
96 Northwich Victoria 0.136 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 97
97 Durham City 0.121 65 26 13 37 111 126 76 93
98 Tranmere Rovers 0.118 61 21 19 36 100 120 76 96
99 Rochdale 0.114 64 25 14 42 98 141 81 95
100 Barrow 0.111 64 27 10 42 95 119 79 94
101 South Shields 0.091 8 3 2 6 11 19 11 102
102 Sunderland Albion 0.069 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 101
103 Leyton 0.055 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 103
104 Derby Midland 0.051 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 108
105 Birmingham St George 0.027 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 104
106 Chatham Town 0.022 4 1 2 2 7 24 5 107
107 Carlisle United 0.022 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 106
108 Kettering Town 0.021 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 105
109 West Stanley 0.017 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 112
110 Croydon Common 0.014 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 114
111 Worksop Town 0.011 1 0 1 3 2 20 4 120
112 Thornycrofts 0.010 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 117
113 Croydon 0.010 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 115
114 Heanor Town 0.008 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 119
115 Corinthian 0.008 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 111
116 Stockton 0.008 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 121
117 Chester City 0.007 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 113
118 Tunbridge Wells 0.006 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 116
119 Oxford City 0.003 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 118
120 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 109
120 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 110
120 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 122
120 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 123
120 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 124
120 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 125
120 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 126
120 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 127
120 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 128
120 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 129
120 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 130
120 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 131
120 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 132
120 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 133
120 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 134
120 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 135
120 New Brighton AFC 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 136
120 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 137
120 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 138
120 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 139
120 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 140
120 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 141
120 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 142
120 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 143
120 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 144
120 London Caledonians 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 145
120 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 146
120 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 147
120 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 148
120 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 149
120 Bath City 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 2 150
120 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 151
120 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 152
120 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 153
120 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 154
120 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 155
120 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 156
120 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 157
120 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 158
120 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 159
120 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 160
120 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 161

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

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Includes 31 seasons from 1888-89 to 1922-23.

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.