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

England 1888-1925

‹ 1888-1924 History 1888-1926 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 2.848 1488 625 238 396 2515 1827 1259 1
2 Liverpool 2.642 1261 516 229 368 1875 1452 1113 10
3 Newcastle United 2.497 1273 516 241 367 1823 1409 1124 8
4 Bolton Wanderers 2.487 1325 544 237 454 2057 1801 1235 4
5 Manchester City 2.341 1216 492 232 382 1894 1603 1106 15
6 Tottenham Hotspur 2.195 641 248 145 213 922 816 606 34
7 Sunderland 2.125 1375 575 225 389 2162 1615 1189 3
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.036 1256 503 250 493 1915 1926 1246 11
9 Manchester United 2.023 1232 497 238 385 1827 1525 1120 13
10 Everton 2.017 1399 575 249 429 2173 1745 1253 2
11 Cardiff City 1.960 297 118 61 67 357 254 246 51
12 West Bromwich Albion 1.932 1314 522 270 453 1947 1778 1245 5
13 The Wednesday 1.884 1219 486 247 424 1762 1616 1157 14
14 Blackburn Rovers 1.855 1275 489 297 458 2049 1909 1244 7
15 Notts County 1.851 1196 456 284 488 1812 1822 1228 17
16 Birmingham 1.849 1154 464 226 402 1775 1559 1092 18
17 Southampton 1.849 355 126 103 74 394 272 303 47
18 Bristol City 1.837 877 339 199 283 1144 1057 821 25
19 Huddersfield Town 1.831 538 215 108 152 717 522 475 41
20 Burnley 1.828 1251 499 253 466 1936 1827 1218 12
21 West Ham United 1.794 347 130 87 98 412 325 315 48
22 Bury 1.759 1045 404 237 417 1507 1513 1058 21
23 Derby County 1.743 1282 504 274 464 2034 1891 1242 6
24 Arsenal 1.732 1103 439 225 416 1634 1532 1080 19
25 Chelsea 1.707 717 274 169 239 953 875 682 32
26 Sheffield United 1.680 1200 464 272 404 1743 1617 1140 16
27 Preston North End 1.656 1263 493 277 461 1878 1692 1231 9
28 Bradford City 1.621 758 283 192 279 995 980 754 30
29 Nottingham Forest 1.567 1061 399 263 484 1593 1781 1146 20
30 Swindon Town 1.470 290 113 64 76 396 301 253 52
31 Oldham Athletic 1.436 603 226 151 215 769 774 592 36
32 Grimsby Town 1.411 1005 407 191 440 1552 1631 1038 23
33 Bradford Park Avenue 1.401 553 222 109 215 835 760 546 39
34 Middlesbrough 1.392 839 312 215 363 1282 1338 890 27
35 Stoke 1.389 833 319 195 417 1278 1502 931 28
36 Fulham 1.351 617 241 135 227 815 734 603 35
37 Crystal Palace 1.324 252 90 72 93 311 329 255 59
38 Leicester City 1.290 1042 406 230 399 1519 1549 1035 22
39 Barnsley 1.194 909 346 217 367 1290 1364 930 24
40 Leeds United 1.096 226 83 60 76 246 226 219 64
41 Hull City 1.077 719 277 165 232 997 858 674 31
42 Portsmouth 0.978 275 98 79 75 355 297 252 54
43 Stockport County 0.922 670 246 178 357 927 1262 781 33
44 Blackpool 0.878 853 319 215 404 1184 1417 938 26
45 Port Vale 0.877 590 225 140 316 910 1185 681 38
46 Plymouth Argyle 0.843 302 117 68 65 354 218 250 50
47 Swansea Town 0.821 273 105 63 60 332 240 228 55
48 Clapton Orient 0.817 601 223 155 273 700 848 651 37
49 Glossop 0.795 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 40
50 Millwall 0.792 280 99 82 82 299 270 263 53
51 Lincoln City 0.769 767 292 183 462 1214 1694 937 29
52 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.696 261 100 61 93 311 280 254 57
53 Chesterfield 0.686 502 191 120 225 745 847 536 42
54 Norwich City 0.671 219 75 69 100 302 346 244 65
55 Gateshead 0.646 257 93 71 89 288 265 253 58
56 Gainsborough Trinity 0.639 481 179 123 281 737 1062 583 43
57 Rotherham United 0.627 273 106 61 174 409 624 341 56
58 Coventry City 0.590 216 76 64 128 287 445 268 66
59 Nelson 0.589 170 70 30 60 228 231 160 78
60 Queens Park Rangers 0.582 250 96 58 97 297 316 251 60
61 Leeds City 0.567 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 44
62 Reading 0.541 208 72 64 116 244 335 252 69
63 Luton Town 0.541 313 118 77 141 478 520 336 49
64 Walsall 0.531 374 147 80 185 628 758 412 46
65 New Brighton Tower 0.477 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 92
66 Charlton Athletic 0.455 164 55 54 67 188 203 176 80
67 Darlington 0.455 209 85 39 53 301 194 177 68
68 Burton United 0.443 376 147 82 262 663 1014 491 45
69 Darwen 0.432 188 80 28 137 426 641 245 73
70 Watford 0.411 228 81 66 86 278 289 233 62
71 Bristol Rovers 0.395 228 81 66 95 276 305 242 63
72 Northampton Town 0.383 232 88 56 96 309 330 240 61
73 Brentford 0.371 185 66 53 108 244 350 227 74
74 Accrington 0.360 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 93
75 Burton Wanderers 0.359 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 94
76 Doncaster Rovers 0.326 147 54 39 94 221 331 187 87
77 Crewe Alexandra 0.305 214 76 62 146 348 602 284 67
78 Southend United 0.295 190 70 50 106 251 366 226 72
79 Exeter City 0.283 194 71 52 99 230 314 222 70
80 Gillingham 0.272 182 63 56 100 214 310 219 75
81 Newport County 0.265 191 70 51 92 245 309 213 71
82 Merthyr Town 0.250 180 62 56 95 224 301 213 76
83 Rochdale 0.244 175 71 33 61 233 220 165 77
84 Southport 0.235 167 64 39 61 191 177 164 79
85 Halifax Town 0.222 159 59 41 68 218 249 168 83
86 Aberdare Athletic 0.220 148 52 44 74 199 254 170 86
87 Wigan Borough 0.220 160 59 42 61 233 234 162 82
88 Accrington Stanley 0.198 164 68 28 72 245 272 168 81
89 New Brighton 0.198 88 34 20 31 115 106 85 95
90 Wrexham 0.196 152 53 46 64 182 217 163 85
91 Stalybridge Celtic 0.190 78 33 12 33 104 112 78 97
92 Ashington 0.186 154 62 30 70 240 289 162 84
93 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.178 67 24 19 41 80 123 84 98
94 Middlesbrough Iron 0.165 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 100
95 Durham City 0.160 143 54 35 71 220 254 160 88
96 Bootle 0.156 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 101
97 Loughborough 0.155 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 96
98 Tranmere Rovers 0.149 134 48 38 74 210 258 160 89
99 Barrow 0.144 129 51 27 87 181 275 165 91
100 Hartlepools United 0.140 134 46 42 73 179 230 161 90
101 New Brompton 0.133 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 102
102 Northwich Victoria 0.126 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 99
103 South Shields 0.087 8 3 2 8 14 24 13 104
104 Sunderland Albion 0.065 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 103
105 Corinthian 0.057 4 1 2 3 3 13 6 109
106 Leyton 0.051 7 2 3 3 5 6 8 105
107 Derby Midland 0.047 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 111
108 Birmingham St George 0.026 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 106
109 Carlisle United 0.021 4 1 2 3 9 19 6 108
110 Chatham Town 0.020 4 1 2 2 7 24 5 110
111 Kettering Town 0.019 5 2 1 6 6 28 9 107
112 West Stanley 0.017 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 114
113 Croydon Common 0.013 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 116
114 Worksop Town 0.010 1 0 1 3 2 20 4 122
115 Thornycrofts 0.009 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 119
116 Croydon 0.009 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 117
117 Heanor Town 0.008 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 121
118 Stockton 0.007 1 0 1 4 2 25 5 123
119 Chester City 0.007 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 115
120 Tunbridge Wells 0.005 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 118
121 Oxford City 0.003 1 0 1 2 0 7 3 120
122 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 112
122 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 113
122 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 124
122 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 125
122 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 126
122 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 127
122 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 128
122 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 129
122 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 130
122 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 131
122 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 132
122 Llanelli 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 133
122 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 134
122 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 135
122 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 136
122 Workington 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 137
122 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 138
122 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 139
122 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 140
122 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 141
122 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 142
122 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 143
122 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 144
122 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 145
122 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 146
122 London Caledonians 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 147
122 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 148
122 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 149
122 Woking 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 150
122 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 151
122 Bath City 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 2 152
122 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 153
122 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 154
122 Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 155
122 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 156
122 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 157
122 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 158
122 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 159
122 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 160
122 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 161
122 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 3 1 21 3 162
122 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 163

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

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Includes 33 seasons from 1888-89 to 1924-25.

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.