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

England 1888-1938

‹ 1888-1937 History 1888-1939 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 2.123 1830 729 372 591 2891 2506 1692 14
2 Aston Villa 2.098 2141 890 361 596 3752 2878 1847 1
3 Manchester City 2.022 1876 757 362 584 3147 2609 1703 8
4 Bolton Wanderers 2.019 1945 782 381 671 3103 2778 1834 4
5 Arsenal 1.981 1863 742 379 568 2933 2360 1689 11
6 Sunderland 1.952 2029 834 361 592 3345 2636 1787 2
7 Everton 1.791 2001 808 385 642 3365 2790 1835 3
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.688 1844 739 366 722 3029 2947 1827 13
9 Sheffield Wednesday 1.671 1871 744 383 620 2863 2572 1747 10
10 Stoke City 1.628 1465 569 327 617 2241 2330 1513 24
11 Newcastle United 1.627 1876 766 344 596 2901 2408 1706 9
12 Blackburn Rovers 1.605 1846 712 422 696 3112 3050 1830 12
13 West Bromwich Albion 1.602 1925 770 385 679 3089 2817 1834 5
14 Birmingham 1.562 1709 669 371 635 2666 2489 1675 19
15 Notts County 1.555 1736 660 416 721 2691 2764 1797 18
16 Huddersfield Town 1.544 1202 473 256 339 1769 1397 1068 37
17 Preston North End 1.529 1888 737 414 664 2883 2621 1815 7
18 Brentford 1.516 848 337 174 296 1328 1203 807 55
19 Manchester United 1.513 1805 718 369 617 2757 2531 1704 15
20 Bury 1.508 1643 652 339 649 2503 2519 1640 20
21 Tottenham Hotspur 1.494 1253 488 277 429 2010 1770 1194 34
22 Sheffield United 1.447 1801 702 397 626 2830 2675 1725 17
23 Derby County 1.447 1922 758 406 664 3158 2871 1828 6
24 Nottingham Forest 1.446 1619 604 411 714 2544 2769 1729 22
25 Chelsea 1.444 1337 511 315 443 1894 1739 1269 30
26 Burnley 1.432 1803 710 383 704 2901 2929 1797 16
27 Grimsby Town 1.426 1602 648 306 665 2612 2662 1619 23
28 Leicester City 1.397 1623 633 357 619 2576 2601 1609 21
29 Fulham 1.381 1220 473 274 439 1840 1697 1186 35
30 Charlton Athletic 1.365 795 299 197 265 1135 1092 761 61
31 Bradford Park Avenue 1.362 1204 488 228 412 1939 1659 1128 36
32 Portsmouth 1.348 876 334 208 296 1286 1232 838 50
33 West Ham United 1.339 931 363 205 326 1456 1387 894 44
34 Bristol City 1.336 1430 547 336 516 2021 2020 1399 27
35 Middlesbrough 1.321 1440 551 338 584 2393 2378 1473 26
36 Bradford City 1.306 1316 489 338 507 1930 1911 1334 32
37 Oldham Athletic 1.279 1180 455 270 438 1731 1727 1163 38
38 Southampton 1.261 886 329 228 315 1220 1200 872 49
39 Hull City 1.259 1305 502 301 448 1921 1742 1251 33
40 Plymouth Argyle 1.205 963 384 195 241 1443 1060 820 43
41 Cardiff City 1.184 806 312 182 332 1206 1304 826 59
42 Barnsley 1.169 1445 549 347 606 2201 2405 1502 25
43 Swindon Town 1.144 868 337 194 307 1424 1364 838 52
44 Leeds United 1.123 790 303 184 307 1227 1206 794 63
45 Millwall 1.099 918 350 218 282 1287 1116 850 46
46 Port Vale 1.089 1154 449 256 547 1840 2151 1252 39
47 Blackpool 1.037 1425 550 325 630 2242 2478 1505 28
48 Coventry City 1.024 827 317 193 335 1418 1379 845 57
49 Crystal Palace 1.009 902 351 200 290 1423 1284 841 48
50 Swansea Town 1.008 819 314 191 300 1163 1159 805 58
51 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.971 918 363 192 287 1329 1114 842 45
52 Chesterfield 0.937 1142 455 232 430 1842 1756 1117 40
53 Reading 0.918 869 333 203 310 1328 1285 846 51
54 Norwich City 0.908 784 287 210 322 1253 1286 819 65
55 Luton Town 0.851 967 376 215 335 1671 1474 926 42
56 Clapton Orient 0.799 1109 408 293 535 1508 1874 1236 41
57 Stockport County 0.776 1337 521 295 537 2052 2083 1353 31
58 Walsall 0.775 906 355 196 445 1614 1856 996 47
59 Queens Park Rangers 0.727 862 340 182 309 1314 1234 831 53
60 Lincoln City 0.720 1414 558 298 657 2372 2592 1513 29
61 Gateshead 0.708 804 302 200 313 1262 1366 815 60
62 Watford 0.647 832 320 192 308 1301 1233 820 56
63 Doncaster Rovers 0.637 752 293 166 301 1166 1224 760 70
64 Darlington 0.631 739 297 145 311 1314 1309 753 72
65 Northampton Town 0.607 852 338 176 311 1362 1282 825 54
66 Exeter City 0.602 750 281 188 337 1226 1328 806 71
67 Glossop 0.590 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 83
68 Southend United 0.589 771 299 173 339 1246 1315 811 67
69 Tranmere Rovers 0.516 794 320 154 268 1406 1206 742 62
70 Rotherham United 0.513 786 304 178 434 1350 1745 916 64
71 Bristol Rovers 0.494 770 293 184 350 1225 1390 827 68
72 Gainsborough Trinity 0.490 498 186 126 290 763 1099 602 84
73 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.489 653 242 169 268 1062 1152 679 78
74 Wrexham 0.435 755 293 169 277 1220 1179 739 69
75 York City 0.433 400 154 92 166 726 762 412 87
76 Leeds City 0.425 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 91
77 Southport 0.418 719 268 183 295 1140 1258 746 73
78 Mansfield Town 0.396 288 111 66 140 590 640 317 95
79 New Brighton Tower 0.385 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 100
80 Nelson 0.381 387 156 75 191 683 819 422 89
81 Crewe Alexandra 0.370 773 299 175 388 1374 1666 862 66
82 Chester 0.370 370 150 70 93 657 480 313 92
83 Burton Town 0.365 383 150 83 267 681 1035 500 90
84 New Brighton 0.350 592 224 144 296 954 1147 664 81
85 Gillingham 0.340 660 240 180 372 983 1332 792 76
86 Darwen 0.339 192 82 28 142 436 665 252 99
87 Newport County 0.334 626 229 168 344 1044 1425 741 80
88 Accrington Stanley 0.331 677 271 135 342 1235 1431 748 75
89 Halifax Town 0.305 719 275 169 300 1076 1226 744 74
90 Rochdale 0.290 654 259 136 331 1179 1396 726 77
91 Aldershot 0.288 240 89 62 129 347 456 280 97
92 Burton Wanderers 0.275 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 102
93 Torquay United 0.262 416 151 114 225 730 962 490 85
94 Accrington 0.257 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 101
95 Wigan Borough 0.246 398 151 96 180 663 738 427 88
96 Carlisle United 0.245 411 163 85 203 738 854 451 86
97 Merthyr Town 0.228 340 116 108 209 533 810 433 93
98 Hartlepools United 0.192 650 249 152 334 1169 1395 735 79
99 Barrow 0.187 586 227 132 371 1007 1437 730 82
100 Aberdare Athletic 0.187 219 80 59 120 342 438 259 98
101 South Shields 0.175 18 7 4 13 30 43 24 109
102 Stalybridge Celtic 0.146 80 34 12 37 113 128 83 104
103 Durham City 0.139 247 96 55 139 399 538 290 96
104 Ashington 0.139 294 111 72 155 499 676 338 94
105 Thames 0.131 58 20 18 50 110 215 88 105
106 Middlesbrough Iron 0.127 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 107
107 Bootle 0.121 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 108
108 Loughborough 0.121 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 103
109 Scarborough 0.102 17 7 3 6 33 30 16 110
110 Yeovil Town 0.098 17 7 3 7 29 32 17 111
111 New Brompton 0.097 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 116
112 Northwich Victoria 0.093 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 106
113 Corinthian 0.080 11 3 5 14 25 55 22 119
114 Dartford 0.072 14 6 2 7 23 21 15 113
115 Margate 0.068 9 4 1 4 17 19 9 120
116 Workington 0.062 15 7 1 10 29 34 18 112
117 Bath City 0.059 13 6 1 8 24 28 15 115
118 Boston United 0.053 8 3 2 6 15 24 11 123
119 Sunderland Albion 0.050 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 122
120 Rhyl 0.045 8 3 2 4 14 23 9 124
121 Leyton 0.045 12 4 4 8 12 29 16 118
122 Folkestone Invicta 0.043 12 4 4 10 23 39 18 117
123 Derby Midland 0.036 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 154
124 Kettering Town 0.036 14 4 6 13 20 55 23 114
125 Southall 0.033 4 2 0 5 14 18 7 140
126 Caernarvon Athletic 0.031 3 1 1 1 7 8 3 147
127 Crook Town 0.031 7 3 1 4 9 24 8 129
128 Guildford City 0.030 4 2 0 6 10 24 8 144
129 Scunthorpe & Lindsey 0.027 9 3 3 9 20 46 15 121
130 Clapton 0.026 5 2 1 5 11 38 8 138
131 Spennymoor United 0.025 8 3 2 6 14 32 11 126
132 Chilton Colliery Recreation 0.023 7 3 1 2 9 10 6 128
133 Worksop Town 0.021 3 1 1 5 5 26 7 151
134 Poole Town 0.019 5 2 1 3 6 14 6 136
135 Birmingham St George 0.018 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 135
136 Wigan Athletic 0.018 4 2 0 5 13 19 7 141
137 Walthamstow Avenue 0.018 5 2 1 5 14 22 8 134
138 North Shields 0.017 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 155
139 Cheltenham Town 0.016 5 2 1 3 8 14 6 133
140 Ipswich Town 0.016 2 1 0 2 4 5 3 159
141 Shildon 0.016 5 1 3 4 8 18 8 137
142 Chatham Town 0.016 6 2 2 6 11 41 10 131
143 Peterborough United 0.016 4 2 0 2 9 11 4 139
144 Tunbridge Wells 0.015 6 2 2 6 12 23 10 130
145 Newport IOW 0.014 2 1 0 1 1 8 2 165
146 South Liverpool 0.014 5 2 1 2 6 9 5 132
147 Sutton Coldfield Town 0.013 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 158
148 Northfleet United 0.013 8 3 2 8 18 29 13 125
149 Croydon Common 0.012 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 169
150 Worthington Simpsons 0.012 3 1 1 4 4 18 6 150
151 Sittingbourne 0.010 4 2 0 4 10 18 6 143
152 Manchester Central 0.010 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 162
153 Grantham 0.010 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 161
154 West Stanley 0.009 2 1 0 3 3 12 4 166
155 Croydon 0.009 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 171
156 Wimbledon 0.008 4 1 2 4 6 20 7 145
157 London Caledonians 0.008 4 2 0 5 8 15 7 142
158 Blyth Spartans 0.007 8 2 4 7 12 31 13 127
159 Thornycrofts 0.007 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 176
160 Stockton 0.006 3 1 1 7 11 40 9 153
161 Walker Celtic 0.005 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 178
162 Heanor Town 0.005 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 179
163 Weymouth 0.004 1 0 1 2 4 10 3 177
164 Kingstonian 0.003 1 0 1 4 5 24 5 182
165 Kidderminster Harriers 0.002 3 1 1 5 9 33 7 152
166 Wycombe Wanderers 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 173
167 Oxford City 0.002 1 0 1 3 1 12 4 181
168 Barking Town 0.002 1 0 1 2 0 8 3 180
169 Dulwich Hamlet 0.002 2 0 2 12 16 51 14 170
170 Ilford 0.002 4 2 0 8 18 33 10 146
171 Lancaster City 0.002 2 0 2 6 5 20 8 168
172 Romford 0.001 1 0 1 2 4 9 3 175
173 Worcester City 0.001 2 0 2 3 1 11 5 167
174 Nunhead 0.001 2 1 0 4 12 17 5 164
175 Bromley 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 156
175 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 157
175 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 160
175 Bedlington United 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 163
175 Barry Town 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 4 148
175 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 172
175 Wombwell 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 174
175 Wellington Town 0 3 1 1 6 8 16 8 149
175 Botwell Mission 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 183
175 Worthing 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 184
175 Bedford Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 185
175 Horden Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 186
175 South Bank St Peters 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 187
175 Hereford United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 188
175 Horwich RMI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 189
175 Mexborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 190
175 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 191
175 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 192
175 Wellingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 193
175 Welling United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 194
175 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 195
175 London Paper Mills 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 196
175 Mold 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 197
175 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 198
175 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 199
175 Denaby United 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 200
175 Epsom & Ewell 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 201
175 Windsor & Eton 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 202
175 Dinnington Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 203
175 Gresley Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 204
175 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 205
175 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 206
175 Westbury United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 207
175 Yorkshire Amateur 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 208
175 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 209
175 Birmingham Corporation Tramways 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 210
175 Frickley Colliery Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 211
175 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 212
175 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 213
175 Llanelli 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 214
175 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 215
175 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 216
175 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 217
175 Marine 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 218
175 Oswestry Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 219
175 Ashford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 220
175 Northern Nomads 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 221
175 South Bank 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 222
175 St. Albans City 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 223
175 Desborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 224
175 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 225
175 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 226
175 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 227
175 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 228
175 Kells United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 229
175 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 230
175 Annfield Plain 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 231
175 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 232
175 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 233
175 Ferryhill Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 234
175 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 235
175 Hayes 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 236
175 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 237
175 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 238
175 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 239
175 Wath Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 240
175 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 241
175 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 242
175 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 243
175 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 244
175 Harwich & Parkeston 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 245
175 Lloyds Sittingbourne 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 246
175 Chelmsford City 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 247
175 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 248
175 Farnham United Breweries 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 249
175 Golders Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 250
175 Lowestoft Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 251
175 Lytham 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 252
175 Ryde Sports 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2 253
175 Metropolitan Police 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 254
175 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 255
175 Enfield 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 256
175 Peterborough & Fletton United 0 0 0 0 4 2 14 4 257
175 Barnet 0 0 0 0 4 5 18 4 258
175 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 259
175 Woking 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 3 260
175 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 4 1 16 4 261
175 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2 262
175 Casuals 0 0 0 0 5 2 25 5 263

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

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Includes 46 seasons from 1888-89 to 1937-38.

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.