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

England 1888-1939

‹ 1888-1938 History 1888-1946 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 2.117 1876 745 386 606 2962 2574 1737 14
2 Aston Villa 2.084 2185 907 371 614 3826 2942 1892 1
3 Manchester City 2.052 1927 779 369 599 3248 2683 1747 9
4 Bolton Wanderers 1.966 1992 797 398 684 3170 2837 1879 4
5 Arsenal 1.942 1910 761 388 583 2989 2403 1732 11
6 Sunderland 1.906 2073 849 375 610 3405 2705 1834 2
7 Everton 1.831 2067 838 391 653 3466 2847 1882 3
8 Sheffield Wednesday 1.708 1933 767 399 631 2960 2639 1797 8
9 Blackburn Rovers 1.698 1910 740 430 709 3216 3116 1879 12
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.698 1909 766 377 732 3137 2993 1875 13
11 Newcastle United 1.685 1927 786 355 611 2969 2459 1752 10
12 Birmingham 1.606 1746 683 380 658 2739 2577 1721 19
13 Stoke City 1.599 1512 586 340 631 2314 2401 1557 24
14 West Bromwich Albion 1.560 1973 789 395 695 3183 2892 1879 5
15 Preston North End 1.544 1938 756 426 679 2954 2684 1861 7
16 Huddersfield Town 1.537 1247 489 269 359 1841 1467 1117 36
17 Notts County 1.534 1782 678 426 738 2753 2823 1842 18
18 Tottenham Hotspur 1.497 1304 508 288 444 2089 1839 1240 34
19 Manchester United 1.485 1844 729 386 633 2815 2601 1748 16
20 Bury 1.452 1680 664 352 667 2568 2599 1683 20
21 Burnley 1.437 1842 725 392 723 2952 2988 1840 17
22 Sheffield United 1.435 1860 724 412 635 2903 2718 1771 15
23 Derby County 1.417 1968 777 414 680 3224 2927 1871 6
24 Brentford 1.416 884 351 182 317 1381 1279 850 55
25 Grimsby Town 1.409 1655 668 319 681 2686 2740 1668 21
26 Charlton Athletic 1.393 845 321 203 280 1210 1152 804 61
27 Fulham 1.386 1266 491 284 455 1907 1755 1230 35
28 Chelsea 1.381 1378 526 326 465 1967 1823 1317 31
29 Nottingham Forest 1.364 1651 614 423 736 2593 2854 1773 23
30 Portsmouth 1.352 925 352 221 313 1348 1304 886 49
31 Leicester City 1.349 1655 643 369 642 2628 2690 1654 22
32 West Ham United 1.345 981 382 217 342 1534 1447 941 44
33 Bradford Park Avenue 1.333 1239 500 239 432 2001 1744 1171 37
34 Middlesbrough 1.313 1493 572 349 598 2487 2454 1519 26
35 Bristol City 1.298 1474 563 348 531 2083 2085 1442 27
36 Bradford City 1.296 1368 511 346 520 2020 1970 1377 32
37 Cardiff City 1.242 855 330 195 349 1272 1374 874 58
38 Oldham Athletic 1.234 1230 477 276 454 1809 1789 1207 38
39 Hull City 1.218 1354 521 312 463 2010 1820 1296 33
40 Millwall 1.208 963 365 233 297 1360 1174 895 46
41 Plymouth Argyle 1.207 1001 399 203 261 1492 1118 863 43
42 Southampton 1.206 921 342 237 336 1277 1286 915 50
43 Barnsley 1.173 1512 579 354 612 2296 2441 1545 25
44 Leeds United 1.141 833 320 193 325 1291 1278 838 62
45 Port Vale 1.130 1193 464 265 567 1894 2211 1296 39
46 Swindon Town 1.103 914 356 202 324 1502 1443 882 52
47 Coventry City 1.025 877 338 201 349 1480 1425 888 57
48 Crystal Palace 1.010 955 371 213 301 1495 1340 885 47
49 Blackpool 1.010 1463 562 339 647 2299 2548 1548 28
50 Swansea Town 0.986 853 325 203 320 1213 1244 848 59
51 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.978 967 382 203 300 1398 1165 885 45
52 Luton Town 0.944 1016 398 220 351 1753 1543 969 42
53 Chesterfield 0.930 1192 475 242 444 1915 1813 1161 40
54 Reading 0.909 916 349 218 323 1401 1350 890 51
55 Norwich City 0.899 815 300 215 347 1303 1382 862 67
56 Clapton Orient 0.793 1146 420 306 554 1566 1934 1280 41
57 Stockport County 0.775 1387 541 305 554 2153 2168 1400 30
58 Walsall 0.760 948 370 208 466 1696 1931 1044 48
59 Queens Park Rangers 0.754 911 357 197 323 1389 1286 877 53
60 Watford 0.701 882 339 204 322 1370 1293 865 56
61 Lincoln City 0.698 1451 572 307 679 2450 2690 1558 29
62 Gateshead 0.682 846 316 214 328 1337 1435 858 60
63 Northampton Town 0.630 890 353 184 331 1414 1344 868 54
64 Doncaster Rovers 0.626 815 317 181 309 1261 1283 807 66
65 Southend United 0.611 817 317 183 357 1317 1387 857 65
66 Exeter City 0.602 790 294 202 353 1292 1413 849 71
67 Darlington 0.597 774 311 152 334 1381 1404 797 73
68 Glossop 0.581 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 83
69 Tranmere Rovers 0.519 811 326 159 300 1445 1311 785 68
70 Bristol Rovers 0.504 805 304 197 370 1284 1455 871 69
71 Rotherham United 0.502 828 321 186 452 1415 1813 959 63
72 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.494 696 257 182 285 1120 1214 724 76
73 Gainsborough Trinity 0.478 500 187 126 291 765 1101 604 84
74 Southport 0.453 777 291 195 308 1225 1318 794 72
75 Mansfield Town 0.423 333 124 85 156 642 710 365 94
76 Wrexham 0.415 796 310 176 296 1287 1260 782 70
77 Leeds City 0.415 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 92
78 Chester 0.390 428 173 82 107 754 557 362 88
79 York City 0.388 432 166 100 189 790 859 455 87
80 New Brighton Tower 0.378 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 100
81 Newport County 0.371 686 253 180 354 1111 1478 787 78
82 Nelson 0.369 387 156 75 191 683 819 422 90
83 Aldershot 0.358 287 106 75 144 406 529 325 96
84 Burton Town 0.358 383 150 83 267 681 1035 500 91
85 Crewe Alexandra 0.355 820 319 182 406 1459 1739 907 64
86 New Brighton 0.346 631 239 153 315 1024 1224 707 81
87 Gillingham 0.336 660 240 180 372 983 1332 792 80
88 Darwen 0.333 192 82 28 142 436 665 252 99
89 Accrington Stanley 0.310 697 278 141 372 1285 1536 791 75
90 Rochdale 0.288 693 274 145 350 1274 1485 769 77
91 Halifax Town 0.286 768 290 188 314 1141 1290 792 74
92 Torquay United 0.283 455 166 123 245 788 1037 534 85
93 Burton Wanderers 0.267 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 102
94 Accrington 0.253 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 101
95 Ipswich Town 0.239 51 19 13 17 79 61 49 106
96 Wigan Borough 0.238 398 151 96 180 663 738 427 89
97 Carlisle United 0.231 444 176 92 226 805 969 494 86
98 Merthyr Town 0.225 340 116 108 209 533 810 433 93
99 Barrow 0.186 627 243 141 389 1074 1506 773 82
100 Aberdare Athletic 0.184 219 80 59 120 342 438 259 98
101 Hartlepools United 0.181 683 262 159 358 1226 1492 779 79
102 South Shields 0.173 18 7 4 13 30 43 24 112
103 Yeovil Town 0.158 23 9 5 8 35 37 22 109
104 Stalybridge Celtic 0.137 80 34 12 38 113 132 84 104
105 Durham City 0.134 247 96 55 139 399 538 290 97
106 Ashington 0.133 294 111 72 155 499 676 338 95
107 Thames 0.129 58 20 18 50 110 215 88 105
108 Middlesbrough Iron 0.126 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 108
109 Loughborough 0.119 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 103
110 Bootle 0.116 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 110
111 Scarborough 0.096 18 7 4 7 36 35 18 111
112 New Brompton 0.095 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 118
113 Northwich Victoria 0.091 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 107
114 Corinthian 0.080 11 3 5 15 25 58 23 121
115 Dartford 0.071 14 6 2 7 23 21 15 115
116 Margate 0.067 9 4 1 4 17 19 9 122
117 Workington 0.064 16 7 2 11 31 37 20 113
118 Chelmsford City 0.062 6 3 0 2 11 15 5 132
119 Bath City 0.058 13 6 1 8 24 28 15 117
120 Boston United 0.053 8 3 2 6 15 24 11 125
121 Folkestone Invicta 0.049 15 5 5 11 26 42 21 114
122 Sunderland Albion 0.047 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 123
123 Rhyl 0.044 8 3 2 4 14 23 9 126
124 Leyton 0.044 12 4 4 8 12 29 16 119
125 Kettering Town 0.035 14 4 6 13 20 55 23 116
126 Southall 0.034 4 2 0 5 14 18 7 143
127 Derby Midland 0.034 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 159
128 Guildford City 0.033 5 2 1 7 14 29 10 140
129 Crook Town 0.032 7 3 1 4 9 24 8 131
130 Spennymoor United 0.031 8 3 2 6 14 32 11 128
131 Caernarvon Athletic 0.029 3 1 1 1 7 8 3 152
132 Scunthorpe & Lindsey 0.028 11 4 3 10 25 50 17 120
133 Runcorn 0.026 4 2 0 1 8 5 3 142
134 Walthamstow Avenue 0.026 8 3 2 6 19 26 11 124
135 Clapton 0.025 5 2 1 5 11 38 8 141
136 Chilton Colliery Recreation 0.022 7 3 1 2 9 10 6 130
137 Cheltenham Town 0.022 6 2 2 4 9 16 8 133
138 Worksop Town 0.020 3 1 1 5 5 26 7 156
139 Poole Town 0.019 5 2 1 3 6 14 6 138
140 Newport IOW 0.019 2 1 0 1 1 8 2 168
141 Wigan Athletic 0.018 4 2 0 5 13 19 7 146
142 Birmingham St George 0.018 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 137
143 Shildon 0.015 5 1 3 4 8 18 8 139
144 Chatham Town 0.015 6 2 2 6 11 41 10 135
145 Peterborough United 0.015 4 2 0 3 10 15 5 144
146 Tunbridge Wells 0.014 6 2 2 7 13 27 11 134
147 South Liverpool 0.014 5 2 1 2 6 9 5 136
148 Sutton Coldfield Town 0.013 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 161
149 Northfleet United 0.012 8 3 2 8 18 29 13 127
150 Croydon Common 0.012 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 172
151 Worthington Simpsons 0.011 3 1 1 4 4 18 6 155
152 North Shields 0.011 2 1 0 2 4 5 3 162
153 Sittingbourne 0.011 4 2 0 4 10 18 6 148
154 Manchester Central 0.010 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 165
155 Grantham 0.009 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 164
156 West Stanley 0.009 2 1 0 3 3 12 4 169
157 Croydon 0.008 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 174
158 Wimbledon 0.008 4 1 2 4 6 20 7 149
159 London Caledonians 0.008 4 2 0 5 8 15 7 147
160 Blyth Spartans 0.006 8 2 4 7 12 31 13 129
161 Thornycrofts 0.006 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 179
162 Stockton 0.006 3 1 1 7 11 40 9 158
163 Walker Celtic 0.005 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 182
164 Heanor Town 0.004 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 183
165 Weymouth 0.004 1 0 1 2 4 10 3 180
166 Kingstonian 0.003 1 0 1 4 5 24 5 186
167 Kidderminster Harriers 0.002 3 1 1 6 9 37 8 157
168 Wycombe Wanderers 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 176
169 Oxford City 0.002 1 0 1 3 1 12 4 185
170 Dulwich Hamlet 0.002 2 0 2 12 16 51 14 173
171 Barking Town 0.002 1 0 1 2 0 8 3 184
172 Ilford 0.002 4 2 0 8 18 33 10 150
173 Lancaster City 0.001 2 0 2 7 7 24 9 171
174 Romford 0.001 1 0 1 2 4 9 3 178
175 Nunhead 0.001 2 1 0 4 12 17 5 167
176 Worcester City 0.001 2 0 2 3 1 11 5 170
177 Bromley 0 4 2 0 2 8 13 4 145
177 Horden Colliery Welfare 0 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 151
177 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 160
177 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 163
177 Bedlington United 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 166
177 Barry Town 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 4 153
177 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 175
177 Wombwell 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 177
177 Wellington Town 0 3 1 1 7 8 19 9 154
177 Chorley 0 1 0 1 2 2 9 3 181
177 Botwell Mission 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 187
177 Worthing 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 188
177 Bedford Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 189
177 Horden Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 190
177 South Bank St Peters 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 191
177 Apsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 192
177 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 193
177 Hereford United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 194
177 Horwich RMI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 195
177 Mexborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 196
177 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 197
177 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 198
177 Wellingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 199
177 Welling United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 200
177 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 201
177 London Paper Mills 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 202
177 Mold 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 203
177 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 204
177 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 205
177 Denaby United 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 206
177 Epsom & Ewell 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 207
177 Windsor & Eton 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 208
177 Dinnington Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 209
177 Gresley Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 210
177 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 211
177 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 212
177 Westbury United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 213
177 Yorkshire Amateur 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 214
177 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 215
177 Birmingham Corporation Tramways 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 216
177 Frickley Colliery Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 217
177 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 218
177 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 219
177 Llanelli 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 220
177 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 221
177 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 222
177 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 223
177 Marine 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 224
177 Oswestry Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 225
177 Ashford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 226
177 Northern Nomads 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 227
177 South Bank 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 228
177 St. Albans City 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 229
177 Desborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 230
177 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 231
177 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 232
177 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 233
177 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 234
177 Kells United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 235
177 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 236
177 Annfield Plain 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 237
177 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 238
177 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 239
177 Ferryhill Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 240
177 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 241
177 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 242
177 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 243
177 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 244
177 Wath Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 245
177 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 246
177 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 247
177 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 248
177 Hayes 0 0 0 0 3 2 9 3 249
177 Harwich & Parkeston 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 250
177 Lloyds Sittingbourne 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 251
177 Street 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 252
177 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 253
177 Farnham United Breweries 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 254
177 Golders Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 255
177 Lytham 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 256
177 Ryde Sports 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2 257
177 Metropolitan Police 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 258
177 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 259
177 Enfield 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 260
177 Peterborough & Fletton United 0 0 0 0 4 2 14 4 261
177 Barnet 0 0 0 0 4 5 18 4 262
177 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 263
177 Woking 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 3 264
177 Bishop Auckland 0 0 0 0 4 1 16 4 265
177 Lowestoft Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 266
177 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2 267
177 Casuals 0 0 0 0 5 2 25 5 268

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

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Includes 47 seasons from 1888-89 to 1938-39.

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.