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

England 1888-1947

‹ 1888-1946 History 1888-1948 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 2.186 1948 777 394 618 3064 2636 1789 14
2 Manchester City 2.151 1999 809 381 607 3346 2739 1797 7
3 Aston Villa 2.069 2241 930 381 632 3916 3010 1943 1
4 Bolton Wanderers 1.911 2041 816 409 708 3248 2917 1933 4
5 Arsenal 1.910 1955 778 399 602 3064 2483 1779 12
6 Everton 1.843 2113 856 401 671 3536 2922 1928 3
7 Sunderland 1.827 2125 871 383 629 3485 2784 1883 2
8 Blackburn Rovers 1.730 1951 756 439 732 3268 3175 1927 13
9 Birmingham City 1.729 1819 715 389 673 2841 2625 1777 19
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.725 1973 794 385 745 3253 3060 1924 11
11 Sheffield Wednesday 1.705 1977 784 409 655 3049 2735 1848 10
12 Newcastle United 1.670 1986 810 366 626 3082 2535 1802 9
13 Stoke City 1.634 1581 615 351 646 2420 2467 1612 24
14 Derby County 1.553 2034 806 422 700 3339 3017 1928 5
15 West Bromwich Albion 1.529 2026 811 404 712 3280 2975 1927 6
16 Preston North End 1.525 1997 779 439 695 3049 2773 1913 8
17 Manchester United 1.509 1907 754 399 643 2922 2663 1796 17
18 Huddersfield Town 1.497 1281 502 277 383 1898 1553 1162 37
19 Notts County 1.484 1831 697 437 757 2828 2902 1891 18
20 Burnley 1.483 1915 753 409 731 3033 3024 1893 16
21 Sheffield United 1.483 1921 750 421 651 3004 2800 1822 15
22 Tottenham Hotspur 1.460 1354 525 304 457 2158 1899 1286 34
23 Bury 1.410 1721 678 365 687 2662 2694 1730 20
24 Charlton Athletic 1.399 905 344 217 301 1309 1241 862 60
25 Grimsby Town 1.396 1696 682 332 701 2754 2832 1715 23
26 Nottingham Forest 1.387 1698 631 436 755 2671 2939 1822 22
27 Chelsea 1.365 1427 545 337 488 2047 1916 1370 31
28 Portsmouth 1.362 969 369 231 332 1417 1368 932 50
29 Fulham 1.357 1307 507 293 475 1974 1835 1275 35
30 Brentford 1.349 921 364 193 347 1445 1385 904 58
31 West Ham United 1.337 1025 400 225 363 1612 1528 988 44
32 Leicester City 1.316 1706 663 380 661 2706 2762 1704 21
33 Bristol City 1.311 1539 589 361 544 2207 2159 1494 27
34 Bradford Park Avenue 1.307 1287 517 253 452 2082 1840 1222 36
35 Middlesbrough 1.289 1552 595 362 618 2593 2544 1575 26
36 Bradford City 1.271 1419 531 357 534 2086 2024 1422 32
37 Cardiff City 1.264 922 360 202 357 1366 1410 919 57
38 Hull City 1.195 1400 539 322 482 2064 1879 1343 33
39 Oldham Athletic 1.180 1270 493 284 478 1874 1877 1255 38
40 Southampton 1.174 966 360 246 357 1361 1375 963 53
41 Barnsley 1.162 1561 599 363 633 2394 2544 1595 25
42 Millwall 1.162 1002 380 242 320 1424 1271 942 46
43 Port Vale 1.158 1251 487 277 585 1985 2283 1349 39
44 Swindon Town 1.129 967 377 213 338 1593 1523 928 51
45 Plymouth Argyle 1.089 1034 413 208 287 1571 1219 908 43
46 Leeds United 1.075 852 326 200 357 1343 1381 883 67
47 Blackpool 1.044 1519 587 345 664 2384 2630 1596 28
48 Coventry City 1.039 926 356 214 364 1553 1491 934 56
49 Chesterfield 1.004 1245 494 257 456 1979 1864 1207 40
50 Swansea Town 0.974 885 337 211 346 1275 1337 894 63
51 Crystal Palace 0.967 994 384 226 321 1546 1409 931 48
52 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.954 1019 401 217 320 1477 1262 938 45
53 Luton Town 0.925 1060 416 228 373 1832 1628 1017 42
54 Reading 0.886 966 368 230 340 1501 1437 938 52
55 Norwich City 0.859 846 311 224 374 1380 1496 909 70
56 Queens Park Rangers 0.797 992 389 214 333 1500 1345 936 49
57 Leyton Orient 0.790 1180 433 314 578 1623 2014 1325 41
58 Walsall 0.777 1001 390 221 481 1783 2002 1092 47
59 Stockport County 0.757 1443 567 309 572 2239 2231 1448 30
60 Watford 0.717 936 360 216 344 1447 1384 920 55
61 Lincoln City 0.695 1499 592 315 702 2553 2790 1609 29
62 Gateshead 0.677 895 337 221 351 1421 1522 909 61
63 Northampton Town 0.647 943 373 197 351 1516 1434 921 54
64 Doncaster Rovers 0.632 892 352 188 315 1396 1333 855 62
65 Darlington 0.622 818 330 158 357 1462 1493 845 72
66 Southend United 0.608 866 336 194 374 1406 1458 904 64
67 Exeter City 0.600 833 311 211 374 1366 1497 896 71
68 Glossop 0.573 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 83
69 Tranmere Rovers 0.517 857 345 167 320 1521 1395 832 66
70 Rotherham United 0.512 908 357 194 461 1547 1879 1012 59
71 Bristol Rovers 0.503 847 321 205 392 1350 1535 918 69
72 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.479 746 278 190 303 1204 1280 771 76
73 Gainsborough Trinity 0.475 502 188 126 293 770 1108 607 84
74 Newport County 0.447 716 266 184 386 1188 1625 836 79
75 Southport 0.433 802 298 206 335 1280 1410 839 73
76 Mansfield Town 0.421 368 136 96 182 699 819 414 93
77 Wrexham 0.420 851 330 191 313 1371 1330 834 68
78 Chester 0.418 487 199 89 121 854 615 409 87
79 Leeds City 0.411 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 92
80 Aldershot 0.401 331 122 87 168 483 626 377 95
81 New Brighton Tower 0.375 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 100
82 York City 0.374 478 184 110 212 872 959 506 88
83 Nelson 0.364 387 156 75 191 683 819 422 90
84 Burton Town 0.354 383 150 83 267 681 1035 500 91
85 Crewe Alexandra 0.351 865 337 191 424 1533 1820 952 65
86 New Brighton 0.341 668 253 162 336 1082 1303 751 81
87 Gillingham 0.334 664 242 180 373 990 1338 795 82
88 Darwen 0.331 192 82 28 142 436 665 252 99
89 Accrington Stanley 0.317 735 294 147 400 1354 1647 841 77
90 Rochdale 0.298 751 297 157 366 1379 1566 820 75
91 Torquay United 0.274 498 181 136 262 841 1102 579 85
92 Halifax Town 0.273 796 300 196 344 1190 1389 840 74
93 Burton Wanderers 0.267 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 103
94 Carlisle United 0.263 489 194 101 248 895 1078 543 86
95 Ipswich Town 0.262 104 38 28 32 150 121 98 102
96 Accrington 0.251 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 101
97 Wigan Borough 0.233 398 151 96 180 663 738 427 89
98 Merthyr Tydfil 0.219 342 117 108 210 537 814 435 94
99 Barrow 0.204 677 263 151 409 1143 1584 823 80
100 Hartlepools United 0.195 724 278 168 379 1300 1579 825 78
101 Aberdare Athletic 0.178 219 80 59 120 342 438 259 98
102 South Shields 0.169 18 7 4 13 30 43 24 112
103 Yeovil Town 0.154 25 9 7 10 39 45 26 109
104 Stalybridge Celtic 0.134 81 34 13 39 116 139 86 105
105 Durham City 0.133 247 96 55 139 399 538 290 97
106 Ashington 0.132 294 111 72 155 499 676 338 96
107 Thames 0.125 58 20 18 50 110 215 88 106
108 Middlesbrough Iron 0.125 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 108
109 Loughborough 0.118 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 104
110 Bootle 0.116 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 110
111 Scarborough 0.095 18 7 4 7 36 35 18 111
112 New Brompton 0.092 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 120
113 Northwich Victoria 0.091 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 107
114 Corinthian 0.078 11 3 5 15 25 58 23 122
115 Dartford 0.073 14 6 2 7 23 21 15 117
116 Margate 0.066 9 4 1 4 17 19 9 123
117 Workington 0.061 16 7 2 12 32 39 21 114
118 Bath City 0.060 17 8 1 10 32 37 19 113
119 Boston United 0.051 8 3 2 6 15 24 11 127
120 Chelmsford City 0.049 6 3 0 4 12 25 7 137
121 Folkestone Invicta 0.048 15 5 5 11 26 42 21 115
122 Sunderland Albion 0.047 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 125
123 Rhyl 0.043 8 3 2 4 14 23 9 128
124 Leyton 0.043 12 4 4 8 12 29 16 121
125 Scunthorpe & Lindsey 0.042 13 5 3 11 27 54 19 119
126 Kettering Town 0.036 15 4 7 14 23 62 25 116
127 Derby Midland 0.034 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 166
128 Guildford City 0.033 5 2 1 7 14 29 10 144
129 Peterborough United 0.033 9 3 3 4 16 27 10 124
130 Walthamstow Avenue 0.033 13 5 3 7 33 34 15 118
131 Crook Town 0.031 7 3 1 4 9 24 8 134
132 Caernarvon Athletic 0.029 3 1 1 1 7 8 3 157
133 Spennymoor United 0.029 8 3 2 7 14 33 12 130
134 Southall 0.028 4 2 0 5 14 18 7 147
135 Clapton 0.023 5 2 1 5 11 38 8 145
136 South Liverpool 0.023 8 3 2 4 12 20 9 126
137 Poole Town 0.022 6 2 2 4 8 22 8 139
138 Chilton Colliery Recreation 0.022 7 3 1 2 9 10 6 132
139 Worksop Town 0.020 3 1 1 5 5 26 7 163
140 Newport IOW 0.020 4 2 0 4 4 22 6 154
141 Cheltenham Town 0.018 6 2 2 7 13 25 11 136
142 Runcorn 0.018 4 2 0 2 8 9 4 146
143 Wigan Athletic 0.018 4 2 0 5 13 19 7 148
144 Birmingham St George 0.018 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 142
145 Lovell's Athletic 0.017 6 3 0 3 16 19 6 135
146 Chatham Town 0.015 6 2 2 6 11 41 10 140
147 Shildon 0.015 5 1 3 4 8 18 8 143
148 Tunbridge Wells 0.013 6 2 2 7 13 27 11 138
149 Sutton Coldfield Town 0.012 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 168
150 Grantham 0.012 5 2 1 4 11 11 7 141
151 Northfleet United 0.012 8 3 2 8 18 29 13 129
152 Croydon Common 0.012 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 180
153 Worthington Simpsons 0.011 3 1 1 4 4 18 6 161
154 Manchester Central 0.010 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 170
155 Sittingbourne 0.009 4 2 0 4 10 18 6 151
156 North Shields 0.009 2 1 0 5 7 19 6 179
157 Marine 0.009 4 1 2 3 11 17 6 149
158 West Stanley 0.009 2 1 0 3 3 12 4 177
159 Croydon 0.008 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 185
160 Wimbledon 0.008 4 1 2 4 6 20 7 152
161 Shrewsbury Town 0.008 3 1 1 3 7 9 5 158
162 London Caledonians 0.007 4 2 0 5 8 15 7 150
163 Blyth Spartans 0.007 8 2 4 7 12 31 13 131
164 Thornycrofts 0.007 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 190
165 Bromley 0.006 7 3 1 4 16 19 8 133
166 Lancaster City 0.005 4 1 2 8 8 28 11 155
167 Stockton 0.005 3 1 1 10 14 50 12 165
168 Walker Celtic 0.005 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 192
169 Yorkshire Amateur 0.005 2 1 0 2 3 8 3 175
170 Romford 0.005 2 0 2 3 6 13 5 176
171 Heanor Town 0.004 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 193
172 Chorley 0.004 3 1 1 3 4 12 5 160
173 Weymouth 0.003 1 0 1 2 4 10 3 191
174 Welling United 0.003 1 0 1 2 2 4 3 188
175 Kingstonian 0.003 1 0 1 4 5 24 5 196
176 Kidderminster Harriers 0.002 3 1 1 6 9 37 8 164
177 Wycombe Wanderers 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 187
178 Oxford City 0.002 1 0 1 3 1 12 4 195
179 Dulwich Hamlet 0.002 2 0 2 12 16 51 14 183
180 Barking Town 0.002 1 0 1 2 0 8 3 194
181 Netherfield 0.002 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 184
182 Ilford 0.002 4 2 0 8 18 33 10 153
183 Horden Colliery Welfare 0.002 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 156
184 Slough United 0.001 2 1 0 1 2 6 2 173
185 Nunhead 0.001 2 1 0 4 12 17 5 174
186 Worcester City 0.001 2 0 2 3 1 11 5 178
187 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 167
187 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 169
187 Willington 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 171
187 Bedlington United 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 172
187 Barry Town 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 4 159
187 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 186
187 Wombwell 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 189
187 Wellington Town 0 3 1 1 9 8 25 11 162
187 Barnet 0 2 1 0 7 13 35 8 182
187 Bishop Auckland 0 2 1 0 8 8 29 9 181
187 Botwell Mission 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 197
187 Worthing 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 198
187 Bedford Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 199
187 Horden Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 200
187 South Bank St Peters 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 201
187 Apsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 202
187 Hereford United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 203
187 Horwich RMI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 204
187 Mexborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 205
187 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 206
187 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 207
187 Wellingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 208
187 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 209
187 London Paper Mills 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 210
187 Mold 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 211
187 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 212
187 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 213
187 Denaby United 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 214
187 Epsom & Ewell 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 215
187 Windsor & Eton 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 216
187 Dinnington Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 217
187 Gresley Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 218
187 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 219
187 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 220
187 Westbury United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 221
187 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 222
187 Birmingham Corporation Tramways 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 223
187 Frickley Colliery Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 224
187 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 225
187 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 226
187 Llanelli 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 227
187 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 228
187 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 229
187 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 230
187 Oswestry Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 231
187 Ashford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 232
187 Cambridge City 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 233
187 Gravesend & Northfleet 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 234
187 Northern Nomads 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 235
187 South Bank 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 236
187 St. Albans City 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 237
187 Desborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 238
187 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 239
187 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 240
187 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 241
187 Kells United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 242
187 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 243
187 Annfield Plain 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 244
187 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 245
187 Brush Sports 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 246
187 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 247
187 Ferryhill Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 248
187 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 249
187 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 250
187 Leytonstone 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 251
187 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 252
187 Finchley 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 253
187 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 254
187 Wath Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 255
187 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 256
187 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 2 257
187 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 258
187 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 259
187 Trowbridge Town 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 2 260
187 Harwich & Parkeston 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 261
187 Lloyds Sittingbourne 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 262
187 Street 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 263
187 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 264
187 Wisbech Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 265
187 Farnham United Breweries 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 266
187 Golders Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 267
187 Lytham 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 268
187 Ryde Sports 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2 269
187 Metropolitan Police 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 270
187 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 271
187 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 3 3 14 3 272
187 Enfield 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 273
187 Peterborough & Fletton United 0 0 0 0 4 2 14 4 274
187 Hayes 0 0 0 0 4 5 18 4 275
187 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 276
187 Woking 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 3 277
187 Lowestoft Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 278
187 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2 279
187 Casuals 0 0 0 0 5 2 25 5 280

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

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Includes 49 seasons from 1888-89 to 1946-47.

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.