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

England 1888-1948

‹ 1888-1947 History 1888-1949 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 2.145 1992 794 404 635 3133 2701 1833 13
2 Manchester City 2.142 2045 826 393 623 3402 2788 1842 8
3 Aston Villa 2.039 2288 949 390 647 3985 3073 1986 1
4 Arsenal 1.902 2014 801 412 609 3145 2516 1822 12
5 Bolton Wanderers 1.883 2078 832 414 730 3294 2977 1976 5
6 Everton 1.811 2159 875 409 691 3597 2994 1975 3
7 Sunderland 1.775 2161 884 393 649 3541 2852 1926 2
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.754 2023 814 395 760 3341 3135 1969 11
9 Sheffield Wednesday 1.751 2030 805 420 667 3118 2791 1892 10
10 Birmingham City 1.702 1878 737 404 679 2896 2651 1820 19
11 Blackburn Rovers 1.694 1986 768 450 754 3328 3252 1972 14
12 Newcastle United 1.679 2042 834 374 637 3155 2578 1845 9
13 Stoke City 1.620 1621 630 361 665 2465 2527 1656 24
14 Derby County 1.605 2093 829 435 712 3430 3079 1976 4
15 Manchester United 1.528 1971 779 413 652 3025 2719 1844 15
16 Preston North End 1.519 2050 802 446 711 3123 2847 1959 7
17 West Bromwich Albion 1.506 2073 830 413 728 3346 3036 1971 6
18 Burnley 1.489 1967 773 421 742 3089 3069 1936 16
19 Notts County 1.479 1884 719 446 773 2912 2965 1938 18
20 Tottenham Hotspur 1.448 1406 544 318 471 2226 1948 1333 34
21 Sheffield United 1.439 1963 766 431 668 3070 2873 1865 17
22 Huddersfield Town 1.434 1317 514 289 402 1949 1614 1205 37
23 Charlton Athletic 1.418 949 363 223 321 1371 1310 907 60
24 Bury 1.389 1755 687 381 705 2720 2763 1773 20
25 Chelsea 1.372 1466 560 346 508 2105 1989 1414 31
26 Grimsby Town 1.369 1718 690 338 730 2800 2947 1758 23
27 Fulham 1.363 1354 525 304 493 2030 1886 1322 35
28 Brentford 1.358 963 378 207 363 1493 1448 948 59
29 Nottingham Forest 1.356 1733 643 447 775 2726 3003 1865 22
30 Portsmouth 1.351 1016 389 238 349 1490 1422 976 51
31 West Ham United 1.317 1072 416 240 376 1669 1585 1032 44
32 Bristol City 1.312 1585 608 369 562 2293 2227 1539 27
33 Leicester City 1.309 1753 681 391 677 2771 2825 1749 21
34 Cardiff City 1.293 969 378 213 371 1428 1470 962 57
35 Bradford Park Avenue 1.275 1329 534 261 471 2153 1915 1266 36
36 Middlesbrough 1.271 1593 611 371 638 2670 2621 1620 26
37 Southampton 1.222 1024 384 256 369 1439 1431 1009 50
38 Bradford City 1.220 1461 547 367 552 2154 2092 1466 32
39 Hull City 1.190 1452 559 334 496 2132 1935 1389 33
40 Oldham Athletic 1.166 1313 508 297 494 1943 1942 1299 38
41 Barnsley 1.159 1601 614 373 651 2457 2610 1638 25
42 Port Vale 1.147 1294 503 288 601 2049 2339 1392 39
43 Blackpool 1.132 1573 609 355 680 2461 2676 1644 28
44 Swindon Town 1.118 1012 391 230 355 1643 1574 976 52
45 Millwall 1.118 1031 389 253 343 1469 1347 985 49
46 Plymouth Argyle 1.064 1072 422 228 301 1613 1281 951 43
47 Chesterfield 1.041 1284 510 264 476 2033 1921 1250 40
48 Leeds United 1.038 888 340 208 378 1405 1457 926 68
49 Coventry City 1.031 969 371 227 380 1616 1547 978 56
50 Swansea Town 0.998 933 355 223 359 1345 1392 937 62
51 Luton Town 0.989 1104 432 240 390 1896 1694 1062 42
52 Crystal Palace 0.950 1037 399 239 338 1598 1460 976 48
53 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.946 1059 414 231 340 1530 1342 985 46
54 Reading 0.910 1012 385 242 357 1566 1500 984 53
55 Queens Park Rangers 0.856 1061 418 225 341 1585 1391 984 45
56 Norwich City 0.847 883 325 233 396 1448 1577 954 70
57 Walsall 0.786 1057 413 231 494 1861 2049 1138 47
58 Leyton Orient 0.784 1216 446 324 598 1674 2088 1368 41
59 Stockport County 0.761 1487 582 323 591 2313 2308 1496 30
60 Watford 0.709 975 374 227 363 1505 1467 964 55
61 Lincoln City 0.691 1559 618 323 711 2634 2832 1652 29
62 Gateshead 0.678 944 356 232 364 1497 1582 952 61
63 Doncaster Rovers 0.645 921 361 199 338 1436 1401 898 63
64 Northampton Town 0.631 986 388 210 369 1578 1510 967 54
65 Darlington 0.617 857 343 171 374 1516 1564 888 72
66 Exeter City 0.607 875 326 223 391 1422 1563 940 71
67 Southend United 0.604 909 351 207 389 1459 1519 947 65
68 Glossop 0.568 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 83
69 Bristol Rovers 0.541 887 337 213 414 1433 1617 964 69
70 Rotherham United 0.512 967 382 203 470 1642 1931 1055 58
71 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.511 807 304 199 313 1284 1317 816 75
72 Tranmere Rovers 0.508 895 362 171 343 1577 1468 876 67
73 Gainsborough Trinity 0.471 502 188 126 293 770 1108 607 88
74 Mansfield Town 0.450 417 155 107 197 760 874 459 89
75 Newport County 0.448 759 281 197 402 1252 1703 880 79
76 Chester 0.429 528 215 98 142 923 687 455 86
77 Southport 0.427 842 312 218 353 1343 1477 883 73
78 Wrexham 0.412 903 352 199 327 1450 1385 878 66
79 Leeds City 0.407 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 93
80 Aldershot 0.394 369 133 103 186 530 696 422 94
81 Crewe Alexandra 0.392 914 358 198 442 1603 1889 998 64
82 New Brighton Tower 0.375 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 101
83 York City 0.370 518 197 124 228 937 1020 549 87
84 Nelson 0.359 387 156 75 191 683 819 422 91
85 Burton Town 0.353 383 150 83 267 681 1035 500 92
86 Gillingham 0.346 670 244 182 374 997 1343 800 82
87 New Brighton 0.335 695 262 171 362 1124 1388 795 81
88 Darwen 0.329 192 82 28 142 436 665 252 99
89 Accrington Stanley 0.318 781 314 153 417 1417 1709 884 77
90 Ipswich Town 0.290 153 61 31 49 219 186 141 100
91 Rochdale 0.288 795 313 169 383 1429 1642 865 76
92 Torquay United 0.282 539 194 151 281 911 1169 626 84
93 Burton Wanderers 0.266 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 103
94 Halifax Town 0.265 823 307 209 367 1233 1470 883 74
95 Carlisle United 0.262 532 212 108 266 985 1158 586 85
96 Accrington 0.248 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 102
97 Wigan Borough 0.228 398 151 96 180 663 738 427 90
98 Merthyr Tydfil 0.217 342 117 108 211 537 817 436 95
99 Barrow 0.210 726 281 164 423 1196 1631 868 80
100 Hartlepools United 0.197 763 293 177 400 1354 1655 870 78
101 Aberdare Athletic 0.178 219 80 59 120 342 438 259 98
102 South Shields 0.162 18 7 4 14 31 47 25 113
103 Yeovil Town 0.157 25 9 7 10 39 45 26 109
104 Durham City 0.131 247 96 55 139 399 538 290 97
105 Ashington 0.130 294 111 72 155 499 676 338 96
106 Stalybridge Celtic 0.130 81 34 13 40 116 141 87 105
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 0.119 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 104
110 Bootle 0.115 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 110
111 Colchester United 0.103 8 4 0 3 8 15 7 128
112 Scarborough 0.095 18 7 4 7 36 35 18 111
113 New Brompton 0.090 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 120
114 Northwich Victoria 0.090 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 107
115 Dartford 0.077 15 6 3 8 25 30 17 115
116 Corinthian 0.077 11 3 5 15 25 58 23 122
117 Folkestone Invicta 0.074 15 5 5 11 26 42 21 116
118 Workington 0.074 18 8 2 13 35 41 23 112
119 Margate 0.067 9 4 1 4 17 19 9 124
120 Bath City 0.059 17 8 1 10 32 37 19 114
121 Boston United 0.050 8 3 2 6 15 24 11 131
122 Chelmsford City 0.050 6 3 0 4 12 25 7 140
123 Sunderland Albion 0.046 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 126
124 Rhyl 0.042 8 3 2 4 14 23 9 132
125 Leyton 0.042 12 4 4 8 12 29 16 121
126 Scunthorpe & Lindsey 0.040 13 5 3 12 29 58 20 119
127 Kettering Town 0.036 15 4 7 14 23 62 25 117
128 Guildford City 0.034 5 2 1 8 14 31 11 148
129 Derby Midland 0.033 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 167
130 Walthamstow Avenue 0.032 13 5 3 7 33 34 15 118
131 Peterborough United 0.032 9 3 3 4 16 27 10 125
132 Crook Town 0.030 7 3 1 4 9 24 8 137
133 Spennymoor United 0.030 8 3 2 7 14 33 12 134
134 Caernarvon Athletic 0.029 3 1 1 1 7 8 3 160
135 Southall 0.028 4 2 0 5 14 18 7 150
136 Clapton 0.023 5 2 1 5 11 38 8 149
137 South Liverpool 0.023 8 3 2 4 12 20 9 129
138 Poole Town 0.023 6 2 2 4 8 22 8 142
139 Runcorn 0.023 6 3 0 3 12 12 6 138
140 Chilton Colliery Recreation 0.022 7 3 1 2 9 10 6 136
141 Shrewsbury Town 0.022 9 3 3 3 17 15 9 123
142 Newport IOW 0.020 4 2 0 4 4 22 6 157
143 Worksop Town 0.020 3 1 1 5 5 26 7 165
144 Cheltenham Town 0.019 8 3 2 8 20 29 13 130
145 Wigan Athletic 0.018 4 2 0 5 13 19 7 151
146 Birmingham St George 0.017 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 146
147 Lovell's Athletic 0.017 6 3 0 3 16 19 6 139
148 Chatham Town 0.015 6 2 2 6 11 41 10 143
149 Shildon 0.014 5 1 3 4 8 18 8 147
150 Tunbridge Wells 0.013 6 2 2 7 13 27 11 141
151 Stockton 0.013 6 2 2 11 18 56 15 144
152 Sutton Coldfield Town 0.012 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 169
153 Croydon Common 0.012 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 181
154 Northfleet United 0.012 8 3 2 8 18 29 13 133
155 Bromley 0.011 8 3 2 5 19 25 10 127
156 Worthington Simpsons 0.011 3 1 1 4 4 18 6 163
157 Grantham 0.011 5 2 1 5 12 13 8 145
158 Manchester Central 0.010 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 171
159 Sittingbourne 0.009 4 2 0 4 10 18 6 153
160 North Shields 0.009 2 1 0 5 7 19 6 180
161 West Stanley 0.009 2 1 0 3 3 12 4 178
162 Marine 0.008 4 1 2 4 11 21 7 154
163 Croydon 0.008 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 186
164 Wimbledon 0.008 4 1 2 5 6 21 8 156
165 London Caledonians 0.007 4 2 0 5 8 15 7 152
166 Blyth Spartans 0.007 8 2 4 7 12 31 13 135
167 Thornycrofts 0.007 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 191
168 Lancaster City 0.005 4 1 2 9 8 34 12 158
169 Romford 0.005 2 0 2 3 6 13 5 177
170 Yorkshire Amateur 0.005 2 1 0 2 3 8 3 176
171 Walker Celtic 0.005 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 193
172 Heanor Town 0.004 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 194
173 Chorley 0.004 3 1 1 3 4 12 5 162
174 Trowbridge Town 0.004 1 0 1 3 4 16 4 197
175 Weymouth 0.003 1 0 1 2 4 10 3 192
176 Welling United 0.003 1 0 1 2 2 4 3 189
177 Kingstonian 0.003 1 0 1 4 5 24 5 198
178 Kidderminster Harriers 0.002 3 1 1 6 9 37 8 166
179 Wycombe Wanderers 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 188
180 Oxford City 0.002 1 0 1 3 1 12 4 196
181 Barking Town 0.002 1 0 1 2 0 8 3 195
182 Dulwich Hamlet 0.002 2 0 2 12 16 51 14 184
183 Slough United 0.002 2 1 0 1 2 6 2 174
184 Netherfield 0.002 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 185
185 Ilford 0.002 4 2 0 8 18 33 10 155
186 Horden Colliery Welfare 0.002 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 159
187 Nunhead 0.001 2 1 0 4 12 17 5 175
188 Worcester City 0.001 2 0 2 3 1 11 5 179
189 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 168
189 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 170
189 Willington 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 172
189 Bedlington United 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 173
189 Barry Town 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 4 161
189 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 187
189 Wombwell 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 190
189 Wellington Town 0 3 1 1 9 8 25 11 164
189 Barnet 0 2 1 0 7 13 35 8 182
189 Bishop Auckland 0 2 1 0 9 9 32 10 183
189 Botwell Mission 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 199
189 Worthing 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 200
189 Bedford Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 201
189 Horden Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 202
189 South Bank St Peters 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 203
189 Apsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 204
189 Banbury Spencer 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 205
189 Bromsgrove Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 206
189 Hereford United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 207
189 Horwich RMI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 208
189 Mexborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 209
189 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 210
189 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 211
189 Vauxhall Motors 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 212
189 Wellingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 213
189 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 214
189 London Paper Mills 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 215
189 Mold 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 216
189 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 217
189 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 218
189 Denaby United 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 219
189 Epsom & Ewell 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 220
189 Windsor & Eton 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 221
189 Dinnington Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 222
189 Gresley Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 223
189 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 224
189 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 225
189 Westbury United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 226
189 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 227
189 Birmingham Corporation Tramways 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 228
189 Frickley Colliery Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 229
189 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 230
189 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 231
189 Llanelli 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 232
189 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 233
189 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 234
189 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 235
189 Oswestry Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 236
189 Ashford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 237
189 Cambridge City 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 238
189 Gravesend & Northfleet 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 239
189 Great Yarmouth Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 240
189 Northern Nomads 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 241
189 South Bank 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 242
189 St. Albans City 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 243
189 Desborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 244
189 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 245
189 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 246
189 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 247
189 Kells United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 248
189 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 249
189 Annfield Plain 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 250
189 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 251
189 Brush Sports 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 252
189 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 253
189 Ferryhill Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 254
189 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 255
189 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 256
189 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 257
189 Finchley 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 258
189 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 259
189 Wath Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 260
189 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 261
189 Leytonstone 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 2 262
189 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 263
189 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 264
189 Harwich & Parkeston 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 265
189 Lloyds Sittingbourne 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 266
189 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 267
189 Horsham 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 268
189 Wisbech Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 269
189 Farnham United Breweries 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 270
189 Golders Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 271
189 Lytham 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 272
189 Ryde Sports 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2 273
189 Metropolitan Police 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 274
189 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 275
189 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 3 3 14 3 276
189 Enfield 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 277
189 Peterborough & Fletton United 0 0 0 0 4 2 14 4 278
189 Street 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 279
189 Hayes 0 0 0 0 4 5 18 4 280
189 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 281
189 Woking 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 3 282
189 Lowestoft Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 283
189 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2 284
189 Casuals 0 0 0 0 5 2 25 5 285

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

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Includes 50 seasons from 1888-89 to 1947-48.

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.