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

England 1888-1949

‹ 1888-1948 History 1888-1950 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 2.127 2037 809 419 651 3194 2749 1879 13
2 Manchester City 2.103 2090 841 408 636 3449 2840 1885 8
3 Aston Villa 2.008 2334 966 402 664 4049 3153 2032 1
4 Arsenal 1.884 2067 821 425 621 3226 2564 1867 12
5 Bolton Wanderers 1.855 2118 846 426 749 3355 3048 2021 6
6 Everton 1.780 2198 889 420 710 3639 3059 2019 3
7 Sheffield Wednesday 1.761 2075 821 433 682 3184 2850 1936 11
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.752 2082 837 408 773 3438 3204 2018 10
9 Sunderland 1.745 2206 898 410 662 3593 2912 1970 2
10 Newcastle United 1.686 2094 854 386 648 3225 2636 1888 7
11 Birmingham City 1.683 1917 748 421 696 2935 2693 1865 19
12 Stoke City 1.658 1667 648 371 683 2536 2599 1702 24
13 Derby County 1.647 2152 854 444 724 3512 3138 2022 4
14 Blackburn Rovers 1.634 2024 783 458 774 3382 3317 2015 15
15 Manchester United 1.578 2035 804 427 664 3128 2771 1895 14
16 West Bromwich Albion 1.551 2135 857 421 739 3422 3077 2017 5
17 Preston North End 1.527 2085 814 457 732 3187 2925 2003 9
18 Burnley 1.507 2009 787 435 759 3137 3124 1981 16
19 Notts County 1.487 1933 741 451 792 3020 3037 1984 18
20 Tottenham Hotspur 1.464 1456 561 334 481 2298 1995 1376 34
21 Sheffield United 1.459 1998 778 442 689 3132 2956 1909 17
22 Charlton Athletic 1.384 991 378 235 337 1435 1379 950 62
23 Huddersfield Town 1.377 1355 527 301 423 1998 1689 1251 38
24 Portsmouth 1.376 1082 418 246 359 1589 1471 1023 48
25 Fulham 1.371 1411 549 313 503 2107 1924 1365 35
26 Chelsea 1.357 1508 574 360 525 2179 2061 1459 32
27 Cardiff City 1.352 1024 399 226 382 1496 1522 1007 55
28 Grimsby Town 1.339 1760 706 348 748 2876 3027 1802 23
29 Brentford 1.338 1005 392 221 381 1543 1507 994 59
30 Bury 1.315 1795 704 387 725 2788 2842 1816 21
31 Nottingham Forest 1.303 1769 657 455 797 2778 3063 1909 22
32 West Ham United 1.299 1118 434 250 391 1726 1646 1075 43
33 Bristol City 1.299 1625 621 383 580 2342 2293 1584 27
34 Leicester City 1.277 1802 696 410 694 2855 2919 1800 20
35 Southampton 1.262 1079 407 265 380 1509 1469 1052 49
36 Middlesbrough 1.249 1627 622 383 658 2718 2681 1663 26
37 Bradford Park Avenue 1.246 1370 548 274 490 2222 2000 1312 36
38 Hull City 1.221 1528 591 346 501 2237 1969 1438 31
39 Bradford City 1.184 1493 558 377 576 2206 2173 1511 33
40 Oldham Athletic 1.164 1363 528 307 510 2028 2015 1345 37
41 Barnsley 1.139 1641 628 385 668 2519 2672 1681 25
42 Blackpool 1.126 1614 621 372 696 2517 2745 1689 28
43 Port Vale 1.119 1333 517 299 619 2101 2395 1435 39
44 Millwall 1.102 1078 407 264 358 1535 1414 1029 50
45 Swindon Town 1.093 1063 409 245 365 1708 1633 1019 53
46 Chesterfield 1.044 1331 525 281 487 2084 1972 1293 40
47 Leeds United 1.040 925 352 221 396 1461 1523 969 70
48 Plymouth Argyle 1.033 1108 434 240 320 1662 1346 994 44
49 Swansea Town 1.025 997 383 231 367 1435 1430 981 60
50 Coventry City 1.007 1006 386 234 401 1671 1612 1021 58
51 Queens Park Rangers 0.992 1101 432 237 359 1629 1458 1028 46
52 Luton Town 0.954 1149 448 253 407 1966 1762 1108 42
53 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.942 1107 429 249 350 1586 1400 1028 45
54 Crystal Palace 0.922 1064 407 250 362 1636 1537 1019 52
55 Reading 0.909 1070 411 248 370 1648 1554 1029 51
56 Norwich City 0.865 929 342 245 411 1517 1629 998 69
57 Leyton Orient 0.798 1252 458 336 618 1735 2171 1412 41
58 Walsall 0.793 1101 431 239 514 1924 2121 1184 47
59 Stockport County 0.775 1534 600 334 607 2378 2371 1541 30
60 Lincoln City 0.741 1587 626 335 734 2687 2924 1695 29
61 Gateshead 0.732 995 375 245 378 1576 1644 998 61
62 Watford 0.688 1010 384 242 381 1547 1523 1007 57
63 Doncaster Rovers 0.642 971 381 209 351 1492 1445 941 63
64 Exeter City 0.620 919 343 233 409 1494 1644 985 71
65 Darlington 0.618 907 365 177 391 1605 1643 933 72
66 Northampton Town 0.615 1021 401 219 391 1632 1575 1011 56
67 Southend United 0.601 943 360 223 407 1501 1567 990 66
68 Glossop 0.560 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 87
69 Bristol Rovers 0.545 935 356 223 428 1495 1670 1007 68
70 Newport County 0.530 805 299 207 422 1338 1807 928 78
71 Rotherham United 0.513 1031 411 209 479 1736 1980 1099 54
72 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.510 859 326 207 326 1353 1371 859 74
73 Tranmere Rovers 0.502 936 375 186 358 1624 1528 919 67
74 Gainsborough Trinity 0.473 504 189 126 294 774 1112 609 88
75 Mansfield Town 0.442 463 171 121 212 819 925 504 89
76 Crewe Alexandra 0.418 959 376 207 460 1663 1967 1043 64
77 Southport 0.418 878 325 228 376 1395 1548 929 73
78 Chester 0.411 565 227 111 161 983 745 499 85
79 Aldershot 0.410 406 146 114 207 583 758 467 90
80 Wrexham 0.408 946 369 208 344 1506 1450 921 65
81 Leeds City 0.401 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 94
82 York City 0.377 560 213 134 247 1015 1099 594 86
83 New Brighton Tower 0.371 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 101
84 Nelson 0.356 387 156 75 191 683 819 422 92
85 Burton Town 0.351 383 150 83 267 681 1035 500 93
86 Gillingham 0.346 670 244 182 374 997 1343 800 82
87 New Brighton 0.329 736 278 180 383 1174 1451 841 81
88 Darwen 0.326 192 82 28 142 436 665 252 100
89 Accrington Stanley 0.314 815 326 163 438 1473 1776 927 77
90 Yeovil Town 0.306 33 13 7 11 52 55 31 107
91 Ipswich Town 0.298 198 79 40 65 297 266 184 99
92 Torquay United 0.295 590 214 162 296 981 1241 672 83
93 Rochdale 0.286 841 331 179 399 1485 1698 909 76
94 Burton Wanderers 0.264 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 103
95 Halifax Town 0.260 859 319 221 387 1278 1533 927 75
96 Carlisle United 0.260 571 226 119 284 1045 1236 629 84
97 Accrington 0.247 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 102
98 Wigan Borough 0.227 398 151 96 180 663 738 427 91
99 Merthyr Tydfil 0.216 342 117 108 211 537 817 436 95
100 Barrow 0.205 769 296 177 440 1242 1683 913 80
101 Hartlepools United 0.193 801 307 187 419 1400 1716 913 79
102 Aberdare Athletic 0.177 219 80 59 120 342 438 259 98
103 South Shields 0.160 18 7 4 14 31 47 25 113
104 Ashington 0.129 294 111 72 155 499 676 338 96
105 Durham City 0.129 247 96 55 139 399 538 290 97
106 Stalybridge Celtic 0.128 81 34 13 40 116 141 87 105
107 Thames 0.125 58 20 18 50 110 215 88 106
108 Middlesbrough Iron 0.124 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 109
109 Loughborough 0.118 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 104
110 Bootle 0.114 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 110
111 Colchester United 0.099 8 4 0 4 10 19 8 131
112 Northwich Victoria 0.090 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 108
113 New Brompton 0.087 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 120
114 Scarborough 0.087 20 8 4 8 38 38 20 111
115 Folkestone Invicta 0.076 15 5 5 11 26 42 21 118
116 Dartford 0.075 15 6 3 9 27 33 18 117
117 Corinthian 0.075 11 3 5 15 25 58 23 122
118 Workington 0.073 18 8 2 14 35 44 24 112
119 Margate 0.068 9 4 1 4 17 19 9 124
120 Bath City 0.059 17 8 1 10 32 37 19 114
121 Boston United 0.049 8 3 2 6 15 24 11 130
122 Scunthorpe & Lindsey 0.046 16 6 4 13 30 59 23 116
123 Sunderland Albion 0.045 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 126
124 Chelmsford City 0.045 6 3 0 5 13 27 8 140
125 Rhyl 0.042 8 3 2 5 14 25 10 133
126 Leyton 0.041 12 4 4 8 12 29 16 121
127 Walthamstow Avenue 0.039 16 6 4 8 39 41 18 115
128 Kettering Town 0.036 15 4 7 14 23 62 25 119
129 Peterborough United 0.035 9 3 3 5 16 28 11 125
130 Guildford City 0.035 5 2 1 8 14 31 11 148
131 Derby Midland 0.032 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 168
132 Southall 0.030 4 2 0 5 14 18 7 150
133 Crook Town 0.030 7 3 1 4 9 24 8 137
134 Spennymoor United 0.030 8 3 2 7 14 33 12 134
135 Caernarvon Athletic 0.029 3 1 1 1 7 8 3 160
136 Newport IOW 0.029 4 2 0 4 4 22 6 157
137 Poole Town 0.025 6 2 2 4 8 22 8 142
138 Clapton 0.023 5 2 1 5 11 38 8 149
139 South Liverpool 0.022 8 3 2 4 12 20 9 128
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 Worksop Town 0.020 3 1 1 5 5 26 7 166
143 Runcorn 0.020 6 3 0 4 13 14 7 138
144 Cheltenham Town 0.019 8 3 2 8 20 29 13 129
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 Shildon 0.014 5 1 3 4 8 18 8 147
149 Chatham Town 0.014 6 2 2 6 11 41 10 143
150 Leytonstone 0.014 2 1 0 3 8 14 4 179
151 Weymouth 0.014 3 1 1 3 6 15 5 163
152 Tunbridge Wells 0.013 6 2 2 7 13 27 11 141
153 Stockton 0.012 6 2 2 11 18 56 15 144
154 Northfleet United 0.012 8 3 2 8 18 29 13 132
155 Sutton Coldfield Town 0.012 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 171
156 Croydon Common 0.012 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 184
157 Bromley 0.011 8 3 2 5 19 25 10 127
158 Worthington Simpsons 0.011 3 1 1 4 4 18 6 164
159 Grantham 0.011 5 2 1 5 12 13 8 145
160 Sittingbourne 0.010 4 2 0 4 10 18 6 153
161 Manchester Central 0.010 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 173
162 West Stanley 0.009 2 1 0 3 3 12 4 180
163 Croydon 0.008 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 188
164 Marine 0.008 4 1 2 4 11 21 7 154
165 North Shields 0.008 2 1 0 5 7 19 6 183
166 Wimbledon 0.008 4 1 2 5 6 21 8 156
167 London Caledonians 0.007 4 2 0 5 8 15 7 152
168 Blyth Spartans 0.007 8 2 4 7 12 31 13 135
169 Thornycrofts 0.007 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 194
170 Lancaster City 0.005 4 1 2 9 8 34 12 158
171 Romford 0.005 2 0 2 4 6 17 6 182
172 Yorkshire Amateur 0.005 2 1 0 2 3 8 3 178
173 Walker Celtic 0.005 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 195
174 Heanor Town 0.004 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 196
175 Chorley 0.004 3 1 1 3 4 12 5 162
176 Trowbridge Town 0.004 1 0 1 3 4 16 4 199
177 Kingstonian 0.003 1 0 1 4 5 24 5 200
178 Welling United 0.003 1 0 1 3 2 5 4 191
179 Kidderminster Harriers 0.003 3 1 1 7 9 40 9 167
180 Wycombe Wanderers 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 190
181 Dulwich Hamlet 0.002 2 0 2 13 17 53 15 187
182 Oxford City 0.002 1 0 1 3 1 12 4 198
183 Barking Town 0.002 1 0 1 2 0 8 3 197
184 Slough United 0.002 2 1 0 1 2 6 2 176
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 Netherfield 0.001 1 0 1 2 2 6 3 193
188 Nunhead 0.001 2 1 0 4 12 17 5 177
189 Worcester City 0.001 2 0 2 3 1 11 5 181
190 Hereford United 0.001 2 1 0 2 5 4 3 169
191 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 170
191 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 172
191 Willington 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 174
191 Bedlington United 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 175
191 Barry Town 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 4 161
191 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 189
191 Wombwell 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 192
191 Wellington Town 0 3 1 1 9 8 25 11 165
191 Barnet 0 2 1 0 8 15 41 9 186
191 Bishop Auckland 0 2 1 0 9 9 32 10 185
191 Botwell Mission 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 201
191 Worthing 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 202
191 Bedford Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 203
191 South Bank St Peters 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 204
191 Apsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 205
191 Banbury Spencer 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 206
191 Bromsgrove Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 207
191 Horwich RMI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 208
191 Mexborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 209
191 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 210
191 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 211
191 Vauxhall Motors 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 212
191 Wellingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 213
191 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 214
191 London Paper Mills 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 215
191 Mold 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 216
191 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 217
191 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 218
191 Tooting & Mitcham United 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 219
191 Witton Albion 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 220
191 Horden Athletic 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 221
191 Denaby United 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 222
191 Epsom & Ewell 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 223
191 Windsor & Eton 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 224
191 Dinnington Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 225
191 Gresley Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 226
191 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 227
191 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 228
191 Westbury United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 229
191 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 230
191 Birmingham Corporation Tramways 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 231
191 Frickley Colliery Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 232
191 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 233
191 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 234
191 Llanelli 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 235
191 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 236
191 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 237
191 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 238
191 Oswestry Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 239
191 Ashford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 240
191 Gravesend & Northfleet 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 241
191 Great Yarmouth Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 242
191 Northern Nomads 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 243
191 South Bank 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 244
191 St. Albans City 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 245
191 Desborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 246
191 Cambridge City 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 247
191 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 248
191 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 249
191 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 250
191 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 251
191 Kells United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 252
191 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 253
191 Annfield Plain 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 254
191 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 255
191 Brush Sports 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 256
191 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 257
191 Ferryhill Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 258
191 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 259
191 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 260
191 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 261
191 Billingham Synthonia 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 262
191 Finchley 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 263
191 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 264
191 Wath Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 265
191 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 266
191 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 267
191 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 268
191 Harwich & Parkeston 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 269
191 Lloyds Sittingbourne 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 270
191 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 271
191 Horsham 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 272
191 Wisbech Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 273
191 Farnham United Breweries 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 274
191 Golders Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 275
191 Lytham 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 276
191 Ryde Sports 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2 277
191 Metropolitan Police 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 278
191 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 279
191 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 3 3 14 3 280
191 Enfield 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 281
191 Peterborough & Fletton United 0 0 0 0 4 2 14 4 282
191 Street 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 283
191 Hayes 0 0 0 0 4 5 18 4 284
191 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 285
191 Woking 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 3 286
191 Lowestoft Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 287
191 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2 288
191 Casuals 0 0 0 0 5 2 25 5 289

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

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Includes 51 seasons from 1888-89 to 1948-49.

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.