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

England 1888-1951

‹ 1888-1950 History 1888-1952 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 2.170 2139 847 445 679 3323 2871 1971 14
2 Manchester City 2.045 2171 868 435 668 3577 2976 1971 11
3 Arsenal 1.958 2181 867 447 648 3396 2682 1962 10
4 Aston Villa 1.929 2417 994 429 698 4181 3290 2121 1
5 Bolton Wanderers 1.901 2202 877 448 785 3473 3176 2110 7
6 Everton 1.738 2272 915 442 752 3736 3217 2109 3
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.734 2191 878 435 803 3609 3326 2116 8
8 Sunderland 1.731 2307 935 437 689 3754 3056 2061 2
9 Newcastle United 1.708 2209 898 413 671 3389 2756 1982 6
10 Sheffield Wednesday 1.688 2159 851 457 714 3315 2983 2022 12
11 Birmingham City 1.654 2003 779 445 732 3039 2819 1956 19
12 Manchester United 1.648 2154 852 450 686 3291 2863 1988 13
13 Stoke City 1.604 1746 674 398 719 2637 2740 1791 24
14 Derby County 1.604 2246 891 464 759 3683 3290 2114 4
15 Blackburn Rovers 1.583 2109 816 477 809 3504 3447 2102 15
16 Preston North End 1.530 2190 859 472 760 3343 3028 2091 9
17 West Bromwich Albion 1.511 2214 884 446 775 3526 3197 2105 5
18 Tottenham Hotspur 1.493 1581 615 351 498 2467 2078 1464 33
19 Burnley 1.489 2100 819 462 788 3231 3213 2069 17
20 Notts County 1.476 2034 781 472 819 3186 3156 2072 18
21 Nottingham Forest 1.474 1892 709 474 818 2963 3148 2001 20
22 Sheffield United 1.460 2100 815 470 714 3280 3074 1999 16
23 Chelsea 1.376 1596 604 388 563 2308 2201 1555 32
24 Portsmouth 1.369 1189 458 273 383 1747 1587 1114 46
25 Fulham 1.356 1490 575 340 541 2209 2052 1456 35
26 Cardiff City 1.350 1122 434 254 409 1598 1619 1097 55
27 Huddersfield Town 1.328 1432 558 316 465 2118 1862 1339 38
28 Charlton Athletic 1.320 1065 406 253 381 1558 1535 1040 63
29 West Ham United 1.295 1200 464 272 427 1855 1781 1163 45
30 Brentford 1.294 1092 425 242 413 1663 1633 1080 58
31 Bristol City 1.282 1724 660 404 614 2475 2418 1678 27
32 Grimsby Town 1.278 1831 731 369 790 3020 3210 1890 23
33 Bury 1.263 1867 731 405 768 2918 3008 1904 22
34 Leicester City 1.258 1882 723 436 727 2979 3048 1886 21
35 Southampton 1.250 1177 442 293 405 1646 1599 1140 47
36 Hull City 1.229 1624 627 370 532 2384 2116 1529 31
37 Middlesbrough 1.228 1725 661 403 688 2860 2800 1752 26
38 Bradford Park Avenue 1.225 1458 582 294 528 2366 2153 1404 36
39 Blackpool 1.180 1732 666 400 720 2662 2842 1786 25
40 Bradford City 1.180 1580 592 396 615 2370 2318 1603 34
41 Barnsley 1.123 1720 656 408 703 2660 2814 1767 28
42 Oldham Athletic 1.122 1457 564 329 549 2176 2167 1442 37
43 Port Vale 1.120 1430 553 324 654 2221 2512 1531 39
44 Millwall 1.085 1173 447 279 397 1683 1545 1123 51
45 Leeds United 1.082 1029 393 243 424 1591 1634 1060 69
46 Swindon Town 1.034 1148 444 260 407 1826 1767 1111 53
47 Plymouth Argyle 1.034 1203 468 267 353 1801 1474 1088 43
48 Chesterfield 1.012 1405 551 303 528 2179 2097 1382 40
49 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.968 1200 461 278 382 1722 1554 1121 44
50 Swansea Town 0.957 1078 417 244 407 1546 1560 1068 61
51 Coventry City 0.956 1090 418 254 435 1802 1730 1107 60
52 Queens Park Rangers 0.955 1175 458 259 397 1743 1603 1114 48
53 Luton Town 0.914 1221 468 285 442 2070 1889 1195 42
54 Reading 0.902 1173 451 271 399 1817 1678 1121 50
55 Norwich City 0.884 1049 389 271 436 1682 1747 1096 66
56 Crystal Palace 0.864 1135 430 275 404 1725 1682 1109 54
57 Stockport County 0.794 1638 644 350 643 2511 2493 1637 30
58 Walsall 0.789 1175 455 265 554 2040 2253 1274 49
59 Leyton Orient 0.776 1325 485 355 662 1842 2335 1502 41
60 Lincoln City 0.757 1697 672 353 761 2839 3026 1786 29
61 Doncaster Rovers 0.744 1075 418 239 373 1633 1558 1030 62
62 Gateshead 0.715 1101 420 261 409 1752 1765 1090 57
63 Watford 0.677 1091 412 267 422 1657 1652 1101 59
64 Exeter City 0.675 1014 381 252 450 1642 1818 1083 71
65 Southend United 0.628 1051 402 247 434 1665 1693 1083 65
66 Northampton Town 0.612 1120 436 248 424 1781 1708 1108 56
67 Darlington 0.606 982 389 204 431 1724 1799 1024 72
68 Newport County 0.562 897 336 225 463 1499 1985 1024 77
69 Bristol Rovers 0.557 1048 400 248 459 1631 1776 1107 68
70 Glossop 0.549 541 201 139 299 844 1059 639 88
71 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.545 957 366 225 361 1479 1490 952 74
72 Mansfield Town 0.545 586 220 146 234 976 1033 600 87
73 Rotherham United 0.537 1156 464 228 500 1935 2091 1192 52
74 Tranmere Rovers 0.506 1048 420 208 383 1766 1642 1011 67
75 Gainsborough Trinity 0.464 504 189 126 295 774 1115 610 89
76 Crewe Alexandra 0.437 1063 414 235 490 1802 2093 1139 64
77 Southport 0.413 960 353 254 418 1511 1704 1025 73
78 Wrexham 0.404 1025 396 233 385 1608 1582 1014 70
79 Chester 0.403 650 262 126 202 1120 893 590 85
80 Aldershot 0.399 486 176 134 251 698 918 561 90
81 Leeds City 0.394 377 148 81 174 609 650 403 94
82 New Brighton Tower 0.366 122 49 24 32 198 156 105 101
83 York City 0.361 635 236 163 288 1140 1255 687 86
84 Nelson 0.355 389 157 75 192 687 823 424 92
85 Carlisle United 0.350 689 271 147 306 1203 1348 724 83
86 Burton Town 0.346 383 150 83 267 681 1035 500 93
87 Gillingham 0.338 711 259 193 400 1078 1454 852 82
88 Ipswich Town 0.325 292 117 58 103 430 420 278 97
89 Torquay United 0.322 677 248 181 334 1117 1396 763 84
90 Darwen 0.319 192 82 28 142 436 665 252 100
91 Accrington Stanley 0.315 886 353 180 484 1572 1941 1017 78
92 Rochdale 0.315 943 372 199 431 1633 1808 1002 75
93 New Brighton 0.307 804 303 198 430 1262 1612 931 81
94 Yeovil Town 0.302 37 15 7 12 60 60 34 110
95 Colchester United 0.265 48 18 12 25 73 96 55 108
96 Burton Wanderers 0.263 100 43 14 39 173 157 96 103
97 Halifax Town 0.258 925 342 241 434 1389 1692 1017 76
98 Accrington 0.242 116 41 34 59 251 334 134 102
99 Wigan Borough 0.219 398 151 96 180 663 738 427 91
100 Merthyr Tydfil 0.208 342 117 108 211 537 817 436 95
101 Barrow 0.207 845 326 193 485 1342 1816 1004 80
102 Hartlepools United 0.207 878 339 200 467 1524 1870 1006 79
103 Aberdare Athletic 0.169 219 80 59 120 342 438 259 99
104 South Shields 0.157 18 7 4 14 31 47 25 116
105 Scunthorpe United 0.146 60 19 22 28 88 116 69 106
106 Shrewsbury Town 0.131 46 18 10 27 60 89 55 109
107 Durham City 0.125 247 96 55 139 399 538 290 98
108 Ashington 0.125 296 112 72 156 503 680 340 96
109 Stalybridge Celtic 0.124 81 34 13 40 116 141 87 105
110 Thames 0.122 58 20 18 50 110 215 88 107
111 Middlesbrough Iron 0.121 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 112
112 Loughborough 0.117 88 34 20 105 171 411 159 104
113 Bootle 0.111 21 9 3 14 52 76 26 113
114 Northwich Victoria 0.089 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 111
115 New Brompton 0.086 12 3 6 6 11 12 15 122
116 Dartford 0.080 17 7 3 10 32 38 20 118
117 Scarborough 0.074 20 8 4 9 39 40 21 114
118 Workington 0.074 18 8 2 14 35 44 24 115
119 Corinthian 0.073 11 3 5 15 25 58 23 125
120 Folkestone Invicta 0.066 15 5 5 11 26 42 21 120
121 Margate 0.062 9 4 1 4 17 19 9 127
122 Chelmsford City 0.057 12 5 2 7 20 36 14 123
123 Bath City 0.054 17 8 1 10 32 37 19 117
124 Boston United 0.048 8 3 2 6 15 24 11 132
125 Sunderland Albion 0.045 8 3 2 3 14 13 8 130
126 Leyton 0.041 12 4 4 8 12 29 16 124
127 Rhyl 0.040 10 4 2 7 16 30 13 126
128 Kettering Town 0.034 15 4 7 14 23 62 25 121
129 Derby Midland 0.032 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 173
130 Peterborough United 0.032 9 3 3 5 16 28 11 129
131 Guildford City 0.031 5 2 1 9 15 36 12 151
132 Crook Town 0.029 7 3 1 4 9 24 8 139
133 Caernarvon Athletic 0.028 3 1 1 1 7 8 3 163
134 Southall 0.028 4 2 0 5 14 18 7 153
135 Spennymoor United 0.028 8 3 2 7 14 33 12 136
136 Walthamstow Avenue 0.027 16 6 4 10 40 46 20 119
137 Newport IOW 0.026 4 2 0 4 4 22 6 160
138 Weymouth 0.024 8 3 2 4 13 24 9 135
139 Poole Town 0.024 6 2 2 4 8 22 8 144
140 Chilton Colliery Recreation 0.024 7 3 1 2 9 10 6 138
141 South Liverpool 0.023 8 3 2 4 12 20 9 131
142 Clapton 0.022 5 2 1 5 11 38 8 152
143 Runcorn 0.021 6 3 0 4 13 14 7 141
144 Cheltenham Town 0.020 8 3 2 9 21 32 14 133
145 Wigan Athletic 0.019 4 2 0 5 13 19 7 154
146 Worksop Town 0.019 3 1 1 5 5 26 7 170
147 Birmingham St George 0.017 5 2 1 3 10 18 6 149
148 Lovell's Athletic 0.016 6 3 0 3 16 19 6 142
149 Shildon 0.014 5 1 3 4 8 18 8 150
150 Chatham Town 0.014 6 2 2 6 11 41 10 145
151 Leytonstone 0.012 2 1 0 4 9 16 5 184
152 Tunbridge Wells 0.012 6 2 2 7 13 27 11 143
153 Sutton Coldfield Town 0.012 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 175
154 Bromley 0.012 9 3 3 7 22 30 13 128
155 Croydon Common 0.012 2 0 2 4 5 22 6 189
156 Northfleet United 0.012 8 3 2 8 18 29 13 134
157 Worthington Simpsons 0.011 3 1 1 4 4 18 6 168
158 Stockton 0.011 6 2 2 12 18 60 16 146
159 Manchester Central 0.011 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 177
160 Sittingbourne 0.009 4 2 0 4 10 18 6 156
161 Croydon 0.008 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 193
162 Grantham 0.008 5 2 1 6 13 17 9 148
163 Marine 0.008 4 1 2 4 11 21 7 157
164 West Stanley 0.008 2 1 0 3 3 12 4 185
165 Wimbledon 0.008 4 1 2 5 6 21 8 159
166 Blyth Spartans 0.007 8 2 4 7 12 31 13 137
167 London Caledonians 0.007 4 2 0 5 8 15 7 155
168 Thornycrofts 0.006 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 198
169 North Shields 0.006 2 1 0 7 10 27 8 188
170 Yorkshire Amateur 0.005 2 1 0 2 3 8 3 183
171 Lancaster City 0.005 4 1 2 9 8 34 12 161
172 Romford 0.005 2 0 2 5 7 21 7 187
173 Walker Celtic 0.004 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 199
174 Heanor Town 0.004 1 0 1 4 2 10 5 200
175 Chorley 0.004 3 1 1 3 4 12 5 166
176 Trowbridge Town 0.003 1 0 1 3 4 16 4 203
177 Llanelli 0.003 2 0 2 2 3 7 4 179
178 Netherfield 0.003 3 1 1 3 6 15 5 167
179 Kingstonian 0.003 1 0 1 4 5 24 5 204
180 Kidderminster Harriers 0.003 3 1 1 7 9 40 9 172
181 Welling United 0.003 1 0 1 3 2 5 4 196
182 Dulwich Hamlet 0.002 2 0 2 13 17 53 15 191
183 Oxford City 0.002 1 0 1 3 1 12 4 202
184 Wycombe Wanderers 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 195
185 Tonbridge Angels 0.002 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 192
186 Barking Town 0.002 1 0 1 2 0 8 3 201
187 Horden Colliery Welfare 0.002 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 162
188 Slough United 0.002 2 1 0 1 2 6 2 180
189 Ilford 0.002 4 2 0 8 18 33 10 158
190 Bishop Auckland 0.001 3 1 1 10 12 36 12 171
191 Nunhead 0.001 2 1 0 4 12 17 5 181
192 Worcester City 0.001 2 0 2 4 2 15 6 186
193 Hereford United 0.001 6 3 0 4 12 10 7 140
194 Bedlington United 0.000 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 178
195 Willington 0.000 2 1 0 2 3 8 3 182
196 Nuneaton Borough 0 5 2 1 1 5 4 4 147
196 Mossley 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 164
196 Castleford Town 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 174
196 Birmingham St George's 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 176
196 Barry Town 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 4 165
196 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 194
196 Wombwell 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 197
196 Wellington Town 0 3 1 1 9 8 25 11 169
196 Barnet 0 2 1 0 8 15 41 9 190
196 Botwell Mission 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 205
196 Worthing 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 206
196 Bedford Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 207
196 South Bank St Peters 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 208
196 Apsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 209
196 Banbury Spencer 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 210
196 Glastonbury 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 211
196 Horwich RMI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 212
196 Mexborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 213
196 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 214
196 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 215
196 Vauxhall Motors 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 216
196 Wellingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 217
196 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 218
196 London Paper Mills 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 219
196 Mold 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 220
196 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 221
196 Rotherham County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 222
196 Wealdstone 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 223
196 Horden Athletic 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 224
196 Denaby United 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 225
196 Epsom & Ewell 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 226
196 Tooting & Mitcham United 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 227
196 Windsor & Eton 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 228
196 Dinnington Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 229
196 Gresley Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 230
196 Hastings United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 231
196 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 232
196 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 233
196 Westbury United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 234
196 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 235
196 Birmingham Corporation Tramways 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 236
196 Frickley Colliery Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 237
196 Hednesford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 238
196 Hucknall St. John's 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 239
196 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 240
196 New Crusaders 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 241
196 South Shore 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 242
196 Oswestry Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 243
196 Ashford Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 244
196 Great Yarmouth Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 245
196 Linby Colliery 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 246
196 Northern Nomads 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 247
196 South Bank 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 248
196 St. Albans City 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 249
196 Witton Albion 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 250
196 Desborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 251
196 Cambridge City 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 252
196 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 253
196 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 254
196 Eccles United 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 255
196 Kells United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 256
196 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 257
196 Tilbury 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 258
196 Annfield Plain 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 259
196 Gravesend & Northfleet 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 260
196 Staple Hill 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 261
196 Brush Sports 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 262
196 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 263
196 Ferryhill Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 264
196 Hastings & St Leonards United 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 265
196 Jarrow 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 266
196 Swifts 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 267
196 Cleator Moor Celtic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 268
196 Finchley 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 269
196 Sutton Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 270
196 Wath Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 271
196 Bromsgrove Rovers 0 0 0 0 3 2 8 3 272
196 Irthlingborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 273
196 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 274
196 Harwich & Parkeston 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 275
196 Lloyds Sittingbourne 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 276
196 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 277
196 Horsham 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 278
196 Billingham Synthonia 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 279
196 Wisbech Town 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 280
196 Goole Town 0 0 0 0 2 4 13 2 281
196 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 3 2 11 3 282
196 Farnham United Breweries 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 283
196 Golders Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 284
196 Lytham 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 285
196 Ryde Sports 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2 286
196 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 287
196 Metropolitan Police 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 288
196 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 289
196 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 3 3 14 3 290
196 Enfield 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 291
196 Peterborough & Fletton United 0 0 0 0 4 2 14 4 292
196 Street 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 293
196 Hayes 0 0 0 0 4 5 18 4 294
196 Halliwell 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 2 295
196 Woking 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 3 296
196 Lowestoft Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 297
196 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 3 1 17 3 298
196 Casuals 0 0 0 0 5 2 25 5 299

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

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Includes 53 seasons from 1888-89 to 1950-51.

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.