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

England: Top Tier 1888-1905

1888-1904 1888-1906

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Sunderland 7.575 581 246 89 131 897 568 466 3
2 Aston Villa 6.096 622 267 88 155 1123 786 510 1
3 Everton 5.920 595 255 85 170 1004 744 510 2
4 Sheffield United 5.232 425 170 85 133 622 567 388 8
5 Newcastle United 5.080 263 107 49 82 363 291 238 18
6 Preston North End 4.659 436 179 78 151 720 578 408 7
7 Manchester City 4.628 184 76 32 62 277 242 170 19
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4.319 505 205 95 210 831 905 510 4
9 Nottingham Forest 4.282 405 155 95 168 628 652 418 10
10 Liverpool 4.192 300 118 64 112 461 415 294 16
11 Sheffield Wednesday 4.179 390 157 76 151 585 585 384 11
12 Derby County 4.118 499 197 105 208 888 927 510 5
13 Blackburn Rovers 3.664 495 196 103 211 875 900 510 6
14 Notts County 3.652 345 133 79 178 591 710 390 14
15 Bolton Wanderers 3.475 385 161 63 184 651 720 408 12
16 Stoke City 3.451 416 166 84 238 718 898 488 9
17 Birmingham 3.363 144 56 32 74 229 288 162 20
18 Burnley 3.299 279 112 55 143 505 592 310 17
19 West Bromwich Albion 3.158 381 148 85 209 664 848 442 13
20 Bury 3.144 309 119 71 138 454 480 328 15
21 Woolwich Arsenal 2.830 33 12 9 13 36 40 34 24
22 Middlesbrough 2.773 88 32 24 46 123 153 102 22
23 Grimsby Town 2.328 57 21 15 32 87 122 68 23
24 Accrington 1.709 103 35 33 54 226 313 122 21
25 Glossop North End 1.063 18 4 10 20 31 74 34 27
26 Darwen 0.959 30 11 8 37 75 195 56 26
27 Newton Heath 0.852 32 12 8 40 86 157 60 25

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

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