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

England: Top Tier 1888-1976

1888-1975 History 1888-1977

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 3.377 2667 1035 597 806 3916 3417 2438 3
2 Arsenal 3.036 2647 1016 615 807 4034 3491 2438 4
3 Manchester United 2.971 2245 869 507 706 3541 3182 2082 8
4 Tottenham Hotspur 2.888 1844 718 408 614 2912 2615 1740 18
5 Everton 2.854 3008 1178 652 992 4703 4217 2822 1
6 Burnley 2.816 2015 784 447 751 3163 3157 1982 13
7 Sunderland 2.752 2600 1028 544 870 4227 3816 2442 5
8 Aston Villa 2.720 2708 1088 532 908 4648 4094 2528 2
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.717 2123 838 447 733 3620 3294 2018 12
10 Newcastle United 2.703 2331 904 523 829 3593 3324 2256 6
11 Sheffield United 2.666 2128 810 508 836 3302 3476 2154 11
12 Derby County 2.628 1926 749 428 703 3143 3040 1880 17
13 Leeds United 2.624 1353 525 303 432 1994 1813 1260 23
14 West Bromwich Albion 2.621 2195 839 517 876 3586 3669 2232 9
15 Manchester City 2.605 2303 885 533 858 3683 3589 2276 7
16 Chelsea 2.499 1928 710 508 774 2960 3178 1992 16
17 Sheffield Wednesday 2.416 1986 771 444 767 3205 3192 1982 14
18 Preston North End 2.393 1732 671 390 659 2701 2569 1720 19
19 Blackburn Rovers 2.297 1977 755 467 802 3379 3441 2024 15
20 Huddersfield Town 2.215 1277 480 317 463 1874 1854 1260 24
21 Middlesbrough 2.189 1489 563 363 648 2458 2605 1574 22
22 Bolton Wanderers 2.161 2189 851 487 886 3489 3574 2224 10
23 Birmingham City 2.123 1535 561 413 730 2409 2811 1704 21
24 Stoke City 2.101 1562 583 396 719 2369 2684 1698 20
25 Nottingham Forest 2.081 1242 460 322 582 1905 2215 1364 25
26 Leicester City 1.958 1215 440 335 523 2091 2301 1298 26
27 Blackpool 1.916 1083 405 273 456 1733 1863 1134 27
28 West Ham United 1.911 1063 394 275 465 1844 1958 1134 28
29 Ipswich Town 1.890 452 167 118 177 630 685 462 34
30 Portsmouth 1.736 1039 398 243 409 1693 1762 1050 29
31 Cardiff City 1.649 602 224 154 252 865 993 630 32
32 Notts County 1.631 803 293 217 390 1197 1438 900 30
33 Charlton Athletic 1.586 574 225 124 239 924 987 588 33
34 Bury 1.542 738 279 180 345 1176 1340 804 31
35 Bradford City 1.508 382 138 106 148 516 533 392 37
36 Oldham Athletic 1.485 343 123 97 138 436 504 358 38
37 Coventry City 1.472 340 115 110 153 417 516 378 39
38 Luton Town 1.450 223 82 59 111 358 412 252 41
39 Queens Park Rangers 1.438 162 57 48 63 216 234 168 44
40 Grimsby Town 1.429 431 167 97 224 756 940 488 35
41 Southampton 1.409 298 100 98 138 445 534 336 40
42 Fulham 1.346 418 148 122 234 724 928 504 36
43 Bristol City 1.324 181 68 45 77 257 292 190 43
44 Brentford 1.205 198 76 46 88 330 359 210 42
45 Norwich City 1.029 103 34 35 57 131 183 126 47
46 Bradford Park Avenue 0.973 107 40 27 55 172 204 122 46
47 Crystal Palace 0.791 121 35 51 82 153 248 168 45
48 Northampton Town 0.694 33 10 13 19 55 92 42 49
49 Carlisle United 0.592 29 12 5 25 43 59 42 51
50 Accrington 0.565 103 35 33 54 226 313 122 48
51 Darwen 0.360 30 11 8 37 75 195 56 50
52 Leyton Orient 0.350 21 6 9 27 37 81 42 52
53 Glossop North End 0.312 18 4 10 20 31 74 34 53

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

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Includes 77 seasons from 1888-89 to 1975-76.