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

England: Top Tier 1888-1997

‹ 1888-1996 1888-1998 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 3.593 5322 1500 822 976 5412 4174 3298 2
2 Manchester United 3.194 4611 1285 756 901 4896 4051 2942 5
3 Arsenal 3.017 5069 1403 860 1035 5276 4356 3298 3
4 Everton 2.889 5469 1525 894 1263 5917 5215 3682 1
5 Aston Villa 2.721 4977 1409 750 1189 5744 5106 3348 4
6 Tottenham Hotspur 2.677 3728 1036 620 902 4086 3713 2558 9
7 Nottingham Forest 2.520 2919 793 540 807 3034 3102 2140 18
8 Newcastle United 2.412 3874 1077 643 984 4243 3939 2704 8
9 Leeds United 2.408 2652 730 462 602 2687 2445 1794 20
10 Manchester City 2.387 4049 1106 731 1099 4497 4464 2936 6
11 West Bromwich Albion 2.368 3601 988 637 1027 4134 4224 2652 10
12 Blackburn Rovers 2.355 3079 854 517 855 3693 3652 2226 16
13 Burnley 2.323 2799 784 447 751 3163 3157 1982 19
14 Sheffield Wednesday 2.295 3431 947 590 931 3845 3841 2468 11
15 Sunderland 2.195 3982 1117 631 1022 4566 4270 2770 7
16 Chelsea 2.186 3373 896 685 981 3693 4015 2562 12
17 Sheffield United 2.174 3135 861 552 905 3499 3707 2318 15
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.144 3239 911 506 853 3875 3671 2270 13
19 Derby County 2.113 3075 849 528 863 3538 3548 2240 17
20 Ipswich Town 2.064 1369 373 250 385 1344 1394 1008 32
21 West Ham United 1.982 2230 599 433 718 2600 2820 1750 25
22 Preston North End 1.938 2403 671 390 659 2701 2569 1720 24
23 Middlesbrough 1.831 2533 685 478 819 2918 3157 1982 21
24 Birmingham City 1.816 2454 651 501 888 2776 3296 2040 23
25 Bolton Wanderers 1.816 3146 876 518 952 3620 3793 2346 14
26 Huddersfield Town 1.815 1757 480 317 463 1874 1854 1260 27
27 Southampton 1.813 1422 370 312 430 1518 1640 1112 31
28 Luton Town 1.791 807 213 168 277 863 1011 658 39
29 Coventry City 1.756 1514 387 353 498 1436 1742 1238 28
30 Stoke City 1.721 2460 662 474 856 2657 3134 1992 22
31 Queens Park Rangers 1.655 1054 277 223 322 1028 1111 822 34
32 Portsmouth 1.640 1472 405 257 428 1729 1828 1090 30
33 Norwich City 1.625 1022 257 251 318 970 1177 826 35
34 Wimbledon 1.613 610 159 133 148 582 571 440 40
35 Blackpool 1.568 1488 405 273 456 1733 1863 1134 29
36 Watford 1.554 337 93 58 99 386 372 250 47
37 Leicester City 1.543 2043 537 432 703 2533 2925 1672 26
38 Oldham Athletic 1.520 606 159 129 196 604 713 484 41
39 Notts County 1.452 1276 341 253 474 1403 1712 1068 33
40 Crystal Palace 1.441 501 122 135 197 468 659 454 45
41 Charlton Athletic 1.420 957 262 171 313 1082 1209 746 37
42 Cardiff City 1.333 826 224 154 252 865 993 630 38
43 Bury 1.228 1017 279 180 345 1176 1340 804 36
44 Bristol City 1.225 436 114 94 150 428 510 358 46
45 Bradford City 1.224 520 138 106 148 516 533 392 44
46 Grimsby Town 1.150 598 167 97 224 756 940 488 42
47 Fulham 1.083 566 148 122 234 724 928 504 43
48 Brentford 0.975 274 76 46 88 330 359 210 48
49 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.911 189 47 48 73 182 244 168 49
50 Swansea City 0.862 110 31 17 36 109 120 84 53
51 Bradford Park Avenue 0.763 147 40 27 55 172 204 122 50
52 Oxford United 0.705 119 27 38 59 150 229 124 52
53 Northampton Town 0.550 43 10 13 19 55 92 42 55
54 Millwall 0.536 79 19 22 35 86 117 76 54
55 Carlisle United 0.485 41 12 5 25 43 59 42 56
56 Accrington 0.439 138 35 33 54 226 313 122 51
57 Swindon Town 0.361 30 5 15 22 47 100 42 58
58 Darwen 0.292 41 11 8 37 75 195 56 57
59 Leyton Orient 0.289 27 6 9 27 37 81 42 59
60 Glossop North End 0.246 22 4 10 20 31 74 34 60

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

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