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

England 1938-39

1937-38 1945-46

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Everton 6.282 66 30 6 11 101 57 47 2
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5.220 65 27 11 10 108 46 48 3
3 Middlesbrough 3.648 53 21 11 14 94 76 46 11
4 Charlton Athletic 3.505 50 22 6 15 75 60 43 23
5 Preston North End 3.260 50 19 12 15 71 63 46 25
6 Grimsby Town 3.048 53 20 13 16 74 78 49 13
7 Arsenal 3.035 47 19 9 15 56 43 43 35
8 Derby County 2.966 46 19 8 16 66 56 43 41
9 Stoke City 2.933 47 17 13 14 73 71 44 39
10 Bolton Wanderers 2.770 47 15 17 13 67 59 45 38
11 Liverpool 2.722 46 16 14 15 71 68 45 43
12 Portsmouth 2.719 49 18 13 17 62 72 48 33
13 Leeds United 2.344 43 17 9 18 64 72 44 54
14 Aston Villa 2.302 44 17 10 18 74 64 45 50
15 Sunderland 2.214 44 15 14 18 60 69 47 52
16 Huddersfield Town 2.185 45 16 13 20 72 70 49 48
17 Blackpool 2.065 38 12 14 17 57 70 43 70
18 Brentford 1.942 36 14 8 21 53 76 43 75
19 Chelsea 1.872 41 15 11 22 73 84 48 59
20 Birmingham 1.845 37 14 9 23 73 88 46 72
21 Manchester United 1.826 39 11 17 16 58 70 44 66
22 Sheffield United 1.584 59 22 15 9 73 43 46 8
23 Blackburn Rovers 1.569 64 28 8 13 104 66 49 4
24 Leicester City 1.493 32 10 12 23 52 89 45 85
25 Sheffield Wednesday 1.423 62 23 16 11 97 67 50 6
26 Newcastle United 1.055 51 20 11 15 68 51 46 16
27 Newport County 1.029 60 24 12 10 67 53 46 7
28 Cardiff City 0.958 49 18 13 17 66 70 48 32
29 West Bromwich Albion 0.944 48 19 10 16 94 75 45 34
30 Barnsley 0.939 67 30 7 6 95 36 43 1
31 Manchester City 0.932 51 22 7 15 101 74 44 15
32 Coventry City 0.929 50 21 8 14 62 46 43 22
33 Chesterfield 0.925 50 20 10 14 73 57 44 21
34 Luton Town 0.881 49 22 5 16 82 69 43 29
35 Crystal Palace 0.856 53 20 13 11 72 56 44 12
36 Tottenham Hotspur 0.854 51 20 11 15 79 69 46 17
37 West Ham United 0.837 50 19 12 16 78 60 47 18
38 Millwall 0.831 45 15 15 15 73 58 45 47
39 Fulham 0.693 46 18 10 16 67 58 44 42
40 Reading 0.674 47 16 15 13 73 65 44 37
41 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.667 49 19 11 13 69 51 43 28
42 Watford 0.660 50 19 12 14 69 60 45 24
43 Ipswich Town 0.638 49 18 13 15 75 56 46 27
44 Notts County 0.631 46 18 10 17 62 59 45 44
45 Queens Park Rangers 0.621 49 17 15 14 75 52 46 26
46 Swindon Town 0.617 46 19 8 17 78 79 44 45
47 Aldershot 0.609 47 17 13 15 59 73 45 40
48 Plymouth Argyle 0.608 38 15 8 20 49 58 43 68
49 Southend United 0.605 46 18 10 18 71 72 46 46
50 Bristol City 0.588 44 16 12 15 62 65 43 51
51 Burnley 0.565 39 15 9 19 51 59 43 65
52 Chester City 0.544 58 23 12 14 97 77 49 10
53 Southport 0.522 58 23 12 13 85 60 48 9
54 Doncaster Rovers 0.512 63 24 15 8 95 59 47 5
55 Bury 0.511 37 12 13 18 65 80 43 73
56 Mansfield Town 0.504 45 13 19 16 52 70 48 49
57 Exeter City 0.502 40 13 14 16 66 85 43 61
58 Port Vale 0.490 39 15 9 20 54 60 44 63
59 Bournemouth & Boscombe 0.484 43 15 13 17 58 62 45 53
60 Swansea Town 0.482 34 11 12 20 50 85 43 80
61 Bradford Park Avenue 0.457 35 12 11 20 62 85 43 77
62 Nottingham Forest 0.451 32 10 12 22 49 85 44 84
63 Northampton Town 0.447 38 15 8 20 52 62 43 69
64 Southampton 0.436 35 13 9 21 57 86 43 79
65 Torquay United 0.434 39 15 9 20 58 75 44 67
66 Walsall 0.421 42 15 12 21 82 75 48 55
67 Clapton Orient 0.412 37 12 13 19 58 60 44 71
68 Bradford City 0.375 52 22 8 13 90 59 43 14
69 Bristol Rovers 0.361 35 11 13 20 59 65 44 76
70 Norwich City 0.357 31 13 5 25 50 96 43 86
71 Oldham Athletic 0.331 50 22 6 16 78 62 44 20
72 Stockport County 0.321 50 20 10 17 101 85 47 19
73 Crewe Alexandra 0.288 47 20 7 18 85 73 45 36
74 Gateshead 0.277 42 14 14 15 75 69 43 56
75 Hull City 0.273 49 19 11 15 89 78 45 30
76 Rotherham United 0.257 42 17 8 18 65 68 43 57
77 Wrexham 0.255 41 17 7 19 67 81 43 60
78 Halifax Town 0.249 49 15 19 14 65 64 48 31
79 Rochdale 0.246 39 15 9 19 95 89 43 62
80 Barrow 0.231 41 16 9 18 67 69 43 58
81 New Brighton 0.220 39 15 9 19 70 77 43 64
82 Yeovil Town 0.181 6 2 2 1 6 5 5 90
83 Carlisle United 0.168 33 13 7 23 67 115 43 82
84 Tranmere Rovers 0.158 17 6 5 32 39 105 43 88
85 Lincoln City 0.152 37 14 9 22 78 98 45 74
86 Darlington 0.151 35 14 7 23 67 95 44 78
87 York City 0.142 32 12 8 23 64 97 43 83
88 Hartlepools United 0.122 33 13 7 24 57 97 44 81
89 Chelmsford City 0.106 6 3 0 1 11 8 4 89
90 Runcorn 0.079 4 2 0 1 8 5 3 91
91 Accrington Stanley 0.070 20 7 6 30 50 105 43 87
92 Folkestone Invicta 0.040 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 94
93 Gainsborough Trinity 0.025 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 96
94 Cheltenham Town 0.013 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 101
95 Walthamstow Avenue 0.009 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 92
96 Guildford City 0.009 1 0 1 1 4 5 2 98
97 Workington 0.007 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 100
98 Scarborough 0.007 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 102
99 Horden Colliery Welfare 0 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 93
99 Scunthorpe & Lindsey 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 95
99 Bromley 0 2 1 0 1 3 9 2 97
99 Chorley 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 99
99 Apsley 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 103
99 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 104
99 Lancaster City 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 105
99 Hayes 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 106
99 North Shields 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 107
99 Peterborough United 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 108
99 Tunbridge Wells 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 109
99 Corinthian 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 110
99 Wellington Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 111
99 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 112
99 Stalybridge Celtic 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 113
99 Lowestoft Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 114
99 Street 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 115

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

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Includes league matches and play-offs from the top tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.