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

England 1981-82

1980-81 1982-83

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 4.857 117 35 12 8 115 39 55 1
2 Tottenham Hotspur 4.273 110 32 14 12 87 56 58 2
3 Ipswich Town 4.147 106 33 7 13 97 67 53 3
4 Luton Town 3.091 94 27 13 6 89 52 46 10
5 Watford 2.833 96 28 12 11 92 53 51 8
6 Manchester United 2.682 81 23 12 11 62 33 46 24
7 Arsenal 2.436 78 22 12 14 51 42 48 29
8 Barnsley 2.056 83 24 11 16 78 52 51 20
9 Swansea City 2.055 72 22 6 17 61 59 45 39
10 Queens Park Rangers 1.892 94 28 10 17 91 56 55 12
11 Aston Villa 1.840 77 21 14 17 73 61 52 32
12 Everton 1.830 71 19 14 14 62 56 47 43
13 West Ham United 1.741 69 17 18 14 76 66 49 47
14 Southampton 1.734 67 19 10 16 75 73 45 54
15 Leicester City 1.687 81 23 12 15 71 56 50 25
16 Nottingham Forest 1.652 69 19 12 17 51 55 48 51
17 Chelsea 1.602 73 19 16 17 74 71 52 37
18 West Bromwich Albion 1.578 72 19 15 22 66 69 56 40
19 Coventry City 1.569 60 16 12 20 67 68 48 71
20 Norwich City 1.528 83 26 5 17 69 53 48 21
21 Manchester City 1.490 65 17 14 16 64 63 47 60
22 Sheffield Wednesday 1.474 71 20 11 14 58 57 45 44
23 Brighton & Hove Albion 1.446 59 15 14 19 49 61 48 75
24 Sheffield United 1.349 104 29 17 6 99 49 52 5
25 Rotherham United 1.235 75 22 9 17 75 63 48 33
26 Newcastle United 1.178 66 19 9 19 59 60 47 58
27 Shrewsbury Town 1.129 56 14 14 20 47 68 48 81
28 Wigan Athletic 1.114 105 30 15 9 95 56 54 4
29 Oldham Athletic 1.086 67 17 16 16 58 61 49 56
30 Fulham 1.023 97 27 16 12 90 56 55 7
31 Sunderland 1.023 52 13 13 22 45 66 48 90
32 Blackburn Rovers 1.014 63 17 12 17 52 49 46 64
33 Burnley 1.002 92 24 20 10 82 57 54 15
34 Lincoln City 0.947 89 23 20 13 80 53 56 17
35 Bradford City 0.935 99 28 15 10 99 55 53 6
36 Bournemouth 0.925 95 25 20 7 66 37 52 9
37 Notts County 0.907 48 13 9 23 64 79 45 98
38 Oxford United 0.900 94 26 16 15 83 61 57 13
39 Carlisle United 0.899 92 26 14 14 79 62 54 16
40 Birmingham City 0.882 44 10 14 21 58 69 45 106
41 Wrexham 0.868 58 15 13 23 52 65 51 76
42 Charlton Athletic 0.851 55 14 13 20 55 71 47 84
43 Grimsby Town 0.846 55 14 13 20 64 73 47 83
44 Stoke City 0.846 45 12 9 24 52 75 45 104
45 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.834 40 10 10 25 36 71 45 110
46 Crystal Palace 0.833 64 18 10 23 43 52 51 62
47 Derby County 0.794 48 12 12 21 56 76 45 100
48 Middlesbrough 0.772 44 9 17 21 40 61 47 107
49 Cardiff City 0.744 47 13 8 24 49 68 45 103
50 Leeds United 0.738 45 11 12 23 42 67 46 105
51 Cambridge United 0.730 51 14 9 22 53 60 45 93
52 Gillingham 0.727 83 23 14 17 72 63 54 22
53 Bolton Wanderers 0.685 52 15 7 24 46 68 46 91
54 Colchester United 0.684 87 24 15 17 98 69 56 19
55 Peterborough United 0.660 88 26 10 15 78 68 51 18
56 Millwall 0.651 79 21 16 17 76 79 54 27
57 Hereford United 0.631 78 19 21 13 74 65 53 28
58 Doncaster Rovers 0.591 70 17 19 18 64 74 54 46
59 Huddersfield Town 0.564 77 21 14 21 83 70 56 31
60 Leyton Orient 0.552 48 12 12 25 43 67 49 101
61 Tranmere Rovers 0.530 74 18 20 16 65 68 54 35
62 Portsmouth 0.530 67 15 22 15 65 63 52 55
63 Runcorn Halton 0.528 94 28 10 6 76 39 44 11
64 Preston North End 0.526 68 18 14 19 54 65 51 53
65 Hull City 0.519 79 21 16 17 78 71 54 26
66 Southend United 0.512 70 18 16 15 65 58 49 45
67 Bury 0.506 74 18 20 14 90 69 52 34
68 Blackpool 0.497 69 18 15 20 74 68 53 49
69 Brentford 0.493 72 20 12 19 59 52 51 38
70 Port Vale 0.473 82 21 19 15 68 58 55 23
71 Newport County 0.471 63 15 18 18 57 59 51 65
72 Plymouth Argyle 0.469 71 19 14 19 67 60 52 42
73 Bristol Rovers 0.460 67 19 10 22 63 73 51 57
74 Enfield 0.444 92 28 8 9 98 50 45 14
75 Chesterfield 0.443 69 19 12 19 62 61 50 50
76 Reading 0.422 63 17 12 20 70 81 49 67
77 Exeter City 0.405 60 17 9 25 75 100 51 72
78 Bristol City 0.394 63 16 15 25 50 72 56 68
79 Walsall 0.375 59 15 14 21 55 60 50 73
80 Aldershot 0.367 63 15 18 20 68 78 53 66
81 Swindon Town 0.363 58 15 13 23 62 80 51 77
82 Wimbledon 0.347 57 15 12 23 65 82 50 79
83 Hartlepool United 0.334 62 15 17 19 78 91 51 70
84 Telford United 0.325 77 23 8 11 70 51 42 30
85 Torquay United 0.299 57 14 15 21 50 64 50 78
86 Darlington 0.295 59 15 14 21 66 72 50 74
87 Altrincham 0.265 63 16 15 16 76 67 47 63
88 Stockport County 0.265 52 13 13 24 53 77 50 92
89 Halifax Town 0.259 50 9 23 17 52 77 49 94
90 Northwich Victoria 0.256 69 20 9 13 56 46 42 48
91 Mansfield Town 0.250 56 15 11 25 69 87 51 80
92 York City 0.250 55 15 10 26 75 98 51 85
93 Northampton Town 0.241 55 15 10 29 72 96 54 86
94 Scunthorpe United 0.240 50 11 17 24 49 87 52 95
95 Scarborough 0.231 68 19 11 12 65 52 42 52
96 Dagenham 0.227 73 20 13 12 73 55 45 36
97 Worcester City 0.227 71 21 8 13 70 60 42 41
98 Barrow 0.213 65 18 11 13 59 50 42 59
99 Rochdale 0.206 48 10 18 23 57 74 51 99
100 Weymouth 0.193 64 18 10 16 58 53 44 61
101 Boston United 0.190 62 17 11 15 61 58 43 69
102 Chester City 0.166 33 7 12 30 37 81 49 112
103 Frickley Athletic 0.146 52 14 10 18 47 60 42 89
104 Stafford Rangers 0.136 52 12 16 15 49 49 43 88
105 Maidstone United 0.136 48 11 15 16 55 59 42 97
106 Bath City 0.128 55 15 10 17 50 57 42 82
107 Yeovil Town 0.128 54 14 12 18 58 71 44 87
108 Barnet 0.128 49 11 16 20 40 55 47 96
109 Trowbridge Town 0.114 47 12 11 19 38 54 42 102
110 Crewe Alexandra 0.097 31 7 10 33 32 89 50 113
111 Kettering Town 0.089 43 10 13 21 65 79 44 108
112 Ebbsfleet United 0.081 40 10 10 22 51 69 42 109
113 Dartford 0.080 39 10 9 23 47 69 42 111
114 AP Leamington 0.042 22 4 10 28 40 105 42 114
115 Dorchester Town 0.017 5 1 2 1 9 6 4 115
116 Penrith 0.014 3 1 0 1 1 3 2 120
117 Barking 0.014 4 1 1 1 4 5 3 118
118 Workington 0.005 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 125
119 Minehead 0.002 1 0 1 1 3 7 2 124
120 Harlow Town 0.001 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 122
121 Bishop Auckland 0 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 119
121 Sutton United 0 4 1 1 1 5 5 3 116
121 Wycombe Wanderers 0 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 117
121 Bishop's Stortford 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 2 121
121 Hendon 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 123
121 Bideford 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 126
121 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 127
121 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 128
121 Horden Colliery Welfare 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 129
121 Willenhall Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 130
121 Mossley 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 131
121 Bedford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 132
121 Dover 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 133
121 Hastings United 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 134
121 Leytonstone 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 135
121 Nuneaton Borough 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 136

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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.