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

England 1985-86

1984-85 1986-87

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 8.324 124 37 13 7 126 48 57 1
2 Everton 6.569 115 35 10 10 113 56 55 2
3 West Ham United 4.337 102 31 9 12 87 47 52 6
4 Chelsea 3.708 87 24 15 13 70 67 52 23
5 Manchester United 3.708 93 27 12 13 80 43 52 9
6 Sheffield Wednesday 3.570 91 26 13 13 83 65 52 14
7 Nottingham Forest 3.045 78 22 12 14 82 61 48 31
8 Arsenal 2.973 89 25 14 15 69 62 54 18
9 Luton Town 2.969 84 23 15 14 79 54 52 26
10 Tottenham Hotspur 2.669 81 23 12 18 90 60 53 27
11 Newcastle United 2.249 65 17 14 15 69 78 46 63
12 Watford 2.039 78 21 15 17 87 72 53 32
13 Oxford United 2.017 65 17 14 21 84 90 52 61
14 Queens Park Rangers 1.987 72 21 9 22 71 73 52 40
15 Aston Villa 1.599 67 16 19 20 82 84 55 50
16 Manchester City 1.580 56 14 14 21 53 66 49 85
17 Norwich City 1.454 91 27 10 10 90 47 47 13
18 Southampton 1.435 66 17 15 22 70 73 54 58
19 Ipswich Town 1.372 59 16 11 25 53 67 52 76
20 Swindon Town 1.353 113 35 8 11 95 60 54 3
21 Reading 1.289 105 32 9 13 74 61 54 5
22 Leicester City 1.242 43 10 13 22 56 82 45 107
23 Derby County 1.200 105 29 18 11 104 53 58 4
24 Portsmouth 1.166 88 26 10 15 82 51 51 20
25 Coventry City 0.992 44 11 11 23 52 78 45 106
26 Plymouth Argyle 0.965 97 29 10 13 96 59 52 7
27 Wimbledon 0.955 79 22 13 11 65 44 46 29
28 Wigan Athletic 0.914 96 27 15 11 96 56 53 8
29 Gillingham 0.901 90 25 15 14 97 65 54 15
30 Charlton Athletic 0.853 78 22 12 11 80 49 45 30
31 York City 0.827 92 26 14 17 95 69 57 11
32 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.764 72 21 9 20 79 76 50 39
33 Millwall 0.748 75 21 12 18 80 76 51 36
34 Hull City 0.748 72 19 15 15 75 69 49 38
35 Notts County 0.747 86 23 17 16 90 76 56 25
36 Walsall 0.655 89 26 11 17 105 75 54 17
37 Bristol City 0.646 75 20 15 16 77 69 51 35
38 Birmingham City 0.646 36 10 6 31 37 82 47 111
39 Leyton Orient 0.627 90 25 15 16 99 84 56 16
40 Port Vale 0.623 88 23 19 12 75 45 54 21
41 Sheffield United 0.611 71 20 11 17 76 71 48 41
42 Barnsley 0.607 58 14 16 15 48 53 45 78
43 Blackburn Rovers 0.594 56 14 14 19 60 74 47 86
44 Crystal Palace 0.593 70 20 10 17 61 58 47 47
45 Mansfield Town 0.592 87 24 15 13 83 57 52 22
46 Oldham Athletic 0.577 60 17 9 19 65 71 45 73
47 Stoke City 0.575 63 16 15 15 50 54 46 67
48 Chester City 0.568 88 24 16 9 86 53 49 19
49 West Bromwich Albion 0.519 34 6 16 28 49 103 50 113
50 Sunderland 0.517 57 15 12 20 53 69 47 81
51 Brentford 0.499 71 19 14 18 64 69 51 43
52 Bury 0.474 67 17 16 25 83 83 58 49
53 Carlisle United 0.462 50 14 8 24 54 79 46 95
54 Peterborough United 0.461 71 17 20 18 62 72 55 44
55 Bradford City 0.458 59 17 8 23 63 80 48 77
56 Leeds United 0.456 57 16 9 21 59 76 46 82
57 Doncaster Rovers 0.456 67 17 16 16 48 58 49 53
58 Huddersfield Town 0.452 56 15 11 20 55 73 46 87
59 Grimsby Town 0.442 56 15 11 20 65 71 46 84
60 Bristol Rovers 0.438 66 18 12 24 64 88 54 59
61 Darlington 0.428 62 16 14 21 67 89 51 69
62 Blackpool 0.415 66 18 12 20 70 62 50 56
63 Hartlepool United 0.413 76 22 10 18 72 72 50 34
64 Rotherham United 0.402 66 18 12 22 77 74 52 57
65 Hereford United 0.399 71 20 11 21 84 82 52 42
66 Shrewsbury Town 0.389 54 15 9 22 57 72 46 91
67 Altrincham 0.378 86 25 11 10 76 53 46 24
68 Enfield 0.377 91 27 10 6 94 49 43 12
69 Newport County 0.375 61 14 19 19 58 72 52 70
70 Colchester United 0.366 70 19 13 17 91 72 49 45
71 Frickley Athletic 0.358 92 27 11 8 84 55 46 10
72 Bournemouth 0.352 67 19 10 25 78 82 54 52
73 Exeter City 0.342 63 16 15 22 56 76 53 68
74 Chesterfield 0.341 55 13 16 21 68 73 50 88
75 Crewe Alexandra 0.335 67 19 10 22 65 78 51 55
76 Middlesbrough 0.331 46 12 10 23 49 62 45 100
77 Bolton Wanderers 0.311 57 16 9 26 60 80 51 83
78 Northampton Town 0.309 68 19 11 21 82 65 51 48
79 Wrexham 0.308 67 19 10 24 78 90 53 54
80 Scunthorpe United 0.299 64 16 16 19 58 63 51 66
81 Fulham 0.296 41 11 8 28 51 76 47 110
82 Burnley 0.296 65 18 11 21 69 77 50 62
83 Southend United 0.292 65 18 11 20 70 71 49 60
84 Lincoln City 0.291 46 10 16 23 57 82 49 101
85 Stockport County 0.285 65 17 14 18 65 77 49 64
86 Rochdale 0.264 65 17 14 21 65 88 52 65
87 Tranmere Rovers 0.261 60 16 12 24 80 81 52 72
88 Cardiff City 0.243 48 13 9 27 57 89 49 98
89 Cambridge United 0.233 55 15 10 24 67 85 49 90
90 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.224 46 12 10 28 60 109 50 103
91 Halifax Town 0.223 55 14 13 22 62 78 49 89
92 Preston North End 0.212 50 13 11 27 64 101 51 96
93 Runcorn Halton 0.209 77 20 17 10 78 53 47 33
94 Weymouth 0.205 72 19 15 9 75 61 43 37
95 Swansea City 0.203 49 13 10 29 52 98 52 97
96 Aldershot 0.202 59 17 8 24 69 80 49 75
97 Kidderminster Harriers 0.195 79 24 7 11 99 62 42 28
98 Stafford Rangers 0.189 70 19 13 10 61 54 42 46
99 Kettering Town 0.172 60 15 15 12 55 53 42 71
100 Telford United 0.172 67 19 10 15 70 72 44 51
101 Torquay United 0.137 43 10 13 29 53 97 52 108
102 Cheltenham Town 0.124 59 16 11 15 69 69 42 74
103 Wealdstone 0.102 57 16 9 18 57 57 43 79
104 Boston United 0.097 57 16 9 20 70 83 45 80
105 Maidstone United 0.095 46 10 16 18 60 69 44 99
106 Wycombe Wanderers 0.095 46 11 13 20 57 86 44 102
107 Scarborough 0.084 50 13 11 19 55 72 43 94
108 Barnet 0.083 50 13 11 18 56 60 42 93
109 Bath City 0.083 53 14 11 19 57 55 44 92
110 Northwich Victoria 0.076 42 10 12 20 42 54 42 109
111 Dagenham 0.074 45 11 12 21 51 71 44 104
112 Nuneaton Borough 0.069 44 13 5 25 60 76 43 105
113 Dartford 0.057 34 8 10 26 51 84 44 112
114 Barrow 0.036 29 7 8 27 41 86 42 114
115 Bognor Regis Town 0.034 3 1 0 1 3 6 2 118
116 Chelmsford City 0.019 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 117
117 Slough Town 0.011 5 1 2 1 11 9 4 115
118 Morecambe 0.007 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 121
119 Rugby Town 0.006 1 0 1 1 3 6 2 123
120 Bishop's Stortford 0.004 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 119
121 Halesowen Town 0.004 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 120
122 Aylesbury United 0.001 1 0 1 1 4 7 2 122
123 Windsor & Eton 0.001 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 124
124 Whitby Town 0 3 1 0 1 2 3 2 116
124 Macclesfield Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 125
124 South Liverpool 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 126
124 Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 127
124 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 128
124 Leyton-Wingate 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 129
124 Fareham Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 130
124 Farnborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 131

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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.