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

England 1986-87

1985-86 1987-88

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Everton 6.120 105 32 9 10 98 39 51 2
2 Tottenham Hotspur 5.107 105 32 9 15 108 58 56 3
3 Liverpool 4.599 100 29 13 13 98 52 55 8
4 Arsenal 4.454 98 29 11 14 84 45 54 10
5 Coventry City 4.283 91 26 13 14 71 55 53 15
6 Norwich City 3.676 79 20 19 10 64 60 49 28
7 Wimbledon 3.346 77 22 11 15 69 57 48 30
8 Luton Town 3.301 72 19 15 13 52 48 47 39
9 Watford 3.099 81 23 12 17 86 70 52 22
10 Nottingham Forest 3.059 76 21 13 15 75 56 49 32
11 West Ham United 2.593 71 19 14 20 72 82 53 42
12 Manchester United 2.295 66 17 15 16 61 52 48 53
13 Southampton 2.149 67 18 13 20 80 75 51 51
14 Sheffield Wednesday 2.064 69 18 15 18 76 69 51 48
15 Queens Park Rangers 1.903 61 16 13 20 61 74 49 69
16 Chelsea 1.818 59 15 14 19 61 71 48 73
17 Newcastle United 1.811 56 15 11 21 52 69 47 80
18 Oxford United 1.710 53 13 14 20 54 75 47 90
19 Charlton Athletic 1.435 53 14 11 22 51 60 47 89
20 Manchester City 1.322 43 9 16 21 39 62 46 108
21 Wigan Athletic 1.267 100 30 10 14 98 69 54 9
22 Aston Villa 1.229 45 10 15 24 57 89 49 103
23 Preston North End 1.143 105 30 15 10 87 56 55 5
24 Bournemouth 1.117 101 30 11 9 84 45 50 7
25 Leicester City 1.115 48 13 9 24 63 87 46 101
26 Leeds United 1.108 80 23 11 15 70 54 49 26
27 Middlesbrough 1.064 105 31 12 10 78 37 53 4
28 Northampton Town 1.022 107 32 11 9 116 64 52 1
29 Derby County 0.981 94 28 10 11 73 45 49 12
30 Portsmouth 0.918 87 26 9 12 60 36 47 18
31 Walsall 0.858 95 28 11 18 102 80 57 11
32 Swindon Town 0.850 103 30 13 11 92 54 54 6
33 Gillingham 0.730 89 26 11 16 75 59 53 17
34 Bristol City 0.725 90 24 18 13 76 48 55 16
35 Oldham Athletic 0.721 82 24 10 13 72 54 47 21
36 Cardiff City 0.696 81 21 18 17 66 61 56 23
37 Southend United 0.636 91 28 7 18 83 67 53 14
38 Crystal Palace 0.625 70 21 7 20 55 60 48 47
39 Aldershot 0.598 80 23 11 19 73 68 53 27
40 Leyton Orient 0.581 77 22 11 19 70 69 52 31
41 Sheffield United 0.568 66 17 15 16 58 59 48 55
42 Notts County 0.567 80 22 14 15 83 65 51 25
43 Plymouth Argyle 0.552 65 17 14 16 71 72 47 59
44 Ipswich Town 0.552 70 19 13 14 63 46 46 43
45 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.552 84 25 9 17 73 57 51 20
46 Blackburn Rovers 0.539 62 17 11 19 53 62 47 65
47 Cambridge United 0.535 75 20 15 20 71 72 55 36
48 Huddersfield Town 0.514 57 14 15 19 63 72 48 78
49 Swansea City 0.491 76 21 13 21 77 76 55 33
50 Wrexham 0.490 75 18 21 14 82 61 53 34
51 Chester City 0.487 71 17 20 18 73 69 55 41
52 Peterborough United 0.484 70 18 16 17 59 54 51 46
53 Stoke City 0.472 67 18 13 18 74 59 49 50
54 Bradford City 0.470 65 18 11 20 73 72 49 58
55 Hull City 0.467 63 16 15 17 46 61 48 64
56 Birmingham City 0.463 57 13 18 16 53 69 47 79
57 Scunthorpe United 0.454 78 22 12 19 83 65 53 29
58 Reading 0.452 60 16 12 19 61 68 47 70
59 Blackpool 0.450 65 16 17 16 75 64 49 57
60 Colchester United 0.442 75 22 9 20 69 62 51 35
61 Barnsley 0.435 63 16 15 18 59 63 49 62
62 Shrewsbury Town 0.405 65 19 8 23 50 57 50 60
63 Millwall 0.396 59 16 11 21 46 54 48 72
64 York City 0.368 59 15 14 24 65 90 53 74
65 Doncaster Rovers 0.362 62 15 17 19 64 74 51 66
66 Brentford 0.360 64 16 16 19 68 72 51 61
67 West Bromwich Albion 0.357 51 13 12 20 54 57 45 93
68 Port Vale 0.342 66 18 12 22 86 84 52 54
69 Sunderland 0.341 51 13 12 20 55 66 45 95
70 Fulham 0.340 66 16 18 20 75 95 54 56
71 Mansfield Town 0.337 61 15 16 18 55 62 49 68
72 Chesterfield 0.326 55 13 16 20 58 75 49 83
73 Exeter City 0.326 58 11 25 14 54 53 50 75
74 Rochdale 0.320 58 13 19 20 64 82 52 76
75 Halifax Town 0.303 58 15 13 23 65 84 51 77
76 Rotherham United 0.302 63 16 15 22 57 66 53 63
77 Grimsby Town 0.296 50 11 17 21 44 70 49 98
78 Bury 0.295 60 15 15 21 57 67 51 71
79 Hartlepool United 0.293 52 11 19 19 46 70 49 91
80 Crewe Alexandra 0.283 54 13 15 21 71 79 49 85
81 Bolton Wanderers 0.275 54 12 18 23 54 66 53 86
82 Bristol Rovers 0.264 52 13 13 24 50 83 50 92
83 Tranmere Rovers 0.261 54 12 18 20 61 81 50 87
84 Scarborough 0.253 91 27 10 5 64 33 42 13
85 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.246 41 9 14 23 38 59 46 110
86 Hereford United 0.244 55 14 13 23 67 76 50 82
87 Burnley 0.243 50 12 14 23 55 81 49 97
88 Stockport County 0.241 55 14 13 24 45 84 51 84
89 Torquay United 0.241 48 10 18 21 58 79 49 100
90 Lincoln City 0.227 51 13 12 26 49 74 51 96
91 Barnet 0.213 85 25 10 7 86 39 42 19
92 Darlington 0.202 40 8 16 26 48 87 50 112
93 Maidstone United 0.190 80 23 11 12 78 53 46 24
94 Newport County 0.177 44 10 14 28 52 97 52 107
95 Altrincham 0.153 73 19 16 10 70 54 45 38
96 Carlisle United 0.149 42 11 9 30 41 84 50 109
97 Telford United 0.127 70 20 10 15 74 61 45 44
98 Sutton United 0.127 68 19 11 12 81 51 42 49
99 Runcorn Halton 0.119 71 19 14 12 74 61 45 40
100 Enfield 0.113 74 22 8 15 70 51 45 37
101 Bath City 0.112 67 18 13 14 67 68 45 52
102 Cheltenham Town 0.104 61 16 13 13 64 50 42 67
103 Boston United 0.095 70 21 7 16 84 77 44 45
104 Caernarfon Town 0.072 8 2 2 1 3 2 5 115
105 Weymouth 0.070 51 13 12 17 68 77 42 94
106 Stafford Rangers 0.069 53 14 11 18 58 61 43 88
107 Nuneaton Borough 0.066 44 10 14 19 48 76 43 106
108 Dagenham 0.060 49 14 7 21 56 72 42 99
109 Kettering Town 0.058 47 12 11 20 54 69 43 102
110 Wealdstone 0.056 44 11 11 22 52 75 44 105
111 Kidderminster Harriers 0.054 55 17 4 21 77 81 42 81
112 Northwich Victoria 0.054 44 10 14 18 53 69 42 104
113 Welling United 0.050 41 10 11 23 63 89 44 111
114 Chorley 0.045 6 1 3 1 5 7 5 116
115 Frickley Athletic 0.028 33 7 12 25 47 86 44 113
116 Gateshead 0.027 31 6 13 23 48 95 42 114
117 Bishop's Stortford 0.005 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 122
118 Whitby Town 0.004 1 0 1 1 4 5 2 119
119 Dartford 0.001 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 123
120 Chelmsford City 0 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 117
120 Slough Town 0 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 118
120 Woking 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 120
120 Bognor Regis Town 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 121
120 Aylesbury United 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 124
120 Evenwood Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 125
120 Bromsgrove Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 126
120 Woodford Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 127
120 Rugby Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 128
120 Ton Pentre 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 129
120 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 130
120 Halesowen Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 131
120 Farnborough Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 132
120 Fareham Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 133

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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.