Eigenrankings

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

England 1871-1896

‹ 1871-1895		1871-1897 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Preston North End	7.588	470	146	32	77	637	334	255	3
2	Blackburn Rovers	6.482	486	144	54	87	715	475	285	2
3	Aston Villa	6.287	503	154	41	80	763	509	275	1
4	Sunderland	4.990	404	125	29	48	532	275	202	6
5	Bolton Wanderers	3.505	392	118	38	103	547	486	259	8
6	Nottingham Forest	3.248	269	79	32	70	343	303	181	14
7	Notts County	3.231	425	128	41	111	660	518	280	4
8	Everton	3.144	407	124	35	78	573	407	237	5
9	Sheffield Wednesday	3.143	281	85	26	71	356	319	182	12
10	West Bromwich Albion	3.097	381	114	39	117	517	524	270	9
11	Old Etonians	3.077	126	39	9	10	161	76	58	28
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3.032	402	121	39	104	536	496	264	7
13	Wanderers	2.939	68	21	5	4	96	22	30	40
14	Bury	2.587	119	38	5	22	139	93	65	29
15	Queen's Park	2.529	39	12	3	3	69	18	18	49
16	Derby County	2.477	329	96	41	104	476	539	241	10
17	Sheffield United	2.353	194	58	20	48	224	225	126	18
18	Liverpool	2.199	181	55	16	25	249	132	96	19
19	Burnley	2.026	298	87	37	108	424	482	232	11
20	Darwen	2.005	274	82	28	82	429	427	192	13
21	Birmingham City	1.861	207	64	15	57	337	299	136	17
22	Stoke City	1.634	257	76	29	115	386	472	220	15
23	Oxford University	1.596	88	27	7	7	99	33	41	36
24	Old Carthusians	1.470	88	29	1	10	136	52	40	35
25	Accrington	1.185	176	47	35	65	287	363	147	20
26	Manchester United	1.091	154	44	22	64	244	285	130	22
27	Grimsby Town	1.012	240	77	9	51	322	234	137	16
28	Royal Engineers	0.972	109	34	7	16	146	67	57	31
29	Newcastle United	0.905	149	46	11	38	224	189	95	23
30	Blackburn Olympic	0.800	40	13	1	7	85	39	21	48
31	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0.788	24	8	0	7	53	49	15	67
32	Swifts	0.669	101	31	8	15	126	78	54	34
33	Leicester City	0.622	103	30	13	21	132	105	64	33
34	Staveley	0.621	33	10	3	7	46	38	20	53
35	Old Westminsters	0.593	48	15	3	9	74	43	27	44
36	Derby Junction	0.580	19	6	1	5	16	25	12	76
37	Burton Wanderers	0.529	117	35	12	21	145	102	68	30
38	Clapham Rovers	0.478	82	26	4	14	150	58	44	39
39	Walsall Town	0.467	17	5	2	6	39	32	13	79
40	Manchester City	0.417	168	52	12	46	237	221	110	21
41	Redcar	0.416	15	5	0	4	18	15	9	85
42	Rangers	0.415	12	4	0	1	14	7	5	101
43	Crewe Alexandra	0.408	109	29	22	83	181	395	134	32
44	Arsenal	0.394	134	40	14	40	189	177	94	26
45	Old Foresters	0.384	41	12	5	11	60	43	28	47
46	Renton	0.378	7	2	1	1	5	4	4	120
47	Lincoln City	0.366	144	43	15	66	228	295	124	25
48	Wednesbury Town	0.352	10	3	1	2	12	11	6	109
49	Mitchell's St George	0.342	22	7	1	7	31	33	15	72
50	Middlesbrough	0.316	32	10	2	10	43	43	22	56
51	Upton Park	0.292	63	19	6	15	93	69	40	42
52	Port Vale	0.288	133	38	19	64	204	293	121	27
53	Stafford Road	0.275	29	8	5	7	52	36	20	60
54	Marlow	0.253	57	18	3	17	80	53	38	43
55	Sheffield	0.253	39	11	6	13	53	61	30	50
56	Bootle	0.246	46	14	4	19	75	99	37	46
57	Chatham	0.235	26	8	2	7	24	36	17	62
58	Northwich Victoria	0.221	64	19	7	40	108	194	66	41
59	Burton United	0.219	147	45	12	59	230	275	116	24
60	Middlesbrough Iron	0.218	38	11	5	21	48	98	37	51
61	Walsall	0.209	84	26	6	50	141	235	82	38
62	Lockwood Brothers	0.194	22	7	1	8	26	34	16	73
63	Druids	0.194	32	9	5	7	39	35	21	55
64	Walsall Swifts	0.193	13	4	1	5	14	21	10	97
65	Church	0.189	31	9	4	7	53	32	20	58
66	Newcastle West End	0.174	6	2	0	4	11	14	6	132
67	Gainsborough Trinity	0.173	13	4	1	3	25	10	8	93
68	Rotherham Town	0.173	87	26	9	61	147	285	96	37
69	Darwen Old Wanderers	0.168	13	4	1	4	29	23	9	94
70	Partick Thistle	0.161	9	3	0	2	22	7	5	113
71	Loughborough	0.157	32	9	5	17	41	68	31	57
72	Notts Rangers	0.151	18	5	3	5	35	26	13	78
73	Hendon	0.142	30	9	3	11	58	43	23	59
74	Old Harrovians	0.133	33	10	3	8	44	36	21	54
75	Grantham	0.125	24	7	3	9	31	38	19	68
76	Derby Midland	0.113	14	4	2	6	18	25	12	89
77	Leek	0.108	23	7	2	4	35	27	13	69
78	London Caledonians	0.102	7	2	1	1	4	7	4	121
79	South Shore	0.097	14	4	2	9	31	44	15	91
80	Cambridge University	0.097	35	10	5	7	37	30	22	52
81	Birmingham Excelsior	0.088	16	4	4	5	25	20	13	82
82	Manchester	0.085	3	1	0	2	2	19	3	185
83	Old Wykehamists	0.076	27	9	0	4	40	21	13	61
84	Cowlairs	0.075	6	2	0	1	16	6	3	127
85	Birmingham St George	0.073	13	4	1	4	16	24	9	99
86	Linfield Athletic	0.072	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	192
87	Derby St Luke's	0.072	5	1	2	4	10	22	7	143
88	Rawtenstall	0.070	2	0	2	2	6	14	4	191
89	Crystal Palace	0.069	11	2	5	5	9	12	12	105
90	Great Bridge Unity	0.066	7	2	1	2	10	8	5	119
91	Barnes	0.065	25	7	4	13	28	50	24	65
92	Sunderland Albion	0.065	11	3	2	4	15	16	9	104
93	Astley Bridge	0.064	11	2	5	7	27	45	14	107
94	Old Brightonians	0.064	13	4	1	5	14	18	10	96
95	Windsor Home Park	0.063	16	5	1	6	19	16	12	83
96	Barnsley	0.063	3	1	0	1	2	5	2	168
97	Maidenhead	0.054	47	15	2	16	46	60	33	45
98	Phoenix Bessemer	0.052	3	1	0	1	10	5	2	154
99	Sheffield Heeley	0.052	15	5	0	8	29	35	13	87
100	Crusaders	0.052	12	4	0	4	24	13	8	100
101	Brentwood	0.048	23	7	2	9	42	47	18	70
102	Grey Friars	0.048	16	5	1	3	17	11	9	81
103	Lower Darwen	0.048	9	3	0	4	16	20	7	115
104	Davenham	0.047	20	6	2	5	27	29	13	74
105	Mexborough	0.041	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	193
106	Halliwell	0.039	16	5	1	8	29	47	14	84
107	Ashton United	0.038	13	4	1	1	16	11	6	95
108	Long Eaton Rangers	0.037	6	2	0	7	14	20	9	135
109	Turton	0.034	18	5	3	3	28	18	11	77
110	Hanover United	0.034	10	3	1	9	9	34	13	112
111	Romford	0.031	26	8	2	8	30	58	18	64
112	Chirk	0.031	24	7	3	4	43	20	14	66
113	Eagley	0.030	11	3	2	7	23	39	12	106
114	Great Lever	0.029	6	2	0	3	12	13	5	129
115	West End	0.029	14	4	2	4	12	19	10	90
116	Ecclesfield	0.028	3	1	0	1	4	7	2	166
117	Reading	0.026	23	7	2	10	27	52	19	71
118	Pilgrims	0.025	26	8	2	12	32	51	22	63
119	Fleetwood Rangers	0.025	4	1	1	2	7	13	4	148
120	Aston Unity	0.021	3	1	0	6	8	28	7	187
121	Remnants	0.019	11	3	2	5	19	18	10	103
122	Horncastle	0.018	6	2	0	2	5	9	4	133
123	Higher Walton	0.017	7	2	1	4	17	22	7	123
124	South Norwood	0.017	12	4	0	8	12	31	12	102
125	Crosswell's Brewery	0.016	3	1	0	1	1	14	2	182
126	Darwen Ramblers	0.015	6	2	0	3	10	19	5	139
127	Cliftonville	0.015	7	2	1	1	12	16	4	122
128	Derbyshire	0.015	1	0	1	1	6	8	2	195
129	Rochester	0.014	15	5	0	13	21	57	18	88
130	Witton	0.014	13	4	1	5	22	30	10	98
131	Clapton	0.013	4	1	1	5	9	30	7	152
132	Reading Minster	0.013	8	2	2	3	6	15	7	118
133	Dulwich	0.013	15	5	0	4	16	18	9	86
134	Wednesbury Strollers	0.013	3	1	0	5	10	31	6	188
135	Owlerton	0.013	6	2	0	1	5	7	3	130
136	Shropshire Wanderers	0.012	9	2	3	3	4	6	8	114
137	Herts Rangers	0.012	9	3	0	6	17	25	9	116
138	Macclesfield Town	0.011	6	2	0	7	23	30	9	136
139	Padiham	0.010	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	178
140	Oswestry	0.010	17	5	2	6	30	32	13	80
141	Blackpool	0.010	3	1	0	5	6	24	6	186
142	Goldenhill	0.010	10	3	1	2	9	7	6	108
143	Third Lanark	0.009	6	2	0	1	11	5	3	128
144	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	0.009	3	1	0	5	9	25	6	183
145	1st Surrey Rifles	0.008	7	2	1	7	3	39	10	126
146	Minerva	0.008	3	1	0	3	8	12	4	169
147	Chester City	0.007	3	1	0	4	3	13	5	179
148	Lancing Old Boys	0.007	3	1	0	2	10	11	3	160
149	Newtown	0.006	4	1	1	1	4	8	3	147
150	Hampstead Heathens	0.006	4	1	1	1	2	4	3	145
151	Fishwick Ramblers	0.006	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	163
152	Reigate Priory	0.005	3	1	0	5	6	22	6	184
153	Rossendale	0.005	6	2	0	4	18	40	6	142
154	Hitchin Town	0.005	1	0	1	3	2	11	4	202
155	South Reading	0.005	14	4	2	6	17	34	12	92
156	Etonian Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	1	6	9	2	164
157	105th Regiment	0.004	4	1	1	3	4	11	5	149
158	Hotspur	0.004	20	6	2	8	19	25	16	75
159	Shrewsbury Town	0.003	3	1	0	1	5	11	2	172
160	Sheffield Providence	0.003	1	0	1	3	5	14	4	201
161	Hawks	0.003	3	1	0	2	6	6	3	158
162	Woodford Wells	0.003	10	3	1	3	9	8	7	110
163	Wrexham	0.002	3	1	0	6	11	23	7	180
164	Clitheroe	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	13	4	199
165	Blackburn Park Road	0.001	7	2	1	5	18	30	8	124
166	Spital	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	19	4	203
167	Forest School	0.001	6	2	0	4	12	21	6	138
168	Bradshaw	0.001	1	0	1	4	5	22	5	204
169	Dreadnought	0.001	3	1	0	5	7	14	6	176
170	Llangollen	0.001	3	1	0	1	7	5	2	156
171	Mosquitos	0.001	7	2	1	5	10	28	8	125
172	Panthers	0.001	6	2	0	4	5	16	6	141
173	Bolton Association	0.001	3	1	0	2	7	11	3	170
174	Ramblers	0.000	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	200
175	Argonauts	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	194
176	Reading Abbey	0	10	3	1	2	7	9	6	111
176	Acton	0	8	2	2	7	14	23	11	117
176	Mellors Limited	0	6	2	0	3	11	14	5	131
176	Chesham	0	6	2	0	3	12	17	5	134
176	Darlington	0	6	2	0	3	7	15	5	137
176	Shankhouse	0	6	2	0	2	7	16	4	140
176	Elswick Rangers	0	4	1	1	1	8	7	3	144
176	Liverpool Ramblers	0	4	1	1	2	6	10	4	146
176	Notts Olympic	0	4	1	1	5	11	20	7	150
176	Southall Park	0	4	1	1	5	6	21	7	151
176	Southport	0	4	1	1	6	7	32	8	153
176	Old St Mark's	0	3	1	0	1	9	5	2	155
176	United Hospital	0	3	1	0	1	4	3	2	157
176	Over Wanderers	0	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	159
176	Weybridge Swallows	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	161
176	Newark	0	3	1	0	2	8	10	3	162
176	Watford Rovers	0	3	1	0	3	6	9	4	165
176	Lincoln Lindum	0	3	1	0	3	4	7	4	167
176	Uxbridge	0	3	1	0	4	6	12	5	171
176	South Bank	0	3	1	0	2	4	10	3	173
176	Cleethorpes Town	0	3	1	0	2	3	9	3	174
176	Swindon Town	0	3	1	0	2	2	8	3	175
176	Gresham	0	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	177
176	Basford Rovers	0	3	1	0	1	3	15	2	181
176	High Wycombe	0	3	1	0	4	4	26	5	189
176	Luton Wanderers	0	3	1	0	3	4	28	4	190
176	Bishop Auckland	0	1	0	1	2	3	6	3	196
176	Notts Wanderers	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	3	197
176	Woodford Bridge	0	1	0	1	3	3	9	4	198
176	Kildare	0	1	0	1	4	1	18	5	205
176	Finchley	0	1	0	1	3	1	21	4	206
176	Leyton	0	1	0	1	4	2	27	5	207
176	Belper Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	208
176	Haslingden	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	209
176	Lincoln Albion	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	210
176	Blackburn Law	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	211
176	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	212
176	Notts Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	213
176	Stockport County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	214
176	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	215
176	Scarborough	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	216
176	Eckington Works	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	217
176	Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	218
176	United London Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	219
176	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	220
176	St Bart's Hospital	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	221
176	Morpeth Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2	222
176	Park Grange	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	223
176	Chester St Oswald's	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	224
176	Derby Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	225
176	Saxons	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	226
176	Stafford Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	227
176	Wellington St George	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	228
176	West Manchester	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	229
176	Gateshead Association	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	230
176	Gitanos	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	231
176	London Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	232
176	Morton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	233
176	Southampton	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	2	234
176	Aston Shakespeare	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	2	235
176	Heanor Town	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	2	236
176	Liverpool Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	237
176	Grimsby District	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	238
176	Oldbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	239
176	St Albans (Forest Gate)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	240
176	St Stephens	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	241
176	Whitburn	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	242
176	East Sheen	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	243
176	Esher Leopold	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	244
176	Stockton	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	245
176	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	246
176	Hull Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	247
176	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	248
176	Bournemouth Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	249
176	Civil Service	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	250
176	Rangers (London)	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	251
176	Workington	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	252
176	Heywood Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	253
176	Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	254
176	Southfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	255
176	Upton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	256
176	Wood Grange	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	257
176	Tyne Association	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	258
176	Warwick County	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	259
176	Chesterfield	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	2	260
176	Hoddesdon Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	261
176	Clarence	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	262
176	St Peter's Institute	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	263
176	Caernarvon Wanderers	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	264
176	Highbury Union	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	265
176	Jardines	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	266
176	Lincoln Ramblers	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	267
176	Irwell Springs	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	2	268
176	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	269
176	Furness Vale Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	270
176	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	3	271
176	Bollington	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	272
176	Lyndhurst	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	273
176	Brondesbury	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	274
176	Hornchurch	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	275
176	Bolton Olympic	0	0	0	0	2	4	16	2	276
176	Clitheroe Low Moor	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	277
176	Millwall	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	278
176	Reading Hornets	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	279
176	Saffron Walden Town	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	280
176	Henley	0	0	0	0	4	2	15	4	281
176	Brigg Brittania	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2	282
176	Matlock Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	3	283
176	Calthorpe	0	0	0	0	4	3	18	4	284
176	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	6	3	18	6	285
176	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	2	286
176	Attercliffe	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	2	287
176	Farningham	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	288
176	Hartford St John's	0	0	0	0	4	2	22	4	289
176	Brigg	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	3	290
176	Spilsby	0	0	0	0	5	8	34	5	291
176	Hyde	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	292
176	Casuals	0	0	0	0	7	5	38	7	293

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

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Includes league matches from the top 4 tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.