Eigenrankings

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

England 1871-1897

‹ 1871-1896		1871-1898 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Preston North End	7.607	523	159	46	85	703	379	290	3
2	Aston Villa	6.623	588	180	48	84	853	553	312	1
3	Blackburn Rovers	6.172	528	157	57	104	754	541	318	2
4	Sunderland	3.832	437	133	38	63	568	325	234	8
5	Bolton Wanderers	3.413	439	131	46	116	594	538	293	7
6	Notts County	3.255	489	148	45	119	755	564	312	4
7	Sheffield Wednesday	3.219	322	95	37	81	398	357	213	12
8	Nottingham Forest	3.171	311	90	41	84	392	355	215	14
9	West Bromwich Albion	3.071	420	125	45	132	552	582	302	9
10	Everton	3.060	464	142	38	92	650	471	272	5
11	Liverpool	3.042	236	70	26	35	303	178	131	19
12	Old Etonians	2.965	126	39	9	10	161	76	58	31
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2.901	444	133	45	118	584	540	296	6
14	Wanderers	2.863	68	21	5	4	96	22	30	41
15	Bury	2.727	163	49	16	33	190	141	98	26
16	Derby County	2.673	390	115	45	115	562	594	275	10
17	Sheffield United	2.563	243	71	30	56	267	256	157	18
18	Queen's Park	2.525	39	12	3	3	69	18	18	52
19	Darwen	1.979	316	96	28	98	496	488	222	13
20	Birmingham City	1.951	260	80	20	67	407	348	167	17
21	Burnley	1.889	323	93	44	126	467	544	263	11
22	Stoke City	1.639	296	88	32	132	440	535	252	16
23	Oxford University	1.541	88	27	7	7	99	33	41	37
24	Old Carthusians	1.421	88	29	1	10	136	52	40	36
25	Manchester United	1.203	217	63	28	73	309	324	164	20
26	Accrington	1.168	176	47	35	65	287	363	147	25
27	Grimsby Town	1.058	297	94	15	61	393	285	170	15
28	Royal Engineers	0.937	109	34	7	16	146	67	57	33
29	Newcastle United	0.898	201	63	12	51	280	246	126	22
30	Blackburn Olympic	0.775	40	13	1	7	85	39	21	51
31	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0.766	24	8	0	7	53	49	15	69
32	Leicester City	0.664	146	43	17	34	191	162	94	28
33	Swifts	0.647	101	31	8	15	126	78	54	35
34	Staveley	0.605	33	10	3	7	46	38	20	56
35	Old Westminsters	0.576	48	15	3	9	74	43	27	46
36	Derby Junction	0.554	19	6	1	5	16	25	12	78
37	Manchester City	0.481	212	64	20	57	295	277	141	21
38	Walsall Town	0.471	17	5	2	6	39	32	13	81
39	Gainsborough Trinity	0.462	56	16	8	14	75	57	38	45
40	Clapham Rovers	0.457	82	26	4	14	150	58	44	39
41	Burton Wanderers	0.447	146	44	14	41	178	174	99	29
42	Arsenal	0.439	177	53	18	53	257	247	124	24
43	Crewe Alexandra	0.401	109	29	22	83	181	395	134	34
44	Rangers	0.395	12	4	0	1	14	7	5	102
45	Old Foresters	0.372	41	12	5	11	60	43	28	50
46	Renton	0.364	7	2	1	1	5	4	4	121
47	Wednesbury Town	0.344	10	3	1	2	12	11	6	110
48	Mitchell's St George	0.340	22	7	1	7	31	33	15	74
49	Lincoln City	0.336	161	48	17	89	255	380	154	27
50	Blackpool	0.331	47	14	5	17	65	80	36	48
51	Redcar	0.322	15	5	0	4	18	15	9	87
52	Port Vale	0.294	133	38	19	64	204	293	121	30
53	Upton Park	0.285	63	19	6	15	93	69	40	43
54	Middlesbrough	0.277	32	10	2	10	43	43	22	59
55	Stafford Road	0.274	29	8	5	7	52	36	20	62
56	Walsall	0.272	121	37	10	65	195	304	112	32
57	Burton United	0.263	180	54	18	75	279	340	147	23
58	Bootle	0.251	46	14	4	19	75	99	37	49
59	Loughborough	0.249	69	21	6	34	91	132	61	40
60	Marlow	0.244	57	18	3	17	80	53	38	44
61	Sheffield	0.243	39	11	6	13	53	61	30	53
62	Chatham	0.228	26	8	2	7	24	36	17	64
63	Northwich Victoria	0.224	64	19	7	40	108	194	66	42
64	Middlesbrough Iron	0.213	38	11	5	21	48	98	37	54
65	Lockwood Brothers	0.190	22	7	1	8	26	34	16	75
66	Walsall Swifts	0.190	13	4	1	5	14	21	10	98
67	Druids	0.185	32	9	5	7	39	35	21	58
68	Church	0.181	31	9	4	7	53	32	20	60
69	Rotherham Town	0.171	87	26	9	61	147	285	96	38
70	Darwen Old Wanderers	0.162	13	4	1	4	29	23	9	95
71	Partick Thistle	0.157	9	3	0	2	22	7	5	114
72	Notts Rangers	0.146	18	5	3	5	35	26	13	80
73	Hendon	0.137	30	9	3	11	58	43	23	61
74	Newcastle West End	0.134	6	2	0	4	11	14	6	133
75	Old Harrovians	0.129	33	10	3	8	44	36	21	57
76	Derby Midland	0.110	14	4	2	6	18	25	12	91
77	Leek	0.106	23	7	2	4	35	27	13	71
78	Grantham	0.104	24	7	3	9	31	38	19	70
79	London Caledonians	0.099	7	2	1	1	4	7	4	122
80	South Shore	0.095	14	4	2	9	31	44	15	93
81	Cambridge University	0.093	35	10	5	7	37	30	22	55
82	Birmingham Excelsior	0.083	16	4	4	5	25	20	13	84
83	Manchester	0.082	3	1	0	2	2	19	3	187
84	Old Wykehamists	0.074	27	9	0	4	40	21	13	63
85	Cowlairs	0.072	6	2	0	1	16	6	3	128
86	Birmingham St George	0.071	13	4	1	4	16	24	9	100
87	Linfield Athletic	0.071	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	193
88	Derby St Luke's	0.068	5	1	2	4	10	22	7	145
89	Great Bridge Unity	0.067	7	2	1	2	10	8	5	120
90	Crystal Palace	0.067	11	2	5	5	9	12	12	106
91	Rawtenstall	0.066	2	0	2	2	6	14	4	192
92	Sunderland Albion	0.065	11	3	2	4	15	16	9	105
93	Barnes	0.064	25	7	4	13	28	50	24	67
94	Old Brightonians	0.061	13	4	1	5	14	18	10	97
95	Windsor Home Park	0.061	16	5	1	6	19	16	12	85
96	Astley Bridge	0.060	11	2	5	7	27	45	14	108
97	Barnsley	0.056	3	1	0	2	3	13	3	180
98	Maidenhead	0.052	47	15	2	16	46	60	33	47
99	Phoenix Bessemer	0.050	3	1	0	1	10	5	2	156
100	Sheffield Heeley	0.050	15	5	0	8	29	35	13	89
101	Crusaders	0.050	12	4	0	4	24	13	8	101
102	Brentwood	0.047	23	7	2	9	42	47	18	72
103	Grey Friars	0.047	16	5	1	3	17	11	9	83
104	Lower Darwen	0.046	9	3	0	4	16	20	7	116
105	Davenham	0.046	20	6	2	5	27	29	13	76
106	Mexborough	0.040	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	194
107	Long Eaton Rangers	0.038	6	2	0	7	14	20	9	136
108	Halliwell	0.038	16	5	1	8	29	47	14	86
109	Ashton United	0.036	13	4	1	1	16	11	6	96
110	Turton	0.033	18	5	3	3	28	18	11	79
111	Hanover United	0.032	10	3	1	9	9	34	13	113
112	Chirk	0.031	24	7	3	4	43	20	14	68
113	Romford	0.030	26	8	2	8	30	58	18	66
114	Great Lever	0.029	6	2	0	3	12	13	5	130
115	Eagley	0.028	11	3	2	7	23	39	12	107
116	West End	0.028	14	4	2	4	12	19	10	92
117	Ecclesfield	0.028	3	1	0	1	4	7	2	168
118	Fleetwood Rangers	0.025	4	1	1	2	7	13	4	150
119	Reading	0.025	23	7	2	10	27	52	19	73
120	Pilgrims	0.024	26	8	2	12	32	51	22	65
121	Aston Unity	0.021	3	1	0	6	8	28	7	188
122	Stockton	0.019	1	0	1	2	1	17	3	206
123	Remnants	0.018	11	3	2	5	19	18	10	104
124	Crosswell's Brewery	0.018	3	1	0	1	1	14	2	184
125	Higher Walton	0.017	7	2	1	4	17	22	7	124
126	South Norwood	0.017	12	4	0	8	12	31	12	103
127	Horncastle	0.015	6	2	0	2	5	9	4	134
128	Cliftonville	0.015	7	2	1	1	12	16	4	123
129	Darwen Ramblers	0.015	6	2	0	3	10	19	5	140
130	Derbyshire	0.014	1	0	1	1	6	8	2	196
131	Rochester	0.014	15	5	0	13	21	57	18	90
132	Witton	0.013	13	4	1	5	22	30	10	99
133	Wednesbury Strollers	0.013	3	1	0	5	10	31	6	189
134	Dulwich	0.013	15	5	0	4	16	18	9	88
135	Reading Minster	0.013	8	2	2	3	6	15	7	119
136	Clapton	0.013	4	1	1	5	9	30	7	154
137	Owlerton	0.013	6	2	0	1	5	7	3	131
138	Shropshire Wanderers	0.012	9	2	3	3	4	6	8	115
139	Herts Rangers	0.011	9	3	0	6	17	25	9	117
140	Macclesfield Town	0.011	6	2	0	7	23	30	9	137
141	Padiham	0.010	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	179
142	Oswestry	0.010	17	5	2	6	30	32	13	82
143	Goldenhill	0.009	10	3	1	2	9	7	6	109
144	Third Lanark	0.009	6	2	0	1	11	5	3	129
145	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	0.009	3	1	0	5	9	25	6	185
146	Southampton	0.008	5	1	2	3	7	12	6	144
147	1st Surrey Rifles	0.008	7	2	1	7	3	39	10	127
148	Minerva	0.008	3	1	0	3	8	12	4	170
149	Chester City	0.006	3	1	0	4	3	13	5	181
150	Lancing Old Boys	0.006	3	1	0	2	10	11	3	162
151	Newtown	0.006	4	1	1	1	4	8	3	149
152	Hampstead Heathens	0.006	4	1	1	1	2	4	3	147
153	Fishwick Ramblers	0.006	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	165
154	Reigate Priory	0.005	3	1	0	5	6	22	6	186
155	Rossendale	0.005	6	2	0	4	18	40	6	143
156	Hitchin Town	0.005	1	0	1	3	2	11	4	204
157	South Reading	0.005	14	4	2	6	17	34	12	94
158	105th Regiment	0.004	4	1	1	3	4	11	5	151
159	Etonian Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	1	6	9	2	166
160	Hotspur	0.004	20	6	2	8	19	25	16	77
161	Shrewsbury Town	0.003	3	1	0	1	5	11	2	173
162	Hawks	0.003	3	1	0	2	6	6	3	160
163	Sheffield Providence	0.003	1	0	1	3	5	14	4	203
164	Woodford Wells	0.003	10	3	1	3	9	8	7	111
165	Wrexham	0.002	3	1	0	6	11	23	7	182
166	Clitheroe	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	13	4	201
167	Blackburn Park Road	0.001	7	2	1	5	18	30	8	125
168	Spital	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	19	4	205
169	Forest School	0.001	6	2	0	4	12	21	6	139
170	Bradshaw	0.001	1	0	1	4	5	22	5	207
171	Dreadnought	0.001	3	1	0	5	7	14	6	177
172	Llangollen	0.001	3	1	0	1	7	5	2	158
173	Mosquitos	0.001	7	2	1	5	10	28	8	126
174	Panthers	0.001	6	2	0	4	5	16	6	142
175	Bolton Association	0.001	3	1	0	2	7	11	3	171
176	Heanor Town	0.000	1	0	1	3	2	7	4	199
177	Ramblers	0.000	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	202
178	Argonauts	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	195
179	Reading Abbey	0	10	3	1	2	7	9	6	112
179	Acton	0	8	2	2	7	14	23	11	118
179	Mellors Limited	0	6	2	0	3	11	14	5	132
179	Chesham	0	6	2	0	3	12	17	5	135
179	Darlington	0	6	2	0	3	7	15	5	138
179	Shankhouse	0	6	2	0	2	7	16	4	141
179	Elswick Rangers	0	4	1	1	1	8	7	3	146
179	Liverpool Ramblers	0	4	1	1	2	6	10	4	148
179	Notts Olympic	0	4	1	1	5	11	20	7	152
179	Southall Park	0	4	1	1	5	6	21	7	153
179	Southport	0	4	1	1	6	7	32	8	155
179	Old St Mark's	0	3	1	0	1	9	5	2	157
179	United Hospital	0	3	1	0	1	4	3	2	159
179	Over Wanderers	0	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	161
179	Weybridge Swallows	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	163
179	Newark	0	3	1	0	2	8	10	3	164
179	Watford Rovers	0	3	1	0	3	6	9	4	167
179	Lincoln Lindum	0	3	1	0	3	4	7	4	169
179	Uxbridge	0	3	1	0	4	6	12	5	172
179	South Bank	0	3	1	0	2	4	10	3	174
179	Cleethorpes Town	0	3	1	0	2	3	9	3	175
179	Swindon Town	0	3	1	0	2	2	8	3	176
179	Gresham	0	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	178
179	Basford Rovers	0	3	1	0	1	3	15	2	183
179	High Wycombe	0	3	1	0	4	4	26	5	190
179	Luton Wanderers	0	3	1	0	3	4	28	4	191
179	Bishop Auckland	0	1	0	1	2	3	6	3	197
179	Notts Wanderers	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	3	198
179	Woodford Bridge	0	1	0	1	3	3	9	4	200
179	Kildare	0	1	0	1	4	1	18	5	208
179	Finchley	0	1	0	1	3	1	21	4	209
179	Leyton	0	1	0	1	4	2	27	5	210
179	Belper Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	211
179	Haslingden	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	212
179	Lincoln Albion	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	213
179	Blackburn Law	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	214
179	Notts Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	215
179	Stockport County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	216
179	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	217
179	Scarborough	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	218
179	Eckington Works	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	219
179	Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	220
179	United London Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	221
179	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	222
179	St Bart's Hospital	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	223
179	Morpeth Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2	224
179	Park Grange	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	225
179	Glossop North End	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	226
179	Chester St Oswald's	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	227
179	Derby Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	228
179	Saxons	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	229
179	Stafford Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	230
179	Wellington St George	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	231
179	West Manchester	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	232
179	Gateshead Association	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	233
179	Gitanos	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	234
179	London Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	235
179	Morton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	236
179	Aston Shakespeare	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	2	237
179	Liverpool Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	238
179	Grimsby District	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	239
179	Oldbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	240
179	St Albans (Forest Gate)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	241
179	St Stephens	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	242
179	Whitburn	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	243
179	East Sheen	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	244
179	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	2	245
179	Esher Leopold	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	246
179	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	247
179	Hull Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	248
179	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	249
179	Bournemouth Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	250
179	Civil Service	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	251
179	Rangers (London)	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	252
179	Workington	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	253
179	Heywood Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	254
179	Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	255
179	Southfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	256
179	Upton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	257
179	Wood Grange	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	258
179	Tyne Association	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	259
179	Warwick County	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	260
179	Chesterfield	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	2	261
179	Hoddesdon Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	262
179	Clarence	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	263
179	St Peter's Institute	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	264
179	Caernarvon Wanderers	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	265
179	Highbury Union	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	266
179	Jardines	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	267
179	Lincoln Ramblers	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	268
179	Irwell Springs	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	2	269
179	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	270
179	Furness Vale Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	271
179	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	3	272
179	Bollington	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	273
179	Lyndhurst	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	274
179	Brondesbury	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	275
179	Hornchurch	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	276
179	Bolton Olympic	0	0	0	0	2	4	16	2	277
179	Clitheroe Low Moor	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	278
179	Reading Hornets	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	279
179	Saffron Walden Town	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	280
179	Millwall	0	0	0	0	4	4	17	4	281
179	Henley	0	0	0	0	4	2	15	4	282
179	Brigg Brittania	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2	283
179	Matlock Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	3	284
179	Calthorpe	0	0	0	0	4	3	18	4	285
179	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	2	286
179	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	7	3	19	7	287
179	Attercliffe	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	2	288
179	Farningham	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	289
179	Hartford St John's	0	0	0	0	4	2	22	4	290
179	Brigg	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	3	291
179	Spilsby	0	0	0	0	5	8	34	5	292
179	Hyde	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	293
179	Casuals	0	0	0	0	7	5	38	7	294

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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.