Eigenrankings

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

England 1871-1898

‹ 1871-1897		1871-1899 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Preston North End	6.428	555	167	54	100	739	424	321	3
2	Aston Villa	6.287	635	194	53	96	914	605	343	1
3	Blackburn Rovers	6.023	559	164	67	118	793	596	349	2
4	Sunderland	3.727	490	149	43	73	611	356	265	7
5	Nottingham Forest	3.504	369	106	51	94	456	408	251	13
6	Sheffield Wednesday	3.429	373	111	40	94	450	400	245	12
7	Bolton Wanderers	3.325	483	144	51	132	624	583	327	8
8	West Bromwich Albion	3.320	469	138	55	142	601	630	335	9
9	Notts County	3.109	521	156	53	134	791	611	343	5
10	Everton	2.980	522	158	48	101	708	515	307	4
11	Old Etonians	2.935	126	39	9	10	161	76	58	32
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2.917	496	148	52	128	642	582	328	6
13	Liverpool	2.882	283	83	34	49	357	230	166	19
14	Sheffield United	2.873	303	88	39	62	325	290	189	18
15	Wanderers	2.832	68	21	5	4	96	22	30	43
16	Burnley	2.740	397	115	52	129	554	572	296	11
17	Derby County	2.619	442	130	52	129	631	661	311	10
18	Queen's Park	2.482	39	12	3	3	69	18	18	53
19	Bury	2.413	195	57	24	48	230	194	129	25
20	Birmingham City	1.840	312	96	24	77	465	398	197	17
21	Darwen	1.776	336	102	30	120	527	564	252	14
22	Stoke City	1.612	332	97	41	147	478	596	285	15
23	Oxford University	1.530	88	27	7	7	99	33	41	39
24	Old Carthusians	1.408	88	29	1	10	136	52	40	38
25	Manchester United	1.247	275	80	35	82	375	361	197	20
26	Newcastle United	1.221	270	85	15	58	346	280	158	21
27	Accrington	1.139	176	47	35	65	287	363	147	28
28	Grimsby Town	1.023	331	104	19	78	445	351	201	16
29	Royal Engineers	0.927	109	34	7	16	146	67	57	33
30	Blackburn Olympic	0.756	40	13	1	7	85	39	21	52
31	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0.747	24	8	0	7	53	49	15	70
32	Swifts	0.645	101	31	8	15	126	78	54	35
33	Staveley	0.639	33	10	3	7	46	38	20	57
34	Leicester City	0.613	192	56	24	45	238	199	125	26
35	Old Westminsters	0.594	48	15	3	9	74	43	27	47
36	Gainsborough Trinity	0.546	101	29	14	27	126	115	70	36
37	Derby Junction	0.544	19	6	1	5	16	25	12	79
38	Manchester City	0.519	269	80	29	64	362	314	173	22
39	Arsenal	0.509	230	69	23	63	327	299	155	23
40	Walsall Town	0.471	17	5	2	6	39	32	13	82
41	Clapham Rovers	0.451	82	26	4	14	150	58	44	41
42	Burton Wanderers	0.428	146	44	14	41	178	174	99	30
43	Crewe Alexandra	0.398	109	29	22	83	181	395	134	34
44	Rangers	0.393	12	4	0	1	14	7	5	104
45	Old Foresters	0.374	41	12	5	11	60	43	28	51
46	Lincoln City	0.356	184	54	22	108	298	462	184	27
47	Wednesbury Town	0.356	10	3	1	2	12	11	6	112
48	Renton	0.355	7	2	1	1	5	4	4	123
49	Southampton	0.343	16	4	4	4	15	16	12	87
50	Port Vale	0.343	137	39	20	65	207	298	124	31
51	Mitchell's St George	0.329	22	7	1	7	31	33	15	75
52	Redcar	0.318	15	5	0	4	18	15	9	89
53	Middlesbrough	0.311	32	10	2	10	43	43	22	60
54	Walsall	0.306	162	49	15	79	253	363	143	29
55	Blackpool	0.297	82	24	10	32	114	141	66	42
56	Luton Town	0.284	43	13	4	21	71	70	38	50
57	Marlow	0.272	57	18	3	17	80	53	38	46
58	Chatham	0.267	26	8	2	7	24	36	17	65
59	Burton United	0.264	209	62	23	92	317	409	177	24
60	Stafford Road	0.259	29	8	5	7	52	36	20	63
61	Bootle	0.255	46	14	4	19	75	99	37	49
62	Upton Park	0.254	63	19	6	15	93	69	40	45
63	Sheffield	0.237	39	11	6	13	53	61	30	54
64	Middlesbrough Iron	0.225	38	11	5	21	48	98	37	55
65	Northwich Victoria	0.224	64	19	7	40	108	194	66	44
66	Lockwood Brothers	0.199	22	7	1	8	26	34	16	76
67	Loughborough	0.191	89	27	8	56	115	219	91	37
68	Walsall Swifts	0.187	13	4	1	5	14	21	10	100
69	Church	0.169	31	9	4	7	53	32	20	61
70	Druids	0.169	32	9	5	7	39	35	21	59
71	Rotherham Town	0.168	87	26	9	61	147	285	96	40
72	Darwen Old Wanderers	0.161	13	4	1	4	29	23	9	97
73	Partick Thistle	0.154	9	3	0	2	22	7	5	116
74	Notts Rangers	0.148	18	5	3	5	35	26	13	81
75	Hendon	0.141	30	9	3	11	58	43	23	62
76	Newcastle West End	0.131	6	2	0	4	11	14	6	135
77	Old Harrovians	0.127	33	10	3	8	44	36	21	58
78	Derby Midland	0.116	14	4	2	6	18	25	12	93
79	Leek	0.105	23	7	2	4	35	27	13	72
80	Grantham	0.101	24	7	3	9	31	38	19	71
81	London Caledonians	0.099	7	2	1	1	4	7	4	124
82	Cambridge University	0.093	35	10	5	7	37	30	22	56
83	South Shore	0.091	14	4	2	9	31	44	15	95
84	Manchester	0.081	3	1	0	2	2	19	3	188
85	Birmingham Excelsior	0.078	16	4	4	5	25	20	13	85
86	Linfield Athletic	0.076	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	194
87	Old Wykehamists	0.075	27	9	0	4	40	21	13	64
88	Cowlairs	0.071	6	2	0	1	16	6	3	130
89	Birmingham St George	0.071	13	4	1	4	16	24	9	102
90	Derby St Luke's	0.068	5	1	2	4	10	22	7	146
91	Sunderland Albion	0.067	11	3	2	4	15	16	9	107
92	Crystal Palace	0.066	11	2	5	5	9	12	12	108
93	Barnes	0.064	25	7	4	13	28	50	24	68
94	Great Bridge Unity	0.063	7	2	1	2	10	8	5	122
95	Old Brightonians	0.061	13	4	1	5	14	18	10	99
96	Astley Bridge	0.060	11	2	5	7	27	45	14	110
97	Windsor Home Park	0.060	16	5	1	6	19	16	12	86
98	Rawtenstall	0.060	2	0	2	2	6	14	4	193
99	Crusaders	0.056	12	4	0	4	24	13	8	103
100	Maidenhead	0.054	47	15	2	16	46	60	33	48
101	Barnsley	0.052	3	1	0	2	3	13	3	181
102	Sheffield Heeley	0.051	15	5	0	8	29	35	13	91
103	Grey Friars	0.049	16	5	1	3	17	11	9	84
104	Brentwood	0.048	23	7	2	9	42	47	18	73
105	Phoenix Bessemer	0.047	3	1	0	1	10	5	2	157
106	Davenham	0.046	20	6	2	5	27	29	13	77
107	Lower Darwen	0.046	9	3	0	4	16	20	7	118
108	Mexborough	0.043	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	195
109	Long Eaton Rangers	0.039	6	2	0	8	14	21	10	139
110	Halliwell	0.038	16	5	1	8	29	47	14	88
111	Ashton United	0.036	13	4	1	1	16	11	6	98
112	Turton	0.034	18	5	3	3	28	18	11	80
113	Romford	0.034	26	8	2	8	30	58	18	67
114	Hanover United	0.033	10	3	1	9	9	34	13	115
115	Chirk	0.031	24	7	3	4	43	20	14	69
116	West End	0.030	14	4	2	4	12	19	10	94
117	Ecclesfield	0.029	3	1	0	1	4	7	2	169
118	Great Lever	0.029	6	2	0	3	12	13	5	132
119	Reading	0.028	23	7	2	10	27	52	19	74
120	Pilgrims	0.026	26	8	2	12	32	51	22	66
121	Eagley	0.026	11	3	2	7	23	39	12	109
122	Fleetwood Rangers	0.025	4	1	1	2	7	13	4	151
123	Hotspur	0.025	20	6	2	8	19	25	16	78
124	Aston Unity	0.020	3	1	0	6	8	28	7	189
125	Remnants	0.018	11	3	2	5	19	18	10	106
126	Dulwich	0.017	15	5	0	4	16	18	9	90
127	Higher Walton	0.017	7	2	1	4	17	22	7	126
128	Crosswell's Brewery	0.017	3	1	0	1	1	14	2	185
129	South Norwood	0.017	12	4	0	8	12	31	12	105
130	Stockton	0.017	1	0	1	2	1	17	3	207
131	Rochester	0.016	15	5	0	13	21	57	18	92
132	Cliftonville	0.015	7	2	1	1	12	16	4	125
133	Horncastle	0.014	6	2	0	2	5	9	4	136
134	Darwen Ramblers	0.014	6	2	0	3	10	19	5	142
135	Derbyshire	0.014	1	0	1	1	6	8	2	197
136	Reading Minster	0.013	8	2	2	3	6	15	7	121
137	Clapton	0.013	4	1	1	5	9	30	7	155
138	Owlerton	0.013	6	2	0	1	5	7	3	133
139	Wednesbury Strollers	0.012	3	1	0	5	10	31	6	190
140	Witton	0.012	13	4	1	5	22	30	10	101
141	Herts Rangers	0.012	9	3	0	6	17	25	9	119
142	Shropshire Wanderers	0.011	9	2	3	3	4	6	8	117
143	Macclesfield Town	0.011	6	2	0	7	23	30	9	138
144	Heanor Town	0.011	1	0	1	3	2	7	4	200
145	Padiham	0.010	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	180
146	Oswestry	0.009	17	5	2	6	30	32	13	83
147	Goldenhill	0.009	10	3	1	2	9	7	6	111
148	Third Lanark	0.009	6	2	0	1	11	5	3	131
149	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	0.009	3	1	0	5	9	25	6	186
150	Minerva	0.008	3	1	0	3	8	12	4	171
151	1st Surrey Rifles	0.007	7	2	1	7	3	39	10	129
152	Lancing Old Boys	0.006	3	1	0	2	10	11	3	163
153	Chester City	0.006	3	1	0	4	3	13	5	182
154	Hampstead Heathens	0.006	4	1	1	1	2	4	3	148
155	Newtown	0.006	4	1	1	1	4	8	3	150
156	South Reading	0.006	14	4	2	6	17	34	12	96
157	Fishwick Ramblers	0.005	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	166
158	Reigate Priory	0.005	3	1	0	5	6	22	6	187
159	Rossendale	0.005	6	2	0	4	18	40	6	145
160	Hitchin Town	0.005	1	0	1	3	2	11	4	205
161	Etonian Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	1	6	9	2	167
162	105th Regiment	0.004	4	1	1	3	4	11	5	152
163	Shrewsbury Town	0.003	3	1	0	1	5	11	2	174
164	Hawks	0.003	3	1	0	2	6	6	3	161
165	Sheffield Providence	0.003	1	0	1	3	5	14	4	204
166	Woodford Wells	0.003	10	3	1	3	9	8	7	113
167	Wrexham	0.002	3	1	0	6	11	23	7	183
168	Forest School	0.002	6	2	0	4	12	21	6	141
169	Clitheroe	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	13	4	202
170	Blackburn Park Road	0.001	7	2	1	5	18	30	8	127
171	Spital	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	19	4	206
172	Dreadnought	0.001	3	1	0	5	7	14	6	178
173	Bradshaw	0.001	1	0	1	4	5	22	5	208
174	Mosquitos	0.001	7	2	1	5	10	28	8	128
175	Llangollen	0.001	3	1	0	1	7	5	2	159
176	Panthers	0.001	6	2	0	4	5	16	6	144
177	Bolton Association	0.001	3	1	0	2	7	11	3	172
178	Argonauts	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	196
179	Ramblers	0.000	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	203
180	Reading Abbey	0	10	3	1	2	7	9	6	114
180	Acton	0	8	2	2	7	14	23	11	120
180	Mellors Limited	0	6	2	0	3	11	14	5	134
180	Chesham	0	6	2	0	3	12	17	5	137
180	Darlington	0	6	2	0	3	7	15	5	140
180	Shankhouse	0	6	2	0	2	7	16	4	143
180	Elswick Rangers	0	4	1	1	1	8	7	3	147
180	Liverpool Ramblers	0	4	1	1	2	6	10	4	149
180	Notts Olympic	0	4	1	1	5	11	20	7	153
180	Southall Park	0	4	1	1	5	6	21	7	154
180	Southport	0	4	1	1	6	7	32	8	156
180	Old St Mark's	0	3	1	0	1	9	5	2	158
180	United Hospital	0	3	1	0	1	4	3	2	160
180	Over Wanderers	0	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	162
180	Weybridge Swallows	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	164
180	Newark	0	3	1	0	2	8	10	3	165
180	Watford Rovers	0	3	1	0	3	6	9	4	168
180	Lincoln Lindum	0	3	1	0	3	4	7	4	170
180	Uxbridge	0	3	1	0	4	6	12	5	173
180	South Bank	0	3	1	0	2	4	10	3	175
180	Cleethorpes Town	0	3	1	0	2	3	9	3	176
180	Swindon Town	0	3	1	0	2	2	8	3	177
180	Gresham	0	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	179
180	Basford Rovers	0	3	1	0	1	3	15	2	184
180	High Wycombe	0	3	1	0	4	4	26	5	191
180	Luton Wanderers	0	3	1	0	3	4	28	4	192
180	Bishop Auckland	0	1	0	1	2	3	6	3	198
180	Notts Wanderers	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	3	199
180	Woodford Bridge	0	1	0	1	3	3	9	4	201
180	Kildare	0	1	0	1	4	1	18	5	209
180	Finchley	0	1	0	1	3	1	21	4	210
180	Leyton	0	1	0	1	4	2	27	5	211
180	Belper Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	212
180	Haslingden	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	213
180	Lincoln Albion	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	214
180	Blackburn Law	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	215
180	Notts Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	216
180	Stockport County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	217
180	Wigan County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	218
180	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	219
180	Scarborough	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	220
180	Eckington Works	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	221
180	Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	222
180	United London Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	223
180	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	224
180	Hucknall St Johns	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	225
180	New Brighton Tower	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	226
180	St Bart's Hospital	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	227
180	Morpeth Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2	228
180	Park Grange	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	229
180	Glossop North End	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	230
180	Chester St Oswald's	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	231
180	Derby Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	232
180	Saxons	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	233
180	Stafford Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	234
180	Wellington St George	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	235
180	West Manchester	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	236
180	Gateshead Association	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	237
180	Gitanos	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	238
180	London Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	239
180	Morton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	240
180	Aston Shakespeare	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	2	241
180	Liverpool Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	242
180	Grimsby District	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	243
180	Oldbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	244
180	St Albans (Forest Gate)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	245
180	St Stephens	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	246
180	Whitburn	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	247
180	East Sheen	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	248
180	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	2	249
180	Esher Leopold	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	250
180	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	251
180	Hull Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	252
180	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	253
180	Bournemouth Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	254
180	Civil Service	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	255
180	Rangers (London)	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	256
180	Workington	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	257
180	Heywood Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	258
180	Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	259
180	Southfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	260
180	Upton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	261
180	Wood Grange	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	262
180	Tyne Association	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	263
180	Warwick County	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	264
180	Chesterfield	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	2	265
180	Hoddesdon Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	266
180	Clarence	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	267
180	St Peter's Institute	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	268
180	Caernarvon Wanderers	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	269
180	Highbury Union	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	270
180	Jardines	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	271
180	Lincoln Ramblers	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	272
180	Irwell Springs	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	2	273
180	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	274
180	Furness Vale Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	275
180	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	3	276
180	Bollington	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	277
180	Lyndhurst	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	278
180	Brondesbury	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	279
180	Hornchurch	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	280
180	Bolton Olympic	0	0	0	0	2	4	16	2	281
180	Clitheroe Low Moor	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	282
180	Reading Hornets	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	283
180	Saffron Walden Town	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	284
180	Millwall	0	0	0	0	4	4	17	4	285
180	Henley	0	0	0	0	4	2	15	4	286
180	Brigg Brittania	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2	287
180	Matlock Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	3	288
180	Calthorpe	0	0	0	0	4	3	18	4	289
180	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	2	290
180	Attercliffe	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	2	291
180	Farningham	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	292
180	Hartford St John's	0	0	0	0	4	2	22	4	293
180	Brigg	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	3	294
180	Spilsby	0	0	0	0	5	8	34	5	295
180	Hyde	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	296
180	Casuals	0	0	0	0	7	5	38	7	297

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.