Eigenrankings

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

England 1871-1899

‹ 1871-1898		1871-1900 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Preston North End	6.013	598	178	64	116	793	475	358	3
2	Aston Villa	5.990	699	213	60	105	991	647	378	1
3	Blackburn Rovers	5.629	609	178	75	131	853	650	384	2
4	Nottingham Forest	3.517	419	119	62	107	501	452	288	12
5	West Bromwich Albion	3.415	517	152	61	159	653	690	372	9
6	Sunderland	3.379	544	165	49	87	657	401	301	7
7	Liverpool	3.264	356	105	41	60	419	271	206	18
8	Notts County	3.062	573	169	66	144	840	663	379	5
9	Sheffield Wednesday	3.002	406	119	49	113	484	465	281	13
10	Everton	2.966	578	174	56	113	759	558	343	4
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2.893	549	163	60	142	698	632	365	6
12	Sheffield United	2.876	360	102	54	76	390	354	232	17
13	Bolton Wanderers	2.866	518	153	59	151	661	635	363	8
14	Derby County	2.746	501	146	63	141	707	725	350	10
15	Old Etonians	2.732	126	39	9	10	161	76	58	33
16	Burnley	2.723	452	130	62	140	602	623	332	11
17	Wanderers	2.657	68	21	5	4	96	22	30	44
18	Bury	2.502	247	72	31	62	282	245	165	25
19	Queen's Park	2.390	39	12	3	3	69	18	18	56
20	Newcastle United	1.919	314	97	23	74	397	331	194	22
21	Stoke City	1.913	389	113	50	162	538	657	325	14
22	Birmingham City	1.838	374	114	32	88	556	454	234	16
23	Darwen	1.564	347	104	35	147	549	705	286	19
24	Oxford University	1.438	88	27	7	7	99	33	41	40
25	Manchester United	1.433	338	99	41	93	446	410	233	21
26	Old Carthusians	1.298	88	29	1	10	136	52	40	39
27	Accrington	1.074	176	47	35	65	287	363	147	30
28	Grimsby Town	0.994	381	119	24	93	516	418	236	15
29	Royal Engineers	0.858	109	34	7	16	146	67	57	36
30	Leicester City	0.810	255	74	33	52	302	241	159	24
31	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0.718	24	8	0	7	53	49	15	73
32	Blackburn Olympic	0.699	40	13	1	7	85	39	21	55
33	Manchester City	0.679	344	103	35	70	456	352	208	20
34	Swifts	0.597	101	31	8	15	126	78	54	38
35	Staveley	0.596	33	10	3	7	46	38	20	60
36	Arsenal	0.594	289	87	28	75	399	346	190	23
37	Old Westminsters	0.560	48	15	3	9	74	43	27	50
38	Gainsborough Trinity	0.531	136	39	19	46	182	187	104	32
39	Port Vale	0.528	193	56	25	77	263	332	158	29
40	Derby Junction	0.506	19	6	1	5	16	25	12	83
41	Southampton	0.502	22	6	4	5	18	18	15	78
42	Glossop North End	0.483	66	20	6	10	78	44	36	45
43	New Brighton Tower	0.470	61	18	7	10	71	54	35	48
44	Walsall Town	0.454	17	5	2	6	39	32	13	86
45	Burton Wanderers	0.444	146	44	14	41	178	174	99	31
46	Clapham Rovers	0.417	82	26	4	14	150	58	44	42
47	Crewe Alexandra	0.407	109	29	22	83	181	395	134	37
48	Lincoln City	0.389	227	66	29	123	349	518	218	27
49	Walsall	0.383	219	64	27	86	332	399	177	28
50	Rangers	0.373	12	4	0	1	14	7	5	107
51	Tottenham Hotspur	0.356	7	2	1	2	9	14	5	130
52	Wednesbury Town	0.345	10	3	1	2	12	11	6	115
53	Old Foresters	0.345	41	12	5	11	60	43	28	54
54	Renton	0.328	7	2	1	1	5	4	4	126
55	Barnsley	0.324	46	13	7	17	55	69	37	52
56	Mitchell's St George	0.317	22	7	1	7	31	33	15	79
57	Burton United	0.303	247	72	31	108	368	479	211	26
58	Middlesbrough	0.292	32	10	2	10	43	43	22	63
59	Redcar	0.262	15	5	0	4	18	15	9	92
60	Bootle	0.256	46	14	4	19	75	99	37	53
61	Blackpool	0.249	110	32	14	54	163	231	100	35
62	Chatham	0.247	26	8	2	7	24	36	17	68
63	Marlow	0.246	57	18	3	17	80	53	38	49
64	Stafford Road	0.245	29	8	5	7	52	36	20	66
65	Upton Park	0.236	63	19	6	15	93	69	40	47
66	Luton Town	0.234	76	23	7	42	122	165	72	43
67	Northwich Victoria	0.226	64	19	7	40	108	194	66	46
68	Middlesbrough Iron	0.220	38	11	5	21	48	98	37	58
69	Sheffield	0.219	39	11	6	13	53	61	30	57
70	Loughborough	0.201	113	33	14	78	153	311	125	34
71	Lockwood Brothers	0.194	22	7	1	8	26	34	16	80
72	Walsall Swifts	0.180	13	4	1	5	14	21	10	103
73	Rotherham Town	0.173	87	26	9	61	147	285	96	41
74	Darwen Old Wanderers	0.156	13	4	1	4	29	23	9	100
75	Church	0.151	31	9	4	7	53	32	20	64
76	Druids	0.151	32	9	5	7	39	35	21	62
77	Partick Thistle	0.145	9	3	0	2	22	7	5	119
78	Notts Rangers	0.135	18	5	3	5	35	26	13	85
79	Hendon	0.130	30	9	3	11	58	43	23	65
80	Old Harrovians	0.117	33	10	3	8	44	36	21	61
81	Derby Midland	0.114	14	4	2	6	18	25	12	96
82	Newcastle West End	0.107	6	2	0	4	11	14	6	139
83	Leek	0.107	23	7	2	4	35	27	13	75
84	Manchester	0.093	3	1	0	2	2	19	3	191
85	London Caledonians	0.091	7	2	1	1	4	7	4	127
86	Grantham	0.086	24	7	3	9	31	38	19	74
87	Cambridge University	0.086	35	10	5	7	37	30	22	59
88	South Shore	0.085	14	4	2	10	31	52	16	99
89	Linfield Athletic	0.075	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	197
90	Birmingham Excelsior	0.074	16	4	4	5	25	20	13	89
91	Cowlairs	0.069	6	2	0	1	16	6	3	134
92	Old Wykehamists	0.069	27	9	0	4	40	21	13	67
93	Birmingham St George	0.067	13	4	1	4	16	24	9	105
94	Sunderland Albion	0.066	11	3	2	4	15	16	9	110
95	Derby St Luke's	0.065	5	1	2	4	10	22	7	150
96	Crystal Palace	0.062	11	2	5	5	9	12	12	111
97	Great Bridge Unity	0.062	7	2	1	2	10	8	5	125
98	Astley Bridge	0.059	11	2	5	7	27	45	14	113
99	Barnes	0.059	25	7	4	13	28	50	24	71
100	Old Brightonians	0.056	13	4	1	5	14	18	10	102
101	Windsor Home Park	0.056	16	5	1	6	19	16	12	90
102	Crusaders	0.052	12	4	0	4	24	13	8	106
103	Rawtenstall	0.052	2	0	2	2	6	14	4	196
104	Maidenhead	0.049	47	15	2	16	46	60	33	51
105	Sheffield Heeley	0.049	15	5	0	8	29	35	13	94
106	Davenham	0.048	20	6	2	5	27	29	13	81
107	Brentwood	0.046	23	7	2	9	42	47	18	76
108	Grey Friars	0.045	16	5	1	3	17	11	9	88
109	Lower Darwen	0.044	9	3	0	4	16	20	7	121
110	Phoenix Bessemer	0.042	3	1	0	1	10	5	2	161
111	Mexborough	0.040	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	198
112	Halliwell	0.038	16	5	1	8	29	47	14	91
113	Ashton United	0.036	13	4	1	1	16	11	6	101
114	Turton	0.034	18	5	3	3	28	18	11	84
115	Long Eaton Rangers	0.033	6	2	0	8	14	21	10	143
116	Chirk	0.032	24	7	3	4	43	20	14	72
117	Romford	0.031	26	8	2	8	30	58	18	70
118	Hanover United	0.030	10	3	1	9	9	34	13	118
119	Great Lever	0.029	6	2	0	3	12	13	5	136
120	Ecclesfield	0.028	3	1	0	1	4	7	2	173
121	West End	0.027	14	4	2	4	12	19	10	97
122	Fleetwood Rangers	0.026	4	1	1	2	7	13	4	155
123	Reading	0.025	23	7	2	10	27	52	19	77
124	Pilgrims	0.024	26	8	2	12	32	51	22	69
125	Eagley	0.023	11	3	2	7	23	39	12	112
126	Aston Unity	0.019	3	1	0	6	8	28	7	192
127	Hotspur	0.018	20	6	2	8	19	25	16	82
128	Crosswell's Brewery	0.018	3	1	0	1	1	14	2	188
129	Higher Walton	0.017	7	2	1	4	17	22	7	129
130	Remnants	0.017	11	3	2	5	19	18	10	109
131	Stockton	0.017	1	0	1	2	1	17	3	210
132	South Norwood	0.016	12	4	0	8	12	31	12	108
133	Dulwich	0.015	15	5	0	4	16	18	9	93
134	Cliftonville	0.015	7	2	1	1	12	16	4	128
135	Rochester	0.014	15	5	0	13	21	57	18	95
136	Derbyshire	0.013	1	0	1	1	6	8	2	200
137	Horncastle	0.012	6	2	0	2	5	9	4	140
138	Reading Minster	0.012	8	2	2	3	6	15	7	124
139	Owlerton	0.012	6	2	0	1	5	7	3	137
140	Clapton	0.012	4	1	1	5	9	30	7	159
141	Darwen Ramblers	0.012	6	2	0	3	10	19	5	146
142	Wednesbury Strollers	0.012	3	1	0	5	10	31	6	193
143	Macclesfield Town	0.011	6	2	0	7	23	30	9	142
144	Herts Rangers	0.011	9	3	0	6	17	25	9	122
145	Heanor Town	0.011	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	205
146	Witton	0.010	13	4	1	5	22	30	10	104
147	Shropshire Wanderers	0.010	9	2	3	3	4	6	8	120
148	Padiham	0.010	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	184
149	Goldenhill	0.009	10	3	1	2	9	7	6	114
150	Third Lanark	0.009	6	2	0	1	11	5	3	135
151	Oswestry	0.009	17	5	2	6	30	32	13	87
152	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	0.009	3	1	0	5	9	25	6	189
153	Minerva	0.008	3	1	0	3	8	12	4	175
154	1st Surrey Rifles	0.007	7	2	1	7	3	39	10	133
155	Chester City	0.006	3	1	0	4	3	13	5	185
156	Lancing Old Boys	0.006	3	1	0	2	10	11	3	167
157	Hampstead Heathens	0.005	4	1	1	1	2	4	3	152
158	Newtown	0.005	4	1	1	1	4	8	3	154
159	South Reading	0.005	14	4	2	6	17	34	12	98
160	Rossendale	0.005	6	2	0	4	18	40	6	149
161	Reigate Priory	0.005	3	1	0	5	6	22	6	190
162	Fishwick Ramblers	0.005	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	170
163	Hitchin Town	0.004	1	0	1	3	2	11	4	208
164	Etonian Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	1	6	9	2	171
165	105th Regiment	0.003	4	1	1	3	4	11	5	156
166	Shrewsbury Town	0.003	3	1	0	1	5	11	2	178
167	Hawks	0.003	3	1	0	2	6	6	3	165
168	Sheffield Providence	0.003	1	0	1	3	5	14	4	207
169	Woodford Wells	0.002	10	3	1	3	9	8	7	116
170	Wrexham	0.002	3	1	0	6	11	23	7	186
171	Blackburn Park Road	0.001	7	2	1	5	18	30	8	131
172	Spital	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	19	4	209
173	Forest School	0.001	6	2	0	4	12	21	6	145
174	Clitheroe	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	13	4	204
175	Bradshaw	0.001	1	0	1	4	5	22	5	211
176	Dreadnought	0.001	3	1	0	5	7	14	6	182
177	Mosquitos	0.001	7	2	1	5	10	28	8	132
178	Llangollen	0.001	3	1	0	1	7	5	2	163
179	Panthers	0.001	6	2	0	4	5	16	6	148
180	Bolton Association	0.001	3	1	0	2	7	11	3	176
181	Argonauts	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	199
182	Ramblers	0.000	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	206
183	Reading Abbey	0	10	3	1	2	7	9	6	117
183	Acton	0	8	2	2	7	14	23	11	123
183	Mellors Limited	0	6	2	0	3	11	14	5	138
183	Chesham	0	6	2	0	3	12	17	5	141
183	Darlington	0	6	2	0	3	7	15	5	144
183	Shankhouse	0	6	2	0	2	7	16	4	147
183	Elswick Rangers	0	4	1	1	1	8	7	3	151
183	Liverpool Ramblers	0	4	1	1	2	6	10	4	153
183	Notts Olympic	0	4	1	1	5	11	20	7	157
183	Southall Park	0	4	1	1	5	6	21	7	158
183	Southport	0	4	1	1	6	7	32	8	160
183	Old St Mark's	0	3	1	0	1	9	5	2	162
183	United Hospital	0	3	1	0	1	4	3	2	164
183	Over Wanderers	0	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	166
183	Weybridge Swallows	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	168
183	Newark	0	3	1	0	2	8	10	3	169
183	Watford Rovers	0	3	1	0	3	6	9	4	172
183	Lincoln Lindum	0	3	1	0	3	4	7	4	174
183	Uxbridge	0	3	1	0	4	6	12	5	177
183	South Bank	0	3	1	0	2	4	10	3	179
183	Cleethorpes Town	0	3	1	0	2	3	9	3	180
183	Swindon Town	0	3	1	0	2	2	8	3	181
183	Gresham	0	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	183
183	Basford Rovers	0	3	1	0	1	3	15	2	187
183	High Wycombe	0	3	1	0	4	4	26	5	194
183	Luton Wanderers	0	3	1	0	3	4	28	4	195
183	Bishop Auckland	0	1	0	1	2	3	6	3	201
183	Notts Wanderers	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	3	202
183	Woodford Bridge	0	1	0	1	3	3	9	4	203
183	Kildare	0	1	0	1	4	1	18	5	212
183	Finchley	0	1	0	1	3	1	21	4	213
183	Leyton	0	1	0	1	4	2	27	5	214
183	Belper Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	215
183	Haslingden	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	216
183	Lincoln Albion	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	217
183	Blackburn Law	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	218
183	Notts Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	219
183	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	220
183	Stockport County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	221
183	Wigan County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	222
183	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	223
183	Scarborough	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	224
183	Bristol City	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	225
183	Eckington Works	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	226
183	Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	227
183	United London Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	228
183	Jarrow	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	229
183	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	230
183	Hucknall St Johns	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	231
183	St Bart's Hospital	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	232
183	Morpeth Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2	233
183	Park Grange	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	234
183	Chester St Oswald's	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	235
183	Derby Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	236
183	Saxons	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	237
183	Stafford Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	238
183	Wellington St George	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	239
183	West Manchester	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	240
183	Gateshead Association	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	241
183	Gitanos	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	242
183	London Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	243
183	Morton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	244
183	Aston Shakespeare	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	2	245
183	Liverpool Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	246
183	Grimsby District	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	247
183	Oldbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	248
183	St Albans (Forest Gate)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	249
183	St Stephens	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	250
183	Whitburn	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	251
183	East Sheen	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	252
183	Esher Leopold	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	253
183	Hull Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	254
183	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	255
183	Bournemouth Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	256
183	Civil Service	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	257
183	Rangers (London)	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	258
183	Workington	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	259
183	Kettering Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	9	3	260
183	Heywood Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	261
183	Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	262
183	Southfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	263
183	Upton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	264
183	Wood Grange	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	265
183	Tyne Association	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	266
183	Warwick County	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	267
183	Chesterfield	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	2	268
183	Hoddesdon Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	269
183	Clarence	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	270
183	St Peter's Institute	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	271
183	Caernarvon Wanderers	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	272
183	Highbury Union	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	273
183	Jardines	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	274
183	Lincoln Ramblers	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	275
183	Irwell Springs	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	2	276
183	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	277
183	Furness Vale Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	278
183	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	3	279
183	Bollington	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	280
183	Lyndhurst	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	281
183	Brondesbury	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	282
183	Hornchurch	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	283
183	Bolton Olympic	0	0	0	0	2	4	16	2	284
183	Clitheroe Low Moor	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	285
183	Reading Hornets	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	286
183	Saffron Walden Town	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	287
183	Millwall	0	0	0	0	4	4	17	4	288
183	Henley	0	0	0	0	4	2	15	4	289
183	Brigg Brittania	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2	290
183	Matlock Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	3	291
183	Calthorpe	0	0	0	0	4	3	18	4	292
183	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	2	293
183	Attercliffe	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	2	294
183	Farningham	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	295
183	Hartford St John's	0	0	0	0	4	2	22	4	296
183	Brigg	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	3	297
183	Spilsby	0	0	0	0	5	8	34	5	298
183	Hyde	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	299
183	Casuals	0	0	0	0	7	5	38	7	300

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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.