Eigenrankings

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

England 1871-1910

‹ 1871-1909		1871-1911 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Aston Villa	4.104	1408	422	142	242	1799	1211	806	1
2	Blackburn Rovers	3.256	1165	334	163	303	1449	1292	800	5
3	Nottingham Forest	3.111	1019	288	155	270	1161	1098	713	14
4	Liverpool	2.993	1017	301	114	210	1163	852	625	15
5	Preston North End	2.869	1183	339	166	269	1376	1013	774	4
6	Sheffield Wednesday	2.768	1097	321	134	255	1200	1033	710	10
7	Bolton Wanderers	2.546	1155	341	132	311	1348	1227	784	7
8	West Bromwich Albion	2.525	1163	339	146	307	1329	1230	792	6
9	Newcastle United	2.502	1063	317	112	204	1150	853	633	13
10	Everton	2.481	1283	382	137	262	1500	1130	781	2
11	Wanderers	2.403	68	21	5	4	96	22	30	62
12	Manchester City	2.279	1015	299	118	213	1211	953	630	16
13	Notts County	2.219	1084	307	163	325	1397	1313	795	11
14	Old Etonians	2.198	126	39	9	10	161	76	58	49
15	Manchester United	2.193	1073	320	113	219	1191	929	652	12
16	Derby County	2.082	1124	322	158	302	1343	1303	782	8
17	Sunderland	2.078	1205	361	122	237	1365	985	720	3
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2.057	1114	322	148	315	1311	1326	785	9
19	Arsenal	1.954	938	274	116	223	1051	880	613	20
20	Bristol City	1.935	581	167	80	108	582	443	355	28
21	Sheffield United	1.933	998	283	149	223	1052	955	655	18
22	Tottenham Hotspur	1.773	191	51	38	35	193	165	124	45
23	Birmingham City	1.666	972	284	120	242	1180	1024	646	19
24	Bury	1.647	798	226	120	239	913	903	585	24
25	Chelsea	1.573	310	90	40	69	342	274	199	39
26	Bradford City	1.541	407	118	53	100	428	369	271	35
27	Queen's Park	1.516	39	12	3	3	69	18	18	72
28	Burnley	1.491	1004	288	140	313	1166	1221	741	17
29	Stoke City	1.486	828	236	120	315	993	1177	671	22
30	Middlesbrough	1.436	583	163	94	182	660	664	439	27
31	Southampton	1.414	79	22	13	15	75	70	50	61
32	Grimsby Town	1.386	920	271	107	269	1064	1056	647	21
33	Oxford University	1.323	88	27	7	7	99	33	41	58
34	Leicester City	1.174	816	230	126	210	893	893	566	23
35	Old Carthusians	1.114	88	29	1	10	136	52	40	57
36	Glossop North End	0.954	549	150	99	194	620	711	443	30
37	Barnsley	0.951	567	158	93	201	659	754	452	29
38	Darwen	0.950	347	104	35	148	549	707	287	37
39	Fulham	0.924	212	59	35	43	221	173	137	43
40	Royal Engineers	0.867	109	34	7	16	146	67	57	52
41	Oldham Athletic	0.859	213	64	21	37	220	137	122	42
42	Swifts	0.776	101	31	8	15	126	78	54	55
43	Hull City	0.766	328	98	34	68	354	268	200	38
44	Gainsborough Trinity	0.749	604	168	100	242	688	940	510	26
45	Port Vale	0.705	534	149	87	208	667	856	444	31
46	Chesterfield	0.583	437	116	89	167	494	629	372	34
47	Lincoln City	0.575	668	188	104	294	830	1108	586	25
48	Blackpool	0.561	530	142	104	225	584	832	471	32
49	Accrington	0.536	176	47	35	65	287	363	147	46
50	New Brighton Tower	0.518	171	49	24	32	198	156	105	47
51	Blackburn Olympic	0.500	40	13	1	7	85	39	21	71
52	Burton United	0.489	526	148	82	265	673	1025	495	33
53	Crystal Palace	0.472	36	8	12	10	31	43	30	75
54	Old Westminsters	0.452	48	15	3	9	74	43	27	66
55	Stockport County	0.444	368	100	68	168	385	594	336	36
56	Leeds City	0.416	244	67	43	87	263	319	197	41
57	Burton Wanderers	0.410	146	44	14	41	178	174	99	48
58	Staveley	0.408	33	10	3	7	46	38	20	77
59	Walsall	0.405	300	84	48	116	423	518	248	40
60	Clapham Rovers	0.400	82	26	4	14	150	58	44	60
61	Bradford Park Avenue	0.397	103	31	10	37	124	121	78	54
62	Wednesbury Old Athletic	0.374	24	8	0	7	53	49	15	91
63	Swindon Town	0.370	22	7	1	6	17	22	14	98
64	Clapton Orient	0.366	200	53	41	100	194	329	194	44
65	Old Foresters	0.304	41	12	5	11	60	43	28	70
66	Brentford	0.298	17	5	2	4	15	13	11	107
67	Crewe Alexandra	0.286	111	29	24	86	183	403	139	51
68	Reading	0.265	47	12	11	20	48	86	43	68
69	Coventry City	0.262	9	3	0	2	8	8	5	144
70	Millwall	0.261	23	7	2	13	23	50	22	96
71	Derby Junction	0.260	19	6	1	5	16	25	12	103
72	Rangers	0.251	12	4	0	1	14	7	5	131
73	Walsall Town	0.235	17	5	2	6	39	32	13	106
74	Norwich City	0.219	19	5	4	5	19	18	14	102
75	Marlow	0.218	57	18	3	17	80	53	38	65
76	Bootle	0.198	46	14	4	19	75	99	37	69
77	Luton Town	0.195	104	29	17	68	169	257	114	53
78	Doncaster Rovers	0.195	92	25	17	60	107	211	102	56
79	Portsmouth	0.192	28	8	4	10	29	40	22	83
80	West Ham United	0.189	24	6	6	6	24	18	18	90
81	Northwich Victoria	0.182	64	19	7	40	108	194	66	63
82	Bristol Rovers	0.179	24	7	3	8	15	21	18	92
83	Middlesbrough Iron	0.179	38	11	5	21	48	98	37	74
84	Mitchell's St George	0.177	22	7	1	7	31	33	15	97
85	Chatham	0.175	26	8	2	7	24	36	17	85
86	New Brompton	0.169	15	3	6	4	11	10	13	116
87	Plymouth Argyle	0.168	17	4	5	7	19	30	16	110
88	Loughborough	0.165	122	34	20	105	171	411	159	50
89	Wednesbury Town	0.164	10	3	1	2	12	11	6	139
90	Renton	0.160	7	2	1	1	5	4	4	152
91	Upton Park	0.160	63	19	6	15	93	69	40	64
92	Rotherham Town	0.158	87	26	9	62	147	286	97	59
93	Redcar	0.153	15	5	0	4	18	15	9	115
94	Sheffield	0.147	39	11	6	13	53	61	30	73
95	Stafford Road	0.142	29	8	5	7	52	36	20	82
96	Cambridge University	0.128	35	10	5	7	37	30	22	76
97	Brighton & Hove Albion	0.118	11	2	5	5	11	16	12	135
98	Lockwood Brothers	0.118	22	7	1	8	26	34	16	99
99	Old Brightonians	0.112	13	4	1	5	14	18	10	126
100	Old Harrovians	0.112	33	10	3	8	44	36	21	78
101	Hendon	0.110	30	9	3	11	58	43	23	81
102	Partick Thistle	0.110	9	3	0	2	22	7	5	143
103	Walsall Swifts	0.097	13	4	1	5	14	21	10	127
104	Church	0.090	31	9	4	7	53	32	20	80
105	Queens Park Rangers	0.086	17	4	5	5	10	9	14	108
106	Druids	0.086	32	9	5	7	39	35	21	79
107	Notts Rangers	0.084	18	5	3	5	35	26	13	105
108	London Caledonians	0.080	7	2	1	1	4	7	4	153
109	Leek	0.075	23	7	2	4	35	27	13	94
110	Darwen Old Wanderers	0.069	13	4	1	4	29	23	9	124
111	Derby Midland	0.067	14	4	2	6	18	25	12	120
112	Old Wykehamists	0.066	27	9	0	4	40	21	13	84
113	Northampton Town	0.063	6	1	3	6	7	15	10	171
114	Grantham	0.057	24	7	3	9	31	38	19	93
115	Windsor Home Park	0.056	16	5	1	6	19	16	12	113
116	South Shore	0.056	14	4	2	10	31	52	16	123
117	Newcastle West End	0.055	6	2	0	4	11	14	6	165
118	Barnes	0.052	25	7	4	13	28	50	24	88
119	Maidenhead	0.052	47	15	2	16	46	60	33	67
120	Birmingham Excelsior	0.050	16	4	4	5	25	20	13	112
121	Great Bridge Unity	0.049	7	2	1	2	10	8	5	151
122	Manchester	0.044	3	1	0	2	2	19	3	222
123	Birmingham St George	0.044	13	4	1	4	16	24	9	129
124	Sunderland Albion	0.044	11	3	2	4	15	16	9	134
125	Linfield Athletic	0.043	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	228
126	Grey Friars	0.042	16	5	1	3	17	11	9	111
127	Brentwood	0.042	23	7	2	9	42	47	18	95
128	Carlisle United	0.040	5	1	2	3	9	19	6	178
129	Crusaders	0.040	12	4	0	4	24	13	8	130
130	Leyton	0.040	9	2	3	5	7	30	10	148
131	Phoenix Bessemer	0.039	3	1	0	1	10	5	2	194
132	Davenham	0.036	20	6	2	5	27	29	13	100
133	Dulwich	0.033	15	5	0	4	16	18	9	117
134	Romford	0.032	26	8	2	8	30	58	18	87
135	Sheffield Heeley	0.031	15	5	0	8	29	35	13	118
136	Cowlairs	0.031	6	2	0	1	16	6	3	160
137	Fleetwood Rangers	0.030	4	1	1	2	7	13	4	186
138	Mexborough	0.027	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	229
139	Hanover United	0.027	10	3	1	9	9	34	13	142
140	Rawtenstall	0.027	2	0	2	2	6	14	4	227
141	Southend United	0.027	5	1	2	1	4	4	4	177
142	Derby St Luke's	0.027	5	1	2	4	10	22	7	179
143	West End	0.026	14	4	2	4	12	19	10	121
144	Kettering Town	0.024	7	2	1	6	6	28	9	158
145	Chirk	0.024	24	7	3	4	43	20	14	89
146	Rochester	0.023	15	5	0	13	21	57	18	119
147	Astley Bridge	0.022	11	2	5	7	27	45	14	137
148	Turton	0.022	18	5	3	3	28	18	11	104
149	Pilgrims	0.022	26	8	2	12	32	51	22	86
150	Halliwell	0.021	16	5	1	8	29	47	14	114
151	Lower Darwen	0.020	9	3	0	4	16	20	7	146
152	Crosswell's Brewery	0.019	3	1	0	1	1	14	2	219
153	Long Eaton Rangers	0.019	6	2	0	8	14	21	10	169
154	Great Lever	0.018	6	2	0	3	12	13	5	162
155	Ecclesfield	0.017	3	1	0	1	4	7	2	206
156	Remnants	0.016	11	3	2	5	19	18	10	133
157	Ashton United	0.016	13	4	1	1	16	11	6	125
158	Higher Walton	0.015	7	2	1	4	17	22	7	155
159	South Norwood	0.015	12	4	0	8	12	31	12	132
160	Hitchin Town	0.014	1	0	1	3	2	11	4	241
161	Hotspur	0.013	20	6	2	8	19	25	16	101
162	Eagley	0.012	11	3	2	7	23	39	12	136
163	Reading Minster	0.012	8	2	2	3	6	15	7	150
164	South Reading	0.011	14	4	2	6	17	34	12	122
165	Aston Unity	0.011	3	1	0	6	8	28	7	223
166	Clapton	0.011	4	1	1	5	9	30	7	192
167	Herts Rangers	0.011	9	3	0	6	17	25	9	147
168	Heanor Town	0.011	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	238
169	Cliftonville	0.009	7	2	1	1	12	16	4	154
170	Macclesfield Town	0.009	6	2	0	7	23	30	9	168
171	Croydon Common	0.009	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	232
172	Derbyshire	0.008	1	0	1	1	6	8	2	231
173	Horncastle	0.008	6	2	0	2	5	9	4	166
174	105th Regiment	0.008	4	1	1	3	4	11	5	188
175	Darwen Ramblers	0.008	6	2	0	3	10	19	5	173
176	Third Lanark	0.008	6	2	0	1	11	5	3	161
177	Accrington Stanley	0.008	4	1	1	2	3	9	4	187
178	Owlerton	0.008	6	2	0	1	5	7	3	163
179	Stockton	0.008	1	0	1	4	2	25	5	247
180	Goldenhill	0.008	10	3	1	2	9	7	6	138
181	Shropshire Wanderers	0.008	9	2	3	3	4	6	8	145
182	Minerva	0.007	3	1	0	3	8	12	4	208
183	Wednesbury Strollers	0.007	3	1	0	5	10	31	6	224
184	Witton	0.006	13	4	1	5	22	30	10	128
185	Chester City	0.006	3	1	0	4	3	13	5	217
186	Watford	0.006	4	1	1	5	9	13	7	183
187	Oswestry	0.006	17	5	2	6	30	32	13	109
188	Tunbridge Wells	0.006	1	0	1	1	1	6	2	234
189	Southall Park	0.005	4	1	1	5	6	21	7	191
190	Lancing Old Boys	0.005	3	1	0	2	10	11	3	200
191	1st Surrey Rifles	0.005	7	2	1	7	3	39	10	159
192	Hampstead Heathens	0.005	4	1	1	1	2	4	3	182
193	Padiham	0.004	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	216
194	Reigate Priory	0.004	3	1	0	5	6	22	6	221
195	Etonian Ramblers	0.004	3	1	0	1	6	9	2	204
196	Woodford Wells	0.004	10	3	1	3	9	8	7	140
197	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	0.004	3	1	0	5	9	25	6	220
198	Fishwick Ramblers	0.003	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	203
199	Newtown	0.003	4	1	1	1	4	8	3	185
200	Hawks	0.003	3	1	0	2	6	6	3	198
201	Oxford City	0.002	1	0	1	2	0	7	3	236
202	Rossendale	0.002	6	2	0	4	18	40	6	176
203	Forest School	0.002	6	2	0	4	12	21	6	172
204	Shrewsbury Town	0.002	3	1	0	2	5	14	3	214
205	Wrexham	0.002	4	1	1	7	13	26	9	190
206	Dreadnought	0.002	3	1	0	5	7	14	6	213
207	Sheffield Providence	0.002	1	0	1	3	5	14	4	240
208	Spital	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	19	4	242
209	Panthers	0.001	6	2	0	4	5	16	6	175
210	Mosquitos	0.001	7	2	1	5	10	28	8	157
211	Blackburn Park Road	0.001	7	2	1	5	18	30	8	156
212	Clitheroe	0.001	1	0	1	3	5	13	4	237
213	Llangollen	0.001	3	1	0	1	7	5	2	196
214	Bradshaw	0.001	1	0	1	4	5	22	5	244
215	Exeter City	0.000	4	1	1	1	3	4	3	181
216	Bolton Association	0.000	3	1	0	2	7	11	3	209
217	Argonauts	0.000	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	230
218	Ramblers	0.000	1	0	1	4	2	10	5	239
219	Reading Abbey	0	10	3	1	2	7	9	6	141
219	Acton	0	8	2	2	7	14	23	11	149
219	Mellors Limited	0	6	2	0	3	11	14	5	164
219	Chesham	0	6	2	0	3	12	17	5	167
219	Darlington	0	6	2	0	3	7	15	5	170
219	Shankhouse	0	6	2	0	2	7	16	4	174
219	Elswick Rangers	0	4	1	1	1	8	7	3	180
219	Liverpool Ramblers	0	4	1	1	2	6	10	4	184
219	Notts Olympic	0	4	1	1	5	11	20	7	189
219	Southport	0	4	1	1	6	7	32	8	193
219	Old St Mark's	0	3	1	0	1	9	5	2	195
219	United Hospital	0	3	1	0	1	4	3	2	197
219	Over Wanderers	0	3	1	0	1	3	3	2	199
219	Weybridge Swallows	0	3	1	0	1	3	4	2	201
219	Newark	0	3	1	0	2	8	10	3	202
219	Watford Rovers	0	3	1	0	3	6	9	4	205
219	Lincoln Lindum	0	3	1	0	3	4	7	4	207
219	Uxbridge	0	3	1	0	4	6	12	5	210
219	South Bank	0	3	1	0	2	4	10	3	211
219	Cleethorpes Town	0	3	1	0	2	3	9	3	212
219	Gresham	0	3	1	0	2	4	13	3	215
219	Basford Rovers	0	3	1	0	1	3	15	2	218
219	High Wycombe	0	3	1	0	4	4	26	5	225
219	Luton Wanderers	0	3	1	0	3	4	28	4	226
219	Notts Wanderers	0	1	0	1	2	3	7	3	233
219	Woodford Bridge	0	1	0	1	3	3	9	4	235
219	Bishop Auckland	0	1	0	1	4	3	17	5	243
219	Kildare	0	1	0	1	4	1	18	5	245
219	Finchley	0	1	0	1	3	1	21	4	246
219	Barrow	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	248
219	Belper Town	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	249
219	Haslingden	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	250
219	Lincoln Albion	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	251
219	Blackburn Law	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	252
219	Notts Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	253
219	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	254
219	Wigan County	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	255
219	Newcastle East End	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	256
219	Scarborough	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	257
219	Eckington Works	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	258
219	Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	259
219	United London Swifts	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	260
219	Jarrow	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	261
219	93rd Highland Regiment	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	262
219	Hucknall St Johns	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	263
219	St Bart's Hospital	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	264
219	Morpeth Harriers	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2	265
219	New Crusaders	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	266
219	Park Grange	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	267
219	Chester St Oswald's	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	268
219	Derby Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	269
219	Saxons	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	270
219	Stafford Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	271
219	Wellington St George	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	272
219	West Manchester	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	273
219	Gateshead Association	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	274
219	Gitanos	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	275
219	London Olympic	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	276
219	Morton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	277
219	Aston Shakespeare	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	2	278
219	Liverpool Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	279
219	Grimsby District	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	280
219	Oldbury Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	281
219	St Albans (Forest Gate)	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	282
219	St Stephens	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	283
219	Whitburn	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	284
219	East Sheen	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	285
219	Staple Hill	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	286
219	Hastings & St Leonards United	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	3	287
219	Esher Leopold	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	288
219	Woking	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	289
219	Hull Town	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	290
219	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	291
219	Irthlingborough Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	292
219	Bournemouth Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	293
219	Civil Service	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	294
219	Rangers (London)	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	295
219	Worcester City	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	296
219	Heywood Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	297
219	Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	298
219	Southfield	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	299
219	Upton Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	300
219	Wood Grange	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	301
219	Tyne Association	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	302
219	Warwick County	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	2	303
219	Worksop Town	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	1	304
219	Hoddesdon Town	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	305
219	Clarence	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	306
219	St Peter's Institute	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	2	307
219	Caernarvon Wanderers	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	308
219	Highbury Union	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	309
219	Jardines	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	310
219	Workington	0	0	0	0	3	1	10	3	311
219	Lincoln Ramblers	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	312
219	Irwell Springs	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	2	313
219	Fairfield	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	314
219	Furness Vale Rovers	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	315
219	Lisburn Distillery	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	3	316
219	Bollington	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	317
219	Lyndhurst	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	2	318
219	Brondesbury	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	319
219	Hornchurch	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	2	320
219	King's Lynn	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	1	321
219	Bolton Olympic	0	0	0	0	2	4	16	2	322
219	Clitheroe Low Moor	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	3	323
219	Reading Hornets	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	324
219	Saffron Walden Town	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2	325
219	Henley	0	0	0	0	4	2	15	4	326
219	Brigg Brittania	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2	327
219	Matlock Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	16	3	328
219	Calthorpe	0	0	0	0	4	3	18	4	329
219	Attercliffe	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	2	330
219	Farningham	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	331
219	Hartford St John's	0	0	0	0	4	2	22	4	332
219	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0	0	0	3	1	21	3	333
219	Brigg	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	3	334
219	Spilsby	0	0	0	0	5	8	34	5	335
219	Hyde	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	1	336
219	Casuals	0	0	0	0	7	5	38	7	337

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.