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

England 1937-38

1936-37 1938-39

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Preston North End 4.722 61 22 17 9 76 45 48 7
2 Arsenal 3.947 56 23 10 12 82 47 45 12
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.756 53 21 11 12 77 51 44 19
4 Brentford 3.399 51 21 9 16 76 64 46 27
5 Middlesbrough 3.358 50 21 8 16 77 67 45 28
6 Charlton Athletic 3.354 52 18 16 13 76 59 47 24
7 Sunderland 3.014 52 18 16 14 60 62 48 26
8 Huddersfield Town 2.817 50 22 6 21 65 72 49 29
9 Bolton Wanderers 2.734 45 15 15 13 65 63 43 43
10 Leeds United 2.627 45 15 15 14 68 72 44 44
11 Liverpool 2.466 47 17 13 17 70 74 47 39
12 Portsmouth 2.324 40 14 12 18 65 71 44 61
13 Blackpool 2.305 42 17 8 19 62 70 44 54
14 Derby County 2.272 40 15 10 18 67 89 43 67
15 Chelsea 2.263 41 14 13 16 65 66 43 57
16 Aston Villa 2.212 67 29 9 11 91 45 49 2
17 Leicester City 2.170 41 15 11 18 56 78 44 60
18 Manchester City 2.116 45 18 9 21 95 85 48 40
19 Stoke City 2.098 41 14 13 18 62 63 45 58
20 Grimsby Town 2.082 39 13 13 18 53 71 44 69
21 Everton 2.076 41 17 7 20 80 76 44 56
22 West Bromwich Albion 2.019 38 15 8 21 77 94 44 77
23 Birmingham City 1.970 38 10 18 15 58 63 43 73
24 York City 1.356 55 21 13 18 84 81 52 16
25 Sheffield United 1.228 56 23 10 12 76 58 45 15
26 Doncaster Rovers 1.096 64 26 12 11 99 57 49 5
27 Manchester United 1.073 58 24 10 12 88 54 46 9
28 Tranmere Rovers 1.012 66 27 12 11 95 51 50 3
29 Hull City 1.007 58 22 14 11 88 51 47 8
30 Coventry City 0.919 52 20 12 11 68 48 43 23
31 Oldham Athletic 0.867 54 20 14 12 72 54 46 18
32 Rotherham United 0.860 53 21 11 14 73 61 46 20
33 Bristol City 0.816 66 26 14 9 81 45 49 4
34 Bradford Park Avenue 0.814 48 19 10 17 79 63 46 34
35 Burnley 0.766 47 18 11 16 60 59 45 38
36 Gateshead 0.760 54 21 12 13 87 68 46 17
37 Millwall 0.740 63 25 13 11 95 48 49 6
38 Tottenham Hotspur 0.737 52 22 8 18 88 62 48 22
39 Chesterfield 0.704 48 18 12 18 73 71 48 37
40 Luton Town 0.679 45 17 11 18 98 92 46 41
41 Crewe Alexandra 0.662 48 19 10 17 77 63 46 35
42 Bury 0.658 43 19 5 20 66 63 44 47
43 Fulham 0.639 43 16 11 16 62 60 43 49
44 Chester City 0.637 49 18 13 16 91 82 47 33
45 Watford 0.635 68 27 14 12 101 57 53 1
46 Crystal Palace 0.625 56 21 14 14 76 57 49 14
47 Lincoln City 0.619 49 20 9 17 72 60 46 31
48 West Ham United 0.585 42 14 14 15 53 55 43 53
49 Wrexham 0.581 45 17 11 17 61 68 45 45
50 Bradford City 0.579 52 19 14 20 95 87 53 25
51 Reading 0.575 57 23 11 12 79 66 46 11
52 New Brighton 0.570 48 19 10 21 76 74 50 36
53 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.562 56 23 10 14 77 51 47 13
54 Queens Park Rangers 0.558 57 24 9 13 93 53 46 10
55 Swindon Town 0.553 53 21 11 17 62 59 49 21
56 Plymouth Argyle 0.549 40 14 12 17 57 66 43 62
57 Southport 0.538 50 17 16 17 73 90 50 30
58 Swansea City 0.533 38 13 12 18 45 77 43 78
59 Southampton 0.528 39 15 9 19 56 80 43 71
60 Nottingham Forest 0.524 38 15 8 21 51 64 44 75
61 Norwich City 0.509 39 14 11 18 58 78 43 70
62 Blackburn Rovers 0.495 38 14 10 19 73 83 43 74
63 Newcastle United 0.487 36 14 8 21 51 59 43 80
64 Sheffield Wednesday 0.483 39 14 11 19 51 60 44 68
65 Port Vale 0.481 40 12 16 18 68 79 46 63
66 Carlisle United 0.472 40 15 10 20 61 73 45 64
67 Barnsley 0.456 40 12 16 18 56 70 46 65
68 Halifax Town 0.453 39 13 13 21 50 79 47 72
69 Rochdale 0.448 38 13 12 20 70 84 45 76
70 Northampton Town 0.408 43 17 9 18 52 60 44 52
71 Hartlepool United 0.401 37 12 13 21 61 85 46 79
72 Cardiff City 0.377 49 18 13 17 74 63 48 32
73 Mansfield Town 0.374 43 17 9 20 67 72 46 50
74 Barrow 0.372 34 12 10 23 46 77 45 82
75 Southend United 0.371 45 17 11 19 77 74 47 42
76 Aldershot 0.368 40 17 6 24 47 67 47 66
77 Darlington 0.358 32 11 10 23 56 86 44 85
78 Stockport County 0.357 31 11 9 23 43 72 43 86
79 Bournemouth 0.347 43 15 13 18 64 61 46 48
80 Notts County 0.347 43 17 9 20 56 62 46 51
81 Newport County 0.344 44 13 18 17 57 69 48 46
82 Bristol Rovers 0.312 41 14 13 18 53 72 45 59
83 Exeter City 0.309 42 15 12 19 61 75 46 55
84 Accrington Stanley 0.278 33 12 9 26 54 82 47 84
85 Leyton Orient 0.259 36 14 8 24 46 67 46 81
86 Walsall 0.246 34 13 8 26 60 95 47 83
87 Torquay United 0.193 30 9 12 23 39 78 44 87
88 Gillingham 0.180 28 11 6 28 42 86 45 88
89 Scarborough 0.093 5 2 1 1 8 7 4 89
90 Guildford City 0.052 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 95
91 Yeovil Town 0.039 4 2 0 1 4 5 3 90
92 Gainsborough Trinity 0.026 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 91
93 South Liverpool 0.016 3 1 1 1 5 8 3 92
94 Burton Town 0.013 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 98
95 Kettering Town 0.009 1 0 1 1 2 6 2 99
96 Walker Celtic 0.008 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 101
97 Lancaster City 0.006 2 0 2 1 2 6 3 96
98 Dartford 0.005 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 100
99 Kidderminster Harriers 0.005 1 0 1 1 3 6 2 97
100 Bromley 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 93
100 Walthamstow Avenue 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 94
100 Dulwich Hamlet 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 102
100 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 103
100 Telford United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 104
100 Folkestone 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 105
100 Westbury United 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 106
100 Corinthians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 107
100 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 108
100 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 109
100 Enfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 110
100 Tunbridge Wells Rgs 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 111
100 King's Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 112
100 Scunthorpe United 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 113
100 Workington 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 114
100 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 115

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

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