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

England 1970-71

1969-70 1971-72

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Arsenal 6.228 86 37 12 7 92 38 56 1
2 Leeds United 4.371 69 29 11 7 81 36 47 5
3 Tottenham Hotspur 4.054 72 28 16 10 82 41 54 4
4 Liverpool 2.909 65 23 19 10 54 31 52 11
5 Leicester City 2.704 73 28 17 8 74 40 53 3
6 Chelsea 2.620 59 21 17 12 64 55 50 17
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.132 54 23 8 14 70 58 45 31
8 Sheffield United 2.115 58 22 14 9 75 43 45 19
9 Southampton 1.894 51 19 13 15 67 53 47 37
10 Manchester United 1.889 53 20 13 17 78 75 50 33
11 Derby County 1.841 50 20 10 18 67 61 48 39
12 Carlisle United 1.631 59 23 13 11 75 49 47 16
13 Everton 1.628 47 17 13 18 68 63 48 56
14 Fulham 1.628 69 28 13 12 77 44 53 6
15 Aston Villa 1.560 68 25 18 14 71 55 57 9
16 West Bromwich Albion 1.518 43 13 17 19 66 86 49 71
17 Newcastle United 1.509 42 14 14 17 47 51 45 72
18 Cardiff City 1.458 55 21 13 11 65 47 45 25
19 Stoke City 1.447 50 16 18 19 57 60 53 42
20 Hull City 1.434 57 22 13 12 63 46 47 23
21 Coventry City 1.383 49 19 11 18 46 47 48 46
22 Birmingham City 1.380 55 20 15 15 70 62 50 27
23 Middlesbrough 1.377 53 19 15 13 68 52 47 32
24 Crystal Palace 1.363 44 15 14 21 55 69 50 64
25 Manchester City 1.353 45 14 17 15 53 46 46 59
26 Luton Town 1.319 54 20 14 13 70 49 47 30
27 Preston North End 1.316 66 24 18 9 68 43 51 10
28 Huddersfield Town 1.313 42 12 18 19 46 56 49 76
29 Bristol Rovers 1.300 64 24 16 16 84 60 56 13
30 Notts County 1.216 74 32 10 9 94 43 51 2
31 Nottingham Forest 1.191 45 17 11 22 53 70 50 62
32 Oxford United 1.186 50 17 16 16 51 57 49 44
33 West Ham United 1.119 36 11 14 20 49 67 45 83
34 Colchester United 1.099 68 27 14 15 95 67 56 8
35 Swindon Town 1.076 48 18 12 17 69 59 47 49
36 Millwall 1.068 50 20 10 16 64 49 46 38
37 Norwich City 0.998 48 16 16 15 59 62 47 52
38 Rotherham United 0.974 58 20 18 15 77 70 53 21
39 Mansfield Town 0.951 56 20 16 15 74 70 51 24
40 Halifax Town 0.947 58 23 12 14 78 62 49 20
41 Ipswich Town 0.917 42 14 14 22 49 56 50 74
42 Rochdale 0.912 53 18 17 19 75 83 54 34
43 Torquay United 0.895 58 23 12 18 66 69 53 22
44 Queens Park Rangers 0.884 45 17 11 17 63 57 45 60
45 Bristol City 0.849 43 14 15 23 57 73 52 70
46 Chester City 0.800 63 27 9 17 76 61 53 14
47 Chesterfield 0.800 54 18 18 14 72 47 50 29
48 Portsmouth 0.793 41 13 15 20 54 66 48 77
49 York City 0.786 68 27 14 15 97 66 56 7
50 Sunderland 0.773 42 15 12 17 53 59 44 73
51 Bournemouth 0.769 64 25 14 12 92 52 51 12
52 Swansea City 0.726 55 19 17 17 79 68 53 26
53 Wrexham 0.722 50 18 14 17 77 73 49 40
54 Oldham Athletic 0.722 61 25 11 13 93 70 49 15
55 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.670 48 16 16 18 56 50 50 50
56 Sheffield Wednesday 0.657 37 12 13 20 54 76 45 81
57 Barnsley 0.645 49 18 13 20 51 56 51 47
58 Blackpool 0.644 27 6 15 25 42 70 46 88
59 Watford 0.636 38 12 14 21 49 67 47 79
60 Brentford 0.625 52 22 8 22 73 66 52 35
61 Burnley 0.623 27 7 13 24 29 68 44 90
62 Shrewsbury Town 0.612 48 17 14 19 63 68 50 54
63 Leyton Orient 0.603 37 10 17 19 33 54 46 80
64 Tranmere Rovers 0.586 48 11 26 16 54 62 53 55
65 Plymouth Argyle 0.577 43 12 19 17 63 68 48 68
66 Bradford City 0.546 44 14 16 21 59 75 51 65
67 Charlton Athletic 0.545 32 9 14 22 45 71 45 85
68 Northampton Town 0.543 59 21 17 16 73 71 54 18
69 Port Vale 0.524 42 15 12 21 52 61 48 75
70 Bury 0.510 40 13 14 23 55 67 50 78
71 Workington 0.504 55 21 13 18 56 57 52 28
72 Reading 0.501 44 16 12 23 58 95 51 66
73 Scunthorpe United 0.484 50 17 16 20 64 68 53 43
74 Walsall 0.477 43 16 11 23 55 59 50 67
75 Aldershot 0.437 52 17 18 17 74 77 52 36
76 Exeter City 0.428 49 17 15 17 70 76 49 48
77 Blackburn Rovers 0.420 27 6 15 23 37 72 44 89
78 Darlington 0.401 50 19 12 20 67 66 51 41
79 Stockport County 0.400 46 16 14 18 50 68 48 58
80 Southport 0.399 48 21 6 21 63 60 48 51
81 Southend United 0.397 47 16 15 19 61 72 50 57
82 Lincoln City 0.389 49 17 15 22 87 87 54 45
83 Doncaster Rovers 0.385 37 13 11 26 48 73 50 82
84 Bolton Wanderers 0.380 27 8 11 27 37 78 46 91
85 Gillingham 0.369 33 10 13 25 43 70 48 84
86 Cambridge United 0.366 45 16 13 20 52 74 49 63
87 Grimsby Town 0.355 43 18 7 23 58 74 48 69
88 Crewe Alexandra 0.350 48 19 10 22 80 84 51 53
89 Peterborough United 0.337 45 19 7 23 74 76 49 61
90 Newport County 0.202 30 11 8 30 59 96 49 86
91 Hartlepool United 0.196 28 8 12 28 36 78 48 87
92 Barrow 0.111 22 7 8 33 52 94 48 92
93 Yeovil Town 0.089 4 2 0 1 2 3 3 96
94 Rhyl 0.057 6 2 2 1 5 7 5 93
95 Wigan Athletic 0.039 5 2 1 1 5 3 4 94
96 Grantham 0.032 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 103
97 Boston United 0.032 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 100
98 Hereford United 0.026 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 98
99 Barnet 0.023 4 2 0 1 7 2 3 95
100 Oxford City 0.010 1 0 1 1 2 9 2 108
101 Tamworth 0.010 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 107
102 South Shields 0.004 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 105
103 Chelmsford City 0 3 1 1 1 7 3 3 97
103 Slough Town 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 99
103 Dagenham 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 101
103 Telford United 0 2 1 0 1 7 8 2 102
103 Wycombe Wanderers 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 104
103 Crawley Town 0 1 0 1 1 2 7 2 106
103 Macclesfield Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 109
103 Scarborough 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 110
103 Minehead 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 111
103 Aveley 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 112
103 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 113
103 Enfield 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 114
103 Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 115
103 Hendon 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 116
103 Margate 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 117
103 Walton and Hersham 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 118
103 Ringmer 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 119
103 Great Harwood Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 120
103 Bangor City 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 121
103 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 122
103 Bishop's Stortford 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 123
103 Weymouth 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 124

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.