Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.
England 1971-72
| ‹ 1970-71 | 1972-73 › | |
|---|---|---|
| EP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GP | PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds United | 6.059 | 74 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 89 | 34 | 53 | 2 |
| 2 | Derby County | 4.734 | 65 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 79 | 38 | 49 | 10 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 4.255 | 64 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 35 | 49 | 12 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 4.067 | 70 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 74 | 48 | 55 | 6 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3.942 | 68 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 86 | 54 | 54 | 8 |
| 6 | Manchester City | 3.870 | 60 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 82 | 53 | 46 | 22 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 3.230 | 65 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 83 | 61 | 54 | 11 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 2.840 | 64 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 88 | 71 | 55 | 16 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2.458 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 69 | 64 | 45 | 46 |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 2.456 | 53 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 70 | 70 | 48 | 35 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 2.285 | 64 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 73 | 76 | 62 | 18 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 2.224 | 64 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 70 | 38 | 48 | 13 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 2.196 | 44 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 61 | 46 | 59 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 2.169 | 54 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 69 | 65 | 56 | 30 |
| 15 | Norwich City | 1.830 | 64 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 70 | 43 | 48 | 14 |
| 16 | Millwall | 1.680 | 58 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 70 | 52 | 46 | 24 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 1.652 | 44 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 52 | 47 | 57 |
| 18 | Everton | 1.650 | 41 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 45 | 57 | 47 | 70 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 1.628 | 60 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 66 | 35 | 48 | 21 |
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 1.622 | 40 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 42 | 57 | 45 | 76 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 1.415 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 59 | 59 | 50 | 31 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 1.342 | 53 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 80 | 54 | 47 | 33 |
| 23 | Coventry City | 1.324 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 46 | 70 | 45 | 85 |
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 1.305 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 57 | 44 | 84 |
| 25 | Aston Villa | 1.288 | 79 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 100 | 47 | 54 | 1 |
| 26 | Burnley | 1.248 | 49 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 72 | 58 | 46 | 44 |
| 27 | Bolton Wanderers | 1.247 | 64 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 69 | 55 | 56 | 17 |
| 28 | Southampton | 1.212 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 56 | 87 | 46 | 86 |
| 29 | Sunderland | 1.180 | 54 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 74 | 65 | 47 | 29 |
| 30 | Huddersfield Town | 1.148 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 36 | 66 | 47 | 89 |
| 31 | Bournemouth | 1.145 | 68 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 88 | 41 | 51 | 7 |
| 32 | Leyton Orient | 1.113 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 60 | 68 | 48 | 60 |
| 33 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1.107 | 70 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 92 | 53 | 51 | 5 |
| 34 | Notts County | 1.088 | 71 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 92 | 56 | 53 | 3 |
| 35 | Bristol Rovers | 1.060 | 67 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 94 | 67 | 55 | 9 |
| 36 | Crystal Palace | 0.980 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 74 | 47 | 87 |
| 37 | Bristol City | 0.971 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 54 | 44 | 50 |
| 38 | Carlisle United | 0.929 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 69 | 65 | 46 | 51 |
| 39 | Hull City | 0.872 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 54 | 60 | 46 | 64 |
| 40 | Preston North End | 0.861 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 64 | 67 | 50 | 53 |
| 41 | Portsmouth | 0.827 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 64 | 73 | 46 | 67 |
| 42 | Cardiff City | 0.819 | 41 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 66 | 78 | 49 | 69 |
| 43 | Nottingham Forest | 0.790 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 55 | 88 | 46 | 91 |
| 44 | Oxford United | 0.757 | 41 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 45 | 61 | 46 | 71 |
| 45 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0.750 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 53 | 66 | 45 | 75 |
| 46 | Luton Town | 0.741 | 38 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 44 | 52 | 44 | 80 |
| 47 | Swindon Town | 0.730 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 53 | 44 | 63 |
| 48 | Rotherham United | 0.714 | 64 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 82 | 63 | 54 | 15 |
| 49 | Charlton Athletic | 0.688 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 66 | 85 | 47 | 81 |
| 50 | Fulham | 0.643 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 52 | 76 | 47 | 78 |
| 51 | Plymouth Argyle | 0.627 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 77 | 69 | 49 | 37 |
| 52 | Walsall | 0.574 | 55 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 28 |
| 53 | Grimsby Town | 0.469 | 71 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 100 | 69 | 53 | 4 |
| 54 | Swansea City | 0.465 | 52 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 65 | 53 | 40 |
| 55 | Blackburn Rovers | 0.458 | 51 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 65 | 51 | 41 |
| 56 | Shrewsbury Town | 0.457 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 21 | 82 | 71 | 51 | 42 |
| 57 | York City | 0.449 | 44 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 71 | 78 | 53 | 58 |
| 58 | Southend United | 0.442 | 63 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 84 | 60 | 50 | 19 |
| 59 | Oldham Athletic | 0.442 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 68 | 49 | 48 |
| 60 | Chesterfield | 0.413 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 69 | 62 | 53 | 38 |
| 61 | Tranmere Rovers | 0.405 | 48 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 70 | 84 | 56 | 47 |
| 62 | Wrexham | 0.387 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 74 | 74 | 52 | 52 |
| 63 | Port Vale | 0.378 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 48 | 66 | 51 | 55 |
| 64 | Barnsley | 0.343 | 42 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 36 | 67 | 52 | 66 |
| 65 | Mansfield Town | 0.324 | 41 | 9 | 23 | 20 | 50 | 78 | 52 | 73 |
| 66 | Halifax Town | 0.324 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 55 | 68 | 51 | 65 |
| 67 | Rochdale | 0.324 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 61 | 91 | 50 | 79 |
| 68 | Gillingham | 0.321 | 54 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 72 | 73 | 53 | 32 |
| 69 | Lincoln City | 0.310 | 61 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 85 | 66 | 51 | 20 |
| 70 | Torquay United | 0.307 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 52 | 78 | 52 | 77 |
| 71 | Brentford | 0.302 | 60 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 80 | 51 | 49 | 23 |
| 72 | Hereford United | 0.295 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 93 |
| 73 | Watford | 0.291 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 82 | 47 | 92 |
| 74 | Scunthorpe United | 0.283 | 58 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 44 | 49 | 25 |
| 75 | Colchester United | 0.265 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 78 | 79 | 50 | 39 |
| 76 | Bradford City | 0.261 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 48 | 85 | 49 | 88 |
| 77 | Bury | 0.236 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 80 | 65 | 51 | 27 |
| 78 | Workington | 0.224 | 53 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 54 | 40 | 49 | 34 |
| 79 | Peterborough United | 0.214 | 55 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 94 | 72 | 51 | 26 |
| 80 | Cambridge United | 0.202 | 50 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 64 | 68 | 49 | 43 |
| 81 | Southport | 0.202 | 52 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 69 | 51 | 49 | 36 |
| 82 | Newport County | 0.167 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 61 | 80 | 48 | 61 |
| 83 | Reading | 0.165 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 69 | 85 | 52 | 45 |
| 84 | Doncaster Rovers | 0.164 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 60 | 69 | 48 | 54 |
| 85 | Northampton Town | 0.161 | 41 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 74 | 86 | 51 | 68 |
| 86 | Aldershot | 0.157 | 45 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 56 | 64 | 51 | 56 |
| 87 | Exeter City | 0.152 | 47 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 63 | 72 | 51 | 49 |
| 88 | Hartlepool United | 0.145 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 65 | 73 | 50 | 62 |
| 89 | Chester City | 0.142 | 40 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 53 | 65 | 50 | 74 |
| 90 | Stockport County | 0.139 | 36 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 90 | 50 | 83 |
| 91 | Darlington | 0.134 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 66 | 84 | 49 | 72 |
| 92 | Barrow | 0.122 | 37 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 75 | 48 | 82 |
| 93 | Crewe Alexandra | 0.085 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 43 | 71 | 48 | 90 |
| 94 | Blyth Spartans | 0.042 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 94 |
| 95 | Wigan Athletic | 0.026 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 102 |
| 96 | King's Lynn | 0.025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 103 |
| 97 | Boston United | 0.017 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 95 |
| 98 | South Shields | 0.014 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 97 |
| 99 | Frickley Athletic | 0.009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 106 |
| 100 | Redditch United | 0.003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 107 |
| 101 | Crawley Town | 0.002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 104 |
| 102 | Guildford City | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 96 |
| 102 | Romford | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 98 |
| 102 | Barnet | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 99 |
| 102 | Enfield | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100 |
| 102 | Rossendale United | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 101 |
| 102 | Dover | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 105 |
| 102 | Weymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 108 |
| 102 | Altrincham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 109 |
| 102 | Nuneaton Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 110 |
| 102 | Alvechurch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 111 |
| 102 | Kettering Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 112 |
| 102 | Maidenhead United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 113 |
| 102 | Dagenham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 114 |
| 102 | Bangor City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 115 |
| 102 | Bridgwater Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 116 |
| 102 | Ellesmere Port Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 117 |
| 102 | Telford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 118 |
| 102 | Witney Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 119 |
| 102 | Basingstoke Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 120 |
| 102 | Skelmersdale United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 121 |
| 102 | Scarborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 122 |
| 102 | Hillingdon Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 123 |
| 102 | Margate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 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.