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

England 1972-73

1971-72 1973-74

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Arsenal 4.489 73 30 13 10 78 56 53 3
2 Liverpool 4.450 74 29 16 9 89 54 54 2
3 Leeds United 3.862 71 28 15 12 93 53 55 4
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.395 65 26 13 15 85 62 54 7
5 Derby County 3.323 56 23 10 17 70 64 50 26
6 Tottenham Hotspur 3.100 64 23 18 14 84 62 55 9
7 Ipswich Town 2.714 52 19 14 13 62 50 46 31
8 Chelsea 2.541 56 20 16 18 66 62 54 27
9 Newcastle United 2.436 49 18 13 15 65 57 46 45
10 Manchester City 2.347 51 19 13 18 70 69 50 36
11 Sunderland 2.191 61 23 15 14 76 59 52 14
12 Burnley 2.174 63 24 15 6 72 42 45 10
13 West Ham United 2.168 50 19 12 15 71 57 46 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 2.106 66 26 14 7 89 43 47 6
15 Birmingham City 1.873 48 17 14 17 58 61 48 52
16 Stoke City 1.787 42 16 10 20 69 63 46 71
17 Sheffield United 1.772 48 18 12 19 58 65 49 53
18 Coventry City 1.760 43 17 9 22 50 60 48 70
19 Southampton 1.743 44 12 20 15 52 59 47 67
20 Manchester United 1.658 41 13 15 19 51 67 47 73
21 Norwich City 1.652 46 17 12 23 53 74 52 63
22 Leicester City 1.626 38 10 18 17 44 52 45 79
23 Everton 1.551 39 14 11 20 44 54 45 76
24 Blackpool 1.492 55 21 13 16 66 57 50 29
25 West Bromwich Albion 1.410 37 12 13 25 48 70 50 84
26 Notts County 1.306 70 29 12 14 84 59 55 5
27 Middlesbrough 1.252 51 18 15 14 50 47 47 35
28 Luton Town 1.245 49 18 13 18 51 58 49 47
29 Aston Villa 1.229 55 20 15 13 59 55 48 30
30 Millwall 1.187 50 20 10 18 64 50 48 40
31 Sheffield Wednesday 1.178 52 20 12 17 70 64 49 33
32 Crystal Palace 1.159 34 10 14 23 47 64 47 87
33 Oxford United 1.157 50 21 8 18 60 50 47 41
34 Hull City 1.009 47 17 13 18 69 64 48 54
35 Fulham 0.968 48 17 14 16 61 54 47 49
36 Bristol City 0.908 49 18 13 15 69 56 46 44
37 Nottingham Forest 0.843 42 14 14 18 49 57 46 72
38 Carlisle United 0.831 40 13 14 21 58 63 48 74
39 Bolton Wanderers 0.799 75 30 15 12 90 47 57 1
40 Stockport County 0.794 61 23 15 18 63 63 56 15
41 Bristol Rovers 0.758 61 23 15 15 89 66 53 13
42 Swindon Town 0.753 38 11 16 18 48 63 45 80
43 Leyton Orient 0.750 38 13 12 20 53 59 45 78
44 Southport 0.731 64 27 10 12 78 54 49 8
45 Bournemouth 0.657 59 20 19 15 77 50 54 16
46 Bury 0.641 52 17 18 16 64 56 51 32
47 Plymouth Argyle 0.631 56 23 10 18 79 70 51 24
48 Port Vale 0.625 59 24 11 16 61 74 51 18
49 Blackburn Rovers 0.623 58 21 16 13 63 52 50 21
50 Cardiff City 0.616 38 12 14 22 52 69 48 81
51 Reading 0.611 62 20 22 13 60 46 55 12
52 Portsmouth 0.605 38 13 12 21 46 66 46 82
53 Charlton Athletic 0.590 56 21 14 20 86 79 55 25
54 Oldham Athletic 0.584 55 19 17 13 74 60 49 28
55 Hereford United 0.579 58 23 12 13 57 45 48 20
56 Preston North End 0.579 35 11 13 21 37 66 45 86
57 Newport County 0.570 63 25 13 14 74 52 52 11
58 Cambridge United 0.553 57 20 17 11 68 63 48 22
59 Aldershot 0.542 58 23 12 14 63 42 49 19
60 Huddersfield Town 0.540 34 8 18 19 39 61 45 88
61 Grimsby Town 0.531 59 24 11 20 75 66 55 17
62 Mansfield Town 0.482 56 21 14 14 85 58 49 23
63 Bradford City 0.475 51 19 13 21 70 73 53 38
64 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.437 31 9 13 23 48 90 45 91
65 Workington 0.432 48 18 12 19 60 63 49 51
66 Wrexham 0.429 50 16 18 17 65 58 51 42
67 York City 0.415 45 15 15 20 48 53 50 65
68 Gillingham 0.415 51 20 11 18 65 62 49 34
69 Watford 0.414 45 14 17 19 49 53 50 64
70 Rochdale 0.410 47 15 17 17 50 60 49 56
71 Chester City 0.406 48 15 18 19 68 61 52 48
72 Southend United 0.406 46 18 10 21 63 58 49 58
73 Lincoln City 0.404 49 16 17 16 68 66 49 46
74 Chesterfield 0.402 51 20 11 22 69 68 53 37
75 Exeter City 0.396 50 18 14 16 59 55 48 43
76 Walsall 0.385 46 19 8 23 63 76 50 62
77 Tranmere Rovers 0.382 48 16 16 17 59 55 49 50
78 Shrewsbury Town 0.373 47 16 15 19 53 63 50 55
79 Rotherham United 0.348 47 20 7 24 58 71 51 57
80 Brentford 0.346 39 16 7 26 53 73 49 77
81 Barnsley 0.335 46 14 18 18 60 65 50 59
82 Doncaster Rovers 0.335 46 17 12 21 54 63 50 61
83 Halifax Town 0.325 44 14 16 20 49 60 50 68
84 Hartlepool United 0.318 45 13 19 19 36 52 51 66
85 Crewe Alexandra 0.303 40 11 18 21 40 67 50 75
86 Peterborough United 0.292 46 16 14 21 77 84 51 60
87 Torquay United 0.279 43 13 17 19 48 50 49 69
88 Swansea City 0.276 38 14 10 25 52 78 49 83
89 Scunthorpe United 0.244 37 12 13 28 40 83 53 85
90 Colchester United 0.213 34 11 12 27 54 79 50 89
91 Northampton Town 0.185 31 10 11 27 40 77 48 90
92 Darlington 0.173 30 7 16 26 43 92 49 92
93 Hayes 0.088 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 99
94 Barnet 0.088 6 2 2 1 4 4 5 93
95 Margate 0.081 4 2 0 1 2 6 3 96
96 Bangor City 0.033 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 100
97 Walton and Hersham 0.032 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 102
98 Scarborough 0.029 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 98
99 Yeovil Town 0.028 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 103
100 Bilston 0.020 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 97
101 Bishop's Stortford 0.008 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 95
102 Kettering Town 0.005 1 0 1 1 4 5 2 105
103 Spennymoor United 0.005 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 107
104 Enfield 0.001 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 106
105 Chelmsford City 0 4 2 0 1 8 3 3 94
105 Lancaster City 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 101
105 Telford United 0 2 1 0 1 3 7 2 104
105 Nuneaton Borough 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 108
105 Boston United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 109
105 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 110
105 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 111
105 Hendon 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 112
105 Stafford Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 113
105 Guildford City 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 114
105 Rhyl 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 115
105 Banbury United 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 116
105 Barnstaple Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 117
105 Hillingdon Borough 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 118
105 South Liverpool 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 119
105 Grantham 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 120
105 Alton Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 121
105 South Shields 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 122
105 Tonbridge Angels 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 123
105 Bognor Regis Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 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.