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

England 1980-81

1979-80 1981-82

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Aston Villa 4.637 64 28 8 10 77 44 46 12
2 Liverpool 4.172 69 25 19 10 89 51 54 7
3 Ipswich Town 4.061 71 29 13 12 96 54 54 5
4 Arsenal 3.869 58 21 16 10 68 51 47 23
5 West Ham United 3.758 81 34 13 8 97 40 55 1
6 West Bromwich Albion 3.523 64 25 14 12 71 48 51 14
7 Nottingham Forest 3.501 63 24 15 13 84 57 52 16
8 Southampton 3.464 57 23 11 14 87 66 48 25
9 Tottenham Hotspur 3.000 67 24 19 14 97 78 57 9
10 Manchester City 2.782 61 23 15 19 90 72 57 19
11 Manchester United 2.592 51 16 19 12 55 41 47 38
12 Leeds United 2.249 45 17 11 18 41 53 46 69
13 Coventry City 2.213 55 21 13 21 70 82 55 31
14 Middlesbrough 2.095 46 20 6 23 66 70 49 65
15 Birmingham City 2.044 48 17 14 19 61 71 50 53
16 Stoke City 1.872 44 12 20 14 55 68 46 73
17 Everton 1.851 47 17 13 21 69 68 51 56
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.674 47 17 13 23 60 72 53 61
19 Leicester City 1.505 35 14 7 26 45 73 47 103
20 Norwich City 1.488 39 15 9 24 55 84 48 92
21 Sunderland 1.466 37 14 9 23 56 59 46 98
22 Brighton & Hove Albion 1.459 40 16 8 23 64 76 47 87
23 Watford 1.450 57 22 13 18 72 63 53 26
24 Cambridge United 1.280 47 20 7 21 60 70 48 59
25 Notts County 1.246 62 22 18 10 62 48 50 17
26 Luton Town 1.228 53 20 13 14 69 52 47 33
27 Blackburn Rovers 1.116 55 17 21 10 46 34 48 30
28 Swansea City 1.064 51 18 15 12 66 53 45 39
29 Barnsley 0.935 77 29 19 10 93 57 58 2
30 Derby County 0.931 48 15 18 13 57 54 46 51
31 Queens Park Rangers 0.870 46 15 16 16 58 53 47 63
32 Newcastle United 0.862 49 17 15 16 38 55 48 50
33 Southend United 0.853 69 31 7 11 80 34 49 6
34 Lincoln City 0.847 72 28 16 8 75 30 52 4
35 Preston North End 0.818 44 14 16 19 50 70 49 76
36 Shrewsbury Town 0.812 43 12 19 16 50 53 47 77
37 Grimsby Town 0.789 47 16 15 14 45 48 45 57
38 Sheffield Wednesday 0.778 47 19 9 20 62 59 48 55
39 Peterborough United 0.762 65 22 21 13 82 65 56 11
40 Oldham Athletic 0.760 42 13 16 17 42 52 46 80
41 Wrexham 0.743 44 14 16 19 50 55 49 72
42 Bolton Wanderers 0.704 39 14 11 21 65 75 46 89
43 Charlton Athletic 0.691 73 32 9 15 82 56 56 3
44 Rotherham United 0.689 64 25 14 11 67 36 50 13
45 Crystal Palace 0.689 24 8 8 31 53 91 47 112
46 Huddersfield Town 0.685 63 23 17 12 82 45 52 15
47 Chesterfield 0.652 69 28 13 15 86 59 56 8
48 Chelsea 0.636 41 14 13 18 48 46 45 83
49 Wimbledon 0.629 66 28 10 17 82 57 55 10
50 Cardiff City 0.605 42 14 14 20 50 68 48 82
51 Leyton Orient 0.592 38 13 12 20 54 63 45 96
52 Portsmouth 0.591 62 26 10 18 64 58 54 18
53 Exeter City 0.571 59 21 17 18 83 75 56 22
54 Doncaster Rovers 0.557 61 24 13 14 65 54 51 20
55 Bradford City 0.536 49 16 17 18 59 69 51 49
56 Bristol City 0.517 37 9 19 21 39 56 49 100
57 Burnley 0.507 57 21 15 17 67 59 53 27
58 Mansfield Town 0.484 58 23 12 19 72 56 54 24
59 Plymouth Argyle 0.439 56 21 14 16 63 49 51 28
60 Brentford 0.428 52 16 20 15 59 58 51 35
61 Bury 0.410 56 21 14 21 81 76 56 29
62 Oxford United 0.409 49 16 17 20 46 55 53 48
63 Aldershot 0.405 52 19 14 16 46 46 49 36
64 Reading 0.403 49 19 11 21 68 70 51 46
65 Swindon Town 0.400 49 16 17 20 60 67 53 47
66 Northampton Town 0.397 51 19 13 17 69 75 49 40
67 Stockport County 0.391 46 18 10 25 52 66 53 66
68 Carlisle United 0.367 53 18 17 22 73 85 57 34
69 Fulham 0.364 52 18 16 20 66 72 54 37
70 Gillingham 0.352 51 15 21 18 55 64 54 42
71 Newport County 0.351 46 16 14 21 70 67 51 64
72 Hartlepool United 0.346 50 20 10 19 66 66 49 43
73 Darlington 0.342 49 19 11 19 66 64 49 45
74 Wigan Athletic 0.339 51 19 13 20 58 65 52 41
75 Scunthorpe United 0.326 45 12 21 18 64 74 51 68
76 Bristol Rovers 0.324 30 7 16 27 43 77 50 108
77 Bournemouth 0.322 48 17 14 19 52 53 50 52
78 Sheffield United 0.318 45 15 15 22 70 70 52 67
79 Millwall 0.313 45 15 15 21 46 66 51 70
80 Rochdale 0.307 44 14 16 19 62 76 49 74
81 Walsall 0.305 43 14 15 21 65 83 50 78
82 Chester City 0.297 42 15 12 22 40 52 49 81
83 Torquay United 0.293 47 20 7 25 64 69 52 58
84 Port Vale 0.291 47 15 17 21 68 80 53 60
85 Hull City 0.271 40 11 18 25 48 85 54 88
86 Colchester United 0.270 44 16 12 24 52 71 52 75
87 Crewe Alexandra 0.257 41 13 15 21 51 66 49 85
88 Blackpool 0.248 39 12 15 25 58 85 52 91
89 Hereford United 0.247 39 13 13 24 40 69 50 93
90 Tranmere Rovers 0.235 41 15 11 27 67 87 53 86
91 York City 0.218 39 14 11 27 52 71 52 90
92 Halifax Town 0.178 35 11 13 25 47 76 49 104
93 Altrincham 0.122 59 25 9 8 76 46 42 21
94 Enfield 0.106 8 3 2 1 10 5 6 113
95 Kettering Town 0.073 53 21 11 9 68 41 41 32
96 Northwich Victoria 0.073 46 17 12 11 54 47 40 62
97 Maidstone United 0.067 49 18 13 14 72 59 45 44
98 Scarborough 0.060 47 17 13 9 49 30 39 54
99 Weymouth 0.053 44 19 6 14 56 43 39 71
100 Bath City 0.044 42 16 10 12 51 32 38 79
101 Boston United 0.043 41 16 9 14 63 62 39 84
102 Barrow 0.042 38 15 8 15 50 49 38 94
103 Frickley Athletic 0.040 38 15 8 15 61 62 38 95
104 Telford United 0.039 35 13 9 16 47 59 38 102
105 Yeovil Town 0.038 37 15 7 19 63 68 41 99
106 Stafford Rangers 0.036 37 11 15 13 56 59 39 97
107 Worcester City 0.036 35 14 7 17 47 54 38 101
108 Ebbsfleet United 0.030 34 13 8 18 49 57 39 105
109 Barnet 0.029 34 13 8 20 43 68 41 106
110 Nuneaton Borough 0.027 29 10 9 19 49 65 38 109
111 AP Leamington 0.027 31 10 11 17 47 66 38 107
112 Wealdstone 0.026 29 9 11 18 37 56 38 110
113 Mossley 0.021 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 116
114 Bangor City 0.018 24 6 12 20 35 68 38 111
115 St Albans City 0.011 3 1 1 1 4 6 3 115
116 Blyth Spartans 0.010 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 114
117 Addlestone and Weybridge Town 0.006 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 119
118 Workington 0.005 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 120
119 Kidderminster Harriers 0.004 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 118
120 Minehead 0.001 1 0 1 1 3 4 2 117
121 Burscough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 121
121 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 122
121 Dagenham 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 123
121 Farnborough 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 124
121 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 125
121 Barton Rovers 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 126
121 Harlow Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 127
121 Sutton Coldfield Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 128
121 Wembley 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 129
121 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 130
121 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 131
121 Windsor and Eton 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 132
121 Leatherhead 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 133

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.