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

England 1985-86

1984-85 1986-87

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Liverpool 8.272 124 37 13 7 126 48 57 1
2 Everton 6.531 115 35 10 10 113 56 55 2
3 West Ham United 4.317 102 31 9 12 87 47 52 7
4 Chelsea 3.691 87 24 15 13 70 67 52 25
5 Manchester United 3.689 93 27 12 13 80 43 52 12
6 Sheffield Wednesday 3.558 91 26 13 13 83 65 52 18
7 Nottingham Forest 3.030 78 22 12 14 82 61 48 34
8 Arsenal 2.963 89 25 14 15 69 62 54 22
9 Luton Town 2.955 84 23 15 14 79 54 52 27
10 Tottenham Hotspur 2.655 81 23 12 18 90 60 53 29
11 Newcastle United 2.239 65 17 14 15 69 78 46 69
12 Watford 2.027 78 21 15 17 87 72 53 35
13 Oxford United 2.002 65 17 14 21 84 90 52 67
14 Queens Park Rangers 1.975 72 21 9 22 71 73 52 46
15 Aston Villa 1.589 67 16 19 20 82 84 55 61
16 Manchester City 1.568 56 14 14 21 53 66 49 87
17 Norwich City 1.432 91 27 10 10 90 47 47 17
18 Southampton 1.429 66 17 15 22 65 69 54 65
19 Ipswich Town 1.356 59 16 11 25 53 67 52 78
20 Leicester City 1.235 43 10 13 22 56 82 45 108
21 Swindon Town 1.230 114 35 9 12 97 63 56 3
22 Portsmouth 1.146 88 26 10 15 82 51 51 23
23 Derby County 1.124 106 29 19 12 104 55 60 5
24 Reading 1.121 105 32 9 15 74 69 56 6
25 Coventry City 1.064 50 13 11 23 61 81 47 97
26 Wigan Athletic 1.025 108 31 15 13 110 60 59 4
27 Wimbledon 0.937 79 22 13 11 65 44 46 31
28 Gillingham 0.907 97 27 16 15 102 69 58 9
29 Plymouth Argyle 0.881 98 29 11 14 96 60 54 8
30 Charlton Athletic 0.836 78 22 12 11 80 49 45 33
31 Leyton Orient 0.792 96 27 15 17 106 87 59 11
32 York City 0.775 93 26 15 18 97 72 59 14
33 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.752 72 21 9 20 79 76 50 45
34 Bristol City 0.739 91 25 16 17 91 74 58 19
35 Millwall 0.737 75 21 12 18 76 71 51 37
36 Hull City 0.730 72 19 15 15 75 69 49 44
37 Notts County 0.696 89 24 17 18 91 78 59 21
38 Mansfield Town 0.658 96 27 15 15 89 63 57 10
39 Birmingham City 0.644 36 10 6 31 37 82 47 111
40 Port Vale 0.632 93 24 21 13 81 50 58 13
41 Walsall 0.622 90 26 12 18 104 77 56 20
42 Sheffield United 0.600 71 20 11 17 76 71 48 47
43 Barnsley 0.597 58 14 16 15 48 53 45 80
44 Blackburn Rovers 0.584 56 14 14 19 60 74 47 88
45 Crystal Palace 0.582 70 20 10 17 61 58 47 51
46 Oldham Athletic 0.566 60 17 9 19 65 71 45 75
47 Stoke City 0.565 63 16 15 15 50 54 46 72
48 West Bromwich Albion 0.517 34 6 16 28 49 103 50 113
49 Bristol Rovers 0.507 69 19 12 25 66 91 56 58
50 Sunderland 0.503 57 15 12 20 53 69 47 83
51 Chester City 0.487 88 24 16 13 89 65 53 24
52 Brentford 0.480 73 19 16 18 65 70 53 41
53 Darlington 0.473 69 18 15 22 73 93 55 57
54 Hereford United 0.464 82 23 13 22 91 87 58 28
55 Peterborough United 0.458 74 18 20 19 65 76 57 39
56 Carlisle United 0.455 50 14 8 24 54 79 46 98
57 Hartlepool United 0.451 79 23 10 19 75 77 52 32
58 Bradford City 0.448 59 17 8 23 63 80 48 79
59 Leeds United 0.446 57 16 9 21 59 76 46 84
60 Doncaster Rovers 0.442 70 18 16 18 51 63 52 54
61 Huddersfield Town 0.441 56 15 11 20 55 73 46 90
62 Grimsby Town 0.431 56 15 11 20 65 71 46 86
63 Rotherham United 0.430 70 19 13 23 80 77 55 50
64 Enfield 0.426 91 27 10 6 94 49 43 16
65 Bury 0.422 67 17 16 27 84 87 60 63
66 Altrincham 0.409 86 25 11 10 76 53 46 26
67 Frickley Athletic 0.403 92 27 11 8 84 55 46 15
68 Blackpool 0.397 67 18 13 21 73 67 52 60
69 Shrewsbury Town 0.381 54 15 9 22 57 72 46 92
70 Bolton Wanderers 0.378 73 21 10 27 71 87 58 42
71 Colchester United 0.371 73 20 13 18 96 75 51 40
72 Newport County 0.366 65 15 20 19 60 73 54 70
73 Burnley 0.345 69 19 12 21 72 79 52 55
74 Exeter City 0.343 64 16 16 23 57 78 55 71
75 Scunthorpe United 0.337 71 18 17 19 65 67 54 48
76 Crewe Alexandra 0.337 70 20 10 23 69 80 53 53
77 Bournemouth 0.332 70 20 10 26 84 85 56 52
78 Wrexham 0.327 69 19 12 24 81 93 55 56
79 Middlesbrough 0.324 46 12 10 23 49 62 45 104
80 Chesterfield 0.315 55 13 16 23 69 77 52 91
81 Northampton Town 0.297 74 21 11 22 89 70 54 38
82 Fulham 0.288 41 11 8 28 51 76 47 110
83 Southend United 0.287 65 18 11 22 72 78 51 68
84 Lincoln City 0.280 47 10 17 24 59 86 51 101
85 Stockport County 0.272 66 17 15 19 68 83 51 66
86 Rochdale 0.271 68 18 14 22 66 94 54 59
87 Tranmere Rovers 0.269 66 18 12 25 85 84 55 64
88 Runcorn Halton 0.237 77 20 17 10 78 53 47 36
89 Weymouth 0.235 72 19 15 9 75 61 43 43
90 Preston North End 0.233 53 14 11 28 66 103 53 94
91 Swansea City 0.231 57 15 12 29 56 99 56 85
92 Halifax Town 0.231 56 14 14 23 65 82 51 89
93 Cambridge United 0.231 61 17 10 25 72 88 52 73
94 Kidderminster Harriers 0.225 79 24 7 11 99 62 42 30
95 Stafford Rangers 0.216 70 19 13 10 61 54 42 49
96 Cardiff City 0.215 48 13 9 29 57 92 51 100
97 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.206 46 11 13 27 60 108 51 105
98 Kettering Town 0.196 60 15 15 12 55 53 42 74
99 Telford United 0.193 67 19 10 15 70 72 44 62
100 Aldershot 0.186 59 17 8 26 69 83 51 77
101 Torquay United 0.151 47 11 14 30 55 99 55 102
102 Cheltenham Town 0.141 59 16 11 15 69 69 42 76
103 Wycombe Wanderers 0.138 49 12 13 20 59 86 45 99
104 Wealdstone 0.117 57 16 9 18 57 57 43 81
105 Boston United 0.110 57 16 9 20 70 83 45 82
106 Maidstone United 0.109 46 10 16 18 60 69 44 103
107 Bath City 0.095 53 14 11 19 57 55 44 93
108 Scarborough 0.095 50 13 11 19 55 72 43 96
109 Barnet 0.094 50 13 11 18 56 60 42 95
110 Northwich Victoria 0.088 42 10 12 20 42 54 42 109
111 Dagenham 0.083 45 11 12 21 51 71 44 106
112 Nuneaton Borough 0.078 44 13 5 25 60 76 43 107
113 Dartford 0.063 34 8 10 26 51 84 44 112
114 Barrow 0.041 29 7 8 27 41 86 42 114
115 Bognor Regis Town 0.039 3 1 0 1 3 6 2 118
116 Chelmsford City 0.021 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 117
117 Slough Town 0.013 5 1 2 1 11 9 4 115
118 Rugby Town 0.007 1 0 1 1 3 6 2 123
119 Morecambe 0.007 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 121
120 Halesowen Town 0.004 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 120
121 Bishop's Stortford 0.004 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 119
122 Aylesbury United 0.002 1 0 1 1 4 7 2 122
123 Windsor and Eton 0.001 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 124
124 Whitby Town 0 3 1 0 1 2 3 2 116
124 Macclesfield Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 125
124 South Liverpool 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 126
124 Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 127
124 Chorley 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 128
124 Leyton 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 129
124 Fareham Town 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 130
124 Farnborough 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 131

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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.