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Post-War Statistics English Leagues from 1946-47 to 2002-03

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Historical tables show details for all clubs ever to have played in the English football league since its inception in 1888. Club names have been changed to their current name where appropriate. Unless otherwise stated, points are given as defined in each season; i.e. 2 points for a win prior to 1981-82 and 3 points for a win thereafter.

Home League Table
HISTORICAL: AT | PW | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4

	Team	Sns	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pct
1	Liverpool	56	1155	749	253	153	2407	1016	2025	74.1%
2	Reading	56	1277	712	298	267	2314	1321	1957	64.5%
3	Manchester United	56	1155	707	270	178	2336	1053	1956	71.6%
4	AFC Bournemouth	56	1279	664	344	271	2092	1192	1905	62.6%
5	Millwall	56	1242	667	315	260	2138	1250	1899	64.2%
6	Southend United	56	1280	668	337	275	2218	1313	1895	62.2%
7	Bristol Rovers	56	1248	654	338	256	2240	1359	1885	63.2%
8	Bristol City	56	1238	645	329	264	2177	1265	1869	63.1%
9	Leeds United	56	1165	665	299	201	2091	1086	1864	67.5%
10	Swindon Town	56	1263	647	333	283	2152	1340	1857	61.7%
11	Tranmere Rovers	56	1279	653	315	311	2304	1470	1856	61.0%
12	Brentford	56	1272	647	330	295	2145	1365	1854	61.2%
13	Mansfield Town	56	1271	651	335	285	2268	1432	1853	61.3%
14	Port Vale	56	1274	633	361	280	2068	1252	1851	61.0%
15	Arsenal	56	1155	652	296	207	2185	1171	1849	67.7%
16	Plymouth Argyle	56	1247	631	336	280	2109	1363	1849	62.1%
17	Chesterfield	56	1269	648	326	295	2065	1304	1843	61.1%
18	Stockport County	56	1279	640	339	300	2127	1342	1841	60.5%
19	Wrexham	56	1267	643	338	286	2252	1417	1836	60.9%
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	56	1250	645	323	282	2186	1373	1832	61.6%
21	Ipswich Town	56	1203	662	268	273	2174	1314	1831	63.9%
22	Preston North End	56	1224	626	321	277	2159	1410	1816	62.0%
23	Burnley	56	1216	628	316	272	2069	1278	1812	62.2%
24	Bradford City	56	1266	631	316	319	2177	1475	1808	60.2%
25	Northampton Town	56	1264	640	312	312	2242	1431	1804	60.0%
26	Queens Park Rangers	56	1209	636	322	251	2133	1264	1804	63.0%
27	Sheffield United	56	1205	627	312	266	2156	1321	1804	62.7%
28	Grimsby Town	56	1254	634	327	293	2074	1329	1802	60.4%
29	Torquay United	56	1274	631	333	310	2125	1437	1802	59.5%
	Team	Sns	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pct
30	Rotherham United	56	1240	625	329	286	2173	1358	1796	60.7%
31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	56	1210	641	284	285	2312	1396	1795	62.0%
32	Gillingham	52	1187	615	316	256	1973	1199	1794	62.9%
33	Blackburn Rovers	56	1189	637	277	275	2113	1260	1793	63.5%
34	Walsall	56	1268	604	358	306	2149	1426	1792	59.5%
35	Barnsley	56	1249	620	328	301	2082	1391	1789	60.3%
36	Swansea City	56	1240	637	306	297	2168	1380	1788	60.4%
37	Bury	56	1246	611	336	299	2157	1403	1783	60.0%
38	Bolton Wanderers	56	1206	621	297	288	2028	1306	1781	61.8%
39	Newcastle United	56	1167	632	274	261	2209	1331	1781	64.3%
40	Oldham Athletic	56	1244	610	332	302	2197	1499	1777	60.1%
41	Notts County	56	1238	613	323	302	2104	1401	1770	60.0%
42	Watford	56	1251	612	330	309	2079	1370	1768	59.6%
43	Hull City	56	1237	605	341	291	2056	1282	1764	59.7%
44	Blackpool	56	1222	594	331	297	2070	1366	1762	60.2%
45	Exeter City	56	1277	602	347	328	2029	1461	1755	57.8%
46	York City	56	1271	601	334	336	2067	1386	1755	58.0%
47	Hartlepool United	56	1277	602	335	340	2032	1473	1754	57.7%
48	Carlisle United	56	1239	616	308	315	2091	1420	1751	59.4%
49	Stoke City	56	1205	608	302	295	2003	1291	1750	60.7%
50	Southampton	56	1169	629	292	248	2280	1367	1748	63.3%
51	Huddersfield Town	56	1225	605	309	311	1901	1241	1744	59.6%
52	Leyton Orient	56	1236	588	327	321	1983	1376	1741	58.9%
53	Sunderland	56	1186	597	341	248	1994	1214	1740	61.6%
54	Luton Town	56	1203	608	315	280	2132	1357	1736	60.6%
55	Norwich City	56	1203	592	351	260	1985	1308	1734	60.7%
56	Rochdale	56	1271	586	356	329	1954	1385	1731	57.3%
57	Middlesbrough	56	1179	612	300	267	2043	1221	1728	61.7%
58	Everton	56	1155	599	317	239	2032	1203	1725	63.1%
59	Manchester City	56	1181	612	285	284	2117	1352	1725	61.4%
	Team	Sns	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pct
60	Fulham	56	1210	584	322	304	2079	1385	1719	59.5%
61	Portsmouth	56	1219	583	324	312	2102	1419	1717	59.0%
62	Crewe Alexandra	56	1273	590	322	361	2018	1534	1713	56.6%
63	Birmingham City	56	1205	585	326	294	1999	1330	1712	59.4%
64	Cardiff City	56	1210	590	325	295	1967	1360	1712	59.1%
65	Tottenham Hotspur	56	1155	618	269	268	2277	1396	1711	62.6%
66	Nottingham Forest	56	1175	599	302	274	1975	1234	1710	61.3%
67	Scunthorpe United	52	1175	566	340	269	1963	1293	1710	60.5%
68	Aston Villa	56	1161	604	293	264	1959	1230	1706	62.1%
69	Lincoln City	55	1231	595	316	320	2176	1453	1705	58.5%
70	Sheffield Wednesday	56	1177	590	324	263	2066	1339	1700	61.0%
71	Derby County	56	1175	607	279	289	2141	1407	1696	60.8%
72	West Bromwich Albion	56	1205	581	317	307	2103	1409	1686	58.5%
73	Chester City	55	1252	588	328	336	1979	1399	1682	56.8%
74	West Ham United	56	1165	586	300	279	2146	1398	1682	60.9%
75	Colchester United	50	1143	582	300	261	1997	1286	1678	61.7%
76	Crystal Palace	56	1221	557	355	309	1892	1347	1672	57.7%
77	Shrewsbury Town	52	1175	568	328	279	1932	1285	1663	59.0%
78	Chelsea	56	1159	565	313	281	2033	1405	1660	60.5%
79	Darlington	55	1250	560	342	348	1972	1485	1656	56.0%
80	Coventry City	56	1183	580	312	291	1961	1308	1649	59.1%
81	Charlton Athletic	56	1191	566	311	314	2072	1507	1647	58.1%
82	Leicester City	56	1179	550	330	299	2049	1468	1631	58.2%
83	Doncaster Rovers	53	1184	539	320	325	1850	1372	1554	56.0%
84	Peterborough United	42	966	499	254	213	1700	1029	1479	61.2%
85	Halifax Town	51	1161	494	316	351	1718	1385	1433	53.3%
86	Aldershot	45	1026	494	284	248	1753	1129	1376	60.2%
87	Oxford United	40	895	418	252	225	1395	976	1304	57.5%
88	Newport County	42	958	466	239	253	1634	1161	1228	59.1%
89	Cambridge United	32	724	340	195	189	1145	823	1081	56.1%
	Team	Sns	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pct
90	Wigan Athletic	24	548	290	124	134	885	550	954	60.5%
91	Southport	33	748	343	218	187	1171	861	913	60.1%
92	Hereford United	26	586	263	168	155	851	606	858	55.2%
93	Wimbledon	25	526	241	156	129	849	603	832	55.9%
94	Workington	26	597	274	167	156	945	654	715	59.8%
95	Barrow	26	589	273	158	158	953	679	704	59.7%
96	Bradford Park Avenue	24	544	255	136	153	983	724	646	59.3%
97	Scarborough	13	289	123	83	83	427	351	452	52.1%
98	Barnet	11	245	117	64	64	399	268	415	56.4%
99	Accrington Stanley	15	337	171	72	94	627	437	414	61.4%
100	Gateshead	14	314	173	65	76	627	378	411	65.4%
101	Wycombe Wanderers	9	205	96	56	53	294	199	344	55.9%
102	Macclesfield Town	5	115	52	27	36	146	117	183	53.0%
103	Cheltenham Town	3	69	36	20	13	105	64	128	61.8%
104	New Brighton	5	107	43	24	40	131	134	110	51.4%
105	Maidstone United	3	67	29	18	20	115	77	105	52.2%
106	Kidderminster Harriers	2	46	23	12	11	64	44	81	58.6%
107	Rushden & Diamonds	1	23	14	5	4	40	20	47	68.1%
108	Dagenham & Redbridge	1	21	13	6	2	35	20	45	71.4%
109	Boston United	1	21	12	5	4	53	24	41	65.0%
110	Morecambe	1	21	12	5	4	30	27	41	65.0%
111	Farnborough Town	1	21	11	3	7	38	23	36	57.1%
112	Stevenage Borough	1	21	10	4	7	36	30	34	53.9%
113	Northwich Victoria	1	21	9	4	8	32	34	31	49.2%
114	Margate	1	21	7	9	5	33	22	30	47.6%
115	Nuneaton Borough	1	21	9	3	9	33	27	30	47.6%
116	Telford United	1	21	8	6	7	34	31	30	47.6%
117	Forest Green Rovers	1	21	7	7	7	28	32	28	44.4%
118	Stalybridge	1	21	7	6	8	26	32	27	42.8%
119	Woking	1	21	7	5	9	28	29	26	41.2%
	Team	Sns	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pct
120	Yeovil Town	1	21	6	7	8	27	30	25	39.6%
121	Dover Athletic	1	21	6	5	10	20	25	23	36.5%
122	Leigh RMI	1	21	6	4	11	29	29	22	34.9%
123	Hayes	1	21	6	2	13	27	45	20	31.7%

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• Sns:

Seasons

• Pct:

Winning Percentage (total points / total possible points)