Cup Rankings for Season 1871-72
FA Cup Ranking as at 1871-72
| Pos |  | Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1871-72 | Previous |
|---|
| Winner |
| 1 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Final | |
| 2 | 0 | Wanderers | NL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Winner | |
| 3 | 0 | Crystal Palace (1861) | NL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | SF | |
| 4 | 0 | Barnes | NL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | Hampstead Heathens | NL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 3 | |
| 6 | 0 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | Maidenhead | NL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | Hitchin | NL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | Queen's Park | NL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | SF | |
| 10 | 0 | Civil Service | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 1 | |
| 11 | 0 | Marlow | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 1 | |
| 12 | 0 | Upton Park | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 1871-72 | 1871-72 | Rd 1 | |
