FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1881-82
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1881-82 | Previous |
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| Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 48 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 125 | 36 | 89 | 11 | 1871-72 | 1881-82 | Rd 4 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 3 | 2 | Old Etonians | NL | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 98 | 35 | 63 | 6 | 1873-74 | 1881-82 | Winner | |
| 4 | -1 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | Rd 1 | |
| 5 | -1 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 110 | 32 | 78 | 11 | 1871-72 | 1881-82 | Rd 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Upton Park | NL | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 1871-72 | 1881-82 | Rd 5 | |
| 7 | -1 | Maidenhead | NL | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 10 | 1871-72 | 1881-82 | Rd 4 | |
| 8 | 0 | Swifts | NL | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 1873-74 | 1881-82 | Rd 3 | |
| 9 | 1 | Darwen | NL | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 66 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 1877-78 | 1881-82 | Rd 4 | |
| 10 | -1 | Cambridge University | NL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1879-80 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Marlow | NL | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 1871-72 | 1881-82 | SF | |
| 12 | 3 | Old Carthusians | NL | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 1879-80 | 1881-82 | Rd 3 | |
| 13 | -2 | Sheffield | NL | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 1873-74 | 1881-82 | Rd 2 | |
| 14 | -2 | Old Harrovians | NL | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 1876-77 | 1881-82 | Rd 2 | |
| 15 | -2 | Pilgrims | NL | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 39 | -11 | 9 | 1873-74 | 1881-82 | Rd 2 | |
| 16 | 13 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 1879-80 | 1881-82 | Final | |
| 17 | -1 | Barnes | NL | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 10 | 1871-72 | 1881-82 | Rd 2 | |
| 18 | -4 | Nottingham Forest | NL | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1878-79 | 1881-82 | Rd 1 | |
| 19 | 19 | The Wednesday | NL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1880-81 | 1881-82 | SF | |
| 20 | 0 | Aston Villa | NL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1879-80 | 1881-82 | Rd 4 | |
| 21 | 7 | Turton | NL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1879-80 | 1881-82 | Rd 3 | |
| 22 | -4 | Grey Friars | NL | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1878-79 | 1880-81 | ||
| 23 | -4 | Stafford Road Railway Works | NL | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1879-80 | 1881-82 | Rd 1 | |
| 24 | 22 | Hotspur FC | NL | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 3 | 1879-80 | 1881-82 | Rd 4 | |
| 25 | 15 | Reading Minster | NL | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1880-81 | 1881-82 | Rd 2 |
