FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1882-83
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1882-83 | Previous |
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| 1 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 51 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 138 | 43 | 95 | 12 | 1871-72 | 1882-83 | Rd 4 |  |
| 2 | 1 | Old Etonians | NL | 44 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 120 | 43 | 77 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1882-83 | Final | |
| 3 | -1 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 4 | 1 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 126 | 38 | 88 | 12 | 1871-72 | 1882-83 | Rd 5 | |
| 5 | -1 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | |
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| 6 | 2 | Swifts | NL | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 1873-74 | 1882-83 | Rd 4 | |
| 7 | -1 | Upton Park | NL | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 1871-72 | 1882-83 | Rd 2 | |
| 8 | -1 | Maidenhead | NL | 27 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 11 | 1871-72 | 1882-83 | Rd 1 | |
| 9 | 3 | Old Carthusians | NL | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 19 | 48 | 4 | 1879-80 | 1882-83 | SF | |
| 10 | -1 | Darwen | NL | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 1877-78 | 1882-83 | Rd 3 | |
| 11 | -1 | Cambridge University | NL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1879-80 | ||
| 12 | -1 | Marlow | NL | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 12 | 1871-72 | 1882-83 | Rd 4 | |
| 13 | 7 | Aston Villa | NL | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1879-80 | 1882-83 | Rd 5 | |
| 14 | 5 | The Wednesday | NL | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 1880-81 | 1882-83 | Rd 4 | |
| 15 | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 1879-80 | 1882-83 | Rd 2 | |
| 16 | -3 | Sheffield | NL | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 1873-74 | 1882-83 | Rd 1 | |
| 17 | -3 | Old Harrovians | NL | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 1876-77 | 1881-82 | ||
| 18 | -3 | Pilgrims | NL | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 45 | -17 | 10 | 1873-74 | 1882-83 | Rd 1 | |
| 19 | -1 | Nottingham Forest | NL | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1878-79 | 1882-83 | Rd 3 | |
| 20 | -3 | Barnes | NL | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 11 | 1871-72 | 1882-83 | Rd 1 | |
| 21 | 7 | Hendon (1874) | NL | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 1877-78 | 1882-83 | Rd 5 | |
| 22 | 62 | Blackburn Olympic | NL | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1880-81 | 1882-83 | Winner | |
| 23 | 15 | Notts County | NL | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 1877-78 | 1882-83 | SF | |
| 24 | -1 | Stafford Road Railway Works | NL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1879-80 | 1882-83 | Rd 2 | |
| 25 | -4 | Turton | NL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1879-80 | 1881-82 |
