FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1883-84
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1883-84 | Previous |
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| 1 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 52 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 141 | 48 | 93 | 13 | 1871-72 | 1883-84 | Rd 1 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | 45 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 122 | 46 | 76 | 8 | 1873-74 | 1883-84 | Rd 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 4 | 0 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 40 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 134 | 40 | 94 | 13 | 1871-72 | 1883-84 | Rd 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | |
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| 6 | 0 | Swifts | NL | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 10 | 1873-74 | 1883-84 | Rd 5 | |
| 7 | 0 | Upton Park | NL | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 72 | 50 | 22 | 13 | 1871-72 | 1883-84 | Rd 5 | |
| 8 | 7 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 25 | 56 | 5 | 1879-80 | 1883-84 | Winner | |
| 9 | 0 | Old Carthusians | NL | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 79 | 27 | 52 | 5 | 1879-80 | 1883-84 | Rd 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | Darwen | NL | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 77 | 44 | 33 | 7 | 1877-78 | 1883-84 | Rd 2 | |
| 11 | -3 | Maidenhead | NL | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 48 | -7 | 12 | 1871-72 | 1883-84 | Rd 1 | |
| 12 | 1 | Aston Villa | NL | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 1879-80 | 1883-84 | Rd 4 | |
| 13 | 10 | Notts County | NL | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 1877-78 | 1883-84 | SF | |
| 14 | -2 | Marlow | NL | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 1871-72 | 1883-84 | Rd 2 | |
| 15 | 7 | Blackburn Olympic | NL | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 1880-81 | 1883-84 | SF | |
| 16 | -5 | Cambridge University | NL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1879-80 | ||
| 17 | -3 | The Wednesday | NL | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 1880-81 | 1883-84 | Rd 2 | |
| 18 | -2 | Sheffield | NL | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 10 | 1873-74 | 1883-84 | Rd 1 | |
| 19 | -2 | Old Harrovians | NL | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 1876-77 | 1881-82 | ||
| 20 | -2 | Pilgrims | NL | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 48 | -18 | 11 | 1873-74 | 1883-84 | Rd 1 | |
| 21 | 0 | Hendon (1874) | NL | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 1877-78 | 1883-84 | Rd 2 | |
| 22 | -3 | Nottingham Forest | NL | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 1878-79 | 1883-84 | Rd 2 | |
| 23 | -3 | Barnes | NL | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 11 | 1871-72 | 1882-83 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Bolton Wanderers | NL | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 1881-82 | 1883-84 | Rd 4 | |
| 25 | -1 | Stafford Road Railway Works | NL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1879-80 | 1883-84 | Rd 2 | |
| 27 | 70 | Queen's Park | NL | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 1871-72 | 1883-84 | Final |
