FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1885-86
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1885-86 | Previous |
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| Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | 51 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 139 | 60 | 79 | 10 | 1873-74 | 1885-86 | Rd 2 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 54 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 143 | 63 | 80 | 15 | 1871-72 | 1885-86 | Rd 1 | |
| 3 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | 36 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 140 | 33 | 107 | 7 | 1879-80 | 1885-86 | Winner | |
| 4 | -1 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 5 | -1 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 43 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 149 | 49 | 100 | 15 | 1871-72 | 1885-86 | Rd 3 | |
| 6 | 0 | Swifts | NL | 44 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 90 | 60 | 30 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1885-86 | SF | |
| 7 | 1 | Old Carthusians | NL | 28 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 106 | 36 | 70 | 7 | 1879-80 | 1885-86 | Rd 5 | |
| 8 | -1 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | |
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| 9 | 2 | Notts County | NL | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 105 | 51 | 54 | 9 | 1877-78 | 1885-86 | Rd 5 | |
| 10 | -1 | Upton Park | NL | 37 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 83 | 64 | 19 | 15 | 1871-72 | 1885-86 | Rd 2 | |
| 11 | -1 | Darwen | NL | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 97 | 52 | 45 | 9 | 1877-78 | 1885-86 | Rd 2 | |
| 12 | 0 | Aston Villa | NL | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 1879-80 | 1885-86 | Rd 2 | |
| 13 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | NL | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 1878-79 | 1885-86 | Rd 3 | |
| 14 | 1 | Marlow | NL | 31 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 62 | 41 | 21 | 15 | 1871-72 | 1885-86 | Rd 3 | |
| 15 | -2 | Maidenhead | NL | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 54 | -13 | 14 | 1871-72 | 1885-86 | Rd 1 | |
| 16 | 1 | Queen's Park | NL | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 14 | 55 | 4 | 1871-72 | 1885-86 | Rd 2 | |
| 17 | -1 | Blackburn Olympic | NL | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 78 | 29 | 49 | 6 | 1880-81 | 1885-86 | Rd 1 | |
| 18 | 0 | Sheffield | NL | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 55 | -3 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1885-86 | Rd 2 | |
| 19 | 0 | Cambridge University | NL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1879-80 | ||
| 20 | 0 | The Wednesday | NL | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 1880-81 | 1885-86 | Rd 1 | |
| 21 | 25 | West Bromwich Albion | NL | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1883-84 | 1885-86 | Final | |
| 22 | 0 | Ruabon Druids | NL | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1876-77 | 1885-86 | Rd 2 | |
| 23 | -2 | Hendon (1874) | NL | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 1877-78 | 1885-86 | Rd 1 | |
| 24 | -1 | Old Harrovians | NL | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 1876-77 | 1885-86 | Rd 3 | |
| 25 | 8 | Old Westminsters | NL | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 1882-83 | 1885-86 | Rd 6 |
