FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1886-87
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1886-87 | Previous |
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| 1 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | 54 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 147 | 64 | 83 | 11 | 1873-74 | 1886-87 | Rd 3 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 55 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 143 | 64 | 79 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | Rd 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | 39 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 145 | 40 | 105 | 8 | 1879-80 | 1886-87 | Rd 2 | |
| 4 | 2 | Swifts | NL | 47 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 110 | 63 | 47 | 13 | 1873-74 | 1886-87 | Rd 4 | |
| 5 | -1 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 6 | -1 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 44 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 149 | 55 | 94 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | Rd 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | Old Carthusians | NL | 32 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 115 | 41 | 74 | 8 | 1879-80 | 1886-87 | Rd 6 | |
| 8 | 4 | Aston Villa | NL | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 115 | 55 | 60 | 8 | 1879-80 | 1886-87 | Winner | |
| 9 | 0 | Notts County | NL | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 135 | 60 | 75 | 10 | 1877-78 | 1886-87 | Rd 6 | |
| 10 | -2 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | |
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| 11 | 0 | Darwen | NL | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 112 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 1877-78 | 1886-87 | Rd 6 | |
| 12 | -2 | Upton Park | NL | 39 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 92 | 68 | 24 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | Rd 2 | |
| 13 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | NL | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 74 | 38 | 36 | 9 | 1878-79 | 1886-87 | Rd 3 | |
| 14 | 0 | Marlow | NL | 35 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 72 | 46 | 26 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | Rd 5 | |
| 15 | 6 | West Bromwich Albion | NL | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 1883-84 | 1886-87 | Final | |
| 16 | -1 | Maidenhead | NL | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 57 | -12 | 15 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | Rd 2 | |
| 17 | 8 | Old Westminsters | NL | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 1882-83 | 1886-87 | Rd 6 | |
| 18 | -2 | Queen's Park | NL | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 69 | 17 | 52 | 5 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | Rd 1 | |
| 19 | -2 | Blackburn Olympic | NL | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 79 | 32 | 47 | 7 | 1880-81 | 1886-87 | Rd 1 | |
| 20 | -2 | Sheffield | NL | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 58 | -6 | 13 | 1873-74 | 1886-87 | Rd 1 | |
| 21 | -2 | Cambridge University | NL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1879-80 | ||
| 22 | -2 | The Wednesday | NL | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 1880-81 | 1885-86 | ||
| 23 | 3 | Staveley | NL | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 1881-82 | 1886-87 | Rd 3 | |
| 24 | 7 | Old Foresters | NL | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 1877-78 | 1886-87 | Rd 5 | |
| 25 | -3 | Ruabon Druids | NL | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1876-77 | 1886-87 | Rd 1 |
