FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1902-03
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1902-03 | Previous |
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| Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 87 | 57 | 11 | 19 | 258 | 90 | 168 | 24 | 1879-80 | 1902-03 | Rd 2 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 91 | 54 | 17 | 20 | 262 | 140 | 122 | 24 | 1879-80 | 1902-03 | SF | |
| 3 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | 76 | 49 | 9 | 18 | 170 | 82 | 88 | 20 | 1883-84 | 1902-03 | Rd 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | D 1 | 91 | 48 | 19 | 24 | 201 | 116 | 85 | 25 | 1878-79 | 1902-03 | Rd 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | Notts County | D 1 | 82 | 42 | 15 | 25 | 229 | 120 | 109 | 26 | 1877-78 | 1902-03 | Rd 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | The Wednesday | D 1 | 69 | 39 | 9 | 21 | 152 | 94 | 58 | 22 | 1880-81 | 1902-03 | Rd 1 | |
| 7 | -1 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 8 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 1 | 65 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 145 | 84 | 61 | 20 | 1883-84 | 1902-03 | Rd 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | Preston North End | D 2 | 60 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 205 | 69 | 136 | 19 | 1883-84 | 1902-03 | Rd 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 56 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 1871-72 | 1887-88 | |
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| 11 | 3 | Derby County | D 1 | 57 | 31 | 7 | 19 | 125 | 96 | 29 | 19 | 1884-85 | 1902-03 | Final | |
| 12 | -1 | Swifts | NL | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 47 | 16 | 1873-74 | 1889-90 | ||
| 13 | -1 | Old Carthusians | NL | 39 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 135 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 1879-80 | 1889-90 | |
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| 14 | -1 | Darwen | NL | 53 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 145 | 85 | 60 | 17 | 1877-78 | 1895-96 | ||
| 15 | 0 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 16 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | 58 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 133 | 98 | 35 | 20 | 1881-82 | 1902-03 | Rd 1 | |
| 17 | 0 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 44 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 149 | 55 | 94 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | |
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| 18 | 1 | Stoke | D 1 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 18 | 97 | 79 | 18 | 18 | 1883-84 | 1902-03 | Rd 3 | |
| 19 | -1 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 49 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 79 | 80 | -1 | 14 | 1889-90 | 1902-03 | Rd 2 | |
| 20 | 0 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | |
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| 21 | 2 | Everton | D 1 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 85 | 56 | 29 | 15 | 1886-87 | 1902-03 | Rd 3 | |
| 22 | -1 | Sunderland | D 1 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 86 | 64 | 22 | 18 | 1884-85 | 1902-03 | Rd 1 | |
| 23 | -1 | Upton Park | NL | 39 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 92 | 68 | 24 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | ||
| 24 | 6 | Bury | D 1 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 1887-88 | 1902-03 | Winner | |
| 25 | -1 | Marlow | NL | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 79 | 53 | 26 | 18 | 1871-72 | 1892-93 |
