FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1909-10
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1909-10 | Previous |
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| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 112 | 67 | 19 | 26 | 318 | 165 | 153 | 31 | 1879-80 | 1909-10 | Rd 3 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 104 | 64 | 14 | 26 | 286 | 117 | 169 | 31 | 1879-80 | 1909-10 | Rd 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | D 1 | 111 | 57 | 23 | 31 | 232 | 144 | 88 | 32 | 1878-79 | 1909-10 | Rd 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | D 2 | 95 | 57 | 14 | 24 | 199 | 105 | 94 | 26 | 1883-84 | 1909-10 | Rd 3 | |
| 5 | -2 | The Wednesday | D 1 | 100 | 56 | 17 | 27 | 209 | 122 | 87 | 29 | 1880-81 | 1909-10 | Rd 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | Notts County | D 1 | 96 | 46 | 18 | 32 | 252 | 140 | 112 | 33 | 1877-78 | 1909-10 | Rd 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 2 | 86 | 45 | 16 | 25 | 184 | 115 | 69 | 27 | 1883-84 | 1909-10 | Rd 2 | |
| 8 | 2 | Everton | D 1 | 78 | 42 | 16 | 20 | 160 | 89 | 71 | 22 | 1886-87 | 1909-10 | SF | |
| 9 | -1 | Derby County | D 2 | 81 | 42 | 13 | 26 | 169 | 127 | 42 | 26 | 1884-85 | 1909-10 | Rd 2 | |
| 10 | -1 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 11 | 0 | Preston North End | D 1 | 74 | 38 | 13 | 23 | 214 | 84 | 130 | 26 | 1883-84 | 1909-10 | Rd 1 | |
| 12 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | 80 | 36 | 18 | 26 | 169 | 129 | 40 | 27 | 1881-82 | 1909-10 | Rd 1 | |
| 13 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 56 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 1871-72 | 1887-88 | |
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| 14 | 6 | Newcastle United | D 1 | 59 | 32 | 10 | 17 | 111 | 65 | 46 | 18 | 1892-93 | 1909-10 | Winner | |
| 15 | -1 | Swifts | NL | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 47 | 16 | 1873-74 | 1889-90 | ||
| 16 | -1 | Old Carthusians | NL | 39 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 135 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 1879-80 | 1889-90 | |
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| 17 | -1 | Stoke | NL | 68 | 28 | 15 | 25 | 119 | 105 | 14 | 25 | 1883-84 | 1909-10 | Rd 1 | |
| 18 | 1 | Sunderland | D 1 | 62 | 28 | 10 | 24 | 112 | 91 | 21 | 25 | 1884-85 | 1909-10 | Rd 3 | |
| 19 | -2 | Darwen | NL | 53 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 145 | 85 | 60 | 17 | 1877-78 | 1895-96 | ||
| 20 | -2 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 21 | 2 | Southampton | NL | 56 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 87 | 76 | 11 | 16 | 1894-95 | 1909-10 | Rd 2 | |
| 22 | -1 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 44 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 149 | 55 | 94 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | |
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| 23 | -1 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 60 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 95 | 99 | -4 | 21 | 1889-90 | 1909-10 | Rd 1 | |
| 24 | 1 | Bury | D 1 | 45 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 98 | 49 | 49 | 16 | 1887-88 | 1909-10 | Rd 2 | |
| 25 | -1 | Liverpool | D 1 | 51 | 24 | 10 | 17 | 81 | 69 | 12 | 17 | 1893-94 | 1909-10 | Rd 1 | |
| 47 | 36 | Barnsley | D 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 1894-95 | 1909-10 | Final |
