FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1914-15
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1914-15 | Previous |
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| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 130 | 80 | 20 | 30 | 361 | 176 | 185 | 36 | 1879-80 | 1914-15 | Rd 2 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 125 | 77 | 17 | 31 | 331 | 140 | 191 | 36 | 1879-80 | 1914-15 | Rd 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | 112 | 65 | 18 | 29 | 221 | 119 | 102 | 31 | 1883-84 | 1914-15 | Rd 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | The Wednesday | D 1 | 115 | 63 | 20 | 32 | 236 | 136 | 100 | 34 | 1880-81 | 1914-15 | Rd 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | D 2 | 118 | 58 | 24 | 36 | 241 | 160 | 81 | 37 | 1878-79 | 1914-15 | Rd 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Everton | D 1 | 97 | 54 | 18 | 25 | 200 | 106 | 94 | 27 | 1886-87 | 1914-15 | SF | |
| 7 | -1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 2 | 100 | 52 | 18 | 30 | 209 | 129 | 80 | 32 | 1883-84 | 1914-15 | Rd 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | Notts County | D 1 | 102 | 47 | 18 | 37 | 260 | 154 | 106 | 38 | 1877-78 | 1914-15 | Rd 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | Derby County | D 2 | 91 | 47 | 13 | 31 | 187 | 142 | 45 | 31 | 1884-85 | 1914-15 | Rd 1 | |
| 10 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | 95 | 44 | 20 | 31 | 194 | 149 | 45 | 32 | 1881-82 | 1914-15 | SF | |
| 11 | 1 | Newcastle United | D 1 | 84 | 43 | 19 | 22 | 148 | 92 | 56 | 23 | 1892-93 | 1914-15 | Rd 4 | |
| 12 | -2 | Preston North End | D 2 | 83 | 41 | 14 | 28 | 221 | 97 | 124 | 31 | 1883-84 | 1914-15 | Rd 1 | |
| 13 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 14 | 0 | Sunderland | D 1 | 82 | 38 | 15 | 29 | 153 | 109 | 44 | 30 | 1884-85 | 1914-15 | Rd 1 | |
| 15 | 3 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 78 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 121 | 108 | 13 | 26 | 1889-90 | 1914-15 | Winner | |
| 16 | -1 | Liverpool | D 1 | 69 | 34 | 13 | 22 | 111 | 85 | 26 | 22 | 1893-94 | 1914-15 | Rd 2 | |
| 17 | -1 | Royal Engineers | NL | 56 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 1871-72 | 1887-88 | |
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| 18 | -1 | Swifts | NL | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 47 | 16 | 1873-74 | 1889-90 | ||
| 19 | 2 | Bury | D 2 | 58 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 110 | 73 | 37 | 21 | 1887-88 | 1914-15 | Rd 2 | |
| 20 | -1 | Old Carthusians | NL | 39 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 135 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 1879-80 | 1889-90 | |
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| 21 | -1 | Stoke | NL | 72 | 28 | 16 | 28 | 122 | 116 | 6 | 28 | 1883-84 | 1913-14 | ||
| 22 | 2 | Southampton | NL | 65 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 98 | 95 | 3 | 21 | 1894-95 | 1914-15 | Rd 3 | |
| 23 | -1 | Darwen | NL | 53 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 145 | 85 | 60 | 17 | 1877-78 | 1895-96 | ||
| 24 | 3 | Burnley | D 1 | 61 | 27 | 9 | 25 | 116 | 92 | 24 | 27 | 1885-86 | 1914-15 | Rd 3 | |
| 25 | -2 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 44 | 17 | Chelsea | D 1 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 1906-07 | 1914-15 | Final |
