FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1920-21
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1920-21 | Previous |
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| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 141 | 89 | 21 | 31 | 376 | 180 | 196 | 38 | 1879-80 | 1920-21 | Rd 4 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 129 | 77 | 19 | 33 | 334 | 145 | 189 | 38 | 1879-80 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | 114 | 65 | 18 | 31 | 221 | 123 | 98 | 33 | 1883-84 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | The Wednesday | D 2 | 120 | 64 | 22 | 34 | 238 | 140 | 98 | 36 | 1880-81 | 1920-21 | Rd 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | D 2 | 121 | 58 | 25 | 38 | 242 | 166 | 76 | 39 | 1878-79 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 2 | 111 | 58 | 21 | 32 | 223 | 138 | 85 | 34 | 1883-84 | 1920-21 | Final | |
| 7 | -1 | Everton | D 1 | 103 | 57 | 19 | 27 | 206 | 110 | 96 | 29 | 1886-87 | 1920-21 | Rd 4 | |
| 8 | 0 | Notts County | D 2 | 108 | 50 | 19 | 39 | 269 | 159 | 110 | 40 | 1877-78 | 1920-21 | Rd 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | Derby County | D 1 | 96 | 48 | 15 | 33 | 191 | 148 | 43 | 33 | 1884-85 | 1920-21 | Rd 2 | |
| 10 | 2 | Preston North End | D 1 | 92 | 47 | 15 | 30 | 237 | 107 | 130 | 33 | 1883-84 | 1920-21 | SF | |
| 11 | 0 | Newcastle United | D 1 | 90 | 46 | 20 | 24 | 154 | 97 | 57 | 25 | 1892-93 | 1920-21 | Rd 3 | |
| 12 | -2 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | 97 | 44 | 20 | 33 | 194 | 152 | 42 | 34 | 1881-82 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 13 | 0 | Sunderland | D 1 | 87 | 40 | 16 | 31 | 162 | 114 | 48 | 32 | 1884-85 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 14 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 15 | 0 | Liverpool | D 1 | 77 | 38 | 15 | 24 | 122 | 91 | 31 | 24 | 1893-94 | 1920-21 | Rd 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 81 | 36 | 20 | 25 | 125 | 111 | 14 | 28 | 1889-90 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 17 | 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | D 1 | 70 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 123 | 91 | 32 | 20 | 1895-96 | 1920-21 | Winner | |
| 18 | -1 | Royal Engineers | NL | 56 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 1871-72 | 1887-88 | |
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| 19 | 2 | Southampton | D 3S | 71 | 30 | 18 | 23 | 106 | 101 | 5 | 23 | 1894-95 | 1920-21 | Rd 3 | |
| 20 | 3 | Burnley | D 1 | 68 | 30 | 11 | 27 | 133 | 103 | 30 | 29 | 1885-86 | 1920-21 | Rd 3 | |
| 21 | -3 | Bury | D 2 | 61 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 112 | 82 | 30 | 23 | 1887-88 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 22 | -3 | Swifts | NL | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 47 | 16 | 1873-74 | 1889-90 | ||
| 23 | -3 | Old Carthusians | NL | 39 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 135 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 1879-80 | 1889-90 | |
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| 24 | -2 | Stoke | D 2 | 74 | 28 | 16 | 30 | 124 | 121 | 3 | 30 | 1883-84 | 1920-21 | Rd 1 | |
| 25 | -1 | Darwen | NL | 53 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 145 | 85 | 60 | 17 | 1877-78 | 1895-96 |
