FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1921-22
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1921-22 | Previous |
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| Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 147 | 92 | 23 | 32 | 392 | 187 | 205 | 39 | 1879-80 | 1921-22 | Rd 4 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 134 | 79 | 21 | 34 | 339 | 152 | 187 | 39 | 1879-80 | 1921-22 | Rd 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | 118 | 67 | 19 | 32 | 227 | 128 | 99 | 34 | 1883-84 | 1921-22 | Rd 3 | |
| 4 | 0 | The Wednesday | D 2 | 121 | 64 | 22 | 35 | 238 | 141 | 97 | 37 | 1880-81 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | D 2 | 125 | 60 | 26 | 39 | 249 | 171 | 78 | 40 | 1878-79 | 1921-22 | Rd 3 | |
| 6 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 2 | 112 | 58 | 21 | 33 | 223 | 141 | 82 | 35 | 1883-84 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | Everton | D 1 | 104 | 57 | 19 | 28 | 206 | 116 | 90 | 30 | 1886-87 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 8 | 0 | Notts County | D 2 | 118 | 54 | 24 | 40 | 285 | 170 | 115 | 41 | 1877-78 | 1921-22 | SF | |
| 9 | 1 | Preston North End | D 1 | 100 | 52 | 17 | 31 | 252 | 113 | 139 | 34 | 1883-84 | 1921-22 | Final | |
| 10 | -1 | Derby County | D 2 | 97 | 48 | 15 | 34 | 192 | 154 | 38 | 34 | 1884-85 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 11 | 0 | Newcastle United | D 1 | 92 | 47 | 20 | 25 | 161 | 100 | 61 | 26 | 1892-93 | 1921-22 | Rd 2 | |
| 12 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | 99 | 45 | 20 | 34 | 196 | 155 | 41 | 35 | 1881-82 | 1921-22 | Rd 2 | |
| 13 | 0 | Sunderland | D 1 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 32 | 163 | 120 | 43 | 33 | 1884-85 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 14 | 1 | Liverpool | D 1 | 80 | 39 | 16 | 25 | 128 | 93 | 35 | 25 | 1893-94 | 1921-22 | Rd 2 | |
| 15 | -1 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 16 | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | D 1 | 76 | 37 | 20 | 19 | 132 | 96 | 36 | 21 | 1895-96 | 1921-22 | SF | |
| 17 | -1 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 82 | 36 | 20 | 26 | 125 | 112 | 13 | 29 | 1889-90 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 18 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 56 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 1871-72 | 1887-88 | |
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| 19 | 0 | Southampton | D 3S | 74 | 31 | 19 | 24 | 110 | 105 | 5 | 24 | 1894-95 | 1921-22 | Rd 2 | |
| 20 | 4 | Stoke | D 2 | 79 | 30 | 18 | 31 | 133 | 129 | 4 | 31 | 1883-84 | 1921-22 | Rd 3 | |
| 21 | -1 | Burnley | D 1 | 70 | 30 | 12 | 28 | 137 | 108 | 29 | 30 | 1885-86 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 22 | -1 | Bury | D 2 | 62 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 112 | 83 | 29 | 24 | 1887-88 | 1921-22 | Rd 1 | |
| 23 | -1 | Swifts | NL | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 47 | 16 | 1873-74 | 1889-90 | ||
| 24 | -1 | Old Carthusians | NL | 39 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 135 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 1879-80 | 1889-90 | |
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| 25 | 0 | Darwen | NL | 53 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 145 | 85 | 60 | 17 | 1877-78 | 1895-96 | ||
| 47 | 23 | Huddersfield Town | D 1 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 1911-12 | 1921-22 | Winner |
