FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1925-26
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1925-26 | Previous |
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| Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 162 | 101 | 25 | 36 | 425 | 201 | 224 | 43 | 1879-80 | 1925-26 | Rd 5 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 149 | 85 | 26 | 38 | 355 | 165 | 190 | 43 | 1879-80 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | 134 | 76 | 22 | 36 | 254 | 140 | 114 | 38 | 1883-84 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | The Wednesday | D 2 | 130 | 68 | 23 | 39 | 253 | 152 | 101 | 41 | 1880-81 | 1925-26 | Rd 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | D 2 | 138 | 64 | 31 | 43 | 257 | 180 | 77 | 44 | 1878-79 | 1925-26 | Rd 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 2 | 123 | 61 | 25 | 37 | 231 | 151 | 80 | 39 | 1883-84 | 1925-26 | Rd 3 | |
| 7 | 0 | Everton | D 1 | 114 | 60 | 22 | 32 | 217 | 129 | 88 | 34 | 1886-87 | 1925-26 | Rd 3 | |
| 8 | 0 | Notts County | D 1 | 131 | 59 | 28 | 44 | 298 | 177 | 121 | 45 | 1877-78 | 1925-26 | Rd 5 | |
| 9 | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | 121 | 59 | 26 | 36 | 237 | 171 | 66 | 39 | 1881-82 | 1925-26 | Winner | |
| 10 | -1 | Newcastle United | D 1 | 109 | 56 | 25 | 28 | 195 | 121 | 74 | 30 | 1892-93 | 1925-26 | Rd 5 | |
| 11 | 1 | Derby County | D 2 | 112 | 54 | 20 | 38 | 216 | 177 | 39 | 38 | 1884-85 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 12 | -2 | Preston North End | D 2 | 107 | 54 | 18 | 35 | 262 | 127 | 135 | 38 | 1883-84 | 1925-26 | Rd 3 | |
| 13 | 0 | Liverpool | D 1 | 96 | 48 | 19 | 29 | 151 | 104 | 47 | 29 | 1893-94 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 14 | 0 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 100 | 47 | 24 | 29 | 151 | 121 | 30 | 33 | 1889-90 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 15 | 1 | Sunderland | D 1 | 99 | 44 | 19 | 36 | 186 | 134 | 52 | 37 | 1884-85 | 1925-26 | Rd 5 | |
| 16 | -1 | Tottenham Hotspur | D 1 | 90 | 43 | 24 | 23 | 163 | 111 | 52 | 25 | 1895-96 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 17 | 0 | Southampton | D 2 | 95 | 40 | 27 | 28 | 130 | 117 | 13 | 28 | 1894-95 | 1925-26 | Rd 3 | |
| 18 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 19 | 0 | Burnley | D 1 | 81 | 34 | 15 | 32 | 150 | 124 | 26 | 34 | 1885-86 | 1925-26 | Rd 3 | |
| 20 | 4 | Manchester United | D 1 | 77 | 33 | 17 | 27 | 127 | 128 | -1 | 29 | 1886-87 | 1925-26 | SF | |
| 21 | 5 | Manchester City | D 1 | 73 | 33 | 15 | 25 | 125 | 89 | 36 | 26 | 1896-97 | 1925-26 | Final | |
| 22 | -1 | Bury | D 1 | 71 | 33 | 12 | 26 | 124 | 98 | 26 | 28 | 1887-88 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 23 | -3 | Royal Engineers | NL | 56 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 1871-72 | 1887-88 | |
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| 24 | -2 | Stoke City | D 2 | 85 | 32 | 18 | 35 | 145 | 144 | 1 | 35 | 1883-84 | 1925-26 | Rd 4 | |
| 25 | -2 | Swifts | NL | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 47 | 16 | 1873-74 | 1889-90 |
