FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1932-33
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1932-33 | Previous |
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| Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 184 | 112 | 29 | 43 | 473 | 229 | 244 | 50 | 1879-80 | 1932-33 | Rd 4 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 174 | 100 | 30 | 44 | 409 | 195 | 214 | 50 | 1879-80 | 1932-33 | Rd 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | 155 | 86 | 27 | 42 | 284 | 160 | 124 | 45 | 1883-84 | 1932-33 | Rd 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | D 1 | 154 | 79 | 29 | 46 | 306 | 187 | 119 | 48 | 1880-81 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | Everton | D 1 | 135 | 73 | 24 | 38 | 278 | 159 | 119 | 41 | 1886-87 | 1932-33 | Winner | |
| 6 | -1 | Nottingham Forest | D 2 | 156 | 71 | 35 | 50 | 285 | 210 | 75 | 51 | 1878-79 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 7 | -1 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | 144 | 71 | 31 | 42 | 278 | 201 | 77 | 46 | 1881-82 | 1932-33 | Rd 5 | |
| 8 | -1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 1 | 140 | 69 | 27 | 44 | 263 | 175 | 88 | 46 | 1883-84 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 9 | -1 | Newcastle United | D 1 | 132 | 68 | 30 | 34 | 248 | 149 | 99 | 37 | 1892-93 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 10 | 1 | Derby County | D 1 | 133 | 64 | 24 | 45 | 263 | 215 | 48 | 45 | 1884-85 | 1932-33 | SF | |
| 11 | -1 | Notts County | D 2 | 142 | 62 | 29 | 51 | 316 | 209 | 107 | 52 | 1877-78 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 12 | 0 | Preston North End | D 2 | 118 | 57 | 19 | 42 | 275 | 149 | 126 | 45 | 1883-84 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 13 | 0 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 120 | 56 | 28 | 36 | 188 | 150 | 38 | 40 | 1889-90 | 1932-33 | Rd 4 | |
| 14 | 1 | Sunderland | D 1 | 125 | 55 | 27 | 43 | 232 | 169 | 63 | 44 | 1884-85 | 1932-33 | Rd 6 | |
| 15 | -1 | Liverpool | D 1 | 112 | 55 | 21 | 36 | 173 | 127 | 46 | 36 | 1893-94 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 16 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | D 2 | 104 | 48 | 26 | 30 | 189 | 138 | 51 | 32 | 1895-96 | 1932-33 | Rd 4 | |
| 17 | 0 | Arsenal | D 1 | 102 | 47 | 19 | 36 | 152 | 132 | 20 | 37 | 1890-91 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 18 | 1 | Manchester City | D 1 | 96 | 46 | 18 | 32 | 184 | 123 | 61 | 33 | 1896-97 | 1932-33 | Final | |
| 19 | -1 | Southampton | D 2 | 109 | 44 | 30 | 35 | 147 | 136 | 11 | 35 | 1894-95 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 20 | 0 | Bury | D 2 | 91 | 41 | 17 | 33 | 159 | 130 | 29 | 35 | 1887-88 | 1932-33 | Rd 4 | |
| 21 | 2 | Burnley | D 2 | 96 | 41 | 16 | 39 | 174 | 146 | 28 | 41 | 1885-86 | 1932-33 | Rd 6 | |
| 22 | -1 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 23 | 1 | Stoke City | D 2 | 104 | 38 | 24 | 42 | 175 | 175 | 0 | 42 | 1883-84 | 1932-33 | Rd 4 | |
| 24 | -2 | Manchester United | D 2 | 94 | 38 | 22 | 34 | 153 | 154 | -1 | 36 | 1886-87 | 1932-33 | Rd 3 | |
| 25 | 2 | Birmingham | D 1 | 95 | 38 | 15 | 42 | 153 | 151 | 2 | 42 | 1881-82 | 1932-33 | Rd 6 |
