This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Swindon Town

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Swindon Town's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Swindon Town sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1990	Tuesday August 28th, 1990	3,900.44
1911	Saturday December 9th, 1911	3,897.86
1989	Saturday November 11th, 1989	3,896.92
1971	Saturday February 6th, 1971	3,893.20
1970	Saturday March 28th, 1970	3,892.63
1912	Saturday February 3rd, 1912	3,890.51
1913	Saturday November 1st, 1913	3,881.61
1993	Saturday March 13th, 1993	3,872.08
1991	Wednesday November 6th, 1991	3,869.66
1963	Saturday October 26th, 1963	3,865.92
1992	Saturday October 31st, 1992	3,860.79
1988	Saturday February 13th, 1988	3,857.95
1910	Saturday December 31st, 1910	3,857.39
1987	Tuesday October 20th, 1987	3,855.02
1969	Saturday October 18th, 1969	3,848.07

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Swindon Town sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1902	Saturday March 8th, 1902	3,364.89
1901	Saturday December 28th, 1901	3,422.32
1955	Saturday November 12th, 1955	3,426.70
2024	Saturday November 9th, 2024	3,431.83
1956	Wednesday September 5th, 1956	3,432.40
1985	Wednesday January 30th, 1985	3,443.00
1984	Sunday December 2nd, 1984	3,446.20
1957	Saturday March 23rd, 1957	3,451.59
1903	Saturday January 31st, 1903	3,452.17
1983	Saturday October 8th, 1983	3,466.16
2023	Tuesday December 26th, 2023	3,475.97
2018	Saturday November 17th, 2018	3,482.72
2019	Tuesday January 1st, 2019	3,484.16

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Swindon Town history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Swindon Town (3,521) vs. Sheffield Wednesday (4,024) Tuesday October 29th, 1985	8.47%	1-0	+18.3
Burnley (4,061) vs. Swindon Town (3,656) Saturday January 10th, 1948	4.86%	0-2	+28.5
Swindon Town (3,472) vs. Portsmouth (3,860) Saturday March 21st, 1903	19.14%	2-1	+16.2
Charlton Athletic (4,006) vs. Swindon Town (3,628) Saturday March 11th, 2000	7.13%	0-1	+18.6
Manchester United (3,967) vs. Swindon Town (3,592) Saturday January 11th, 1930	5.18%	0-2	+28.4
Swindon Town (3,702) vs. West Ham United (4,042) Tuesday January 31st, 1967	20.33%	3-1	+23.9
Sheffield United (3,969) vs. Swindon Town (3,631) Thursday January 16th, 1908	6.45%	2-3	+18.7
Swindon Town (3,473) vs. Sunderland (3,806) Tuesday October 8th, 1985	19.82%	3-1	+24.1
Swindon Town (3,480) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (3,805) Wednesday April 22nd, 1903	25.37%	2-0	+22.4
Swindon Town (3,602) vs. Grimsby Town (3,927) Wednesday January 12th, 1938	24.83%	2-1	+15.0
Swindon Town (3,510) vs. Carlisle United (3,831) Tuesday January 10th, 1984	21.15%	3-1	+23.7
Arsenal (4,102) vs. Swindon Town (3,782) Saturday March 15th, 1969	13.70%	1-3	+25.9
Swindon Town (3,391) vs. Millwall Athletic (3,710) Saturday September 6th, 1902	26.04%	3-2	+14.8
Stoke City (3,927) vs. Swindon Town (3,620) Monday February 4th, 1952	8.99%	0-1	+18.2
Swindon Town (3,593) vs. Southampton (3,897) Saturday January 13th, 1900	26.82%	2-1	+14.6
Swindon Town (3,500) vs. Reading (3,801) Saturday December 5th, 1903	27.86%	2-1	+14.4
Southampton (3,866) vs. Swindon Town (3,573) Saturday September 16th, 1899	8.04%	0-1	+18.4
Swindon Town (3,589) vs. Cardiff City (3,879) Wednesday January 16th, 1952	24.69%	1-0	+15.1
Stoke City (3,995) vs. Swindon Town (3,711) Tuesday August 28th, 2012	13.22%	3-4	+8.7
Swindon Town (3,779) vs. Arsenal (4,062) Tuesday December 11th, 1979	26.18%	4-3	+14.8

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Swindon Town history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Southall (3,158) vs. Swindon Town (3,606) Saturday November 30th, 1935	86.01%	3-1	-25.8
Kettering Town (3,176) vs. Swindon Town (3,618) Wednesday November 8th, 1961	87.53%	3-0	-30.6
Tooting and Mitcham United (3,241) vs. Swindon Town (3,627) Tuesday January 6th, 1976	83.55%	2-1	-16.7
Macclesfield Town (3,340) vs. Swindon Town (3,725) Saturday November 9th, 2013	87.87%	4-0	-16.5
Swindon Town (3,579) vs. Darlington (3,201) Saturday November 7th, 2020	91.71%	1-2	-9.2
Hastings and St. Leonards (3,176) vs. Swindon Town (3,541) Saturday December 12th, 1953	81.67%	4-1	-28.6
Swindon Town (3,723) vs. Macclesfield Town (3,380) Saturday November 3rd, 2012	90.21%	0-2	-13.5
Darlington (3,538) vs. Swindon Town (3,880) Tuesday September 25th, 1990	82.23%	3-0	-28.8
Swindon Town (3,762) vs. Stevenage Borough (3,421) Saturday January 3rd, 1998	91.12%	1-2	-9.1
Newport County (3,423) vs. Swindon Town (3,763) Tuesday August 29th, 1967	79.45%	2-0	-23.8
New Brompton (3,568) vs. Swindon Town (3,879) Saturday March 4th, 1911	74.48%	1-0	-14.9
Swindon Town (3,819) vs. Croydon Common (3,509) Saturday February 26th, 1910	92.45%	1-2	-18.5
Crewe Alexandra (3,308) vs. Swindon Town (3,608) Saturday February 5th, 1983	76.85%	3-0	-26.9
Swindon Town (3,880) vs. Exeter City (3,591) Saturday March 2nd, 1912	91.57%	0-1	-18.3
Bristol Rovers (3,555) vs. Swindon Town (3,838) Saturday April 6th, 1912	71.39%	3-0	-25.0
Swindon Town (3,846) vs. Exeter City (3,570) Saturday December 24th, 1910	90.99%	0-1	-18.2
Colchester United (3,556) vs. Swindon Town (3,827) Wednesday September 8th, 1971	72.67%	4-1	-25.4
Gillingham (3,452) vs. Swindon Town (3,721) Saturday February 14th, 1920	70.26%	3-1	-21.1
Southend United (3,607) vs. Swindon Town (3,875) Saturday November 15th, 1913	69.95%	2-0	-21.0
Swindon Town (3,814) vs. Southend United (3,550) Saturday January 4th, 1969	89.29%	0-2	-26.8

Opponents

A complete listing of Swindon Town's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

#	Opponent	P	W	D	L	Avg ELO +/-
1	Morecambe Morecambe	10	7	3	0	+5.56
2	Rotherham United Rotherham United	30	19	4	7	+4.38
3	Forest Green Rovers Forest Green	12	8	2	2	+4.08
4	Burnley Burnley	26	11	6	9	+3.10
5	Aldershot Town Aldershot	60	35	12	13	+2.91
6	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic	15	6	4	5	+2.78
7	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	29	9	6	14	+2.61
8	Rochdale Rochdale	28	14	10	4	+2.52
9	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	44	19	11	14	+2.52
10	York City York City	15	9	2	4	+2.51
11	Cambridge United Cambridge United	23	13	4	6	+2.17
12	Hull City Hull City	42	18	15	9	+2.10
13	Lincoln City Lincoln City	22	9	7	6	+1.84
14	Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	19	9	5	5	+1.52
15	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	75	32	19	24	+1.51
16	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	53	25	15	13	+1.48
17	Stoke City Stoke City	26	12	5	9	+1.44
18	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	64	30	17	17	+1.26
19	Bury Bury	51	22	12	17	+1.18
20	Reading Reading	137	50	36	51	+1.08
21	Chesterfield Chesterfield	51	24	9	18	+1.00
22	Cardiff City Cardiff City	51	20	14	17	+0.94
23	West Ham United West Ham United	52	16	17	19	+0.93
24	Southend United Southend United	126	58	28	40	+0.92
25	Portsmouth Portsmouth	103	41	22	40	+0.92
26	Fulham Fulham	38	12	10	16	+0.89
27	Notts County Notts County	70	31	12	27	+0.78
28	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	25	9	7	9	+0.77
29	Oxford United Oxford United	56	22	19	15	+0.76
30	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	31	12	5	14	+0.76
31	Swansea City Swansea City	38	16	10	12	+0.74
32	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	52	24	10	18	+0.73
33	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	31	11	6	14	+0.64
34	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	34	13	6	15	+0.64
35	Coventry City Coventry City	73	26	21	26	+0.61
36	Northampton Town Northampton Town	142	62	29	51	+0.59
37	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	135	49	28	58	+0.37
38	Bradford City Bradford	46	18	14	14	+0.31
39	Exeter City Exeter City	110	47	30	33	+0.31
40	Barrow Barrow	11	5	3	3	+0.22
41	Leyton Leyton	12	7	1	4	+0.11
42	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	33	14	12	7	+0.08
43	Hereford Hereford	22	11	4	7	+0.04
44	Barnsley Barnsley	52	17	17	18	+0.02
45	Newport County Newport County	95	42	21	32	+0.01
46	Norwich City Norwich City	107	36	30	41	-0.03
47	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	22	8	8	6	-0.08
48	Brentford Brentford	112	44	30	38	-0.09
49	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	136	51	33	52	-0.10
50	Sheffield United Sheffield United	39	12	10	17	-0.12
51	Leicester City Leicester City	20	5	8	7	-0.12
52	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	31	14	7	10	-0.16
53	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	60	22	16	22	-0.17
54	Watford Watford	138	54	32	52	-0.19
55	Millwall Millwall	139	46	33	60	-0.20
56	Port Vale Port Vale	91	37	20	34	-0.30
57	Stockport County Stockport County	39	16	9	14	-0.31
58	Carlisle United Carlisle United	53	16	22	15	-0.35
59	Southampton Southampton	80	23	15	42	-0.35
60	Birmingham City Birmingham	23	7	7	9	-0.39
61	Sunderland Sunderland	30	9	6	15	-0.40
62	Torquay United Torquay United	85	37	21	27	-0.43
63	Chester Chester	29	14	5	10	-0.47
64	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	100	35	21	44	-0.47
65	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	27	9	7	11	-0.65
66	Peterborough United Peterborough United	63	22	18	23	-0.73
67	Luton Town Luton Town	100	35	21	44	-0.74
68	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	133	59	20	54	-0.76
69	Stevenage Stevenage	15	7	2	6	-0.81
70	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	109	38	28	43	-0.83
71	Wrexham Wrexham	38	15	8	15	-0.89
72	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	48	21	8	19	-0.92
73	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	108	38	29	41	-0.92
74	Accrington Stanley Accrington	15	5	3	7	-1.05
75	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town	51	15	8	28	-1.07
76	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	85	27	27	31	-1.08
77	Walsall Walsall	107	39	30	38	-1.13
78	Newcastle United Newcastle United	17	4	6	7	-1.13
79	Colchester United Colchester United	90	33	22	35	-1.21
80	Aston Villa Aston Villa	12	2	3	7	-1.35
81	Merthyr Town Merthyr Town	27	14	6	7	-1.35
82	Bristol City Bristol City	108	29	33	46	-1.38
83	Gillingham Gillingham	148	54	41	53	-1.40
84	Manchester City Man City	23	5	3	15	-1.48
85	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	30	9	5	16	-1.94
86	Leeds United Leeds United	22	4	5	13	-2.00
87	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	64	15	20	29	-2.02
88	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	20	6	6	8	-2.15
89	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	21	2	7	12	-2.18
90	Crawley Town Crawley Town	22	6	7	9	-2.36
91	Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons	28	7	6	15	-2.79
92	Chelsea Chelsea	11	1	2	8	-2.93
93	Preston North End Preston North End	33	9	8	16	-2.98
94	Blackpool Blackpool	38	7	17	14	-2.99
95	FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town	22	7	5	10	-3.28
96	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	31	6	11	14	-3.43
97	Gravesend United Gravesend United	10	2	3	5	-3.45
98	Derby County Derby County	14	3	3	8	-3.75
99	Darlington Darlington	18	8	2	8	-3.83
100	Kettering Town Kettering Town	11	1	6	4	-4.40
101	Chatham Town Chatham Town	12	2	1	9	-5.63
102	Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town	17	3	5	9	-6.29

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