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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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Plymouth Argyle

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Plymouth Argyle's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

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

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
1936 Saturday November 28th, 1936 3,927.93
1932 Saturday October 8th, 1932 3,908.07
1937 Saturday February 27th, 1937 3,905.95
1962 Saturday March 31st, 1962 3,897.42
1931 Saturday December 26th, 1931 3,871.56
1935 Monday April 22nd, 1935 3,871.07
1964 Wednesday November 25th, 1964 3,862.17
1924 Saturday October 18th, 1924 3,856.03
2008 Saturday February 23rd, 2008 3,855.76
1930 Monday April 21st, 1930 3,850.86
1913 Saturday April 26th, 1913 3,849.27
1922 Saturday October 14th, 1922 3,848.83
1925 Saturday October 31st, 1925 3,847.77
1963 Saturday January 5th, 1963 3,845.53
1938 Saturday October 22nd, 1938 3,845.27

Worst Teams in History

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

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
2011 Tuesday November 22nd, 2011 3,424.17
1999 Saturday September 25th, 1999 3,432.04
2012 Saturday January 7th, 2012 3,438.55
2001 Saturday August 25th, 2001 3,439.07
2013 Saturday January 5th, 2013 3,439.94
2000 Saturday October 7th, 2000 3,442.90
2014 Saturday August 9th, 2014 3,474.03
1995 Tuesday August 29th, 1995 3,504.68
2015 Saturday January 31st, 2015 3,513.94
1996 Tuesday January 30th, 1996 3,517.67
1998 Saturday December 12th, 1998 3,523.71
2017 Saturday October 7th, 2017 3,546.68
2016 Saturday August 13th, 2016 3,548.33
1903 Saturday September 12th, 1903 3,552.26
2019 Saturday September 21st, 2019 3,556.52

Significant Victories

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

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Plymouth Argyle (3,725) vs. Liverpool (4,381)
Sunday February 9th, 2025 		2.76% 1-0 +9.7
Brentford (4,069) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,712)
Saturday January 11th, 2025 		9.34% 0-1 +9.1
Queens Park Rangers (4,030) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,707)
Tuesday November 20th, 1973 		7.95% 0-3 +32.2
Burnley (4,021) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,717)
Tuesday October 30th, 1973 		8.75% 1-2 +18.2
Southampton (3,908) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,605)
Saturday October 24th, 1903 		7.44% 3-5 +27.8
Plymouth Argyle (3,484) vs. Portsmouth (3,760)
Tuesday August 14th, 2012 		20.79% 3-0 +13.9
Plymouth Argyle (3,717) vs. Aston Villa (3,986)
Saturday April 30th, 1960 		27.72% 3-0 +25.3
Plymouth Argyle (3,747) vs. Wimbledon (4,012)
Tuesday September 25th, 1990 		25.18% 1-0 +15.0
Plymouth Argyle (3,700) vs. Luton Town (3,949)
Saturday March 5th, 1955 		30.62% 2-1 +13.9
Birmingham City (3,977) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,730)
Wednesday December 19th, 1973 		11.82% 1-2 +17.6
Wimbledon (4,003) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,762)
Wednesday October 10th, 1990 		13.94% 0-2 +25.8
Plymouth Argyle (3,762) vs. Sheffield United (4,000)
Wednesday September 23rd, 1964 		31.49% 2-1 +13.7
Plymouth Argyle (3,777) vs. Leicester City (4,013)
Friday April 12th, 2024 		24.01% 1-0 +15.2
West Bromwich Albion (3,886) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,651)
Saturday February 18th, 1984 		13.16% 0-1 +17.4
Plymouth Argyle (3,577) vs. Middlesbrough (3,812)
Saturday January 13th, 1973 		31.67% 1-0 +13.7
Middlesbrough (3,914) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,685)
Saturday October 31st, 2009 		17.07% 0-1 +16.6
Plymouth Argyle (3,663) vs. Southampton (3,890)
Saturday October 22nd, 1904 		36.90% 1-0 +12.6
Plymouth Argyle (3,668) vs. Liverpool (3,891)
Saturday February 11th, 1956 		33.91% 4-0 +24.8
Cardiff City (3,898) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,679)
Saturday December 26th, 2009 		17.98% 0-1 +16.4
Plymouth Argyle (3,683) vs. Newcastle United (3,901)
Saturday December 20th, 1947 		35.12% 3-0 +22.7

Significant Defeats

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

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Worcester City (3,225) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,641)
Saturday November 25th, 1978 		85.66% 2-0 -25.7
Dorchester Town (3,088) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,493)
Sunday November 4th, 2012 		88.93% 1-0 -8.9
Stourbridge (3,053) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,437)
Tuesday November 22nd, 2011 		87.57% 2-0 -13.1
Walsall (3,491) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,833)
Saturday September 3rd, 1927 		77.40% 2-1 -15.5
Exeter City (3,470) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,795)
Monday April 14th, 1952 		78.88% 1-0 -15.8
Grimsby Town (3,516) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,813)
Saturday November 5th, 2022 		81.66% 5-1 -15.3
Luton Town (3,534) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,818)
Tuesday August 12th, 2008 		79.66% 2-0 -11.9
Newport County (3,523) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,803)
Saturday May 5th, 1923 		72.19% 1-0 -14.4
Port Vale (3,512) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,790)
Saturday February 16th, 1952 		74.03% 1-0 -14.8
Exeter City (3,568) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,843)
Friday December 25th, 1925 		70.80% 4-0 -26.5
Queens Park Rangers (3,468) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,741)
Saturday October 9th, 1926 		69.99% 4-2 -21.0
Northampton Town (3,465) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,738)
Saturday November 8th, 2003 		77.35% 3-2 -7.7
Gillingham (3,521) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,790)
Saturday November 26th, 1927 		69.24% 2-1 -13.8
New Brighton (3,493) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,762)
Saturday January 8th, 1938 		68.64% 1-0 -13.7
Gillingham (3,518) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,782)
Wednesday December 26th, 1928 		68.52% 2-0 -20.6
Doncaster Rovers (3,641) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,904)
Saturday January 2nd, 1937 		67.88% 2-1 -13.6
Southampton (3,529) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,791)
Saturday March 30th, 1912 		68.77% 1-0 -13.8
Norwich City (3,502) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,761)
Saturday March 10th, 1928 		67.91% 2-0 -20.4
Northampton Town (3,549) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,807)
Saturday April 16th, 1927 		68.18% 2-1 -13.6
Yeovil Town (3,562) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,819)
Tuesday August 24th, 2004 		75.61% 3-2 -7.6

Opponents

A complete listing of Plymouth Argyle'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 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 40 24 9 7 +4.18
2 Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons 10 6 1 3 +3.94
3 Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town 25 16 3 6 +3.89
4 Leyton Leyton 12 7 2 3 +3.63
5 Stockport County Stockport County 22 13 3 6 +3.33
6 Morecambe Morecambe 17 10 4 3 +3.15
7 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 39 15 9 15 +3.01
8 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 70 37 18 15 +2.41
9 Barnsley Barnsley 69 31 19 19 +2.40
10 Torquay United Torquay United 47 23 15 9 +2.24
11 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 54 22 12 20 +2.22
12 Walsall Walsall 68 35 13 20 +2.17
13 Carlisle United Carlisle United 41 19 8 14 +2.01
14 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 50 18 13 19 +1.99
15 Rochdale Rochdale 36 17 10 9 +1.80
16 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 25 12 6 7 +1.61
17 Liverpool Liverpool 13 3 4 6 +1.61
18 Luton Town Luton Town 102 42 32 28 +1.54
19 Dagenham and Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge 13 6 5 2 +1.49
20 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 34 16 3 15 +1.39
21 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 60 30 11 19 +1.34
22 Sheffield United Sheffield United 49 16 10 23 +1.33
23 Chester Chester 26 12 7 7 +1.32
24 Rotherham United Rotherham United 74 30 17 27 +1.18
25 Norwich City Norwich City 90 44 18 28 +1.12
26 Bradford City Bradford 55 23 16 16 +1.11
27 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 39 10 13 16 +1.03
28 Southampton Southampton 93 34 26 33 +0.97
29 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 36 12 8 16 +0.88
30 Hereford Hereford 16 8 4 4 +0.85
31 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 131 52 38 41 +0.84
32 Chesterfield Chesterfield 58 23 17 18 +0.77
33 Portsmouth Portsmouth 98 37 24 37 +0.76
34 Reading Reading 87 36 24 27 +0.75
35 Coventry City Coventry City 65 29 12 24 +0.71
36 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 32 7 11 14 +0.60
37 Fulham Fulham 63 23 19 21 +0.51
38 Merthyr Town Merthyr Town 26 16 6 4 +0.47
39 Swindon Town Swindon 100 44 21 35 +0.47
40 Accrington Stanley Accrington 22 9 7 6 +0.44
41 Newport County Newport County 63 35 11 17 +0.44
42 AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon 29 12 6 11 +0.37
43 York City York City 34 12 14 8 +0.19
44 Manchester City Man City 20 5 4 11 +0.19
45 Watford Watford 96 39 27 30 +0.10
46 Gillingham Gillingham 109 53 23 33 +0.06
47 Aston Villa Aston Villa 19 4 6 9 0.00
48 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 34 15 4 15 -0.01
49 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 46 17 13 16 -0.02
50 Aldershot Town Aldershot 19 10 4 5 -0.04
51 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 57 21 20 16 -0.08
52 Leicester City Leicester City 43 12 11 20 -0.10
53 Millwall Millwall 107 37 32 38 -0.13
54 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 49 19 6 24 -0.25
55 Brentford Brentford 106 43 32 31 -0.27
56 Preston North End Preston North End 65 20 18 27 -0.30
57 Cardiff City Cardiff City 67 23 20 24 -0.33
58 West Ham United West Ham United 66 19 19 28 -0.36
59 Bury Bury 76 28 18 30 -0.38
60 FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town 22 10 6 6 -0.41
61 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 24 9 5 10 -0.44
62 Oxford United Oxford United 57 18 14 25 -0.46
63 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 31 10 10 11 -0.47
64 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 35 11 14 10 -0.48
65 Exeter City Exeter City 101 45 28 28 -0.56
66 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 70 27 15 28 -0.58
67 Darlington Darlington 14 7 2 5 -0.59
68 Blackpool Blackpool 54 17 16 21 -0.63
69 Macclesfield Macclesfield 10 4 3 3 -0.64
70 Colchester United Colchester United 42 15 14 13 -0.64
71 Sunderland Sunderland 37 11 6 20 -0.65
72 Chelsea Chelsea 17 2 6 9 -0.71
73 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 80 30 20 30 -0.74
74 Bristol City Bristol City 62 21 13 28 -0.81
75 Stoke City Stoke City 48 13 14 21 -0.87
76 Leeds United Leeds United 45 10 11 24 -0.92
77 Wrexham Wrexham 26 8 8 10 -0.95
78 Burnley Burnley 54 15 17 22 -0.97
79 Burton Albion Burton Albion 16 4 6 6 -0.97
80 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 53 13 16 24 -1.00
81 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 55 15 15 25 -1.01
82 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 104 37 29 38 -1.05
83 Birmingham City Birmingham 41 9 9 23 -1.07
84 Barnet Barnet 21 9 5 7 -1.13
85 Swansea City Swansea City 89 33 18 38 -1.15
86 Derby County Derby County 51 15 10 26 -1.22
87 Manchester United Man Utd 16 5 2 9 -1.25
88 Northampton Town Northampton Town 87 35 18 34 -1.28
89 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 46 15 14 17 -1.34
90 Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers 31 11 8 12 -1.40
91 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United 28 10 9 9 -1.51
92 Hull City Hull City 80 24 21 35 -1.60
93 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 76 29 15 32 -1.72
94 Southend United Southend United 86 29 26 31 -1.81
95 Port Vale Port Vale 58 22 10 26 -2.08
96 Newcastle United Newcastle United 37 6 9 22 -2.10
97 Peterborough United Peterborough United 40 16 5 19 -2.17
98 Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town 14 4 4 6 -2.19
99 Lincoln City Lincoln City 50 16 15 19 -2.72
100 Cambridge United Cambridge United 32 10 10 12 -2.85
101 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 32 11 5 16 -3.06
102 Everton Everton 11 2 1 8 -3.35
103 Notts County Notts County 46 13 9 24 -3.79