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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Reading

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Reading's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

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

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
2007	Saturday February 17th, 2007	4,072.72
2006	Saturday December 2nd, 2006	4,041.75
2012	Tuesday April 17th, 2012	4,012.92
2005	Wednesday December 28th, 2005	4,000.13
2008	Saturday December 20th, 2008	3,992.35
2009	Friday January 9th, 2009	3,981.56
2013	Saturday February 2nd, 2013	3,976.06
2011	Saturday April 16th, 2011	3,963.71
2017	Tuesday May 16th, 2017	3,905.63
2014	Saturday March 22nd, 2014	3,895.64
2020	Tuesday October 27th, 2020	3,893.54
2010	Saturday October 30th, 2010	3,886.75
2003	Saturday August 30th, 2003	3,884.14
2021	Saturday February 6th, 2021	3,880.99
2004	Sunday December 26th, 2004	3,880.66

Worst Teams in History

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

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1972	Saturday August 19th, 1972	3,422.56
1971	Saturday November 13th, 1971	3,464.22
1977	Saturday October 1st, 1977	3,470.92
1978	Friday March 24th, 1978	3,480.48
1956	Saturday March 3rd, 1956	3,485.94

Significant Victories

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

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Liverpool (4,195) vs. Reading (3,788) Wednesday January 13th, 2010	6.92%	1-2	+9.3
Reading (3,654) vs. Aston Villa (4,053) Wednesday February 7th, 1912	17.12%	1-0	+16.6
Bolton Wanderers (3,965) vs. Reading (3,633) Saturday February 23rd, 1901	6.51%	0-1	+18.7
Reading (3,570) vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (3,895) Wednesday August 30th, 1978	21.91%	1-0	+15.6
Reading (3,784) vs. The Wednesday (4,075) Saturday January 26th, 1929	28.28%	1-0	+14.3
Reading (3,623) vs. Southampton (3,908) Saturday March 10th, 1900	29.07%	2-0	+21.3
Reading (3,697) vs. Manchester City (3,977) Saturday September 18th, 1926	29.19%	1-0	+14.2
Southampton (3,883) vs. Reading (3,631) Saturday November 4th, 1899	9.98%	0-2	+27.0
Reading (3,967) vs. Liverpool (4,218) Saturday December 8th, 2007	23.90%	3-1	+22.8
Reading (3,738) vs. Chelsea (3,988) Wednesday September 23rd, 1987	28.43%	3-1	+21.5
Reading (3,618) vs. Southampton (3,865) Saturday February 18th, 1899	33.83%	2-0	+19.9
Reading (3,613) vs. Newcastle United (3,858) Tuesday September 19th, 1989	27.58%	3-1	+21.7
Reading (3,612) vs. Sunderland (3,847) Saturday January 6th, 1990	28.63%	2-1	+14.3
Fulham (3,945) vs. Reading (3,710) Monday October 19th, 1964	12.51%	1-3	+26.2
Notts County (3,947) vs. Reading (3,721) Saturday January 25th, 1902	11.30%	1-2	+17.7
Leeds United (3,992) vs. Reading (3,770) Tuesday November 18th, 1997	16.21%	2-3	+8.4
Reading (3,671) vs. Swindon Town (3,891) Saturday February 10th, 1912	36.67%	2-0	+19.0
Reading (3,518) vs. Mansfield Town (3,736) Saturday April 16th, 1977	34.14%	1-0	+13.2
Reading (3,779) vs. West Bromwich Albion (3,990) Wednesday September 13th, 1967	35.06%	3-1	+19.5
Reading (3,539) vs. Preston North End (3,749) Monday April 12th, 1971	35.18%	1-0	+13.0

Significant Defeats

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

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Guildford City (3,178) vs. Reading (3,653) Saturday November 27th, 1937	87.76%	1-0	-17.6
Reading (3,565) vs. Bishop's Stortford (3,090) Saturday November 20th, 1982	96.30%	1-2	-19.3
Kidderminster Harriers (3,329) vs. Reading (3,799) Saturday January 8th, 2022	92.30%	2-1	-9.2
Brentwood Town (3,180) vs. Reading (3,594) Saturday November 15th, 1969	85.48%	1-0	-17.1
Wealdstone (3,173) vs. Reading (3,539) Saturday December 17th, 1977	81.86%	2-1	-16.4
Hendon (3,208) vs. Reading (3,571) Saturday November 22nd, 1975	81.70%	1-0	-16.3
York City (3,409) vs. Reading (3,742) Saturday December 8th, 2001	82.34%	2-0	-12.4
Rochdale (3,293) vs. Reading (3,623) Saturday March 24th, 1979	78.50%	1-0	-15.7
Swindon Town (3,500) vs. Reading (3,801) Saturday December 5th, 1903	72.14%	2-1	-14.4
Cambridge United (3,497) vs. Reading (3,783) Tuesday September 10th, 2002	78.17%	3-1	-11.7
Eastleigh (3,367) vs. Reading (3,653) Sunday December 3rd, 2023	80.81%	2-1	-8.1
Wolverton London and North Western Railway (3,341) vs. Reading (3,626) Saturday April 2nd, 1898	70.77%	2-0	-21.2
Workington (3,298) vs. Reading (3,576) Friday November 8th, 1974	73.52%	2-1	-14.7
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (3,509) vs. Reading (3,785) Saturday February 2nd, 1935	69.64%	4-1	-24.4
Reading (3,702) vs. York City (3,433) Tuesday December 19th, 2000	87.35%	1-3	-13.1
Shrewsbury Town (3,469) vs. Reading (3,736) Monday August 27th, 1951	72.84%	2-1	-14.6
Newport County (3,393) vs. Reading (3,660) Wednesday August 19th, 1970	71.86%	2-1	-14.4
Walsall (3,467) vs. Reading (3,733) Saturday April 26th, 1952	72.67%	2-0	-21.8
Walsall (3,443) vs. Reading (3,704) Thursday September 25th, 1952	71.66%	2-0	-21.5
Reading (3,961) vs. Sheffield United (3,703) Monday April 25th, 2011	85.16%	2-3	-17.0

Opponents

A complete listing of Reading'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	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)	13	7	1	5	+4.69
2	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	46	30	10	6	+4.50
3	Carlisle United Carlisle United	13	6	4	3	+3.61
4	Kettering Town Kettering Town	10	8	2	0	+3.54
5	West Ham United West Ham United	43	22	8	13	+3.17
6	Chatham Town Chatham Town	13	6	4	3	+3.16
7	Derby County Derby County	54	27	10	17	+3.03
8	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	20	11	5	4	+2.61
9	Workington Workington	16	9	4	3	+2.51
10	Wrexham Wrexham	32	17	4	11	+2.27
11	Burnley Burnley	46	20	13	13	+2.21
12	Chelsea Chelsea	20	3	7	10	+2.13
13	Darlington Darlington	25	16	4	5	+1.90
14	Manchester City Man City	25	7	5	13	+1.71
15	Burton Albion Burton Albion	11	7	1	3	+1.70
16	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	42	19	9	14	+1.64
17	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	27	14	8	5	+1.59
18	Northampton Town Northampton Town	128	66	25	37	+1.56
19	Merthyr Town Merthyr Town	19	9	6	4	+1.52
20	Aldershot Town Aldershot	61	32	17	12	+1.50
21	Rotherham United Rotherham United	55	25	18	12	+1.50
22	Chester Chester	31	16	7	8	+1.50
23	FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town	22	11	7	4	+1.41
24	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	54	25	17	12	+1.40
25	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	38	16	11	11	+1.28
26	York City York City	23	11	7	5	+1.24
27	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	29	9	9	11	+1.11
28	Liverpool Liverpool	10	2	2	6	+1.04
29	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	126	53	36	37	+1.00
30	Hull City Hull City	59	19	21	19	+0.90
31	Exeter City Exeter City	102	52	19	31	+0.87
32	Southampton Southampton	83	26	23	34	+0.83
33	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	63	28	16	19	+0.74
34	Preston North End Preston North End	67	27	13	27	+0.71
35	Torquay United Torquay United	78	35	26	17	+0.67
36	Leicester City Leicester City	21	7	5	9	+0.67
37	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	133	54	35	44	+0.61
38	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	24	13	5	6	+0.55
39	Sunderland Sunderland	23	9	5	9	+0.45
40	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic	56	24	12	20	+0.43
41	Coventry City Coventry City	67	28	17	22	+0.41
42	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	122	46	37	39	+0.40
43	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	43	12	11	20	+0.39
44	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	45	17	8	20	+0.38
45	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	31	12	7	12	+0.36
46	Brentford Brentford	119	48	32	39	+0.34
47	Norwich City Norwich City	101	41	23	37	+0.33
48	Manchester United Man Utd	22	1	7	14	+0.33
49	Gillingham Gillingham	142	69	25	48	+0.31
50	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	47	19	12	16	+0.15
51	Cambridge United Cambridge	29	13	6	10	+0.07
52	Aberdare Athletic Aberdare	10	4	2	4	-0.02
53	Millwall Millwall	154	56	36	62	-0.02
54	Stevenage Stevenage	11	5	3	3	-0.04
55	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	32	13	13	6	-0.11
56	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	100	36	32	32	-0.16
57	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	43	15	12	16	-0.19
58	Stoke City Stoke City	62	20	21	21	-0.23
59	Notts County Notts County	52	20	12	20	-0.30
60	Port Vale Port Vale	66	27	15	24	-0.32
61	Barnsley Barnsley	86	32	25	29	-0.34
62	Everton Everton	11	3	1	7	-0.35
63	Newcastle United Newcastle United	16	4	3	9	-0.43
64	Portsmouth Portsmouth	80	24	22	34	-0.45
65	Peterborough United Peterborough United	57	21	17	19	-0.49
66	Bradford City Bradford	61	19	19	23	-0.53
67	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	89	28	25	36	-0.53
68	Swansea City Swansea City	88	34	18	36	-0.55
69	Bristol City Bristol City	110	44	21	45	-0.58
70	Fulham Fulham	65	22	18	25	-0.60
71	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	58	21	15	22	-0.64
72	Southend United Southend United	102	41	25	36	-0.70
73	Luton Town Luton Town	92	35	19	38	-0.72
74	Watford Watford	150	58	33	59	-0.81
75	Sheffield United Sheffield United	48	18	7	23	-0.82
76	Blackpool Blackpool	52	21	12	19	-0.83
77	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	51	16	14	21	-0.93
78	Southport Southport	20	8	7	5	-0.97
79	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	41	11	11	19	-1.03
80	Cardiff City Cardiff City	86	29	26	31	-1.05
81	Birmingham City Birmingham	49	16	15	18	-1.07
82	Swindon Town Swindon	137	51	36	50	-1.08
83	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town	62	24	12	26	-1.09
84	Newport County Newport County	93	39	24	30	-1.09
85	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	113	43	25	45	-1.16
86	Colchester United Colchester United	66	29	14	23	-1.16
87	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	49	15	14	20	-1.22
88	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	74	28	20	26	-1.35
89	Leyton Leyton	11	3	5	3	-1.42
90	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	48	13	11	24	-1.50
91	Rochdale Rochdale	16	8	3	5	-1.65
92	Leeds United Leeds United	30	8	9	13	-1.65
93	Lincoln City Lincoln City	30	7	11	12	-1.86
94	Stockport County Stockport County	36	12	14	10	-1.90
95	Oxford United Oxford United	36	13	4	19	-1.91
96	Aston Villa Aston Villa	25	4	4	17	-2.35
97	Walsall Walsall	74	23	23	28	-2.89
98	Gravesend United Gravesend United	10	4	1	5	-3.00
99	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	15	5	4	6	-3.14
100	Bury Bury	48	13	12	23	-3.24
101	Chesterfield Chesterfield	30	8	7	15	-3.27
102	Arsenal Arsenal	14	0	0	14	-4.47

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