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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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Bolton Wanderers

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Bolton Wanderers's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

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

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
2005 Saturday December 17th, 2005 4,111.29
1896 Monday December 7th, 1896 4,110.75
2006 Saturday December 30th, 2006 4,108.96
2007 Saturday January 6th, 2007 4,100.74
1925 Monday September 7th, 1925 4,098.41
1891 Saturday November 7th, 1891 4,091.74
1892 Thursday October 6th, 1892 4,089.10
1922 Wednesday January 18th, 1922 4,075.71
1907 Saturday April 27th, 1907 4,075.06
1923 Saturday December 29th, 1923 4,071.73
1924 Saturday January 19th, 1924 4,069.77
1960 Saturday January 23rd, 1960 4,066.87
1921 Saturday April 30th, 1921 4,066.57
1897 Saturday February 6th, 1897 4,062.81
1913 Saturday January 4th, 1913 4,059.92

Worst Teams in History

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

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
2020 Saturday November 7th, 2020 3,466.25
2021 Saturday January 23rd, 2021 3,473.00
1987 Tuesday December 15th, 1987 3,527.14
1985 Saturday November 30th, 1985 3,529.19
1986 Saturday January 18th, 1986 3,531.88
1988 Saturday January 16th, 1988 3,532.82
2019 Saturday October 19th, 2019 3,537.28
1989 Saturday March 4th, 1989 3,546.46

Significant Victories

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

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Bolton Wanderers (3,684) vs. Manchester City (4,039)
Tuesday October 5th, 1971 		18.81% 3-0 +28.4
Bolton Wanderers (3,975) vs. Manchester United (4,295)
Saturday November 24th, 2007 		17.39% 1-0 +16.5
Wimbledon (3,942) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,624)
Tuesday October 6th, 1992 		9.47% 0-1 +9.1
Manchester United (4,212) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,903)
Wednesday September 11th, 2002 		10.41% 0-1 +17.9
Bolton Wanderers (3,798) vs. Liverpool (4,098)
Wednesday September 27th, 1967 		24.57% 3-2 +15.1
Bolton Wanderers (3,817) vs. Nottingham Forest (4,113)
Saturday March 1st, 1980 		24.78% 1-0 +15.0
Bolton Wanderers (3,659) vs. Hull City (3,953)
Saturday April 30th, 2016 		18.65% 1-0 +16.3
Bolton Wanderers (3,791) vs. West Bromwich Albion (4,080)
Saturday January 22nd, 1966 		25.58% 3-0 +26.0
Bolton Wanderers (3,900) vs. Arsenal (4,182)
Wednesday March 2nd, 1932 		29.39% 1-0 +14.1
Liverpool (3,983) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,705)
Wednesday January 13th, 1993 		11.65% 0-2 +13.3
Huddersfield Town (3,921) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,644)
Tuesday September 7th, 1971 		10.15% 0-2 +27.0
Bolton Wanderers (4,000) vs. Arsenal (4,277)
Saturday January 15th, 2005 		22.30% 1-0 +15.5
Manchester United (4,185) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,921)
Friday March 26th, 1948 		10.31% 0-2 +26.9
Manchester United (4,226) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,963)
Saturday October 20th, 2001 		13.08% 1-2 +17.4
Bolton Wanderers (3,921) vs. Liverpool (4,180)
Saturday January 21st, 2012 		22.69% 3-1 +23.2
Bolton Wanderers (3,880) vs. Sunderland (4,132)
Saturday April 11th, 1903 		34.14% 2-0 +19.8
Wigan Athletic (3,781) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,530)
Tuesday August 18th, 1987 		12.37% 2-3 +17.5
Bolton Wanderers (3,859) vs. Blackburn Rovers (4,108)
Saturday August 26th, 1995 		26.11% 2-1 +14.8
Bolton Wanderers (3,947) vs. Aston Villa (4,194)
Saturday March 23rd, 1895 		34.02% 4-3 +13.2
Bolton Wanderers (3,937) vs. Sunderland (4,181)
Saturday September 29th, 1894 		34.46% 4-1 +22.9

Significant Defeats

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

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
The Wednesday (3,312) vs. Bolton Wanderers (4,064)
Saturday January 23rd, 1892 		97.73% 4-1 -34.2
The Wednesday (3,261) vs. Bolton Wanderers (4,008)
Saturday March 8th, 1890 		98.66% 2-1 -19.7
Macclesfield Town (3,504) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,933)
Tuesday September 5th, 2000 		88.96% 3-1 -13.3
Bolton Wanderers (3,951) vs. Bradford (Park Avenue) (3,560)
Saturday November 7th, 1908 		95.10% 0-1 -19.0
Bolton Wanderers (3,914) vs. Bury (3,538)
Wednesday October 2nd, 2002 		92.71% 0-1 -9.3
Bolton Wanderers (3,978) vs. Leicester Fosse (3,626)
Saturday March 25th, 1905 		94.25% 0-1 -18.8
Chester City (3,377) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,717)
Wednesday September 14th, 1983 		80.60% 3-0 -28.2
Bolton Wanderers (4,015) vs. Tranmere Rovers (3,677)
Tuesday January 13th, 2004 		90.78% 1-2 -9.1
Bolton Wanderers (3,965) vs. Reading (3,633)
Saturday February 23rd, 1901 		93.48% 0-1 -18.7
Barnsley (3,695) vs. Bolton Wanderers (4,001)
Monday April 24th, 1905 		72.94% 2-1 -14.6
Bolton Wanderers (3,897) vs. Chesterfield Town (3,607)
Saturday January 14th, 1911 		91.61% 0-2 -27.5
Bolton Wanderers (3,803) vs. Bury (3,514)
Tuesday August 17th, 1993 		88.89% 0-2 -13.3
Bolton Wanderers (3,947) vs. Crewe Alexandra (3,659)
Saturday February 27th, 1999 		88.55% 1-3 -26.6
Crawley Town (3,636) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,921)
Tuesday August 28th, 2012 		80.11% 2-1 -8.0
Exeter City (3,636) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,919)
Wednesday October 4th, 1978 		73.52% 2-1 -14.7
Gainsborough Trinity (3,682) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,964)
Saturday January 9th, 1909 		71.31% 2-1 -14.3
Bolton Wanderers (3,972) vs. Northampton Town (3,697)
Tuesday August 26th, 2008 		86.49% 1-2 -8.6
Tottenham Hotspur (3,718) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,984)
Saturday September 19th, 1908 		69.48% 2-1 -13.9
Rochdale (3,390) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,654)
Tuesday August 22nd, 1989 		74.59% 2-1 -14.9
Stockport County (3,600) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,859)
Saturday December 19th, 1903 		67.06% 3-2 -13.4

Opponents

A complete listing of Bolton Wanderers'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 Port Vale Port Vale 42 28 11 3 +4.43
2 Peterborough United Peterborough United 18 10 4 4 +3.48
3 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 14 9 1 4 +3.07
4 Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons 10 4 3 3 +2.66
5 FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town 11 6 5 0 +2.64
6 Wrexham Wrexham 14 8 3 3 +2.58
7 AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon 20 9 6 5 +2.46
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 19 6 7 +2.23
9 Southampton Southampton 42 17 14 11 +1.99
10 West Ham United West Ham United 68 35 10 23 +1.94
11 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 99 47 21 31 +1.73
12 Cardiff City Cardiff City 78 38 14 26 +1.62
13 Gillingham Gillingham 20 10 3 7 +1.56
14 Luton Town Luton Town 38 17 10 11 +1.54
15 Aston Villa Aston Villa 166 60 40 66 +1.43
16 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 34 15 5 14 +1.39
17 Manchester United Man Utd 121 42 25 54 +1.23
18 Cambridge United Cambridge United 23 9 10 4 +1.18
19 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 104 47 20 37 +1.08
20 York City York City 21 11 5 5 +0.94
21 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 57 28 13 16 +0.86
22 Sheffield United Sheffield United 126 54 22 50 +0.67
23 Swindon Town Swindon 27 11 7 9 +0.65
24 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 39 16 11 12 +0.63
25 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 130 51 31 48 +0.61
26 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 137 54 27 56 +0.60
27 Leicester City Leicester City 70 26 21 23 +0.59
28 Birmingham City Birmingham 134 54 34 46 +0.54
29 Hull City Hull City 57 25 17 15 +0.52
30 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 170 69 38 63 +0.46
31 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 146 50 47 49 +0.32
32 Walsall Walsall 27 13 4 10 +0.32
33 Liverpool Liverpool 135 44 33 58 +0.31
34 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 41 13 16 12 +0.27
35 Arsenal Arsenal 134 39 36 59 +0.25
36 Reading Reading 41 16 10 15 +0.22
37 Blackpool Blackpool 106 41 30 35 +0.21
38 Northampton Town Northampton Town 17 10 2 5 +0.21
39 Portsmouth Portsmouth 106 44 24 38 +0.15
40 Notts County Notts County 86 34 25 27 +0.11
41 Millwall Millwall 47 20 10 17 +0.10
42 Oxford United Oxford United 31 13 9 9 +0.06
43 Sunderland Sunderland 149 50 37 62 +0.00
44 Lincoln City Lincoln City 28 15 5 8 0.00
45 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 48 23 12 13 -0.06
46 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 12 5 5 2 -0.12
47 Manchester City Man City 124 45 26 53 -0.26
48 Newport County Newport County 12 6 0 6 -0.28
49 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 19 10 5 4 -0.34
50 Southend United Southend United 21 10 6 5 -0.39
51 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 94 32 26 36 -0.40
52 Preston North End Preston North End 141 49 39 53 -0.40
53 Chelsea Chelsea 117 36 28 53 -0.41
54 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 50 15 13 22 -0.42
55 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 21 9 8 4 -0.43
56 Exeter City Exeter City 19 9 5 5 -0.47
57 Leeds United Leeds United 69 23 15 31 -0.57
58 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 64 26 20 18 -0.67
59 Accrington Accrington 12 5 2 5 -0.76
60 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 103 37 19 47 -0.79
61 Bradford City Bradford 50 18 17 15 -0.80
62 Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough 10 6 1 3 -0.81
63 Stoke City Stoke City 90 36 21 33 -0.85
64 Chesterfield Chesterfield 25 12 6 7 -0.87
65 Carlisle United Carlisle United 31 12 7 12 -0.93
66 Norwich City Norwich City 52 17 14 21 -0.96
67 Chester Chester 18 8 6 4 -1.03
68 Darlington Darlington 11 6 2 3 -1.04
69 Burnley Burnley 122 43 31 48 -1.05
70 Fulham Fulham 89 33 26 30 -1.06
71 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 24 9 5 10 -1.07
72 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 51 16 15 20 -1.24
73 Newcastle United Newcastle United 118 42 21 55 -1.25
74 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 36 14 11 11 -1.27
75 Watford Watford 33 12 5 16 -1.31
76 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 34 15 3 16 -1.39
77 Barnsley Barnsley 53 18 18 17 -1.45
78 Coventry City Coventry City 23 4 10 9 -1.47
79 Derby County Derby County 137 47 23 67 -1.49
80 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 127 41 30 56 -1.50
81 Bury Bury 75 30 17 28 -1.73
82 Everton Everton 151 40 37 74 -1.79
83 Rochdale Rochdale 16 7 4 5 -1.87
84 Bristol City Bristol City 63 18 17 28 -2.18
85 Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers 10 3 1 6 -2.25
86 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 20 6 6 8 -2.30
87 Brentford Brentford 43 14 10 19 -2.50
88 Swansea City Swansea City 36 13 11 12 -2.51
89 Burton Albion Burton Albion 13 4 4 5 -2.99
90 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 14 6 1 7 -3.97
91 Rotherham United Rotherham United 45 9 14 22 -4.67
92 Stockport County Stockport County 27 9 7 11 -5.12