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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Barnsley

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Barnsley's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

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

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
2021	Wednesday March 17th, 2021	3,920.05
2000	Saturday January 22nd, 2000	3,918.90
1997	Saturday April 19th, 1997	3,888.96
1998	Saturday March 14th, 1998	3,885.32
1999	Tuesday December 28th, 1999	3,879.86
1996	Saturday December 21st, 1996	3,878.13
1946	Saturday September 21st, 1946	3,875.64
1982	Saturday November 27th, 1982	3,868.20
1922	Saturday October 7th, 1922	3,865.01
1989	Saturday May 13th, 1989	3,859.91
1983	Saturday January 15th, 1983	3,859.51
1950	Saturday December 9th, 1950	3,856.57
1995	Tuesday August 29th, 1995	3,855.14
1912	Saturday April 20th, 1912	3,852.96
1948	Saturday October 9th, 1948	3,851.24

Worst Teams in History

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

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1966	Friday September 30th, 1966	3,357.40
1975	Saturday December 6th, 1975	3,380.41
1976	Saturday January 10th, 1976	3,389.76
1974	Saturday December 14th, 1974	3,409.66
1973	Tuesday November 13th, 1973	3,439.92
1967	Friday September 15th, 1967	3,449.37
1965	Tuesday November 23rd, 1965	3,476.15
1978	Saturday August 12th, 1978	3,482.62
1977	Saturday January 15th, 1977	3,493.42
1972	Saturday December 2nd, 1972	3,506.64
1964	Friday December 11th, 1964	3,516.49
1968	Saturday January 6th, 1968	3,520.58
1971	Saturday October 23rd, 1971	3,526.78

Significant Victories

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

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Barnsley (3,744) vs. Chelsea (4,297) Saturday March 8th, 2008	5.20%	1-0	+19.0
Liverpool (4,167) vs. Barnsley (3,734) Saturday February 16th, 2008	5.88%	1-2	+14.1
Barnsley (3,735) vs. Sheffield Wednesday (4,130) Saturday January 24th, 1931	17.95%	2-1	+16.4
Barnsley (3,639) vs. The Wednesday (3,968) Saturday March 24th, 1900	24.02%	1-0	+15.2
Barnsley (3,843) vs. Manchester United (4,172) Wednesday February 25th, 1998	17.88%	3-2	+12.3
Barnsley (3,695) vs. Bolton Wanderers (4,001) Monday April 24th, 1905	27.06%	2-1	+14.6
West Bromwich Albion (4,118) vs. Barnsley (3,826) Saturday January 10th, 1920	8.55%	0-1	+18.3
Liverpool (4,094) vs. Barnsley (3,816) Saturday November 22nd, 1997	12.26%	0-1	+17.5
Southampton (4,054) vs. Barnsley (3,798) Monday March 4th, 1985	11.87%	1-2	+17.6
Barnsley (3,738) vs. Leicester City (3,993) Wednesday February 27th, 1957	30.00%	2-0	+21.0
Barnsley (3,665) vs. Burnley (3,920) Friday April 5th, 1901	32.87%	2-1	+13.4
Wimbledon (4,034) vs. Barnsley (3,780) Wednesday October 12th, 1988	12.68%	0-1	+17.5
Barnsley (3,670) vs. Birmingham City (3,923) Monday April 9th, 2007	23.94%	1-0	+15.2
Ipswich Town (3,887) vs. Barnsley (3,639) Tuesday October 11th, 1960	11.66%	0-2	+26.5
Sunderland (4,029) vs. Barnsley (3,786) Saturday November 21st, 1998	14.40%	2-3	+17.1
Everton (4,039) vs. Barnsley (3,799) Thursday March 31st, 1910	20.04%	0-3	+28.0
Barnsley (3,711) vs. Blackpool (3,945) Saturday February 6th, 1937	35.72%	2-1	+12.9
Barnsley (3,686) vs. Derby County (3,909) Monday March 9th, 1925	35.59%	3-0	+22.5
Barnsley (3,778) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (4,000) Saturday March 18th, 1950	32.37%	2-0	+20.3
Barnsley (3,734) vs. Burnley (3,952) Tuesday September 22nd, 2009	26.88%	3-2	+7.3

Significant Defeats

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

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Barnsley (3,829) vs. South Shields AFC (3,343) Saturday December 6th, 1919	97.04%	0-1	-19.4
Rochdale (3,400) vs. Barnsley (3,808) Tuesday August 20th, 1996	87.81%	2-1	-8.8
Rhyl (3,254) vs. Barnsley (3,628) Monday December 21st, 1970	82.52%	2-0	-24.8
Barnsley (3,774) vs. Morecambe (3,435) Tuesday August 9th, 2011	90.15%	0-2	-13.5
Altrincham (3,267) vs. Barnsley (3,599) Saturday November 7th, 2015	84.45%	1-0	-8.4
Barnsley (3,839) vs. Blackpool (3,514) Tuesday January 5th, 1982	91.96%	0-2	-27.6
Barnsley (3,818) vs. Carlisle United (3,517) Tuesday August 13th, 2019	87.61%	0-3	-15.3
Carlisle United (3,489) vs. Barnsley (3,782) Saturday November 5th, 1938	71.84%	3-1	-21.6
Stoke (3,554) vs. Barnsley (3,834) Saturday August 30th, 1919	71.61%	2-0	-21.5
Gillingham (3,569) vs. Barnsley (3,844) Tuesday September 24th, 1996	76.95%	1-0	-7.7
Rochdale (3,501) vs. Barnsley (3,772) Saturday December 17th, 1938	69.19%	2-1	-13.8
Barnsley (3,599) vs. Rochdale (3,338) Saturday April 28th, 1979	89.15%	0-3	-31.2
Macclesfield Town (3,449) vs. Barnsley (3,703) Wednesday September 11th, 2002	74.83%	4-1	-13.1
Barnsley (3,824) vs. Stoke (3,571) Saturday September 6th, 1919	89.51%	1-2	-17.9
Barnsley (3,820) vs. Blackpool (3,574) Tuesday January 17th, 2017	83.56%	1-2	-8.4
Blackpool (3,496) vs. Barnsley (3,742) Saturday April 25th, 1981	69.91%	1-0	-14.0
Barnsley (3,810) vs. Grimsby Town (3,566) Monday February 9th, 1920	89.02%	0-1	-17.8
Loughborough (3,482) vs. Barnsley (3,724) Saturday March 11th, 1899	65.47%	2-0	-19.6
Barnsley (3,793) vs. Wigan Athletic (3,552) Tuesday September 4th, 1990	86.14%	0-1	-17.2
Portsmouth (3,678) vs. Barnsley (3,919) Saturday January 29th, 2000	73.01%	3-0	-25.6

Opponents

A complete listing of Barnsley'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	York City York City	29	19	8	2	+4.89
2	Barrow Barrow	20	15	1	4	+3.88
3	Gillingham Gillingham	32	16	9	7	+3.75
4	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	43	26	11	6	+3.35
5	Aldershot Town Aldershot	17	9	5	3	+3.29
6	Burton United Burton United	12	7	3	2	+2.92
7	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	56	24	18	14	+2.38
8	Accrington Stanley Accrington	16	11	1	4	+2.28
9	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	48	24	10	14	+2.20
10	Fulham Fulham	84	33	24	27	+2.17
11	Notts County Notts County	65	26	20	19	+1.96
12	Darlington Darlington	43	22	16	5	+1.75
13	Cambridge United Cambridge	27	12	9	6	+1.68
14	Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town	11	6	3	2	+1.60
15	Luton Town Luton Town	66	29	10	27	+1.53
16	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	60	26	12	22	+1.51
17	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	70	21	25	24	+1.45
18	Millwall Millwall	64	26	14	24	+1.42
19	Chelsea Chelsea	34	11	5	18	+1.37
20	Rochdale Rochdale	46	26	9	11	+1.35
21	Stoke City Stoke City	64	23	19	22	+1.25
22	Arsenal Arsenal	24	8	1	15	+1.25
23	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	55	17	19	19	+1.24
24	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	23	8	8	7	+1.23
25	Watford Watford	59	21	16	22	+1.21
26	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)	56	23	12	21	+1.08
27	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	57	28	15	14	+1.05
28	Southampton Southampton	57	21	13	23	+1.03
29	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	44	17	10	17	+1.01
30	Blackpool Blackpool	111	47	27	37	+0.97
31	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	81	29	22	30	+0.87
32	Oxford United Oxford United	28	14	6	8	+0.78
33	Preston North End Preston North End	62	20	15	27	+0.73
34	Bury Bury	69	28	18	23	+0.72
35	Torquay United Torquay United	31	14	8	9	+0.72
36	Leeds United Leeds United	64	20	17	27	+0.68
37	Liverpool Liverpool	21	4	4	13	+0.68
38	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	39	14	12	13	+0.66
39	Burton Albion Burton Albion	17	8	6	3	+0.64
40	Rotherham United Rotherham United	58	26	14	18	+0.63
41	Hull City Hull City	107	43	23	41	+0.55
42	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	39	14	12	13	+0.54
43	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	34	10	6	18	+0.49
44	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	89	33	23	33	+0.49
45	Everton Everton	15	2	4	9	+0.46
46	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	46	17	13	16	+0.42
47	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	43	18	10	15	+0.36
48	Reading Reading	86	29	25	32	+0.34
49	Newcastle United Newcastle United	43	11	12	20	+0.34
50	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	16	7	5	4	+0.32
51	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	79	24	17	38	+0.25
52	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	83	30	19	34	+0.22
53	Bradford City Bradford	108	39	32	37	+0.21
54	Southport Southport	32	14	8	10	+0.05
55	Port Vale Port Vale	116	50	20	46	+0.03
56	Swindon Town Swindon	52	18	17	17	-0.02
57	Peterborough United Peterborough United	49	21	8	20	-0.12
58	New Brighton New Brighton	12	5	3	4	-0.13
59	Walsall Walsall	49	19	14	16	-0.15
60	Lincoln City Lincoln City	78	35	16	27	-0.18
61	Birmingham City Birmingham	89	26	21	42	-0.24
62	Derby County Derby County	78	24	17	37	-0.29
63	Sheffield United Sheffield United	71	18	24	29	-0.31
64	Colchester United Colchester United	40	14	12	14	-0.36
65	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	60	20	12	28	-0.36
66	Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough	28	12	6	10	-0.39
67	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	83	30	16	37	-0.45
68	Leeds City Leeds City	20	8	3	9	-0.46
69	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	58	18	17	23	-0.68
70	Southend United Southend United	48	16	15	17	-0.69
71	Workington Workington	19	10	2	7	-0.70
72	Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons	10	3	4	3	-0.74
73	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	61	26	11	24	-0.78
74	Manchester City Man City	33	6	10	17	-0.83
75	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town	49	13	11	25	-0.86
76	Bristol City Bristol City	101	32	24	45	-0.94
77	Sunderland Sunderland	28	10	3	15	-0.96
78	Portsmouth Portsmouth	58	19	15	24	-1.02
79	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	111	39	27	45	-1.03
80	Wrexham Wrexham	34	13	8	13	-1.05
81	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	76	25	24	27	-1.06
82	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	69	15	21	33	-1.12
83	Swansea City Swansea City	80	23	18	39	-1.16
84	Newport County Newport County	30	12	8	10	-1.16
85	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	66	21	12	33	-1.22
86	Cardiff City Cardiff City	59	14	15	30	-1.29
87	Leicester City Leicester City	110	26	33	51	-1.33
88	Chesterfield Chesterfield	85	27	22	36	-1.36
89	Burnley Burnley	69	19	17	33	-1.40
90	Brentford Brentford	61	15	21	25	-1.43
91	Stockport County Stockport County	96	32	34	30	-1.50
92	Glossop North End Glossop North End	32	11	8	13	-1.68
93	Norwich City Norwich City	45	11	15	19	-1.72
94	Carlisle United Carlisle United	30	13	6	11	-1.73
95	Gateshead AFC Gateshead	32	11	10	11	-1.99
96	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic	22	4	10	8	-2.00
97	West Ham United West Ham United	55	9	14	32	-2.04
98	FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town	45	15	12	18	-2.16
99	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	71	20	19	32	-2.25
100	Manchester United Man Utd	39	5	11	23	-2.32
101	Coventry City Coventry City	66	19	15	32	-2.49
102	Exeter City Exeter City	28	10	4	14	-2.78
103	Northampton Town Northampton Town	29	8	7	14	-3.16
104	Chester Chester	31	9	10	12	-3.17
105	Aston Villa Aston Villa	21	2	4	15	-4.62

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