that should be the default sorting value

That would be a totally different chart. Spurs and the Manchester teams would be sorted to the top on far fewer matches played.

Plus, the one major caveat I would add to both charts is that the English Football League changed to the 3-point win scheme in 1981-1982 season, so I have no idea how that would influence the points per game calculation to make a true all-time table. OP’s table, provided from the link in this post, calculates the points total using the 3-point scheme.

I’m looking at win % in a table like this. Everton’s is 45.8%

Only 3 teams have a win % above 50. They are

• Arsenal 50.5%
• Liverpool 56.8%
• Manchester City 50.3% (who have by far the most games played of the 3)

Of the rest of the notable clubs,

• United’s is 49.7%
• Chelsea’s is 48.8%
• Newcastle’s is 47.4%
• West Ham’s is 44.0%
• Leeds is 41.5%
• Spurs is 46.5%
• Aston Villa’s is 42.7%

For context

• Leicester’s is 41.2% having played the 3rd most games all time in the 2nd division
• Sheffield United is 43.1%
• Birmingham City is 41.3%
• West Brom is 43.0%
• Ipswich is 40.8%
• Sunderland’s is 42.8%

Yea us playing hundreds of games less in the second division than every other team is a good thing.

All 3 of those other Burton teams are part of the lineage of Albion. Swifts and Wanderers joined to form Burton United, which later became a part of Albion.

Burton went through loads of teams in the early 20th century

It would be whoever has spent the most time in the Premiership recently. It wouldn’t surprise me if Luton will end up making more this season than Coventry did in the first 10 seasons up there.