The English Premier League in Numbers

The new English Premier League season gets under way this weekend with plenty of thrills and spills predicted for the next nine months.

We round up the numbers ahead of what is sure to be another fascinating campaign.

4 – Manchester City have won the last four Premier League titles, a record they now own outright. They had shared the record with Huddersfield Town, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United (twice) before their historic fourth triumph in a row in 2023-24.

7 – There are seven clubs from London in the Premier League this season - Arsenal, Brentford, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. The record is eight during the 1989/90 campaign.

9 – The biggest victory in the Premier League era is 9-0, which has happened four times, three of those since 2019. Manchester United defeated Ipswich Town 9-0 in 1995, before repeating that feat against Southampton in 2021. The unfortunate Saints also lost 9-0 to Leicester City two years earlier in 2019, and Liverpool beat Bournemouth by that scoreline in 2022.

11 – Derby County have the unwanted record for fewest points in a Premier League season when they managed only 11 from a possible 114 in 2007/08. They won one game all campaign.

18 – Manchester City (2017/18) and Liverpool (2019/20) hold the record for most consecutive wins in a Premier League season.

20 – Manchester United have the most English league titles with 20, followed by Liverpool (19). Arsenal (13), Manchester City (10) and Everton (9). If you break it down to just the Premier League era, Manchester United still lead with 13 championship wins.

32 – Manchester City (twice) and Liverpool share the record for most wins in a Premier League season with 32 from their 38 games, incredible consistency.

33 – This will be the 33rd season of the Premier League since it was first played in 1992/93. It will be the 126th season of topflight football in England overall.

42 – Generally, 36 points is considered enough for safety, but the unfortunate West Ham United were relegated with 42 points in the 2002-03 campaign, the most in a 38-game the Premier League season.

60 – Everton’s Dixie Dean holds the record for the most topflight goals in a single season with 60 in 39 matches the 1927/28 campaign. It is a top mark that is unlikely to ever be beaten.

99 – Arsenal have spent the most successive seasons in the topflight with 99 and have in fact never been relegated since they entered the First Division in 1919. The league was not played during World War II. Everton are next on the list with 71 successive seasons in the elite league.

100 – Manchester City hold the record for most points in a Premier League season when they amassed 100 in the 2017/18 campaign. The most points without winning the league were the 97 Liverpool earned the following campaign.

104 – Sheffield United set the unwanted record of most goals conceded in a season when they shipped 104 in the 2023-24 campaign. Chelsea conceded the fewest when they let in only 15 in 2004-05.

106 – Manchester City hold the record for most goals scored in the Premier League season with 106 in the 2017-18 campaign. That is 2.79 per match. Derby County and Sheffield United share the record for fewest goals scored, 20.

122 – Everton hold the world record for the club with the most seasons of topflight football. They have only missed four out of the 126 years the top division in England has been staged. Aston Villa are next with 111.

260 – Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals. Former Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane (213) was hot on his heels before his move to Bayern Munich. Wayne Rooney is third on the list with 208.

653 – If we take the Premier League era only, then former Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion midfielder Gareth Barry has the record for most appearances with 653.

2 059 – Liverpool hold the record for most wins in the English topflight. They are followed by Arsenal (1 994), Manchester United (1 906) and Everton (1 899).

74 310 – Manchester United’s Old Trafford is the biggest venue in the Premier League. Next is the Tottenham Stadium with a capacity of 62 850.