Premier League records and statistics

The Premier League was founded as the top tier of English football for the start of the 1992-93 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Premier League since then.

Club records

Titles

• Most titles: 12, Manchester United
• Most consecutive title wins: 3, Manchester United twice (1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01) and (2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09).

Wins

• Most wins in a season (38 games): 32, Manchester City (2017-18, 2018-19) Liverpool (2019-20)
• Fewest wins in a season (38 games): 1, Derby County (2007–08)
• Most home wins in a season (19 games): 18, joint record:
  • Chelsea (2005–06)
  • Manchester United (2010–11)
  • Manchester City (2011–12)
• Fewest home wins in a season (19 games): 1, joint record:
  • Sunderland (2005–06)
  • Derby County (2007–08)
• Most away wins in a season (19 games): 15, Chelsea (2004–05)
• Fewest away wins in a season (19/21 games): 0, joint record:
  • Leeds United (1992–93)
  • Coventry City (1999–2000)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers (2003–04)
  • Norwich City (2004–05)
  • Derby County (2007–08)
  • Hull City (2009–10)
• Most consecutive wins: 14, Arsenal (between 10 February 2002 and 24 August 2002)
• Most consecutive games without a win (38 games): 32, Derby County (2007–08) (Derby were relegated at the end of the season and have not played in the Premier League since, so this record may be extended if they are ever promoted back to the top flight).
• Most consecutive league games without a Win from the beginning of the season: 16, QPR (between 18 August 2012 and 8 December 2012)
• Most consecutive home wins: 20, Manchester City (between 5 March 2011 and 21 March 2012)
• Most consecutive away wins: 11, Chelsea (between 5 April 2008 and 6 December 2008)
• Most wins in total: 516, Manchester United

Losses

• Most losses in a season (38 or 42 games): 29, joint record:
  • Ipswich Town (1994–95)
  • Sunderland (2005–06)
  • Derby County (2007–08)
• Fewest losses in a season (38 games): 0, Arsenal (2003–04)
• Longest unbeaten run: 49 games, Arsenal (FA Premier League May 7, 2003 - October 24, 2004)
• Most home losses in a season (19 games): 14, Sunderland (2002–03), (2005–06)
• Fewest home losses in a season (19 games): 0, joint record:
  • Manchester United (1995–96, 1999–2000, 2010–11)
  • Arsenal (1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08)
  • Chelsea (2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08)
  • Liverpool (2008–09)
  • Manchester City (2011-12)
• Most consecutive losses in a season (38 games): 15, Sunderland (2002–03)
• Most consecutive losses over more than one season (38 games): 20, Sunderland (2002–03, 2005–06)
  • (Sunderland lost their last 15 games of the 2002–03 season and were relegated. They followed this up by losing their first 5 games of the 2005–06 season, their next season in the Premier League.)
• Most away losses in a season (19 games): 17, Burnley (2009-10)
• Fewest away losses in a season (19 games): 0, Arsenal (2001–02, 2003–04)
• Most consecutive home games undefeated: 86, Chelsea (21 February 2004 - 26 October 2008)
• Most consecutive away games undefeated: 27, Arsenal (5 April 2003 - 25 September 2004)
• Most losses in total: 283, Everton

Draws

• Most draws in a season (42 games): 18, joint record:
  • Manchester City (1993–94)
  • Sheffield United (1993–94)
  • Southampton (1994–95)
• Most draws in a season (38 games): 17, joint record:
  • Newcastle United (2003–04)
  • Aston Villa (2006–07, 2011-12)
• Most consecutive draws in a season (38 or 42 games): 7, joint record:
  • Norwich City (1993–94)
  • Southampton (1994–95)
  • Manchester City (2009–10)
• Fewest draws in a season (38 games): 3, Chelsea (1997–98)
• Most home draws in a season (19 games): 10, joint record:
  • Sheffield Wednesday (1996–97)
  • Leicester City (1997–98), (2003–04)
• Fewest home draws in a season (19 games): None, Manchester City (2008–09)
• Most away draws in a season (19 games): 12, Newcastle United (2003–04)
• Fewest away draws in a season (19 games): 1, 9 times
• Most draws in total: 246, Aston Villa

Attendances

• Highest attendance, single game: 76,398, Manchester United v. Blackburn Rovers (at Old Trafford, 31 March 2007)
• Lowest attendance, single game: 3,039, Wimbledon v. Everton (at Selhurst Park, 26 January 1993)

Goals

• Most goals scored in a season: 103, Chelsea (2009–10)
• Fewest goals scored in a season: 20, Derby County (2007–08)
• Most goals conceded in a season (42 games): 100, Swindon Town (1993–94)
• Most goals conceded in a season (38 games): 89, Derby County (2007–08)
• Fewest goals conceded in a season: 15, Chelsea (2004–05)
• Best goal difference in a season: 71, Chelsea (2009–10)
• Worst goal difference in a season: −69, Derby County (2007–08)
• Highest percentage of season goals scored in a single game: 18.6% (8/43), Middlesbrough (8–1 vs. Manchester City, 11 May 2008)
• Most goals scored at home in a season: 68, Chelsea (2009–10)
• Most goals scored away in a season: 47, Manchester United (2001–02)
• Fewest goals scored at home in a season: 10, Manchester City (2006–07)
• Fewest goals scored away in a season: 8, joint record:
  • Middlesbrough (1995–96)
  • Southampton (1998–99)
  • Sheffield United (2006–07)
  • Derby County (2007–08)
• Most goals conceded at home in a season (42 games): 45, Swindon Town (1993–94)
• Most goals conceded at home in a season (38 games): 43, joint record:
  • Derby County (2007–08)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers (2011–12)
• Most goals conceded away in a season (42 games): 59, Ipswich Town (1994–95)
• Most goals conceded away in a season (38 games): 55, Wigan Athletic (2009–10)
• Fewest goals conceded at home in a season: 4, Manchester United (1994–95)
• Fewest goals conceded away in a season: 9, Chelsea (2004–05)
• Most clean sheets in a season: 24, Chelsea (2004–05)
• Fewest clean sheets in a season: 3, Derby County, Birmingham City (both 2007–08), Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City (both 2011–12)
• Most games from the start of the season without a clean sheet: 27, Blackburn Rovers (2011–12)
• Fewest failures to score in a match in a season: 0 (scored in every game), Arsenal (2001–02)
• Most penalties conceded: 47 (home), 93 (away), Aston Villa 1992–2007
• Most goals scored in total: 1591, Manchester United
• Most goals conceded in total: 1046, Tottenham Hotspur
• Biggest half-time lead in the Premier League: 5 goals
  • Sheffield Wednesday 5–0 Bolton Wanderers (8 November 1997)
  • Burnley 1–6 Manchester City (0–5 at half-time) (3 April 2010)
• Largest goal deficit overcome to win: 3
  • Leeds United 4–3 Derby County (8 November 1997)
  • West Ham United 3–4 Wimbledon (9 September 1998)
  • Tottenham Hotspur 3–5 Manchester United (29 September 2001)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–3 Leicester City (25 October 2003)
• Largest goal deficit overcome to draw: 4, Newcastle United 4–4 Arsenal (5 February 2011)

Points

• Most points in a season: 99 Manchester city(2004–05)
• Fewest points in a season: 11, Derby County (2007–08)
• Most points in a season without winning the league:
  • 42 games: 88, Manchester United (1994–95)
  • 38 games: 97, Liverpool (2018-19)
• Fewest points in a season while winning the league: 75, Manchester United (1996–97)
• Most points in a season while being relegated:
  • 42 games: 49, Crystal Palace (1992–93)
  • 38 games: 42, West Ham United (2002–03)
• Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation: 34, West Bromwich Albion (2004–05)

Promotion and change in position

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Positions and League membership

• Best season for promoted clubs: All three promoted sides avoided relegation
  • (Fulham, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers): 2001–02
    • In addition, these three clubs lasted a decade (2001-2012) together in the PL - another Premier League record. Fulham are the only team who can continue on their run, as Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers were both relegated in 2011–12.
  • (Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Swansea City): 2011–12
• Worst season for promoted clubs: All three promoted sides were relegated (Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley and Crystal Palace): 1997–98
• Lowest finish by the previous season's champions: 7th, Blackburn Rovers (1995–96)
  • Leeds United were defending champions in 1992–93 and finished 17th, but they were technically the Division One holders rather than the Premier League holders due to the League's reorganisation.
• Highest finish by a promoted club: 3rd, joint record:
  • Newcastle United (1993–94)
  • Nottingham Forest (1994–95)
• Biggest rise in finishing position: Everton, 13 places (17th in 2003–04; 4th in 2004–05 )
• Biggest fall in finishing position: 13 places, joint record:
  • Blackburn Rovers (6th in 1997–98, 19th in 1998–99)
  • Ipswich Town (5th in 2000–01, 18th in 2001–02)
    • Leeds United dropped 16 places in 1992–93 season. (1st in 1991–92; 17th in 1992–93), but they were members of Division One during the 1991–92 season, due to the League's reorganisation.

All-time FA Premier League Table

The all-time FA Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Premier League since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2011–12 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2012–13 Premier League. Numbers in bold are the record integers (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column.

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Relegated	Avg Pts	Best Pos.
1	Manchester United	20	772	500	163	109	1541	660	881	1663	12	5	3			83.15	1
2	Arsenal	20	772	415	204	153	1345	717	628	1449	3	5	4	5		72.45	1
3	Chelsea	20	772	401	199	172	1282	741	541	1402	3	4	2	2		70.10	1
4	Liverpool	20	772	380	194	198	1236	753	483	1334		2	5	5		64.20	2
5	Aston Villa	20	772	283	240	249	973	923	50	1089		1		1		54.45	2
6	Tottenham Hotspur	20	772	294	204	274	1072	1020	52	1086				2		54.30	4
7	Everton	20	772	272	218	282	974	979	−5	1034				1		51.70	4
8	Newcastle United	18	692	277	186	229	996	885	111	1017		2	2	1	1	56.50	2
9	Blackburn Rovers	18	696	262	184	250	927	907	20	970	1	1		1	2	53.89	1
10	Manchester City	15	582	211	151	220	771	736	35	784	1		1		2	52.27	1
11	West Ham United	16	616	202	158	256	723	880	−157	764					2	47.75	5
12	Leeds United	12	468	189	125	154	641	573	68	692			1	2	1	57.66	3
13	Middlesbrough	14	536	160	156	220	621	741	−120	633					3	45.20	7
14	Southampton	13	506	150	137	219	598	738	−140	587					1	45.15	8
15	Bolton Wanderers	13	494	149	128	217	575	745	−170	575					3	44.23	6
16	Fulham	11	418	130	121	167	480	552	−72	511						46.45	7
17	Sunderland	11	418	112	104	202	422	606	−184	440					3	40.00	7
18	Coventry City	9	354	99	112	143	387	490	−103	409					1	45.40	11
19	Sheffield Wednesday	8	316	101	89	126	409	453	−44	392					1	49.00	7
20	Wimbledon	8	316	99	94	123	384	472	−88	391					1	48.88	8
21	Charlton Athletic	8	304	93	82	129	342	442	−100	361					2	45.13	7
22	Leicester City	8	308	84	90	134	354	456	−102	342					3	42.75	8
23	Birmingham City	7	266	73	82	111	273	360	−87	301					3	43.00	9
24	Wigan Athletic	7	266	76	67	123	269	409	−140	295						42.14	10
25	Portsmouth	7	266	79	65	122	292	380	−88	293					1	41.90	8
26	Derby County	7	266	68	70	128	271	420	−149	274					2	39.10	8
27	Queens Park Rangers	5	202	69	46	87	267	298	−31	253					1	50.60	5
28	Norwich City	5	202	62	62	78	257	323	−66	248			1		2	49.60	3
29	Nottingham Forest	5	198	60	59	79	229	287	−58	239			1		3	47.80	3
30	Ipswich Town	5	202	57	53	92	219	312	−93	224					2	44.80	5
31	West Bromwich Albion	6	228	52	60	116	233	374	−141	216					3	36.00	10
32	Stoke City	4	152	47	42	63	154	204	−50	183						45.75	11
33	Crystal Palace	4	160	37	49	74	160	243	−83	160					4	40.00	18
34	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	152	32	40	80	156	281	−125	136					2	34.00	15
35	Sheffield United	3	122	32	36	54	128	168	−40	132					2	44.00	14
36	Reading	2	76	26	13	37	93	113	−20	91					1	45.50	8
37	Oldham Athletic	2	84	22	23	39	105	142	−37	89					1	44.50	19
38	Hull City	2	76	14	23	39	73	139	−66	65					1	32.50	17
39	Bradford City	2	76	14	20	42	68	138	−70	62					1	31.00	17
40	Watford	2	76	11	19	46	64	136	−72	52					2	26.00	20
41	Swansea City	1	38	12	11	15	44	51	-7	47						47.00	11
42	Blackpool	1	38	10	9	19	55	78	-23	39					1	39.00	19
43	Barnsley	1	38	10	5	23	37	82	−45	35					1	35.00	19
44	Burnley	1	38	8	6	24	42	82	−40	30					1	30.00	18
45	Swindon Town	1	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30					1	30.00	22

League or status at 2012–13:

	2012–13 Premier League
	2012–13 Football League Championship
	2012–13 Football League One
	2012–13 Football League Two

Player records

Awards

Various awards have been given out to Premier League players, reflecting achievement in the league. Every month a Manager of the Month and Player of the Month award is given. In addition, a Manager of the Year award is handed out every year. Every ten years, a special awards ceremony is held to honour achievement over the whole period.

Appearances

• Most Premier League appearances: 608, Ryan Giggs (Manchester United, 1992 to 26 December 2012)
• Most Premier League appearances at one club: 608, Ryan Giggs (Manchester United, 1992 to 26 December 2012)
• Oldest player: John Burridge, 43 years and 162 days (for Manchester City v. Queens Park Rangers, 14 May 1995)
• Youngest player: Matthew Briggs, 16 years and 65 days (for Fulham v. Middlesbrough, 13 May 2007)
• Most consecutive Premier League appearances: 310, Brad Friedel (14 August 2004 until 7 October 2012)
• Most seasons appeared in: 21, Ryan Giggs (only player to have appeared in every Premier League season)

Individual

• Most Premier League winner's medals: 12, Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) – 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
• First Premier League goal: Brian Deane (for Sheffield United v. Manchester United, 15 August 1992)
• Most Premier League goals: Alan Shearer (260)

Further information: List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals

• Most Premier League seasons scored in: Ryan Giggs (20 seasons)
• Most goals in a season (42 games): 34, joint record:
  • Andrew Cole (Newcastle United, 1993–94)
  • Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, 1994–95)

Further information: Premier League Golden Boot

• Most goals in a season (38 games): 31, joint record:
  • Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, 1995–96)
  • Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, 2007–08)
• Most Premier League goals in a calender year:
  • Alan Shearer 36 goals
• Amount of teams scored against in a season(38 games, 20 teams):
  • Ian Wright 17, (Arsenal, 1996/1997)
  • Robin van Persie 17, (Arsenal, 2011/2012)
• Amount of teams scored against in a season(42 games, 22 teams):
  • Alan Shearer 17,
  • Andy Cole 17,
• Most goals in a debut season (38 games): 30, Kevin Phillips (Sunderland, 1999–00)
• Most Premier league hat-tricks in a season:
  • Alan Shearer 5 (42 games) (Blackburn Rovers, 1995–96)
• Most Premier league hat-tricks:
  • Alan Shearer 11
• Most goals in a game: 5, joint record:
  • Andrew Cole (for Manchester United v. Ipswich Town, 4 March 1995) W9-0
  • Alan Shearer (for Newcastle United v. Sheffield Wednesday, 19 September 1999) W 8-0
  • Jermain Defoe (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Wigan Athletic, 22 November 2009) W 9-1
  • Dimitar Berbatov (for Manchester United v. Blackburn Rovers, 27 November 2010) W 7-1

Further information: List of Premier League hat-tricks

• Most goals in one half: 5, Jermain Defoe (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Wigan Athletic, 22 November 2009) W 9-1
• Youngest goalscorer: James Vaughan, 16 years and 271 days (for Everton v. Crystal Palace, 10 April 2005)
• Oldest goalscorer: Teddy Sheringham, 40 years and 268 days (for West Ham United v. Portsmouth, 26 December 2006)
• Fastest goal: 9.9 seconds, Ledley King (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Bradford City, 9 December 2000)
• Most goals scored by a substitute in a game: 4, Ole Gunnar Solskjær (for Manchester United v. Nottingham Forest, 6 February 1999)
• Most consecutive league matches scored in: 10, Ruud van Nistelrooy (for Manchester United, 22 March 2003 to 23 August 2003)
• Most consecutive away league matches scored in: 9, Robin van Persie (for Arsenal, 1 January 2011 to 22 May 2011)
• Most consecutive seasons to score 10 or more Goals in: 9 (2003-2012), Frank Lampard (for Chelsea)
• Fastest Premier League hat-trick: Robbie Fowler, 4 minutes 33 seconds (for Liverpool v. Arsenal, 28 August 1994)
• Highest number of different clubs to score for: 6:
  • Andrew Cole (for Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth)
  • Les Ferdinand (for Q.P.R, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers)
  • Marcus Bent (for Charlton Athletic, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Crystal Palace, Wigan Athletic)
  • Nick Barmby (for Liverpool, Everton, Leeds United, Middlesbrough, Tottenham Hotspur, Hull City)
  • Craig Bellamy (for Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Coventry City, Blackburn Rovers)
  • Peter Crouch (for Aston Villa, Southampton, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Stoke City)
  • Robbie Keane (for Aston Villa, Coventry City, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Leeds United, West Ham United)
• Winner of Premier League Player of the Month Award:
  • Steven Gerrard 5 times
  • Wayne Rooney 5 times
• Most Premier League assists: 126, Ryan Giggs
• Most Premier League own goals: 10, Richard Dunne

Goalkeepers

Further information: Premier League Golden Glove

• Goalscoring goalkeepers (excluding own goals)::
  • Peter Schmeichel (Everton 3–2 Aston Villa, 20 October 2001)
  • Brad Friedel (Charlton Athletic 3–2 Blackburn Rovers, 21 February 2004)
  • Paul Robinson (Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Watford, 17 March 2007)
  • Tim Howard (Everton 1–2 Bolton Wanderers, 4 January 2012)
• Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 14 games (1,311 minutes), Edwin van der Sar (for Manchester United, 2008–09)
• Most clean sheets in one season: 21, joint record:
  • Petr Čech (for Chelsea, 2004–05)
  • Edwin van der Sar (for Manchester United, 2008–09)
• Most clean sheets in total: 173, David James

Disciplinary

• Fewest touches before a red card: 0, joint record:
  • Andreas Johansson (as a substitute for Wigan Athletic v. Arsenal, 7 May 2006)
  • Keith Gillespie (as a substitute for Sheffield United v. Reading, 20 January 2007)
  • Dave Kitson (as a substitute for Reading v. Manchester United, 12 August 2007)
• Most red cards: 8, joint record:
  • Duncan Ferguson
  • Patrick Vieira
  • Richard Dunne
• Most yellow cards for a player: 100, Kevin Davies
• Most yellow cards for a single team in one game: 8, for West Ham United, against Queens Park Rangers (1 October 2012)
• Fouling record: 782, Kevin Davies (since 2000–01, the first season for which reliable records are available)
• Consecutive amount of yellow cards in as many matches since making debut: 5, James Perch (Newcastle United)

Longest range goals

• Longest range goal: Tim Howard – 93 metres (102 yd), Everton v. Bolton Wanderers (4 January 2012)
• Longest range free kick: Paul Robinson – 88 metres (96 yd) (direct), Tottenham Hotspur v. Watford (17 March 2007)
• Longest range volley: Matthew Taylor – 42 metres (46 yd), Portsmouth v. Everton (9 December 2006)
• Longest range from open play: Tim Howard – 93 metres (102 yd), Everton v. Bolton Wanderers (4 January 2012)
• Longest range goal by an outfield player: Xabi Alonso 58 meters (60 yards) Liverpool vs Newcastle September 2006

Note: None of the goals were deflections, all distances were analysed by Match of the Day.

Match records

Scorelines

Further information: List of Premier League highest scoring games

• Biggest home win: 9–0, Manchester United v. Ipswich Town (4 March 1995)
• Biggest away win: 1–8, Nottingham Forest v. Manchester United (6 February 1999)
• Highest scoring: 7–4 Portsmouth v. Reading (29 September 2007)
• Highest scoring in the first half:
  • 3-4 Blackburn Rovers v. Leeds United (14 September 1997)
  • 4-3 Bradford City v. Derby County (21 April 2000)
  • 3-4 Reading v. Manchester United (1 December 2012)
    (all three scores are half-time scores, NOT full-time)
• Most frequent scoreline: 1–0, 1482 times
• Most individual goal scorers in one game: 9, joint record:
  • Tottenham Hotspur 4–5 Arsenal (13 November 2004)
  • Portsmouth 7–4 Reading (29 September 2007)
• Most individual goal scorers from same team: 7, Chelsea (8-0 v. Aston Villa, 23 December 2012)

Match times and days

• Longest first-half additional time: 8 minutes 32 seconds (Blackburn Rovers v. Birmingham City, 9 April 2011)
• Longest additional time: 12 minutes 42 seconds (Manchester City v. Swansea City, 27 October 2012)
• Earliest kick-off: 11:15 a.m. BST (Manchester City v. Everton, 2 October 2005)
• Earliest start to a season: 7 August 1999
• Latest finish to a season: 24 May 2009

Managers

• Most Premier League winner's medals: 12, Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) – 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
• Longest-serving manager: Sir Alex Ferguson, 26 years (Manchester United, 15th August 1992 to date)
• Shortest-serving manager (excluding caretakers): Les Reed, 41 days (Charlton Athletic, 14 November 2006 to 24 December 2006)

External links

• All-time Premier League table per MSN Sports

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