# List of Premier League seasons
The Premier League seasons are the annual editions of England's top-flight football league competition since its formation in 1992, each running from August to May and ending with a champion crowned by points, three for a win and one for a draw. Thirty-four seasons have been completed, from the inaugural 1992/93 campaign won by Manchester United to 2025/26, won by Arsenal.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) • [2](https://www.premierleague.com/en/the-run-in/title-race)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First season | 1992/93, starting Saturday 15 August 1992 with 22 clubs[3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/1340025) |
| Current format | 20 clubs, 380 matches per season, August to May[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) |
| Number of seasons | 34 completed (1992/93 to 2025/26)[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) • [2](https://www.premierleague.com/en/the-run-in/title-race) |
| Different champions | Seven: Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Leicester City, and Liverpool[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) |
| Most titles | Manchester United, 13 in 34 seasons[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) |
| Most points in a season | 100, Manchester City (2017/18); fewest, 11, Derby County (2007/08)[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/662062) |
| Average title-winning points | 81.3 across the 33 seasons before 2025/26[5](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4373364/) |
| Clubs ever present | Six: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur[6](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4365156/new-to-the-premier-league-heres-all-you-need-to-know) |
## Season structure
Each season is a double round-robin: the 20 clubs play each other home and away, 380 matches in total, between August and May.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) The team finishing top of the table is English champion. Positions are decided first by points, then by goal difference, then goals scored, then head-to-head points and away goals in matches between tied clubs.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained)
The bottom three clubs are relegated to the [EFL Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/efl-championship) and replaced by three promoted clubs: the top two finishers and the winner of the end-of-season play-offs.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) The one exception came at the end of 1994/95, when the league reduced its size from 22 to 20 clubs: four teams went down, including Crystal Palace, and only two were promoted.[3](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/1340025) • [7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) The first three seasons therefore had 22 teams playing 42 matches each.[6](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4365156/new-to-the-premier-league-heres-all-you-need-to-know)
## List of seasons and champions
| Season | Champions |
|---|---|
| 1992/93 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 1993/94 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 1994/95 | Blackburn Rovers[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 1995/96 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 1996/97 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 1997/98 | Arsenal[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 1998/99 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 1999/00 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2000/01 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2001/02 | Arsenal[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2002/03 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2003/04 | Arsenal[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2004/05 | Chelsea[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2005/06 | Chelsea[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2006/07 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2007/08 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2008/09 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2009/10 | Chelsea[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2010/11 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2011/12 | Manchester City[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2012/13 | Manchester United[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2013/14 | Manchester City[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2014/15 | Chelsea[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2015/16 | Leicester City[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2016/17 | Chelsea[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2017/18 | Manchester City[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2018/19 | Manchester City[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2019/20 | Liverpool[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) |
| 2020/21 | Manchester City[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) |
| 2021/22 | Manchester City[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) |
| 2022/23 | Manchester City[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) |
| 2023/24 | Manchester City[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) |
| 2024/25 | Liverpool[9](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4668605/everything-thats-been-decided-in-202526-premier-league) |
| 2025/26 | Arsenal[2](https://www.premierleague.com/en/the-run-in/title-race) |
## Notable seasons
**The early years.** Manchester United won the inaugural 1992/93 title, finishing 10 points clear of Aston Villa, and retained it in 1993/94 while also taking the [FA Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fa-cup).[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001) • [10](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/693468) Blackburn Rovers interrupted the sequence in 1994/95, the last 22-club season.[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001)
**The Invincibles.** Arsenal's 2003/04 side is the only club to have completed a Premier League season without losing a match, winning the title by 11 points from Chelsea; the team became known as "the Invincibles".[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained)
**Tightest and widest margins.** Manchester City's 2017/18 title came with a record 19-point winning margin over second-placed Manchester United, on a record 100 points.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) • [4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/662062) The narrowest margin came in 2011/12, when City and Manchester United finished level on points and City won on a goal difference of +8, Sergio Aguero scoring deep into stoppage time on the final day.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained)
**Leicester 2015/16.** Leicester City became the sixth club to win the Premier League, completing the title a year after a late but successful battle against relegation.[7](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001)
**Recent seasons.** Manchester City won four consecutive titles from 2020/21 to 2023/24, a competition record.[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) Liverpool took 2024/25, sealing it with a 5-1 win over [Tottenham](https://www.edgepedia.org/tottenham), their second Premier League-era title.[9](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4668605/everything-thats-been-decided-in-202526-premier-league) In 2025/26, Arsenal won their first title since 2003/04, confirmed when Manchester City drew at [AFC Bournemouth](https://www.edgepedia.org/afc-bournemouth) in Matchweek 37 left them uncatchable with a four-point lead, and they lifted the trophy after a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on the final day.[2](https://www.premierleague.com/en/the-run-in/title-race) • [11](https://apnews.com/article/828b9b177f8c0484754945eeb4ee0d0f) • [9](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4668605/everything-thats-been-decided-in-202526-premier-league)
## What the seasons' numbers show
**Points needed to win.** Across the league's history, the average points required to win the title, effectively what was needed to beat the second-placed team, was 81.3 through the first 33 seasons.[5](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4373364/) The lowest title-winning total is 75, by Manchester United in 1996/97; the highest is Manchester City's 100 in 2017/18.[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) Liverpool's 97 points in 2018/19 are the most ever collected without winning the title.[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records)
**The floor.** Derby County's 2007/08 season marks the low point of any campaign: 11 points, one win, 20 goals scored, and a goal difference of -69.[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/662062) Southampton's 2024/25 side set the record for most defeats in a 38-match season with 30.[8](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records)
**Participation.** A total of 51 clubs have played in the Premier League, with Luton Town the most recent debutant in 2023/24.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained) Six clubs have appeared in every season since 1992.[6](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4365156/new-to-the-premier-league-heres-all-you-need-to-know)
## References
1. [Premier League Winners, List of Champions, History & Format Explained, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/premier-league-explained)
2. [Premier League Title Race - Live Table, Fixtures & Predictions, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/the-run-in/title-race)
3. [Premier League Origins, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/1340025)
4. [Records: Clubs, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/662062)
5. [How many points does it take to win the Premier League?, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4373364/)
6. [New to the Premier League? Here's all you need to know, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4365156/new-to-the-premier-league-heres-all-you-need-to-know)
7. [Premier League history, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/59001)
8. [Premier League Club, Manager & Player Records, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records)
9. [EVERYTHING that's been decided in 2025/26 Premier League, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4668605/everything-thats-been-decided-in-202526-premier-league)
10. [1993/94 Season Review, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/693468)
11. [Arsenal wins its first Premier League title in 22 years after Man City draws with Bournemouth, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/828b9b177f8c0484754945eeb4ee0d0f)
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