Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Twenty-year Premier League table

The following is the cumulative Premier League table dating back to the inception of the Premier League in 1992-93.  Although I'm among the first to admit that English football hardly began with that league's debut season, the twenty year mark create an anniversary feeling, allowing reminiscences and us to compile this table.

Movers this year include Manchester City, who climbed from eleventh to fifth, and Wolves, whose inept displays after Mick McCarthy's dismissal left them at the bottom of the table.  Two consecutive strong seasons from West Brom has finally allowed them to climb from the bottom to their current position.  Click here to view last year's table.

Team
Years
Title
Range
Top 4
Top 10
Relegations
Pts
Avg
Avg GD
Man Utd
20
12
1 to 3
20
20
0
1663
83.15
44.05
Arsenal
20
3
1 to 12
17
19
0
1449
72.45
31.85
Chelsea
20
3
1 to 14
11
16
0
1402
70.1
26.95
Blackburn
18
1
1 to 19
3
11
2
969
53.83
1.28
Man City
15
1
1 to 18
2
8
2
783
52.2
2.33
Liverpool
20
0
2 to 8
15
20
0
1314
65.7
25.05
Leeds United
12
0
3 to 19
3
7
1
692
57.67
5.67
Newcastle
18
0
2 to 18
2
9
1
1017
56.5
6.83
Aston Villa
20
0
2 to 18
2
15
0
1091
54.55
3.15
Tottenham
20
0
4 to 15
2
14
0
1086
54.3
2.25
Everton
20
0
4 to 17
1
8
0
1033
51.65
0.1
QPR
5
0
5 to 19
0
3
1
250
50
-6.2
Norwich City
5
0
3 to 20
0
1
2
248
49.6
-13.2
Sheffield Wed.
8
0
7 to 19
0
3
1
392
49
-6.88
West Ham
16
0
5 to 20
0
8
2
764
47.75
-9.81
Derby County
7
0
8 to 20
0
2
2
274
46.6
-21.29
Fulham
11
0
7 to 17
0
4
0
511
46.45
-3.6
Stoke City
4
0
11 to 14
0
0
0
183
45.75
-12.5
Coventry City
9
0
11 to 19
0
0
1
409
45.44
-11.44
Southampton
13
0
8 to 20
0
3
1
587
45.15
-10
Charlton Athl.
8
0
7 to 19
0
2
2
361
45.13
-12.5
Ipswich Town
5
0
5 to 22
0
1
2
224
44.8
-18.6
Bolton
13
0
6 to 20
0
4
2
575
44.23
-13.08
Sheffield Utd
3
0
14 to 20
0
0
2
132
44
-13.33
Sunderland
10
0
7 to 20
0
3
3
440
44
-17.2
Middlesbrough
14
0
7 to 21
0
2
3
611
43.64
-8.57
Birmingham
7
0
9 to 19
0
2
3
301
43
-12.43
Leicester City
8
0
8 to 21
0
4
3
342
42.75
-12.75
Wigan
7
0
10 to 17
0
1
0
295
42.14
-20
Nottm Forest
5
0
3 to 22
1
2
3
199
39.8
-11.6
Crystal Palace
4
0
18 to 21
0
0
4
159
39.75
-18.75
Portsmouth
7
0
8 to 20
0
2
1
293
36.63
-12.57
West Brom
6
0
10 to 20
0
1
3
216
36
-21.83
Wolves
4
0
15 to 20
0
0
2
136
34
-30.75

Table is arranged by order of:
1. Premiership Titles
2. Top Four Berths minus Relegations to zero (ie. can't go negative); clean relegation sheet outweighs more Top 4s and more Relegations.
3. Average Points
4. Average Goal Difference

2 comments:

  1. The stats are pretty pointless based on titles won. It should be based on average final table position over seasons in the league.

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    1. While I can see your point as to averaging final league position - and I think it should be easy enough to add - the reason I didn't actually perform it that way is that so many clubs end up with around about the same totals (around mid-table).

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