The 2025-26 Premier League season has now concluded with Arsenal crowned Champions, Sunderland booking a spot in the Europa League, and West Ham losing their top-flight status.
Below we relive the final day drama through the prism of statistics:
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No pens, no reds
- Arsenal became the first club in Premier League history to not give away a penalty or receive a red card in a season.
Champions Arsenal lifted the Premier League trophy following a 2-1 victory away at Crystal Palace. The win extended the Gunners’ record for final-day victories to 25, with this their 15th in a row.
Remarkably, Arsenal completed the entire campaign without conceding a single penalty or receiving a red card – a Premier League first, and a stark turnaround from last season when they had a joint-high six red cards.
Meanwhile, Max Dowman made history by becoming the youngest player ever to start a Premier League match at just 16 years and 144 days old. The teenager added that achievement to his records as the youngest Premier League goalscorer and youngest player to win the Premier League title.
Hammers relegated
- West Ham are the first club to be relegated with 39+ points since Blackpool and Birmingham in 2010/11.
West Ham’s 14-year stay in the Premier League came to an end after their relegation was confirmed on the final day of the season. The Hammers did their part with a 3-0 victory over Leeds, but Tottenham’s 1-0 win against Everton sealed their fate and condemned them to a third Premier League-era relegation.
West Ham finished on 39 points, which is the highest total to suffer relegation in 15 years since Birmingham City and Blackpool went down with the same tally in 2010-11. In Premier League history, only seven teams have ever been relegated with 39+ points, with West Ham now accounting for two of those, including the record for the highest points total ever relegated (42 points in 2002-03).
West Ham’s relegation also brings an unusual statistical quirk: the 2026-27 Premier League season will be the first without a club beginning with the letter ‘W’ since 1910-11.
Spurs survive
- Tottenham finished as low as 17th in consecutive top-flight league seasons for the first time in 111 years.
Tottenham carved out their first home league win of 2026, which was enough to secure their Premier League safety and avoid a first top-flight relegation since 1977. The nerve-shredding 1-0 victory against Everton – thanks to a Joao Palhinha goal – was their first league home win since beating Brentford 2-0 on 6th December 2025.
Despite avoiding the drop, Tottenham still finished 17th for a second consecutive top-flight campaign, which is the first time they have come that low in back-to-back seasons in 111 years.
Their return of just three home league wins also matched the fewest ever recorded by a side to avoid relegation in a Premier League season, equalling Hull City’s tally from 2008-09.
Goodbye Mo
- Mo Salah set a new outright record for Liverpool assists (93rd) in the Premier League era, putting him one clear of Steven Gerrard (92).
Mo Salah bid an emotional farewell to Liverpool and marked his goodbye by becoming Liverpool’s outright Premier League assist king with 93 – achieved in the 1-1 draw against Brentford – moving him clear of Steven Gerrard’s tally (92).
Salah departs Liverpool as the club’s third-highest goalscorer of all time with 257 goals, behind only Ian Rush (346) and Roger Hunt (285). His remarkable return of 286 Premier League goal involvements in 327 appearances places him third in the competition’s all-time rankings behind only Alan Shearer (324) and Wayne Rooney (311).
Since arriving at Liverpool in 2017-18, Salah has dominated the Premier League statistically, recording more touches in the opposition box, shots, shots on target, goals, assists and overall goal involvements than any other player in the division.
Meanwhile, teammate Virgil van Dijk also made history by becoming the oldest player ever to play every minute of a Premier League season at 34 years and 320 days old, surpassing John Terry’s previous record set in 2014-15.
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Sunderland in Europe
- Sunderland become only the fifth newly promoted team to qualify for Europe via their Premier League position.
Sunderland capped a remarkable first season back in the Premier League by sealing seventh place and qualification for the Europa League with a 2-1 victory over world champions Chelsea at the Stadium of Light. In doing so, the Black Cats finished above the Blues in the top flight for the first time since 1983-84.
The achievement also saw Sunderland become just the fifth club to qualify for Europe through their league position in the season immediately following promotion to the Premier League.
For Chelsea, it brought the curtain down on a miserable campaign. Just a year after winning the Conference League – and then lifting the Club World Cup – the Blues have slumped to a 10th-place finish and missed out on European qualification altogether. Incoming manager Xabi Alonso inherits a major rebuilding job at Stamford Bridge.
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Record breaking Bruno
- Bruno Fernandes set a new single season Premier League assist record of 21.
Bruno Fernandes celebrated winning the Premier League Player of the Season award by accumulating a record-breaking 21st assist of the campaign in Manchester United’s 3-0 win at Brighton, which is a new tally for the most in a single Premier League season. It was his 11th assist on the road, which is a joint record alongside Cesc Fabregas (2014-15) and Mo Salah (2024-25).
Fernandes, who also scored, has now been directly involved in 143 Premier League goals for Manchester United, moving him ahead of David Beckham’s tally of 142. Only three players in the club’s history have recorded more goal involvements in the competition.
The Portuguese playmaker dominated creatively throughout the season, with no player producing more chances created (136), attempting more final-third passes (871), or completing (15) and attempting (39) more through balls than Fernandes.
United’s emphatic final day win also capped a remarkable turnaround under Michael Carrick, with the Red Devils finishing 29 points better off than they did last season, which is the biggest improvement of any side in the division.
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Farewell Pep
- Pep Guardiola became the longest-serving manager in Manchester City history after taking charge of his 593rd match for the club, moving past Les McDowall’s previous record of 592 games.
Pep Guardiola’s final match in charge of Manchester City ended in a surprise 2-1 home defeat to Aston Villa. The game was his 593rd at the helm of the club, taking him past Les McDowall for the most matches managed in Manchester City’s history.
Guardiola now departs Man City with 20 trophies, and the first manager to:
- Win the treble with two different men’s sides.
- Complete the Treble and the domestic treble in England in men’s football history.
- To attain 100 points in a Premier League season.
- To win the Premier League title in four consecutive seasons.
- To win the EFL Cup five times.
- To win the Domestic cup double, twice.
Erling Haaland wasn’t even included in the Guardiola’s final squad, but without kicking a ball he become only the fifth player to win 3+ Premier League Golden Boot awards after Harry Kane (3), Alan Shearer (3), Mo Salah (4), and Thierry Henry (4).
Speaking of goals, the brace for World Cup 2026 bound Ollie Watkins saw him finish the season as the Premier League’s highest-scoring Englishman (16 goals).
Bournemouth’s bundle of draws
- Bournemouth have set a new record of 18 draws in a 38-game Premier League season.
Bournemouth missed out on Champions League football following a 1-1 draw away to Nottingham Forest, though the Cherries still secured European football for the first time in their history (Europa League) and in the process extended their remarkable club record run to 18 Premier League games unbeaten.
Bournemouth also entered the record books with a new high of 18 draws in a 38-game Premier League season. It matched the overall top-flight mark of 18 draws previously set by Manchester City, Sheffield United and Southampton, all of whom reached this tally in 42-game campaigns.
Wilson at it again
- Only three Fulham players have ever accumulated more goal contributions than Harry Wilson (17) in a single Premier League season.
Harry Wilson registered his 17th goal involvement of the season as Fulham secured a 2-0 win over Newcastle at Craven Cottage. It was Wilson’s seventh assist of the campaign, to go alongside his 10 goals.
Only three Fulham players have ever recorded more combined goals and assists in a single Premier League season: Clint Dempsey with 23 in 2011-12, and both Louis Saha (18 in 2003-04) and Luis Boa Morte (18 in 2004-05).
To top the campaign off, Wilson’s stunning goal at Crystal Palace was named Goal of the Season.
Newcastle, meanwhile, finished the season in 12th place – their lowest finish since 2020-21 – leaving Eddie Howe’s position under renewed scrutiny heading into the summer.
Home & away
Burnley edged the battle for 19th place after a 1-1 draw at home to fellow relegated side Wolves, in a meeting that summed up a difficult season for both clubs. Attention now turns to rebuilding and targeting an immediate return to the Premier League next term.
Burnley finished with the worst home record in the top-flight, collecting just 13 points at Turf Moor, while bottom-placed Wolves failed to win a single away game all season, picking up only six points on the road in total.
