What are the highest Premier League points totals in history? Read on to learn about the 10 highest Premier League points totals and the teams that earned them.
Just one look at the highest Premier League points tallies is a reminder of how dominant teams have been in the recent history of English football. For many, appearing on the list of the most points in a Premier League season has led to silverware, but others have been unfortunate enough to be outdone by a fellow juggernaut.
Who has recorded the most points in a Premier League season?
Manchester City hold the record for the most points in a Premier League season with 100 in 2017-18. City also set the Premier League record for the most goals and the best goal difference in a campaign with 106 and +79, respectively.
Pep Guardiola was named Manager of the Season and five City players – Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Kyle Walker, and Nicolas Otamendi – were named in the Team of the Season.
The Premier League’s biggest points totals ranked
Below is a table that summarises the teams with the highest Premier League points totals in history:
Rank | Team | Total points | League position | Season |
1 | Manchester City | 100 | 1st | 2017-18 |
2 | Liverpool | 99 | 1st | 2019-20 |
3 | Manchester City | 98 | 1st | 2018-19 |
4 | Liverpool | 97 | 2nd | 2018-19 |
5 | Chelsea | 95 | 1st | 2004-05 |
T-6 | Manchester City | 93 | 1st | 2021-22 |
T-6 | Chelsea | 93 | 1st | 2016-17 |
T-8 | Liverpool | 92 | 2nd | 2021-22 |
T-8 | Manchester United | 92 | 1st | 1993-94 |
10 | Manchester City | 91 | 1st | 2023-24 |
A spotlight on some of the great Premier League campaigns
Unsurprisingly, the list above features many of the best Premier League teams ever. It also has two of the Premier League’s greatest title races, with Liverpool agonisingly finishing as runners-up to Manchester City in 2018-19 and 2021-22.
Jose Mourinho’s 2004-05 Chelsea side conceded the lowest number of goals in a Premier League campaign – a record that stands to this day. City then managed to break the goals scored record in 2017-18, with Liverpool’s 2018-19 team claiming 55 out of a possible 57 points at Anfield.
City in 2017-18 and Liverpool in 2019-20 share the record for the most consecutive Premier League victories with 18 apiece. In 2018-19, City won 14 matches in a row to end the season, which saw them pip Liverpool to the title.
Despite being the dominant force throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United only feature once among the highest-ever Premier League points totals. The Red Devils won 13 Premier League titles under Ferguson yet only had three seasons with 90+ points and five seasons between 86 and 89 points.
Excluding Mourinho’s first Chelsea title and Manchester United in 1993-94, this list is made up of teams from the last decade. In part, this reflects how the biggest clubs have got richer and built deeper squads, making it easier to compete on multiple fronts throughout the season.
Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are responsible for seven of the top 10, with the two all-time greats pushing one another to these dizzy heights. They arguably benefited from an era when their supposed peers were weak, with Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham enduring some difficult years across the end of the 2010s and the start of the 2020s.
What are the biggest Premier League runners-up points totals?
Liverpool holds the record for the two largest runners-up points totals with 97 in 2018-19 and 92 in 2021-22. Klopp’s Reds were magnificent in both campaigns but couldn’t outdo the preseason Premier League betting favourites, Manchester City.
In many Premier League seasons, the 97- and 92-point totals that Liverpool earned would win the league at a canter.
What is the biggest Premier League winning points margin?
Manchester City (19 in 2017-18), Liverpool (18 in 2019-20), and Manchester United (18 in 1999-2000) have the biggest Premier League winning points margins. Outside of them, no team has won the league by more than 12 points.
City in 2017-18 and Liverpool in 2019-20 posted the two highest Premier League points totals. Manchester United managed 91 points in 1999-2000, with their massive 18-point margin of victory largely coming because of a weak chasing pack. Notably, only one other team – Arsenal – earned more than 69 points that season (73). Comparing this to the 2017-18 season, five teams broke the 70-point barrier: Chelsea (70), Liverpool (75), Tottenham (77), Manchester United (81), and City (100).
