From Arsenal to Doncaster Rovers, points don't always win prizes when it comes to the teams that have topped the table in matches played in 2024.
The top two teams in the Premier League during the calendar year, Arsenal and Liverpool, missed out on the title, while only two of the teams that finished first and second across the Premier League divisions won promotion.
At the other end of the scale, Everton, Wolves, Luton Town and Plymouth Argyle, who started and finished the year without a coach after Wayne Rooney left the club on New Year's Eve, are among those who averaged less than one point. game.
Wondering how your team performed? Check out the highest and lowest performing teams across English football in 2024, grouped by their current divisions and with total points shown alongside the number of games played by each team in brackets.
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— English Premier League (@premierleague) December 31, 2024
The English Premier League teams with the most points in 2024
Liverpool finished nine points behind Manchester City and seven behind Arsenal in May, but Arne Slott's blistering start for the Premier League leaders at the end of 2024 has put them between the top two teams in the past season for this year.
The Gunners have lost the fewest games of any team in England's top four divisions (3) and join the Reds in winning the most games in the Premier League (26), one ahead of City.
All six of City's defeats came during the final two months of the year, but they remain one of five other teams in all divisions to have lost fewer than 12 times, along with Liverpool (4), Chelsea (7) and Fulham (11). ) and Newcastle (11).
More than 20% of Wolves' points in 2024 have arrived in the final nine days of the year under new manager Vitor Pereira, while half of Everton's points have come since September 21, with the other half arriving in April and May after they started the season. The year with 10 matches without a win.
Arsenal 85 (36)
Liverpool 85 (37)
Man City 82 (38)
Chelsea 70 (37)
Newcastle 63 (38)
Ipswich Town 57 (40)* – 39 of them in the tournament
Aston Villa 55 (37)
Nottingham Forest 53 (37)
Bournemouth 53 (38)
Fulham 52 (37)
Manchester United 51 (37)
Tottenham 51 (37)
Leicester City 49 (40)* – 35 in the tournament
Crystal Palace 48 (37)
Brighton & Hove Albion 45 (38)
Brentford 44 (37)
West Ham 42 (38)
Southampton 42 (40)* – 36 in the tournament
Everton 39 (36)
Wolves 34 (37)
*He played in the 2023/24 tournament until May.
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— English Premier League (@premierleague) December 31, 2024
Which Premier League teams won the most points in 2024?
After finishing third in the 2023/24 Championship and top of the Championship at the end of 2024, Leeds United have won the most points of any team in English football's elite – six more than nearest rivals Wrexham, who won promotion from League Two. He finished the second year in the first league.
Third Division side Wycombe Wanderers are the other team to have won more points than Arsenal or Liverpool, and the Whites (7), Chairboys (8) and Red Dragons (9) join West Bromwich Albion, Doncaster Rovers and Stockport County (all 10) as clubs have lost less than 11 matches while in the Premier League throughout the year.
Unsurprisingly, Leeds (29), Wrexham (27) and Wycombe (25) have won the most times, with Doncaster and Walsall winning at least twice more than any other team with each winning on 24 occasions.
🤯😍 What. A. the goal. pic.twitter.com/uGjhwYtlaE
– Leeds United (@LUFC) December 29, 2024
After being relegated from the Premier League and 19th in the Championship at the end of 2024, Luton have the fourth-fewest points of any club with a full match year.
Burton Albion and Bristol Rovers both lost 26 games, but Carlisle United – relegated from League One and sitting second in League Two at the end of the year – beat them to 29 defeats.
In a respectable start to their first ever Premier League season, Bromley have taken points for the year in half as many games as Carlisle, while Chesterfield, promoted to the promotion and play-offs, have three more points than Cumbrians in 21 games less. .
However, Carlisle's win over Accrington in the final match of the year, moved them level with Everton and Rotherham United for the second fewest wins, with eight. Burton conceded an 88th-minute equalizer against Huddersfield Town in their final match of 2024, ensuring they remain on a minimum winning tally of seven.
championship
Leeds 96 (45)
Derby County 73 (47)** – 46 in the first league
Middlesbrough 70 (45)
Norwich City 69 (45)
Barnsley 70 (46)
West Bromwich 69 (45)
Sheffield Wednesday 67 (45)
Portsmouth 67 (44)** – 47 in the first league
Sunderland 63 (45)
Burnley 61 (42)* – 13 in the Premier League
Swansea City 61 (45)
Queens Park Rangers 61 (45)
Blackburn Rovers 60 (44)
Millwall 59 (44)
Bristol City 59 (45)
Sheffield United 58 (42)* – 14 in the Premier League
Watford 58 (44)
Coventry City 58 (45)
Oxford United 58 (45)** – 34 in the first league
Preston North End 57 (45)
Stoke City 53 (45)
Hull City 53 (45)
Cardiff City 49 (44)
Luton 36 (43)* – 11 in the first league
*He played in the 2023/24 Premier League until May.
** He played in the first league 2023/24 until May.
2024 tournament schedule based on points per match 🥁
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First League
Wrexham 90 (45)** – 42 in the second league
Wycombe 87 (45)
Stockport 78 (44)** – 41 in the second league
Bolton Wanderers 73 (44)
Lincoln City 73 (44)
Reading 72 (44)
City of Birmingham 71 (42)* – 22 in the tournament
Mansfield Town 71 (44)** – 40 in the second league
Exeter City 69 (45)
Leyton Orient 67 (44)
Blackpool 65 (43)
Huddersfield Town 63 (43)* – 20 in the tournament
Wigan Athletic 63 (44)
Peterborough United 62 (44)
Stevenage Borough 57 (43)
Crawley Town 57 (44)** – 37 in the second league
Charlton Athletic 57 (45)
Northampton Town 49 (45)
Bristol Rovers 45 (45)
Plymouth 41 (44)
Cambridge United 38 (45)
Shrewsbury Town 37 (43)
Rotherham United 34 (42)* – 10 in the tournament
Burton 32 (44)
* He played in the first league 2023/24 until May.
** He played in the Second League 2023/24 until May.
I'm still thinking about Fletch's goal yesterday 😮💨
🔴⚪️ #WxmAFC pic.twitter.com/NFLY0eRmQl
– Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) December 30, 2024
Second League
Doncaster 83 (45)
Walsall 81 (44)
MK Dons 70 (44)
Bradford City 69 (44)
Crewe Alexandra 69 (44)
Salford City 64 (44)
Wimbledon 64 (44)
Gillingham 59 (44)
Grimsby Town 59 (44)
Notts County 56 (43)
Cheltenham Town 54 (46)* – 24 in the first league
Fleetwood Town 52 (44)* – 25 in the first league
Town of Harrogate 52 (45)
Newport County 51 (43)
Barrow 51 (44)
Tranmere Rovers 49 (42)
Colchester United 49 (43)
Port Vale 49 (46)* – 12 in the first league
Morecambe 46 (46)
Swindon Town 42 (44)
Accrington Stanley 41 (42)
Chesterfield 34 (23)**
Bromley 31 (22)**
Carlisle 31 (44)* – 13 in the first league
Forest Green Rover 26 (23)***
Sutton United 25 (22)***
*He played in the first league 2023/24 until May.
**Played in the 2023/24 National League until May.
***Played until relegation to the 2024/25 National League in May.
