Top 6 lowest Premier League points totals in history

Now that that the 2024/25 season is approaching the business end, Ladbrokes takes you through the six teams with the lowest points totals in Premier League history.

Last season, Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League with just 16 points to their name, making them one of the side's with the lowest points tallies in the division's history.

So, with several teams in the relegation mix this season, Ladbrokes looks at which sides have the lowest points totals in the history of the Premier League.

Peter Reid’s seven-and-a-half-year reign as Sunderland manager ended in October 2002 after five defeats in nine games, but they had at least beaten Aston Villa and Leeds during that spell.

Reid was shown the door and replaced by Howard Wilkinson after a 3-1 defeat at Arsenal left them fourth from bottom, but Black Cats fans would have jumped at the chance of finishing in 17th had they known what was to come.

Wilkinson had been the technical director of the FA and was England caretaker for a friendly against France, but his decision to return to club management ended in disaster.

Sunderland beat Tottenham and Liverpool before the year was out, but that was as good as it got as they picked up just one point after Christmas in a dire second half of the season which saw them lose 15 consecutive games.

Wilkinson was axed in March, but his replacement Mick McCarthy fared no better as Sunderland finished bottom of the table with what was then the lowest Premier League points total and also broke the record for fewest goals (21).

Aston Villa finished three points clear of the relegation zone in the previous season which saw Tim Sherwood replace Paul Lambert in February 2015, but their 28th consecutive Premier League campaign ended in humiliation.

Eight months into his reign, Sherwood was shown the door in October 2015 after a run of six consecutive defeats and a week later Remi Garde took the reins with Villa bottom of the table.

However, the former Lyon boss failed to turn things around and it took more than two months before he engineered a second win of the season, Wayne Hennessey’s own goal giving Villa a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.

A 2-0 win against Norwich on February 6 was their third and final win of the season and Garde left the club at the end of March midway through an 11-game losing run, with relegation confirmed in a 1-0 defeat at Manchester United.

Villa had been one of seven clubs never to be relegated from the Premier League since its inception, but three wins, eight draws and 27 defeats meant that run came to a desperate end.

The most recent team to work their way onto this list were Sheffield United who finished bottom of the Premier League last season, bringing in just 16 points.

That 2023/24 Sheffield United side have gone down as one of the worst teams in the league's history when it comes to total points amassed, and it's hard to say they were unlucky.

David Wagner was the toast of the town when he steered Huddersfield into the Premier League via the Championship play-offs and his first season in the top flight was a successful one.

The Terriers won their first two games to sit in second place behind Manchester United, the team they famously beat in October at the John Smith’s Stadium, but a lack of goals that season (28) meant they finished in a respectable 16th place.

Second-season syndrome hit Town hard though after a dismal summer in the transfer market and it took almost three months to post their first win, a 1-0 victory against Fulham, courtesy of a Timothy Fosu-Mensah own goal.

Aaron Mooy scored a double in a 2-0 win at Wolves in November which lifted the Terriers out of the relegation zone, but he was sidelined with a knee injury two weeks later and was badly missed as eight successive defeats saw them slump to the foot of the table and Wagner was axed on January 14, replaced by Jan Siewert.

Despite completing the double against Wolves, the German was unable to pull off the required miracle and Town were relegated at the end of March following a 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace.

With just three wins all season, Huddersfield finished 20 points adrift of safety having scored just 22 goals.

Three years after breaking the record for the lowest Premier League points total, Sunderland were at it again.

Mick McCarthy overcame a rocky start to steer the Black Cats back into the top flight as champions and hopes were high of an exciting season in their return to the Premier League, but five games in they were bottom of the table without a point.

West Brom’s Zoltan Gera denied Sunderland a first win with a last-minute equaliser, but the Wearsiders earned their first three points in their next match as an early Tommy Miller goal paved the way for a 2-0 victory at Middlesbrough which moved them off the bottom of the table.

Sunderland made it three games unbeaten with a 1-1 draw at home to West Ham, but had the stuffing knocked out of them by a nine-match losing run.

Anthony Tallec’s deflected shot against West Brom gave Sunderland their second win almost four months after their first in mid-January, but the damage had already been done and McCarthy was sacked two days after a 2-1 defeat at Manchester City on March 5.

Kevin Ball was named caretaker manager until the end of the season with the aim of avoiding another record-low points total, but it was not to be.

They were relegated after a goalless draw at Old Trafford with five games remaining and although they beat Fulham in the penultimate game of the season, just three wins and six draws meant they had beaten their own dismal record by four points only for Derby to come to their rescue two years later.

The Rams returned to the top flight after a five-year absence with a 1-0 victory over West Brom in the Championship play-off final, but the euphoria of that day turned into a nightmare as they recorded the lowest Premier League points total in history by some margin.

Billy Davies’ Derby drew 2-2 at home to Portsmouth in their opening game, but lost their next four which culminated in a 6-0 drubbing at Liverpool.

In their next match, Kenny Miller scored the only goal as Derby ran out 1-0 winners against Newcastle which turned out to be their only victory of a truly horrible campaign.

Davies was sacked on November 26 and replaced by Paul Jewell, who fared no better despite bringing in eight new players in the January transfer window.

The Rams went on to post a club and top-flight record of 32 games without a win and became the first Premier League side to be relegated in March when they drew 2-2 draw with Fulham, ending the campaign with the fewest goals scored (20) and most defeats (29).

Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton, all the teams to get promoted ahead of this season, are the favourites to get relegated - with Southampton's spot in next season's Championship already confirmed. However, after a tricky season, Wolves also find themselves in the mix.

Southampton have picked up just 10 points from their opening 32 games, meaning if they continue at their current rate, they'll end the season with a maximum of 12 points, which would be low enough to see them sit with Derby at the top of this list.

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