Seasons in the Top Flight of English Football by Clubs 1888-89 to 2019-20

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Seasons in English Top Flight Football by Clubs 1888-89 to 2019-20

Table showing the Total Number of Seasons spent by Clubs in the Top Flight of English football from 1888-89 to 2019-20.
Includes a table of Consecutive number of seasons in the Top Flight Football for the 20 current Premier League clubs.
The teams that are the longest in the Top English League are Everton – 117, Aston Villa – 106, Liverpool – 105 and Arsenal – 103.
Arsenal has the longest unbroken run in the top flight at 94 seasons.

Seasons in English Top Flight 1888-89 to 2019-20 (121 Seasons) and Consecutive Seasons in Top Flight

Seasons in Top Flight 1888-89 to 2019-20 (121 Seasons)				Consecutive Seasons in Top Flight
1	EVERTON	117		1	ARSENAL*	1919-20	94
2	ASTON VILLA	106		2	EVERTON	1954-55	66
3	LIVERPOOL	105		3	LIVERPOOL	1962-63	58
4	ARSENAL	103		4	MANCHESTER UNITED	1975-76	45
5	MANCHESTER UNITED	95		5	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR	1978-79	42
6	MANCHESTER CITY	91		6	CHELSEA	1989-90	31
7	NEWCASTLE UNITED	88		7	MANCHESTER CITY	2002-03	18
8	SUNDERLAND	86		8	SOUTHAMPTON	2012-13	8
9	CHELSEA	85		9	WEST HAM UNITED	2012-13	8
10	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR	85		10	CRYSTAL PALACE	2013-14	7
11	WEST BROMWICH ALBION	81		11	LEICESTER CITY	2014-15	6
12	BOLTON WANDERERS	73		12	AFC BOURNEMOUTH	2015-16	5
13	BLACKBURN ROVERS	72		13	WATFORD	2015-16	5
14	SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY	66		14	BURNLEY	2016-17	4
15	DERBY COUNTY	65		15	BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION	2017-18	3
16	WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS	65		16	NEWCASTLE UNITED	2017-18	3
17	WEST HAM UNITED	62		17	WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS	2018-19	2
18	STOKE CITY	62		18	ASTON VILLA	2019-20	1
19	MIDDLESBROUGH	61		19	NORWICH CITY	2019-20	1
20	SHEFFIELD UNITED	61		20	SHEFFIELD UNITED	2019-20	1
21	BIRMINGHAM CITY	57		*Arsenal were “elected” to the Top Flight in season 1919-20. They remain the only club since the formation of the Football League in 1888-89 who never earnt their place on merit.
22	BURNLEY	57
23	NOTTINGHAM FOREST	56
24	LEICESTER CITY	53
25	LEEDS UNITED	50
26	PRESTON NORTH END	46
27	SOUTHAMPTON	41
28	COVENTRY CITY	34
29	PORTSMOUTH	33
30	HUDDERSFIELD TOWN	32
31	NOTTS COUNTY	30
32	BLACKPOOL	28
33	IPSWICH TOWN	27
34	CHARLTON ATHLETIC	26	BOLD = Premier League club season 2019-20
35	FULHAM	26
36	NORWICH CITY	26
37	QUEENS PARK RANGERS	23
38	BURY	22
39	CRYSTAL PALACE	20
40	CARDIFF CITY	17
41	LUTON TOWN	16
42	WIMBLEDON	14
43	WATFORD	13
44	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	12
45	BRADFORD CITY	12
46	GRIMSBY TOWN	12
47	BRISTOL CITY	9
48	SWANSEA CITY	9
49	WIGAN ATHLETIC	8
50	BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION	7
51	ACCRINGTON (Th' Owd Reds)	5
52	HULL CITY	5
53	BRENTFORD	5
54	AFC BOURNEMOUTH	5
55	BRADFORD PARK AVENUE	3
56	OXFORD UNITED	3
57	READING	3
58	DARWEN	2
59	MILLWALL	2
60	GLOSSOP	1
61	CARLISLE UNITED	1
62	SWINDON TOWN	1
63	NORTHAMPTON TOWN	1
64	LEYTON ORIENT	1
65	BARNSLEY	1