List of English Football Champions
The English Top Flight League encompasses two distinct eras: the Football League First Division from 1888-89 to 1991-92 and the English Premier League from 1992-93 to the present.
Liverpool are the current English football champions, having secured their 20th top-flight league title — drawing level with Manchester United for the most in English football history.
While Liverpool have won a record 18 First Division titles before the Premier League era, Manchester United lead in the Premier League era with 13 titles.
Overall, Liverpool are widely regarded as the most successful club in English football, with a record 47 major domestic and international trophies.
For a comprehensive overview of the English Football Champions, explore our List of English Football Top Flight Winners , and table/chart summarizing English Football Champions Total Number of Wins.
English Football League Top Flight Champions by Year
| Season | English Football Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| Premier League (1992–2025) | ||
| 2024-25 |  | Liverpool |
| 2023-24 |  | Manchester City |
| 2022-23 | | Manchester City |
| 2021-22 | | Manchester City |
| 2020-21 | | Manchester City |
| 2019-20 |  | Liverpool |
| 2018-19 | | Manchester City |
| 2017-18 | | Manchester City |
| 2016-17 |  | Chelsea |
| 2015-16 |  | Leicester City |
| 2014-15 | | Chelsea |
| 2013-14 | | Manchester City |
| 2012-13 |  | Manchester United |
| 2011-12 | | Manchester City |
| 2010-11 | | Manchester United |
| 2009-10 | | Chelsea |
| 2008-09 | | Manchester United |
| 2007-08 | | Manchester United |
| 2006-07 | | Manchester United |
| 2005-06 | | Chelsea |
| 2004-05 | | Chelsea |
| 2003-04 |  | Arsenal |
| 2002-03 | | Manchester United |
| 2001-02 | | Arsenal |
| 2000-01 | | Manchester United |
| 1999-00 | | Manchester United |
| 1998-99 | | Manchester United |
| 1997-98 | | Arsenal |
| 1996-97 | | Manchester United |
| 1995-96 | | Manchester United |
| 1994-95 |  | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1993-94 | | Manchester United |
| 1992-93 | | Manchester United |
| Football First Division (1882–1992) | ||
| 1991-92 |  | Leeds United |
| 1990-91 | | Arsenal |
| 1989-90 | | Liverpool |
| 1988-89 | | Arsenal |
| 1987-88 | | Liverpool |
| 1986-87 |  | Everton |
| 1985-86 | | Liverpool |
| 1984-85 | | Everton |
| 1983-84 | | Liverpool |
| 1982-83 | | Liverpool |
| 1981-82 | | Liverpool |
| 1980-81 |  | Aston Villa |
| 1979-80 | | Liverpool |
| 1978-79 | | Liverpool |
| 1977-78 |  | Nottingham Forest |
| 1976-77 | | Liverpool |
| 1975-76 | | Liverpool |
| 1974-75 |  | Derby County |
| 1973-74 | | Leeds United |
| 1972-73 | | Liverpool |
| 1971-72 | | Derby County |
| 1970-71 | | Arsenal |
| 1969-70 | | Everton |
| 1968-69 | | Leeds United |
| 1967-68 | | Manchester City |
| 1966-67 | | Manchester United |
| 1965-66 | | Liverpool |
| 1964-65 | | Manchester United |
| 1963-64 | | Liverpool |
| 1962-63 | | Everton |
| 1961-62 |  | Ipswich Town |
| 1960-61 |  | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1959-60 |  | Burnley |
| 1958-59 |  | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1957-58 | | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1956-57 | | Manchester United |
| 1955-56 | | Manchester United |
| 1954-55 | | Chelsea |
| 1953-54 | | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1952-53 | | Arsenal |
| 1951-52 | | Manchester United |
| 1950-51 | | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1949-50 |  | Portsmouth |
| 1948-49 | | Portsmouth |
| 1947-48 | | Arsenal |
| 1946-47 | | Liverpool |
| 1945-46 | Abandoned because of WWII | |
| 1944-45 | Abandoned because of WWII | |
| 1943-44 | Abandoned because of WWII | |
| 1942-43 | Abandoned because of WWII | |
| 1941-42 | Abandoned because of WWII | |
| 1940-41 | Abandoned because of WWII | |
| 1939-40 | Abandoned because of WWII | |
| 1938-39 | | Everton |
| 1937-38 | | Arsenal |
| 1936-37 | | Manchester City |
| 1935-36 |  | Sunderland |
| 1934-35 | | Arsenal |
| 1933-34 | | Arsenal |
| 1932-33 | | Arsenal |
| 1931-32 | | Everton |
| 1930-31 | | Arsenal |
| 1929-30 |  | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1928-29 | | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1927-28 | | Everton |
| 1926-27 |  | Newcastle United |
| 1925-26 |  | Huddersfield Town |
| 1924-25 | | Huddersfield Town |
| 1923-24 | | Huddersfield Town |
| 1922-23 | | Liverpool |
| 1921-22 | | Liverpool |
| 1920-21 | | Burnley |
| 1919-20 |  | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1918-19 | Abandoned because of WWI | |
| 1917-18 | Abandoned because of WWI | |
| 1916-17 | Abandoned because of WWI | |
| 1915-16 | Abandoned because of WWI | |
| 1914-15 | | Everton |
| 1913-14 | | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1912-13 | | Sunderland |
| 1911-12 | | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1910-11 | | Manchester United |
| 1909-10 | | Aston Villa |
| 1908-09 |  | Newcastle United |
| 1907-08 | | Manchester United |
| 1906-07 | | Newcastle United |
| 1905-06 | | Liverpool |
| 1904-05 | | Newcastle United |
| 1903-04 | | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1902-03 | | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1901-02 | | Sunderland |
| 1900-01 | | Liverpool |
| 1899-00 | | Aston Villa |
| 1898-99 | | Aston Villa |
| 1897-98 |  | Sheffield United |
| 1896-97 | | Aston Villa |
| 1895-96 | | Aston Villa |
| 1894-95 | | Sunderland |
| 1893-94 | | Aston Villa |
| Football League (1888–1892) | ||
| 1892-93 | | Sunderland |
| 1891-92 | | Sunderland |
| 1890-91 | | Everton |
| 1889-90 |  | Preston North End |
| 1888-89 | | Preston North End |
Total Champion Titles Won by Club
| Number of Titles | Clubs | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | | Manchester United |
| 20 | | Liverpool |
| 13 | | Arsenal |
| 10 | | Manchester City |
| 9 | | Everton |
| 7 | | Aston Villa |
| 6 | | Sunderland |
| 6 | | Chelsea |
| 4 | | Newcastle United |
| 4 | | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 3 | | Blackburn Rovers |
| 3 | | Huddersfield Town |
| 3 | | Leeds United |
| 3 | | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2 | | Burnley |
| 2 |  | Derby County |
| 2 | | Portsmouth |
| 2 | | Preston North End |
| 2 | | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1 |  | West Bromwich lbion |
| 1 | | Ipswich Town |
| 1 |  | Nottingham Forest |
| 1 |  | Leicester City |
| 1 |  | Sheffield United |
| 126 | Total Championships | |
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