Premier League
FM26 Update
Competition
- Code
- PL
- Nation
- England
- Confederation
- Europe
- Type
- Top division
- Level
- 0
- Reputation
- 187 / 200
- Status
- Active
- Season
- 2025-08-15 – 2026-05-24
- Colours
#310039#FFFFFF- Short name
- Premier League
- Parent competition
- —
- Crowd tendencies
- 0
Format
- Teams
- 20
- League games
- 38
- Promoted in
- —
- Relegated
- —
- Champions League
- —
- Europa League
- —
- Conference League
- —
- Play-offs
- —
- Maximum games
- 38
- Joined since 2024–25
- Burnley from Sky Bet Championship, Leeds United from Sky Bet Championship, Sunderland from Sky Bet Championship
- Left since 2024–25
- Ipswich Town now in Sky Bet Championship, Leicester City now in Sky Bet Championship, Southampton now in Sky Bet Championship
Squad rules
- Registered squad
- —
- Home-grown
- —
- Club-trained
- —
- Foreign players
- —
- Under-21
- —
- Loans
- —
Most titles
Season table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 41 | 45 | 84 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 69 | 34 | 35 | 74 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 72 | 44 | 28 | 71 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 43 | 21 | 69 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 47 | 21 | 66 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 66 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 65 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 59 | 7 | 61 |
| 9 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 56 |
| 10 | Brentford | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 56 |
| 11 | Fulham | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 54 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 53 |
| 13 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 44 | -2 | 48 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 62 | -16 | 43 |
| 15 | Manchester United | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 54 | -10 | 42 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 69 | -15 | 42 |
| 17 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 64 | 65 | -1 | 38 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 80 | -47 | 25 |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 82 | -46 | 22 |
| 20 | Southampton | 38 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 86 | -60 | 12 |
Points are shown as the database stores them, including deductions, so they will not always match a total derived from wins and draws — and wins, draws and losses need not add up to games played. A blank cell is a figure the source does not record; it is never a zero.
2024–25 — full season table. Showing 20 of 20 recorded rows. Points are shown as stored.
League strength
Columns
| AFC Bournemouth | 6450 | 104 | 143 | 156 | 20.2 | £0 | £1,833,880 | £91,500,000 | 11700 | — |
| Arsenal | 8650 | 123 | 163 | 174 | 21.9 | £0 | £4,222,900 | £138,000,000 | 60704 | 60251 |
| Aston Villa | 7100 | 98 | 150 | 159 | 20.3 | £0 | £3,116,900 | £53,300,000 | 42883 | 42079 |
| Brentford | 6550 | 94 | 142 | 158 | 20.0 | £0 | £1,427,200 | £46,600,000 | 17250 | 17094 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 6850 | 102 | 146 | 162 | 20.4 | £0 | £1,867,335 | £24,500,000 | 31876 | 31482 |
| Burnley | 6300 | 89 | 133 | 151 | 20.8 | £0 | £1,228,125 | £600,000 | 22546 | — |
| Chelsea | 8400 | 107 | 154 | 172 | 19.4 | £0 | £3,752,860 | £156,400,000 | 40343 | 39611 |
| Crystal Palace | 6700 | 90 | 143 | 156 | 20.4 | £0 | £1,918,625 | −£6,500,000 | 25486 | — |
| Everton | 6650 | 92 | 141 | 154 | 20.2 | £0 | £1,764,458 | £23,400,000 | 52769 | 52000 |
| Fulham | 6600 | 92 | 143 | 154 | 20.7 | £0 | £1,802,980 | £30,100,000 | 29600 | 26826 |
| Leeds United | 6500 | 97 | 138 | 150 | 20.8 | £0 | £1,620,680 | £19,200,000 | 37645 | 36134 |
| Liverpool | 8900 | 104 | 162 | 174 | 20.6 | £0 | £4,718,091 | £209,800,000 | 61276 | 60330 |
| Manchester City | 9150 | 109 | 165 | 175 | 20.4 | £0 | £5,602,541 | £396,000,000 | 53400 | 52591 |
| Manchester United | 8200 | 107 | 152 | 167 | 20.3 | £0 | £4,278,452 | £263,700,000 | 74879 | 73747 |
| Newcastle United | 7650 | 93 | 151 | 163 | 20.6 | £0 | £2,686,053 | £2,100,000 | 52305 | 52187 |
| Nottingham Forest | 6600 | 99 | 143 | 154 | 20.7 | £0 | £2,422,290 | −£32,600,000 | 31576 | — |
| Sunderland | 6250 | 97 | 139 | 152 | 20.2 | £0 | £1,591,830 | −£37,900,000 | 49000 | — |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 7750 | 103 | 148 | 169 | 20.0 | £0 | £3,181,785 | £218,600,000 | 62850 | — |
| West Ham United | 6750 | 96 | 137 | 155 | 20.8 | £0 | £2,008,198 | −£3,200,000 | 62500 | 62464 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6550 | 92 | 131 | 149 | 20.5 | £0 | £1,398,625 | £49,500,000 | 31852 | 30660 |
Best in the league
| # | Player | Club | Pos | CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erling Braut Haaland | Manchester City | FC | 184 |
| 2 | Declan Rice | Arsenal | MC | 182 |
| 3 | Bukayo Ayoyinka Saka | Arsenal | AMR | 181 |
| 4 | Mohamed Salah Ghaly | Liverpool | AMR | 181 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Hernández Cascante | Manchester City | DMC | 180 |
| 6 | Virgil van Dijk | Liverpool | DC | 179 |
| 7 | Alisson Ramsés Becker | Liverpool | GK | 177 |
| 8 | William Saliba | Arsenal | DC | 176 |
| 9 | Martin Ødegaard | Arsenal | MC | 176 |
| 10 | Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes | Manchester United | AMC | 175 |
Under-21s at 1 July 2025, the start of the 2025–26 season, ranked on recorded potential. Players without a full birth date, and coded potential bands, which cannot be ranked, are left out.
| # | Player | Club | Age | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Erik Holger Bergvall | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 181 |
| 2 | Mateus Gonçalo Espanha Fernandes | West Ham United | 20 | 172 |
| 3 | Myles Anthony Lewis-Skelly | Arsenal | 18 | 172 |
| 4 | Archie Gray | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 170 |
| 5 | Yankuba Minteh | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 170 |
| 6 | Jamie Jermaine Bynoe-Gittens | Chelsea | 20 | 168 |
| 7 | Michael Olabode Kayode | Brentford | 20 | 168 |
| 8 | Nico O'Reilly | Manchester City | 20 | 165 |
| 9 | Lewis Hall | Newcastle United | 20 | 165 |
| 10 | Jayden Alexander Danns | Liverpool | 19 | 165 |
Squad value per club is in the league strength table above, summed from player.estimated_value over each club's whole squad. The competition total is the Total squad value figure in the header.
Roll of honour
Across versions
| Version | Reputation |
|---|---|
| CM0102 Release | 18 |
| CM0203 Release | 18 |
| CM0304 Release | 18 |
| CM0304 Update | 18 |
| FM05 Release | 180 |
| FM05 Update | 180 |
| FM06 Release | 180 |
| FM07 Release | 180 |
| FM07 Update | 180 |
| FM08 Release | 180 |
| FM09 Release | 185 |
| FM09 Update | 185 |
| FM10 Release | 185 |
| FM10 Update | 185 |
| FM11 Release | 185 |
| FM11 Update | 185 |
| FM12 Release | 185 |
| FM12 Update | 185 |
| FM13 Release | 180 |
| FM13 Update | 180 |
| FM14 Release | 180 |
| FM14 Update | 178 |
| FM15 Release | 178 |
| FM15 Update | 178 |
| FM16 Release | 178 |
| FM16 Update | 178 |
| FM17 Release | 175 |
| FM17 Update | 175 |
| FM18 Release | 174 |
| FM18 Update | 174 |
| FM19 Release | 172 |
| FM19 Update | 172 |
| FM20 Release | 174 |
| FM20 Update | 174 |
| FM21 Release | 174 |
| FM21 Update | 177 |
| FM22 Release | 181 |
| FM23 Release | 184 |
| FM24 Release | 185 |
| FM26 Release | 187 |
| FM26 Update | 187 |
| Version | Name as recorded |
|---|---|
| CM0102 Release | English Premier Division |
| CM0203 Release | English Premier Division |
| CM0304 Release | English Premier Division |
| CM0304 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM05 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM05 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM06 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM07 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM07 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM08 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM09 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM09 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM10 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM10 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM11 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM11 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM12 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM12 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM13 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM13 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM14 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM14 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM15 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM15 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM16 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM16 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM17 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM17 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM18 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM18 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM19 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM19 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM20 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM20 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM21 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM21 Update | English Premier Division |
| FM22 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM23 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM24 Release | English Premier Division |
| FM26 Release | Premier League |
| FM26 Update | Premier League |
Recorded competition names are shown for each version where the identity resolves.
Awards
Media prediction
| Predicted | Club | Last position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 1 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 3 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 2 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 4 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 5 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 15 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 6 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 7 |
| 11 | Fulham | 11 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 12 |
| 13 | Everton | 13 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 14 |
| 17 | Brentford | 10 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 1 |
| 19 | Sunderland | 4 |
| 20 | Burnley | 2 |
Derbies in this division
| Derby | Clubs | W–D–L | National reputation |
|---|---|---|---|
| North London | Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur | — | 185 |
| Merseyside | Everton v Liverpool | — | 180 |
| Manchester | Manchester City v Manchester United | — | 180 |
| North-West | Liverpool v Manchester United | — | 180 |
| Tyne & Wear | Newcastle United v Sunderland | — | 175 |
| Roses | Leeds United v Manchester United | — | 145 |
All-time records
Most goals and appearances in this division, summed from the playing history of every person this database records.
It counts only the people the export carries, it can include seasons the source files under this competition from before it took its current form, and some players are listed by uid because their person record is missing. The page states each of these.
Member teams
Last position is club_team.last_position as stored. The manager is the current staff_history spell at the club — the one whose end date is absent or in the future, most recent join first — never club_team.manager_index, which is a raw internal index that joins to nothing.
Data wishlist for this page
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club_media_expectation, club_finance_detailMedia prediction and club balances across the division Now liveThe predicted finish of every member club and each club's authored cash balance, where the version exports them. -
player_history.division_uidAll-time goals and appearances in the division Now liveAn FMDB sum over the people this database records, on its own page. Players with no person record are listed by uid; seasons the source files under this competition before it took its current form are included and dated. -
derby, club.division_uidDerbies between member clubs Now livederby.competition_uid is empty in every export, so a derby belongs to a division when both its clubs name that division. -
comps_competition, comps_stage and stage promotion, relegation and play-off tablesFormat, promotion, relegation, play-offs and qualification Needs source dataThe comps.dbc archive tables are empty in every loaded export. The format panel shows the clubs that joined and left since the latest recorded season table as an FMDB comparison, which is not a count of promotion places. -
competition rules, nation_foreign_rule, nation_agreementRegistration size, home-grown quotas, foreign-player limits and age rules Partial exportNation foreign/non-foreign definitions and agreements are exported, but do not supply the complete competition registration rules. -
competition income and prize schedulesPrize money, television distributions and sponsor Needs source dataThe current catalog does not provide these competition-level schedules and contracts. -
competition.champions_club_uid, parent_division_uid, league_body_club_uidCurrent champions, parent division and organising body Needs source dataThe parent division is displayed. The champions and organising-body columns are empty in all 41 loaded databases. -
team_league_historyRecorded season tables Now liveSeason links are offered only where rows exist; stored points and missing results are preserved. -
club.division_uid, stadium and primary-team squadsLeague strength and leading players Now liveStrength and ability rankings use clubs naming this division, with a 100-club cap. League totals are withheld on overflow. -
person.date_of_birth, export_meta.game_start_yearBest young players in the league Now liveUnder-21s at 1 July of the exported game start year, ranked on recorded potential. Versions without a start year say so; coded potential bands are not ranked. -
award_scope, award_type, award_history_winnerTop scorer and player-of-season awards by season Now liveScoped awards are listed with their latest winner and the top scorer fills the roll of honour where exactly one most-goals award is scoped. No award type identifies a single player of the season, so that column stays empty. CSV-era exports have no award scope. -
comp_history and HonoursTitles per team over recorded history Now liveCounts use the bounded history query, not just the displayed page, and apply available edition and stage flags. Coverage is stated. -
competition across versions, export_value_scaleRecorded names and reputation across versions Now liveThese are real version records. Reputation is shown against its stated 1–200 scale where the export records one; the cross-version chart still plots raw values.