The 2016/17 Premier League season bowed out with a flood of goals that almost made this campaign the highest-scoring since the division was cut to 20 clubs.
The 37 goals that flew in on Sunday were the joint-highest this season in a matchweek of 10 fixtures.
A huge 1,064 #PL goals in the 2016/17 season 🙌🏽
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 22, 2017
Beat that, 2017/18 👀 pic.twitter.com/aJxvZg4nks
They also set a record as the most scored on the final matchweek of a 20-team Premier League season and were recorded by the greatest number of different goalscorers on a single matchday, with 33 players finding the net.
Most goals scored in Matchweek 38*
| Season | Goals |
|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 37 |
| 2012/13 | 36 |
| 2015/16 | 35 |
| 2007/08 | 34 |
| 2000/01 | 32 |
*20-team seasons since 1995/96
In total 1,064 goals were scored in the 2016/17 campaign, just two short of the most ever in a 380-match season, which came in 2011/12.
Most goals scored in a 380-match season
| Season | Goals | Goals per match |
|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | 1,066 | 2.81 |
| 2016/17 | 1,064 | 2.80 |
| 2010/11 | 1,063 | 2.80 |
| 2012/13 | ||
| 1999/00 | 1,060 | 2.79 |
| 2009/10 | 1,053 | 2.77 |
| 2013/14 | 1,052 | 2.77 |
| 2015/16 | 1,026 | 2.70 |
