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EVERY club's highest and lowest possible finish position

12 May 2025
Each team's highest and lowest possible finish positions

See where each Premier League team could finish in the 2024/25 table

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Premier League clubs are heading into the final two Matchweeks with it all to play for, with as many as 18 teams able to move up or down the table. 

The leaders, Liverpool, and the bottom club, Southampton, are the only sides whose final position in the table is certain. 

Arsenal are second but could still finish as low as sixth, while for Newcastle United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Aston Villa it is possible to end the campaign anywhere between second and seventh - which is the difference between UEFA Champions League or Europa League or Conference League football. 

It is a make-or-break two weeks for European challengers Brighton & Hove Albion, AFC Bournemouth and Fulham, who each could finish as high as eighth or as low as 12th, a difference of four positions. 

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are among a group of five clubs able to finish as high as 13th or as low as 17th. 

Each team's highest and lowest possible finish positions

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Of course, many teams are aiming to finish as high as possible in the hope of qualifying for European football for next season. But there is also the extra incentive of merit payments. 

The higher a club finishes, the higher the payment they receive from the Premier League's central payments. 

Clubs are awarded money based on their finishing position in the table, with these merit payments based on a sliding scale calculated according to where you finish in the league, from 1st to 20th.

Liverpool, for example, are set to receive 20 times the basic merit payment, while the club that finishes second get 19 times, and so on. 

Last year, the highest merit payment was £22.6million claimed by Manchester City as champions, while Sheffield United received the lowest merit payment (£1.1m) as the bottom club. See more on how payments were distributed last season, here

How it stands

Position Pos Club Played Pl GD Points Pts
1 Liverpool LIV 36 +46 83
2 Arsenal ARS 36 +33 68
3 Newcastle NEW 36 +23 66
4 Chelsea CHE 37 +20 66
5 Aston Villa AVL 37 +9 66
6 Man City MCI 36 +24 65
7 Nott'm Forest NFO 36 +12 62
8 Brentford BRE 36 +10 55
9 Brighton BHA 36 +3 55
10 Bournemouth BOU 36 +12 53
11 Fulham FUL 36 +1 51
12 Crystal Palace CRY 36 -2 49
13 Everton EVE 36 -5 42
14 Wolves WOL 36 -13 41
15 West Ham WHU 36 -17 40
16 Man Utd MUN 37 -12 39
17 Spurs TOT 37 +2 38
18 Ipswich IPS 36 -42 22
19 Leicester LEI 36 -47 22
20 Southampton SOU 36 -57 12
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