As the 2024/25 season approaches the final day, here are some standout numbers from a campaign which has been like no other.
Goals galore!
There have been a total of 1,091 goals scored in the Premier League, the second-most of any 38-game season, sitting behind 2023/24's record total of 1,246 goals. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is likely to win a record-equalling Golden Boot on Sunday.
Salah has scored 28 goals after 37 games, seeing him join Thierry Henry as the League’s top scorer across four seasons.
Salah has also recorded 46 goal involvements, the most in a 38-game Premier League season. He is one away from matching the 47 goal involvements registered by Alan Shearer (1992/93) and Andrew Cole (1994/95).
The Egyptian forward has now scored and assisted in the same Premier League game 42 times, overtaking Wayne Rooney (36) in December as the player to have done so on the most occasions.
Erling Haaland’s opener for Manchester City against Brighton & Hove Albion was his 100th goal involvement in the Premier League (84 goals, 16 assists). In just his 94th game, it was the fastest any player has reached this milestone.
Bryan Mbeumo’s strike after 38 seconds against West Ham United in September saw Brentford become the first team in Premier League history to score in the opening minute in three consecutive games.
AFC Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert became the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick of penalties in a single match, with team-mate Evanilson also the first to win three penalties in the same match.
Newly crowned Champions
After guiding Liverpool to the title, Arne Slot has become just the fifth manager to win the Premier League in his debut season.
The Premier League has the greatest variation of title winners (five) of any of the major European leagues over the past 15 seasons (Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Leicester City and Manchester United).
Thrilling drama
Comebacks are at a record level. Seventeen per cent of games (62) have been comeback wins, the joint-highest of any season on record. There has been a record seven matches with comeback wins from two goals down.
Late drama remains a common theme. There have been 93 goals scored in the 90th minute or later, the second most of any season on record.
The tightest battle for Europe in history
Three Premier League teams are featuring in major European finals: Tottenham Hotspur and Man Utd competed for the UEFA Europa League Trophy, and Chelsea will face Real Betis in the UEFA Conference League final on 28 May.
The Premier League will therefore have six teams in next season’s Champions League – the first time any country has had more than five.
England remains at the top of UEFA’s coefficient rankings (based on the results of each association's clubs in European competitions over the past five seasons).
There are just three points between third and seventh, the closest ever. At least four different teams will have won major silverware this season (Premier League: Liverpool; FA Cup: Crystal Palace; League Cup: Newcastle United; Europa League: Spurs). If Chelsea win the Conference League, they will set a record for the number of different Premier League teams to win a major trophy in a single season.
Greatness comes from everywhere
This season, players have represented 64 countries across the 20 squads – including the first player from Iraq (Ali Al-Hamadi, Ipswich) and Uzbekistan (Abdukodir Khusanov, Man City).
Brentford’s 5-3 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in October was the first Premier League match to see eight goalscorers of a different nationality.
There have been 65 homegrown debuts across 18 clubs, the fourth-most since the launch of the Elite Player Performance Plan.
Domestic and international popularity
Stadiums were a record-equalling 98.8 per cent full at Premier League matches in 2024/25, matching the high set in 2023/24.
Some 33.9m in the UK have watched live matches and the BBC’s Match of the Day highlights, equivalent to 55 per cent of the total UK TV audience.
The Premier League has become one of the UK’s biggest and most popular global exports. It is broadcast to 189 countries (out of 193 UN member states), with 900m homes across the world able to watch Premier League football.
Some 1.87bn people follow the Premier League worldwide, interacting at least weekly through the media. Thirty-four per cent of Premier League followers have become interested in the past four years.