Every AFC Bournemouth season on record, from 1923–24 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pos | Leading scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–24 | Third Division South | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 65 | 21 | |
| 1924–25 | Third Division South | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 58 | 20 | |
| 1925–26 | Third Division South | 47 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 86 | 100 | 8 | |
| 1926–27 | Third Division South | 48 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 88 | 76 | 7 | |
| 1927–28 | Third Division South | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 82 | 85 | 14 | |
| 1928–29 | Third Division South | 49 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 104 | 88 | 9 | |
| 1929–30 | Third Division South | 47 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 81 | 67 | 10 | |
| 1930–31 | Third Division South | 43 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 72 | 74 | 10 | |
| 1931–32 | Third Division South | 47 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 76 | 87 | 15 | |
| 1932–33 | Third Division South | 45 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 64 | 86 | 18 | |
| 1933–34 | Third Division South | 44 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 65 | 106 | 21 | |
| 1934–35 | Third Division South | 43 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 54 | 75 | 17 | |
| 1935–36 | Third Division South | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 74 | 61 | 8 | |
| 1936–37 | Third Division South | 45 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 73 | 65 | 6 | |
| 1937–38 | Third Division South | 45 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 63 | 59 | 13 | |
| 1938–39 | Third Division South | 45 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 62 | 15 | |
| 1945–46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 1946–47 | Third Division South | 45 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 80 | 60 | 7 | |
| 1947–48 | Third Division South | 45 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 80 | 37 | 2 | |
| 1948–49 | Third Division South | 43 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 69 | 54 | 3 | |
| 1949–50 | Third Division South | 45 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 60 | 59 | 12 | |
| 1950–51 | Third Division South | 48 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 66 | 60 | 9 | |
| 1951–52 | Third Division South | 47 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 70 | 81 | 14 | |
| 1952–53 | Third Division South | 49 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 80 | 76 | 9 | |
| 1953–54 | Third Division South | 49 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 71 | 73 | 19 | |
| 1954–55 | Third Division South | 49 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 62 | 67 | 17 | |
| 1955–56 | Third Division South | 47 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 63 | 52 | 9 | |
| 1956–57 | Third Division South | 52 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 104 | 65 | 5 | |
| 1957–58 | Third Division South | 48 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 87 | 79 | 9 | |
| 1958–59 | Third Division | 47 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 70 | 72 | 12 | |
| 1959–60 | Third Division | 50 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 82 | 78 | 10 | |
| 1960–61 | Third Division | 52 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 66 | 83 | 19 | |
| 1961–62 | Third Division | 52 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 78 | 52 | 3 | |
| 1962–63 | Third Division | 48 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 63 | 51 | 5 | |
| 1963–64 | Third Division | 51 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 85 | 64 | 4 | |
| 1964–65 | Third Division | 49 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 79 | 68 | 11 | |
| 1965–66 | Third Division | 53 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 70 | 18 | |
| 1966–67 | Third Division | 49 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 43 | 61 | 20 | |
| 1967–68 | Third Division | 53 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 64 | 59 | 12 | |
| 1968–69 | Third Division | 51 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 64 | 52 | 4 | |
| 1969–70 | Third Division | 52 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 55 | 78 | 21 | |
| 1970–71 | Fourth Division | 51 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 92 | 52 | 2 | |
| 1971–72 | Third Division | 51 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 88 | 41 | 3 | |
| 1972–73 | Third Division | 54 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 77 | 50 | 7 | |
| 1973–74 | Third Division | 53 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 61 | 64 | 11 | |
| 1974–75 | Third Division | 56 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 58 | 68 | 21 | |
| 1975–76 | Fourth Division | 52 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 57 | 6 | |
| 1976–77 | Fourth Division | 50 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 54 | 48 | 13 | |
| 1977–78 | Fourth Division | 53 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 49 | 63 | 17 | |
| 1978–79 | Fourth Division | 51 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 52 | 54 | 18 | |
| 1979–80 | Fourth Division | 50 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 55 | 57 | 11 | |
| 1980–81 | Fourth Division | 50 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 52 | 53 | 13 | |
| 1981–82 | Fourth Division | 52 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 66 | 37 | 4 | |
| 1982–83 | Third Division | 51 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 64 | 76 | 14 | |
| 1983–84 | Third Division | 60 | 24 | 10 | 26 | 87 | 85 | 17 | Associate Members' Cup |
| 1984–85 | Third Division | 58 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 74 | 65 | 10 | Associate Members' Cup |
| 1985–86 | Third Division | 56 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 84 | 85 | 15 | Associate Members' Cup |
| 1986–87 | Third Division | 53 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 90 | 51 | 1 | Associate Members' Cup |
| 1987–88 | Second Division | 51 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 63 | 79 | 17 | |
| 1988–89 | Second Division | 56 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 63 | 75 | 12 | |
| 1989–90 | Second Division | 55 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 62 | 85 | 22 | |
| 1990–91 | Third Division | 56 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 69 | 72 | 9 | Associate Members' Cup |
| 1991–92 | Third Division | 58 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 74 | 67 | 8 | Associate Members' Cup |
| 1992–93 | Second Division | 55 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 56 | 63 | 17 | Football League Trophy |
| 1993–94 | Second Division | 55 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 63 | 68 | 17 | Football League Trophy |
| 1994–95 | Second Division | 54 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 57 | 75 | 19 | Football League Trophy |
| 1995–96 | Second Division | 56 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 60 | 78 | 14 | Football League Trophy |
| 1996–97 | Second Division | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 54 | 16 | Football League Trophy |
| 1997–98 | Second Division | 57 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 73 | 61 | 9 | Football League Trophy |
| 1998–99 | Second Division | 55 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 76 | 52 | 7 | Football League Trophy |
| 1999–00 | Second Division | 55 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 69 | 72 | 16 | Football League Trophy |
| 2000–01 | Second Division | 53 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 88 | 62 | 7 | Football League Trophy |
| 2001–02 | Second Division | 49 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 59 | 74 | 21 | Football League Trophy |
| 2002–03 | Third Division | 55 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 77 | 61 | 4 | Football League Trophy League play-offs |
| 2003–04 | Second Division | 50 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 58 | 52 | 9 | Football League Trophy |
| 2004–05 | League One | 54 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 92 | 75 | 8 | Football League Trophy |
| 2005–06 | League One | 51 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 54 | 58 | 17 | Football League Trophy |
| 2006–07 | League One | 51 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 56 | 71 | 19 | Football League Trophy |
| 2007–08 | League One | 52 | 20 | 8 | 24 | 70 | 78 | 21 | Football League Trophy |
| 2008–09 | League Two | 53 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 65 | 55 | 21 | Football League Trophy |
| 2009–10 | League Two | 49 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 51 | 2 | Football League Trophy |
| 2010–11 | League One | 53 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 86 | 69 | 6 | Football League Trophy League play-offs |
| 2011–12 | League One | 53 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 66 | 71 | 11 | Football League Trophy |
| 2012–13 | League One | 51 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 84 | 56 | 2 | Football League Trophy |
| 2013–14 | Championship | 50 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 71 | 10 | |
| 2014–15 | Championship | 53 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 115 | 52 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | Premier League | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 55 | 74 | 16 | |
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 59 | 74 | 9 | |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 44 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 70 | 12 | |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 43 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 65 | 77 | 14 | |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 45 | 69 | 18 | |
| 2020–21 | Championship | 54 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 84 | 56 | 6 | English Football League play-offs |
| 2021–22 | Championship | 50 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 82 | 47 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Premier League | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 79 | 15 | |
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 68 | 74 | 12 | |
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 43 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 67 | 51 | 9 | |
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 40 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 61 | 59 | 6 | |
| 2026–27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |