Blackburn Rovers season by season

Every Blackburn Rovers season on record, from 1879–80 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

138seasons
5,813matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1879–80		3	2	0	1	8	8
1880–81		2	1	0	1	6	6
1881–82		7	5	1	1	28	7
1882–83		2	1	0	1	11	2
1883–84		7	7	0	0	28	3
1884–85		7	7	0	0	36	3
1885–86		8	7	1	0	23	4
1886–87		2	0	1	1	2	4
1887–88		4	3	0	1	12	4
1888–89	Football League	28	12	9	7	83	52	4	John Southworth (16)
1889–90	Football League	27	17	3	7	99	44	3
1890–91	Football League	27	16	2	9	70	46	6
1891–92	Football League	28	11	6	11	63	69	9
1892–93	First Division	34	11	13	10	59	59	9
1893–94	First Division	35	19	3	13	81	58	4
1894–95	First Division	33	12	11	10	64	54	5
1895–96	First Division	31	12	5	14	41	52	8
1896–97	First Division	33	13	3	17	39	66	14
1897–98	First Division	35	8	10	17	44	67	15
1898–99	First Division	35	14	8	13	60	54	6
1899–00	First Division	38	14	6	18	55	63	14
1900–01	First Division	35	12	9	14	39	49	9
1901–02	First Division	35	15	6	14	52	50	4
1902–03	First Division	37	13	6	18	45	65	16
1903–04	First Division	37	13	6	18	55	64	15
1904–05	First Division	35	11	5	19	41	53	13
1905–06	First Division	39	16	8	15	54	53	9
1906–07	First Division	43	15	10	18	62	65	12
1907–08	First Division	39	12	12	15	51	65	15
1908–09	First Division	41	16	13	12	65	57	4
1909–10	First Division	41	20	9	12	83	60	3
1910–11	First Division	44	17	12	15	75	60	12
1911–12	First Division	45	24	11	10	74	51	1
1912–13	First Division	42	19	13	10	91	49	5
1913–14	First Division	41	22	11	8	84	44	1
1914–15	First Division	39	18	7	14	83	62	3
1919–20	First Division	44	13	12	19	66	80	20
1920–21	First Division	44	13	16	15	58	61	11
1921–22	First Division	47	15	14	18	59	64	15
1922–23	First Division	45	15	13	17	48	63	14
1923–24	First Division	43	17	11	15	54	51	8
1924–25	First Division	50	15	16	19	62	72	16
1925–26	First Division	45	16	12	17	97	85	12
1926–27	First Division	43	15	8	20	77	98	18
1927–28	First Division	49	22	10	17	83	84	12
1928–29	First Division	48	20	13	15	80	67	7
1929–30	First Division	45	21	7	17	108	99	6
1930–31	First Division	46	19	9	18	92	89	10
1931–32	First Division	44	17	6	21	95	98	16
1932–33	First Division	44	15	10	19	81	106	15
1933–34	First Division	43	18	7	18	75	84	8
1934–35	First Division	46	16	12	18	70	81	15
1935–36	First Division	45	13	10	22	58	100	22
1936–37	Second Division	44	16	11	17	73	67	12
1937–38	Second Division	43	14	10	19	73	83	16
1938–39	Second Division	49	28	8	13	104	66	1
1945–46		2	0	0	2	1	4
1946–47	First Division	46	16	9	21	51	55	17
1947–48	First Division	45	12	11	22	60	77	21
1948–49	Second Division	43	15	8	20	54	65	14
1949–50	Second Division	44	14	11	19	56	62	16
1950–51	Second Division	43	19	8	16	66	68	6
1951–52	Second Division	49	21	8	20	65	68	14
1952–53	Second Division	43	18	8	17	69	71	9
1953–54	Second Division	45	24	10	11	90	54	3
1954–55	Second Division	43	22	6	15	114	81	6
1955–56	Second Division	46	23	7	16	89	69	4
1956–57	Second Division	43	21	10	12	83	76	4
1957–58	Second Division	48	26	13	9	104	63	2
1958–59	First Division	44	18	10	16	81	74	10
1959–60	First Division	51	21	8	22	79	81	17
1960–61	First Division	52	20	16	16	97	88	8
1961–62	First Division	55	23	13	19	76	70	16
1962–63	First Division	49	18	14	17	95	81	11
1963–64	First Division	46	20	10	16	97	70	7
1964–65	First Division	47	17	12	18	92	89	10
1965–66	First Division	49	11	6	32	73	99	22
1966–67	Second Division	46	21	13	12	63	53	4
1967–68	Second Division	46	18	11	17	63	55	8
1968–69	Second Division	48	16	12	20	61	69	19
1969–70	Second Division	46	22	7	17	61	58	8
1970–71	Second Division	44	6	15	23	37	72	21
1971–72	Third Division	51	20	11	20	59	65	10
1972–73	Third Division	50	21	16	13	63	52	3
1973–74	Third Division	54	21	13	20	74	72	13
1974–75	Third Division	54	26	18	10	81	53	1
1975–76	Second Division	45	12	15	18	45	54	15
1976–77	Second Division	49	19	10	20	55	62	12
1977–78	Second Division	46	17	14	15	60	69	5
1978–79	Second Division	45	11	10	24	44	76	22
1979–80	Third Division	57	31	12	14	74	48	2
1980–81	Second Division	48	17	21	10	46	34	4
1981–82	Second Division	46	17	12	17	52	49	10
1982–83	Second Division	45	15	13	17	61	63	11
1983–84	Second Division	47	19	16	12	64	54	6
1984–85	Second Division	48	23	12	13	71	48	5
1985–86	Second Division	47	14	14	19	60	74	19
1986–87	Second Division	47	17	11	19	53	62	12
1987–88	Second Division	49	21	15	13	71	62	5
1988–89	Second Division	57	26	14	17	88	74	5
1989–90	Second Division	52	20	18	14	81	72	5
1990–91	Second Division	51	15	12	24	55	73	19
1991–92	Second Division	54	24	12	18	82	63	6
1992–93	Premier League	54	27	14	13	96	62	4	Alan Shearer (16)
1993–94	Premier League	51	28	13	10	74	45	2	Alan Shearer (31)
1994–95	Premier League	51	29	11	11	90	51	1	Alan Shearer (34)
1995–96	Premier League	51	22	9	20	74	62	7	Alan Shearer (31)
1996–97	Premier League	43	12	15	16	48	47	13	Chris Sutton (11)
1997–98	Premier League	46	20	13	13	80	59	6	Chris Sutton (18)
1998–99	Premier League	47	10	17	20	45	58	19	Kevin Gallacher (5)
1999–00	First Division	53	19	18	16	67	57	11	Lee Carsley (10)
2000–01	First Division	57	31	17	9	99	50	2	Matt Jansen (23)
2001–02	Premier League	49	20	12	17	77	59	10	Matt Jansen (10)
2002–03	Premier League	50	19	18	13	74	61	6	Damien Duff (9)
2003–04	Premier League	42	12	9	21	56	71	15	Andrew Cole (11)
2004–05	Premier League	46	13	18	15	44	52	15	Paul Dickov (9)
2005–06	Premier League	46	24	7	15	68	52	6	Craig Bellamy (13)
2006–07	Premier League	53	23	11	19	76	65	10	Benni McCarthy (18)
2007–08	Premier League	48	22	13	13	69	59	7	Roque Santa Cruz (19)
2008–09	Premier League	47	15	13	19	55	71	15	Benni McCarthy (10)
2009–10	Premier League	45	16	12	17	58	71	10	David Dunn (9)
2010–11	Premier League	42	13	10	19	52	66	15	Junior Hoilett Nikola Kalinić Jason Roberts (5)
2011–12	Premier League	43	11	7	25	59	88	19	Yakubu (18)
2012–13	Championship	52	17	17	18	62	65	17	Jordan Rhodes (26)
2013–14	Championship	49	18	18	13	74	71	8	Jordan Rhodes (25)
2014–15	Championship	52	20	17	15	75	64	9	Jordan Rhodes (21)
2015–16	Championship	50	15	16	19	53	54	15	Jordan Rhodes (10)
2016–17	Championship	52	16	15	21	65	73	22	Danny Graham (11)
2017–18	League One	55	32	14	9	94	50	2	Bradley Dack (18)
2018–19	Championship	51	18	13	20	78	79	15	Bradley Dack (18)
2019–20	Championship	49	18	12	19	71	69	11	Adam Armstrong (17)
2020–21	Championship	49	16	12	21	68	58	15	Adam Armstrong (28)
2021–22	Championship	48	19	12	17	62	55	8	Ben Brereton Díaz (22)
2022–23	Championship	55	25	11	19	69	67	7	Ben Brereton Díaz (14)
2023–24	Championship	53	19	12	22	87	85	19	Sammie Szmodics (27)
2024–25	Championship	50	21	9	20	61	53	7	Yuki Ohashi (9)
2025–26		48	13	14	21	43	58
2026–27		5	2	1	2	8	8