Every Brighton & Hove Albion season on record, from 1905–06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905–06 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 1906–07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Jack Hall (28) | ||
| 1907–08 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | Jack Hall (26) | ||
| 1908–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Jack Martin (25) | ||
| 1909–10 | Southern League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Bullet Jones (22) |
| 1910–11 | Southern League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Bullet Jones (19) |
| 1911–12 | Southern League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Jimmy Smith (27) |
| 1912–13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Charlie Webb (13) | ||
| 1913–14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Bill Miller (20) | ||
| 1914–15 | Southern League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | Bullet Jones (13) |
| 1920–21 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 46 | 63 | 18 | Jack Doran (22) | |
| 1921–22 | Third Division South | 45 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 53 | 19 | Jack Doran (23) |
| 1922–23 | Third Division South | 47 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 38 | 4 | Eddie Fuller (13) |
| 1923–24 | Third Division South | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 75 | 44 | 5 | Tommy Cook (28) |
| 1924–25 | Third Division South | 45 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 50 | 8 | Tommy Cook (18) |
| 1925–26 | Third Division South | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 85 | 76 | 5 | Sam Jennings (20) |
| 1926–27 | Third Division South | 45 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 83 | 52 | 4 | Sam Jennings (27) |
| 1927–28 | Third Division South | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 83 | 71 | 4 | Tommy Cook (26) |
| 1928–29 | Third Division South | 43 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 59 | 80 | 15 | Dan Kirkwood (21) |
| 1929–30 | Third Division South | 48 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 98 | 68 | 5 | Hugh Vallance (32) |
| 1930–31 | Third Division South | 44 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 70 | 56 | 4 | Geordie Nicol (19) |
| 1931–32 | Third Division South | 45 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 84 | 62 | 8 | Arthur Attwood (29) |
| 1932–33 | Third Division South | 49 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 77 | 73 | 12 | Arthur Attwood (35) |
| 1933–34 | Third Division South | 45 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 73 | 68 | 10 | Buster Brown (15) |
| 1934–35 | Third Division South | 45 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 74 | 66 | 9 | Buster Brown (26) |
| 1935–36 | Third Division South | 47 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 81 | 66 | 7 | Alec Law (27) |
| 1936–37 | Third Division South | 43 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 75 | 48 | 3 | Bert Stephens (26) |
| 1937–38 | Third Division South | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 48 | 5 | Jock Davie (24) |
| 1938–39 | Third Division South | 43 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 69 | 51 | 3 | Bert Stephens (17) |
| 1945–46 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 1946–47 | Third Division South | 43 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 79 | 17 | George Chapman (10) |
| 1947–48 | Third Division South | 47 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 53 | 80 | 22 | Tony James (14) |
| 1948–49 | Third Division South | 43 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 56 | 58 | 6 | Des Tennant (11) |
| 1949–50 | Third Division South | 43 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 71 | 8 | Johnny McNichol (9) |
| 1950–51 | Third Division South | 50 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 78 | 83 | 13 | Johnny McNichol (14) |
| 1951–52 | Third Division South | 47 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 88 | 65 | 5 | |
| 1952–53 | Third Division South | 49 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 90 | 80 | 7 | Ken Bennett (13) |
| 1953–54 | Third Division South | 50 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 94 | 67 | 2 | Bert Addinall (22) |
| 1954–55 | Third Division South | 51 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 90 | 70 | 6 | Albert Mundy (21) |
| 1955–56 | Third Division South | 48 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 121 | 53 | 2 | Albert Mundy (28) |
| 1956–57 | Third Division South | 48 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 88 | 69 | 6 | Albert Mundy (20) |
| 1957–58 | Third Division South | 49 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 92 | 68 | 1 | |
| 1958–59 | Second Division | 43 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 74 | 92 | 12 | John Shepherd (17) |
| 1959–60 | Second Division | 47 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 77 | 80 | 14 | Bill Curry (26) |
| 1960–61 | Second Division | 47 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 70 | 84 | 16 | Adrian Thorne (14) |
| 1961–62 | Second Division | 44 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 43 | 94 | 22 | |
| 1962–63 | Third Division | 48 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 60 | 91 | 22 | Peter Donnelly (11) |
| 1963–64 | Fourth Division | 50 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 76 | 58 | 8 | |
| 1964–65 | Fourth Division | 49 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 104 | 61 | 1 | Wally Gould (21) |
| 1965–66 | Third Division | 52 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 83 | 72 | 15 | Charlie Livesey (14) |
| 1966–67 | Third Division | 58 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 79 | 89 | 19 | |
| 1967–68 | Third Division | 50 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 64 | 60 | 10 | Kit Napier (28) |
| 1968–69 | Third Division | 52 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 81 | 74 | 12 | Kit Napier (18) |
| 1969–70 | Third Division | 54 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 67 | 51 | 5 | Allan Gilliver (16) |
| 1970–71 | Third Division | 50 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 56 | 50 | 14 | Kit Napier (13) |
| 1971–72 | Third Division | 51 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 92 | 53 | 2 | Kit Napier (19) |
| 1972–73 | Second Division | 45 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 48 | 90 | 22 | Ken Beamish (10) |
| 1973–74 | Third Division | 49 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 53 | 64 | 19 | Ken Beamish (12) |
| 1974–75 | Third Division | 53 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 64 | 71 | 19 | Fred Binney (13) |
| 1975–76 | Third Division | 51 | 24 | 10 | 17 | 85 | 58 | 4 | Fred Binney (27) |
| 1976–77 | Third Division | 56 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 95 | 50 | 2 | Peter Ward |
| 1977–78 | Second Division | 50 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 73 | 45 | 4 | Peter Ward (17) |
| 1978–79 | Second Division | 47 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 80 | 46 | 2 | Peter Ward (13) |
| 1979–80 | First Division | 49 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 54 | 64 | 16 | Peter Ward (18) |
| 1980–81 | First Division | 47 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 64 | 76 | 19 | Michael Robinson (22) |
| 1981–82 | First Division | 48 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 49 | 61 | 13 | Andy Ritchie (14) |
| 1982–83 | First Division | 52 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 52 | 79 | 22 | Michael Robinson (10) |
| 1983–84 | Second Division | 48 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 79 | 68 | 9 | Terry Connor (17) |
| 1984–85 | Second Division | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 40 | 6 | Terry Connor (16) |
| 1985–86 | Second Division | 50 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 79 | 76 | 10 | Dean Saunders (19) |
| 1986–87 | Second Division | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 38 | 59 | 22 | Terry Connor (9) |
| 1987–88 | Third Division | 52 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 77 | 51 | 2 | Garry Nelson (32) |
| 1988–89 | Second Division | 49 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 58 | 71 | 19 | Garry Nelson (16) |
| 1989–90 | Second Division | 50 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 62 | 79 | 18 | Kevin Bremner (12) |
| 1990–91 | Second Division | 54 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 78 | 84 | 6 | Mike Small (21) |
| 1991–92 | 52 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 70 | 89 | 23 | Mark Gall (14) | |
| 1992–93 | 55 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 72 | 65 | 9 | Kurt Nogan (22) | |
| 1993–94 | 51 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 65 | 80 | 14 | Kurt Nogan (26) | |
| 1994–95 | 53 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 65 | 62 | 16 | Junior McDougald (13) | |
| 1995–96 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 52 | 77 | 23 | Junior McDougald (9) | |
| 1996–97 | 52 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 57 | 77 | 23 | Craig Maskell (16) | |
| 1997–98 | 49 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 41 | 72 | 23 | Jeff Minton (7) | |
| 1998–99 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 73 | 17 | ||
| 1999–00 | 52 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 69 | 53 | 11 | Darren Freeman (13) | |
| 2000–01 | 50 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 82 | 42 | 1 | Bobby Zamora | |
| 2001–02 | 51 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 71 | 49 | 1 | Bobby Zamora | |
| 2002–03 | 49 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 74 | 23 | Bobby Zamora (14) | |
| 2003–04 | 52 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 69 | 48 | 4 | Leon Knight{{efn|Knight scored 25 goals in Division Two. This figure excludes his goal in the playoff final: statistical sources, e.g. Sky Sports Football Yearbook (formerly Rothmans Football Yearbook), restrict league goals to those scored during the regular season. }} | |
| 2004–05 | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 69 | 20 | Adam Virgo (8) | |
| 2005–06 | 48 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 75 | 24 | Colin Kazim-Richards (6) | |
| 2006–07 | 55 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 70 | 68 | 18 | Jake Robinson (12) | |
| 2007–08 | 54 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 70 | 57 | 7 | Nicky Forster (19) | |
| 2008–09 | 57 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 71 | 83 | 16 | Nicky Forster (16) | |
| 2009–10 | 53 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 68 | 73 | 13 | Nicky Forster (16) | |
| 2010–11 | 54 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 96 | 49 | 1 | Glenn Murray (22) | |
| 2011–12 | 53 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 59 | 62 | 10 | Ashley Barnes (14) | |
| 2012–13 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 73 | 51 | 4 | Craig Mackail-Smith (11) | |
| 2013–14 | 53 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 64 | 53 | 6 | Leonardo Ulloa (16) | |
| 2014–15 | 52 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 57 | 61 | 20 | Lewis Dunk (7) | |
| 2015–16 | 51 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 75 | 48 | 3 | Tomer Hemed (17) | |
| 2016–17 | 51 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 47 | 2 | Glenn Murray (23) | |
| 2017–18 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 15 | Glenn Murray (14) | |
| 2018–19 | 45 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 17 | Glenn Murray (15) | |
| 2019–20 | 41 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 15 | Neal Maupay (10) | |
| 2020–21 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 52 | 16 | Neal Maupay (8) | |
| 2021–22 | 43 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 51 | 50 | 9 | Neal Maupay (9) | |
| 2022–23 | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 91 | 56 | 6 | Alexis Mac Allister (12) | |
| 2023–24 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 75 | 77 | 11 | João Pedro (20) | |
| 2024–25 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 83 | 66 | 8 | ||
| 2025–26 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 66 | 52 | 8 | Danny Welbeck (14) | |
| 2026–27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |