Burnley season by season

Every Burnley season on record, from 1885–86 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

132seasons
5,811matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1885–86		1	0	0	1	0	11
1886–87		1	0	1	0	3	3
1887–88		1	0	0	1	2	3
1888–89	Football League	24	8	3	13	47	70	9	Pat Gallocher (9)
1889–90	Football League	23	4	5	14	37	67	11	Robert Haresnape (6)
1890–91	Football League	24	10	3	11	57	67	8	Claude Lambie (17)
1891–92	Football League	28	12	4	12	53	49	7	Tom Nicol (18)
1892–93	First Division	32	14	4	14	53	45	6
1893–94	First Division	31	15	4	12	61	52	5	Peter Turnbull (15)
1894–95	First Division	31	11	4	16	45	58	9	Tom Nicol (11)
1895–96	First Division	33	11	8	14	56	53	10	Hugh Robertson (12)
1896–97	First Division	35	7	8	20	46	66	16	Billy Bowes (12)
1897–98	Second Division	37	24	9	4	92	31	1	Jimmy Ross (25)
1898–99	First Division	36	15	10	11	48	51	3	Wilf Toman (12)
1899–00	First Division	35	11	5	19	34	55	17	Edgar Chadwick (10)
1900–01	Second Division	37	21	5	11	60	31	3	Bill Jenkinson (11)
1901–02	Second Division	35	10	10	15	41	46	9	Cornelius Hogan (12)
1902–03	Second Division	34	6	8	20	30	77	18	Cornelius Hogan (7)
1903–04	Second Division	34	15	9	10	50	55	5	William Jackson (10)
1904–05	Second Division	34	12	6	16	43	52	11	Doug MacFarlane (13)
1905–06	Second Division	39	15	8	16	42	55	9	Doug MacFarlane (10)
1906–07	Second Division	39	17	6	16	63	50	7	Dick Smith (16)
1907–08	Second Division	39	20	6	13	68	52	7	Dick Smith (24)
1908–09	Second Division	44	16	9	19	69	63	14	Dick Smith (18)
1909–10	Second Division	40	15	6	19	64	63	14	Benny Green (19)
1910–11	Second Division	42	16	15	11	54	46	8	Benny Green (14)
1911–12	Second Division	39	22	8	9	78	43	3	Bert Freeman
1912–13	Second Division	44	25	9	10	101	60	2	Bert Freeman
1913–14	First Division	46	18	14	14	74	57	12	Bert Freeman (19)
1914–15	First Division	41	20	7	14	71	50	4	Teddy Hodgson (20)
1919–20	First Division	46	22	11	13	71	62	2	Bert Freeman (12)
1920–21	First Division	45	25	13	7	90	44	1	Joe Anderson (31)
1921–22	First Division	44	22	6	16	76	59	3	Joe Anderson (21)
1922–23	First Division	43	16	6	21	59	62	15	Bob Kelly (17)
1923–24	First Division	49	16	14	19	64	67	17	George Beel (21)
1924–25	First Division	43	11	12	20	47	77	19	Tommy Roberts (16)
1925–26	First Division	44	13	11	20	87	112	20	Louis Page (26)
1926–27	First Division	45	21	9	15	99	83	5	George Beel (27)
1927–28	First Division	43	16	7	20	82	100	19	George Beel (35)
1928–29	First Division	45	16	9	20	88	110	19	George Beel (32)
1929–30	First Division	43	14	8	21	79	98	21	Louis Page (15)
1930–31	Second Division	44	18	11	15	84	79	8	George Beel (25)
1931–32	Second Division	43	13	9	21	59	91	19	George Beel (12)
1932–33	Second Division	46	14	14	18	73	82	19
1933–34	Second Division	44	18	7	19	62	75	13	Cecil Smith (18)
1934–35	Second Division	48	20	10	18	76	81	12	George Brown (24)
1935–36	Second Division	44	12	14	18	51	61	15	Cecil Smith (10)
1936–37	Second Division	45	18	10	17	65	71	13	Charlie Fletcher (13)
1937–38	Second Division	45	18	11	16	60	59	6	Bob Brocklebank (16)
1938–39	Second Division	43	15	9	19	51	59	14	Gordon Clayton (10)
1945–46		2	1	0	1	3	4
1946–47	Second Division	51	27	17	7	78	32	2	Harry Potts (17)
1947–48	First Division	43	20	12	11	56	45	3	Harry Potts (14)
1948–49	First Division	45	14	14	17	48	55	15	Jackie Chew (11)
1949–50	First Division	45	18	13	14	46	44	10	Harry Potts (12)
1950–51	First Division	43	14	14	15	48	45	10	Bill Holden (12)
1951–52	First Division	46	18	10	18	62	66	14	Billy Morris (19)
1952–53	First Division	46	20	13	13	73	56	6	Bill Holden (22)
1953–54	First Division	45	22	5	18	84	72	7	Billy Gray (20)
1954–55	First Division	43	17	9	17	51	49	10	Bill Holden (14)
1955–56	First Division	48	19	12	17	69	60	7	Peter McKay (27)
1956–57	First Division	47	21	11	15	75	54	7	Jimmy McIlroy (16)
1957–58	First Division	45	22	6	17	88	81	6	Jimmy McIlroy (19)
1958–59	First Division	47	22	11	14	87	74	7	Ray Pointer (29)
1959–60	First Division	50	27	11	12	100	70	1	John Connelly (24)
1960–61	First Division	57	30	12	15	131	93	4	Jimmy Robson (37)
1961–62	First Division	50	26	13	11	117	75	2	Ray Pointer (26)
1962–63	First Division	45	23	11	11	83	60	3	Andy Lochhead (20)
1963–64	First Division	47	20	11	16	82	71	9	Andy Lochhead (14)
1964–65	First Division	47	18	12	17	76	74	12	Willie Irvine (25)
1965–66	First Division	50	28	9	13	99	59	3	Willie Irvine
1966–67	First Division	47	16	11	20	74	81	14	Andy Lochhead (24)
1967–68	First Division	48	17	11	20	76	81	14	Frank Casper (17)
1968–69	First Division	51	21	10	20	76	89	14	Frank Casper (21)
1969–70	First Division	50	15	18	17	67	68	14	Steve Kindon (18)
1970–71	First Division	44	7	13	24	29	68	21
1971–72	Second Division	46	21	7	18	72	58	7	Frank Casper (19)
1972–73	Second Division	45	24	15	6	72	42	1	Paul Fletcher (15)
1973–74	First Division	51	22	15	14	71	62	6	Paul Fletcher (21)
1974–75	First Division	46	19	11	16	74	73	10	Leighton James (17)
1975–76	First Division	48	12	11	25	51	71	21	Peter Noble (17)
1976–77	Second Division	47	12	15	20	50	70	16	Peter Noble (15)
1977–78	Second Division	48	18	10	20	65	74	11	Steve Kindon (13)
1978–79	Second Division	50	18	14	18	64	72	13	Peter Noble (16)
1979–80	Second Division	46	7	16	23	41	77	21
1980–81	Third Division	53	21	15	17	67	59	8	Steve Taylor (17)
1981–82	Third Division	54	24	20	10	82	57	1	Billy Hamilton (19)
1982–83	Second Division	59	22	12	25	88	95	21	Billy Hamilton (19)
1983–84	Third Division	58	21	17	20	96	79	12	Billy Hamilton (21)
1984–85	Third Division	58	16	15	27	87	92	21	Kevin Hird (22)
1985–86	Fourth Division	52	19	12	21	72	79	14	Alan Taylor (21)
1986–87	Fourth Division	52	13	14	25	59	87	22	Leighton James (12)
1987–88	Fourth Division	59	26	10	23	71	72	10	George Oghani (19)
1988–89	Fourth Division	54	17	16	21	64	70	16	Brendan O'Connell (18)
1989–90	Fourth Division	56	16	18	22	58	69	16	Ron Futcher (10)
1990–91	Fourth Division	59	29	11	19	84	69	6	Ron Futcher (20)
1991–92	Fourth Division	56	32	11	13	103	59	1	Mike Conroy (28)
1992–93	Second Division	55	18	19	18	71	77	13	Adrian Heath (23)
1993–94	Second Division	59	27	13	19	100	75	6	David Eyres (28)
1994–95	First Division	55	15	15	25	61	87	22
1995–96	Second Division	56	17	15	24	64	85	17	Kurt Nogan (26)
1996–97	Second Division	56	23	13	20	84	66	9	Paul Barnes (25)
1997–98	Second Division	57	17	16	24	69	83	20	Andy Cooke (20)
1998–99	Second Division	50	13	17	20	58	82	15	Andy Payton (23)
1999–00	Second Division	53	28	13	12	74	58	2	Andy Payton
2000–01	First Division	52	22	13	17	62	64	7	Andy Payton (15)
2001–02	First Division	49	22	12	15	77	68	7	Gareth Taylor (16)
2002–03	First Division	56	21	12	23	84	97	16	Gareth Taylor (17)
2003–04	First Division	52	16	15	21	68	83	19	Robbie Blake (22)
2004–05	Championship	54	19	17	18	49	48	13	Robbie Blake (13)
2005–06	Championship	50	16	12	22	52	58	17	Ade Akinbiyi (14)
2006–07	Championship	48	15	12	21	54	53	15	Andy Gray (14)
2007–08	Championship	50	17	15	18	63	70	13	Andy Gray (13)
2008–09	Championship	60	30	16	14	94	73	5	Martin Paterson (19)
2009–10	Premier League	42	9	7	26	47	88	18	Steven Fletcher (12)
2010–11	Championship	52	22	15	15	78	71	8
2011–12	Championship	51	20	11	20	73	69	13	Jay Rodriguez (21)
2012–13	Championship	50	17	14	19	67	66	11	Charlie Austin (28)
2013–14	Championship	51	29	15	7	83	44	2	Danny Ings (26)
2014–15	Premier League	41	7	13	21	31	59	19	Danny Ings (11)
2015–16	Championship	49	27	15	7	75	39	1	Andre Gray
2016–17	Premier League	43	13	8	22	43	57	16	Sam Vokes (12)
2017–18	Premier League	41	15	13	13	41	45	7	Chris Wood (11)
2018–19	Premier League	41	12	7	22	47	75	15
2019–20	Premier League	38	15	9	14	43	50	10	Chris Wood (14)
2020–21	Premier League	44	12	11	21	40	62	17	Chris Wood (12)
2021–22	Premier League	42	8	15	19	39	57	18	Maxwel Cornet (9)
2022–23	Championship	54	34	15	5	98	47	1	Nathan Tella (19)
2023–24	Premier League	38	5	9	24	41	78	19	Jacob Bruun Larsen (7)
2024–25	Championship	46	28	16	2	69	16	2	Josh Brownhill (18)
2025–26	Premier League	42	6	10	26	47	81	19	Zian Flemming (12)
2026–27		4	0	3	1	4	6