Derby County season by season

Every Derby County season on record, from 1884–85 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

133seasons
5,808matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1884–85		1	0	0	1	0	7
1885–86		3	2	0	1	7	4
1886–87		2	1	0	1	5	3
1887–88		4	3	0	1	14	4
1888–89	Football League	24	8	2	14	45	66	16	Alex Higgins (12)
1889–90	Football League	23	9	3	11	45	66	21	Alex Higgins (14)
1890–91	Football League	24	8	1	15	51	85	15	John Goodall (14)
1891–92	Football League	27	10	4	13	47	56	24	John Goodall (15)
1892–93	First Division	31	9	9	13	54	68	27	John Goodall (14)
1893–94	First Division	34	18	5	11	79	66	36	Johnny McMillan (21)
1894–95	First Division	32	8	9	15	48	71	23	Steve Bloomer (11)
1895–96	First Division	35	20	8	7	80	41	41	Steve Bloomer (27)
1896–97	First Division	34	19	4	11	86	55	36	Steve Bloomer (31)
1897–98	First Division	36	15	7	14	69	67	28	Steve Bloomer (20)
1898–99	First Division	39	16	11	12	76	64	35	Steve Bloomer (30)
1899–00	First Division	36	14	9	13	47	48	36	Steve Bloomer (19)
1900–01	First Division	35	12	7	16	55	43	31	Steve Bloomer (24)
1901–02	First Division	41	16	12	13	52	48	35	Steve Bloomer (18)
1902–03	First Division	39	20	3	16	60	54	35	Steve Bloomer (13)
1903–04	First Division	40	12	12	16	70	68	35	Steve Bloomer (25)
1904–05	First Division	35	12	8	15	37	50	32	Steve Bloomer (13)
1905–06	First Division	41	15	8	18	44	60	35	Steve Bloomer (12)
1906–07	First Division	43	11	11	21	48	63	27	Jimmy Long (9)
1907–08	Second Division	39	21	4	14	79	49	46	Alf Bentley (28)
1908–09	Second Division	45	20	13	12	68	47	43	Alf Bentley (32)
1909–10	Second Division	40	23	9	8	78	53	53	Alf Bentley (31)
1910–11	Second Division	42	20	8	14	82	57	42	Steve Bloomer (24)
1911–12	Second Division	40	24	8	8	78	30	54	Steve Bloomer (19)
1912–13	First Division	39	17	8	14	70	69	42	Harry Leonard (15)
1913–14	First Division	40	9	11	20	58	74	27	Horace Barnes (25)
1914–15	Second Division	39	23	7	9	72	35	53	Jimmy Moore (22)
1919–20	First Division	44	13	13	18	48	61	18	Noah Burton (13)
1920–21	First Division	45	6	17	22	35	60	21	Bill Paterson (8)
1921–22	Second Division	43	15	9	19	61	70	12	Jimmy Moore (17)
1922–23	Second Division	47	18	11	18	55	54	14	Jimmy Moore (17)
1923–24	Second Division	47	22	12	13	86	54	3	Harry Storer, Jr (27)
1924–25	Second Division	43	22	11	10	71	37	3	Albert Fairclough (22)
1925–26	Second Division	46	26	9	11	81	47	2	Harry Bedford (28)
1926–27	First Division	44	18	7	19	92	77	12	Harry Bedford (26)
1927–28	First Division	45	18	11	16	98	86	4	Harry Bedford (28)
1928–29	First Division	45	19	11	15	91	78	6	Harry Bedford (30)
1929–30	First Division	45	22	9	14	97	86	2	Harry Bedford (31)
1930–31	First Division	43	18	10	15	96	82	6	Jack Bowers (39)
1931–32	First Division	45	16	10	19	78	80	15	Jack Bowers (26)
1932–33	First Division	48	19	15	14	94	81	7	Jack Bowers (43)
1933–34	First Division	46	19	12	15	73	56	4	Jack Bowers (37)
1934–35	First Division	45	20	9	16	86	69	6	Hughie Gallacher (24)
1935–36	First Division	46	21	12	13	67	57	2	Hughie Gallacher (16)
1936–37	First Division	45	23	7	15	104	92	4	Dai Astley (29)
1937–38	First Division	43	15	10	18	67	89	13	Dai Astley (17)
1938–39	First Division	43	19	8	16	66	56	6	Ronnie Dix Dave McCulloch (16)
1945–46		11	9	2	0	37	8		Raich Carter (12)
1946–47	First Division	46	20	6	20	78	82	41	Raich Carter (21)
1947–48	First Division	48	23	13	12	91	62	50	Reg Harrison (18)
1948–49	First Division	46	25	9	12	82	59	53	Billy Steel (15)
1949–50	First Division	47	20	11	16	86	72	44	Jackie Stamps (29)
1950–51	First Division	45	17	9	19	85	80	42	Jack Lee (29)
1951–52	First Division	44	15	8	21	65	84	37	Johnny Morris Jack Parry (11)
1952–53	First Division	44	11	11	22	63	79	32	Jack Lee (17)
1953–54	Second Division	43	12	11	20	64	84	35	Hugh McLaren (11)
1954–55	Second Division	43	7	9	27	54	85	23	Jimmy Dunn Tommy Powell Jesse Pye (8)
1955–56	Third Division	49	29	8	12	118	64	63	Jack Parry (27)
1956–57	Third Division	48	27	11	10	114	57	63	Ray Straw (37)
1957–58	Second Division	43	14	8	21	60	86	36	Reg Ryan (14)
1958–59	Second Division	44	20	9	15	78	77	48	Jack Parry (16)
1959–60	Second Division	43	14	7	22	63	81	35	Peter Thompson (12)
1960–61	Second Division	46	17	10	19	90	89	12	Bill Curry (20)
1961–62	Second Division	49	16	14	19	82	89	16	Bill Curry (25)
1962–63	Second Division	46	13	13	20	65	79	18	Bill Curry Barry Hutchinson (22)
1963–64	Second Division	44	14	11	19	58	75	13	Alan Durban (11)
1964–65	Second Division	44	16	11	17	90	88	9	Alan Durban Eddie Thomas (22)
1965–66	Second Division	47	17	13	17	80	81	8	Alan Durban Eddie Thomas (17)
1966–67	Second Division	44	12	12	20	69	77	17	Kevin Hector (16)
1967–68	Second Division	51	18	11	22	93	90	18	Kevin Hector (24)
1968–69	Second Division	51	30	14	7	78	38	1	Kevin Hector (20)
1969–70	First Division	52	27	12	13	82	44	4	Kevin Hector John O'Hare (16)
1970–71	First Division	51	23	10	18	77	65	9	1970-71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1971–72	First Division	57	31	15	11	97	49	1	Alan Hinton (20)
1972–73	First Division	58	27	12	19	80	69	7	1972-73 European Cup
1973–74	First Division	49	18	18	13	62	51	3	Kevin Hector (19)
1974–75	First Division	54	27	14	13	92	70	1	1974-75 UEFA Cup
1975–76	First Division	49	26	11	12	85	65	4	Charity Shield
1976–77	First Division	54	15	23	16	67	68	15	1976-77 UEFA Cup
1977–78	First Division	47	17	13	17	64	68	12	Gerry Daly (12)
1978–79	First Division	45	11	11	23	45	75	19	Gerry Daly (13)
1979–80	First Division	45	11	9	25	50	75	21	Alan Biley (9)
1980–81	Second Division	46	15	18	13	57	54	6	David Swindlehurst (11)
1981–82	Second Division	45	12	12	21	56	76	16	Kevin Wilson (9)
1982–83	Second Division	50	14	19	17	64	71	13	David Swindlehurst (11)
1983–84	Second Division	49	14	10	25	44	83	20	Bobby Davison (18)
1984–85	Third Division	51	21	14	16	75	62	7	1984–85 Associate Members' Cup
1985–86	Third Division	58	29	18	11	104	53	3	1985–86 Associate Members' Cup
1986–87	Second Division	49	28	10	11	73	45	1	Bobby Davison (22)
1987–88	First Division	43	10	14	19	36	49	15	All English Clubs banned from European competition due to the Heysel Stadium disaster
1988–89	First Division	44	20	8	16	47	48	5	All English Clubs banned from European competition due to the Heysel Stadium disaster
1989–90	First Division	49	17	10	22	65	53	16	All English Clubs banned from European competition due to the Heysel Stadium disaster
1990–91	First Division	46	8	11	27	49	83	20	Dean Saunders (21)
1991–92	Second Division	54	26	11	17	83	64	3	English Football League play-offs
1992–93	First Division	64	29	11	24	112	82	8	Anglo-Italian Cup
1993–94	First Division	55	25	11	19	90	80	6	Anglo-Italian Cup
1994–95	First Division	55	22	13	20	82	62	9	Anglo-Italian Cup
1995–96	First Division	50	22	17	11	77	58	2	Dean Sturridge (20)
1996–97	Premier League	44	14	14	16	55	66	12	Dean Sturridge (14)
1997–98	Premier League	44	20	7	17	62	53	9	Paulo Wanchope (17)
1998–99	Premier League	46	17	15	14	52	52	8	Deon Burton (12)
1999–00	Premier League	42	10	12	20	48	61	16	Rory Delap (8)
2000–01	Premier League	45	13	13	19	52	73	17	Malcolm Christie (12)
2001–02	Premier League	41	9	6	26	39	71	19	Fabrizio Ravanelli (11)
2002–03	First Division	49	16	8	25	59	77	18	Malcolm Christie Lee Morris (9)
2003–04	First Division	48	13	13	22	54	72	20	Ian Taylor (12)
2004–05	Championship	52	23	12	17	77	71	4	English Football League play-offs
2005–06	Championship	49	11	20	18	56	72	20	Iñigo Idiakez (11)
2006–07	Championship	54	30	10	14	75	56	3	English Football League play-offs
2007–08	Premier League	42	1	11	30	25	97	20	Kenny Miller (6)
2008–09	Championship	58	22	14	22	79	85	18	Rob Hulse (18)
2009–10	Championship	51	16	13	22	58	69	14	Rob Hulse (12)
2010–11	Championship	48	13	10	25	59	74	19	Kris Commons (13)
2011–12	Championship	49	19	10	20	53	63	12	Steve Davies Theo Robinson (12)
2012–13	Championship	49	17	14	18	75	70	10	Jamie Ward (12)
2013–14	Championship	53	29	10	14	97	59	3	English Football League play-offs
2014–15	Championship	54	27	14	13	100	63	8	Chris Martin (21)
2015–16	Championship	51	23	15	13	72	52	5	English Football League play-offs
2016–17	Championship	52	20	15	17	61	60	9	Tom Ince (15)
2017–18	Championship	51	22	15	14	74	55	6	English Football League play-offs
2018–19	Championship	57	24	17	16	90	70	6	English Football League play-offs
2019–20	Championship	52	20	14	18	68	72	10	Chris Martin Martyn Waghorn (12)
2020–21	Championship	49	11	12	26	37	62	21	Colin Kazim-Richards (8)
2021–22	Championship	49	14	14	21	49	59	23	Tom Lawrence (11)
2022–23	League One	57	27	16	14	87	57	7	EFL Trophy
2023–24	League One	54	32	9	13	92	47	2	EFL Trophy
2024–25	Championship	49	14	13	22	51	58	19	Jerry Yates (10)
2025–26	Championship	49	20	10	19	70	65	8	Carlton Morris (12)
2026–27		4	0	1	3	4	9