Every Plymouth Argyle season on record, from 1903–04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903–04 | Southern League | 57 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 88 | 60 | ||
| 1904–05 | Southern League | 58 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 113 | 61 | Jack Picken (29) | |
| 1905–06 | Southern League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | Harry Wilcox (25) | |
| 1906–07 | Southern League | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 15 | Herbert Swann (15) |
| 1907–08 | Southern League | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | Harry Ingham (14) | |
| 1908–09 | Southern League | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | Tommy Hakin (17) |
| 1909–10 | Southern League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | Jimmy Hindmarsh (15) |
| 1910–11 | Southern League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Harry Raymond (12) | |
| 1911–12 | Southern League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | John Boden (20) | |
| 1912–13 | Southern League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Fred Burch (28) | |
| 1913–14 | Southern League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Fred Burch (14) | |
| 1914–15 | Southern League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | Fred Burch (15) |
| 1919–20 | Southern League | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | David Jack Billy Kellock (12) | |
| 1920–21 | Football League | 47 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 11 | Harry Raymond |
| 1921–22 | Football League | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 64 | 26 | Frank Richardson | |
| 1922–23 | Football League | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 32 | Jack Fowler (17) | |
| 1923–24 | Football League | 43 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 70 | 35 | Percy Cherrett (27) | |
| 1924–25 | Football League | 43 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 41 | Jack Leslie (14) | |
| 1925–26 | Football League | 43 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 108 | 69 | Jack Cock | |
| 1926–27 | Football League | 43 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 96 | 64 | Jack Cock (33) | |
| 1927–28 | Football League | 43 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 86 | 56 | Sammy Black (16) | |
| 1928–29 | Football League | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 91 | 53 | Ray Bowden Jack Leslie (22) | |
| 1929–30 | Football League | 46 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 108 | 43 | Sammy Black (24) | |
| 1930–31 | Football League | 43 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 76 | 86 | 18 | Sammy Black (20) |
| 1931–32 | Football League | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 106 | 71 | Jack Leslie (21) | |
| 1932–33 | Football League | 43 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 64 | 72 | 14 | Sammy Black (13) |
| 1933–34 | Football League | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 72 | 77 | 10 | Jimmy Cookson (28) |
| 1934–35 | Football League | 44 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 68 | Jack Vidler (21) | |
| 1935–36 | Football League | 44 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 63 | Sammy Black (16) | |
| 1936–37 | Football League | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 73 | 54 | Jack Connor (17) | |
| 1937–38 | Football League | 43 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 66 | 13 | Bill Hullett (10) |
| 1938–39 | Football League | 43 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 58 | 15 | Bill Hullett (10) |
| 1945–46 | Wartime League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | |
| 1946–47 | Football League | 43 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 79 | 98 | 19 | Dave Thomas (19) |
| 1947–48 | Football League | 43 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 42 | 62 | 17 | Ernie Edds (14) |
| 1948–49 | Football League | 43 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 49 | 65 | 20 | Maurice Tadman (15) |
| 1949–50 | Football League | 44 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 45 | 69 | 21 | Bill Strauss (10) |
| 1950–51 | Football League | 50 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 94 | 59 | Maurice Tadman (26) | |
| 1951–52 | Football League | 47 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 107 | 54 | Maurice Tadman (27) | |
| 1952–53 | Football League | 45 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 70 | 62 | Maurice Tadman (15) | |
| 1953–54 | Football League | 44 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 67 | 84 | 19 | Maurice Tadman (12) |
| 1954–55 | Football League | 43 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 57 | 83 | 20 | Peter Anderson Eric Davis Johnny Porteous |
| 1955–56 | Football League | 43 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 88 | 21 | Neil Langman |
| 1956–57 | Football League | 48 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 70 | 74 | 18 | Neil Langman (18) |
| 1957–58 | Football League | 49 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 79 | 58 | Wilf Carter (32) | |
| 1958–59 | Football League | 50 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 98 | 66 | Wilf Carter (25) | |
| 1959–60 | Football League | 43 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 92 | 19 | Wilf Carter (22) |
| 1960–61 | Football League | 51 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 95 | 94 | 11 | Wilf Carter (28) |
| 1961–62 | Football League | 45 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 81 | 83 | Wilf Carter (20) | |
| 1962–63 | Football League | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 77 | 84 | 12 | Wilf Carter (14) |
| 1963–64 | Football League | 46 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 51 | 75 | 20 | Frank Lord |
| 1964–65 | Football League | 51 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 77 | 93 | 15 | Frank Lord Mike Trebilcock (17) |
| 1965–66 | Football League | 45 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 60 | 66 | 18 | Mike Bickle (12) |
| 1966–67 | Football League | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 64 | 16 | Mike Bickle (13) |
| 1967–68 | Football League | 44 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 77 | 22 | Mike Bickle (10) |
| 1968–69 | Football League | 50 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 53 | 51 | Mike Bickle (12) | |
| 1969–70 | Football League | 51 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 60 | 69 | 17 | Mike Bickle (18) |
| 1970–71 | Football League | 48 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 63 | 68 | 15 | Don Hutchins (11) |
| 1971–72 | Football League | 49 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 77 | 69 | Derek Rickard (14) | |
| 1972–73 | Football League | 51 | 23 | 10 | 18 | 79 | 70 | Alan Welsh (13) | |
| 1973–74 | Football League | 56 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 76 | 61 | 17 | Steve Davey (19) |
| 1974–75 | Football League | 52 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 87 | 65 | Billy Rafferty (26) | |
| 1975–76 | Football League | 47 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 61 | 16 | Paul Mariner (16) |
| 1976–77 | Football League | 45 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 46 | 70 | 21 | Brian Hall (10) |
| 1977–78 | Football League | 53 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 66 | 72 | 19 | Terry Austin (13) |
| 1978–79 | Football League | 51 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 72 | 75 | 15 | Fred Binney (28) |
| 1979–80 | Football League | 54 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 66 | 62 | 15 | David Kemp (15) |
| 1980–81 | Football League | 51 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 63 | 49 | David Kemp (28) | |
| 1981–82 | Football League | 52 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 67 | 60 | 10 | John Sims (19) |
| 1982–83 | Football League | 52 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 68 | 73 | John Sims (14) | |
| 1983–84 | Football League | 60 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 72 | 71 | 19 | Tommy Tynan (20) |
| 1984–85 | Football League | 53 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 68 | 72 | 15 | Tommy Tynan |
| 1985–86 | Football League | 52 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 96 | 59 | Kevin Hodges (16) | |
| 1986–87 | Football League | 47 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 71 | 71 | Tommy Tynan (20) | |
| 1987–88 | Football League | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 71 | 75 | 16 | Tommy Tynan (19) |
| 1988–89 | Football League | 53 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 67 | 80 | 18 | Tommy Tynan (26) |
| 1989–90 | Football League | 51 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 62 | 74 | 16 | Tommy Tynan (18) |
| 1990–91 | Football League | 51 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 59 | 72 | 18 | Robbie Turner (14) |
| 1991–92 | Football League | 52 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 50 | 73 | 22 | Dwight Marshall (15) |
| 1992–93 | Football League | 55 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 77 | 81 | 14 | Steve Castle Paul Dalton Kevin Nugent (13) |
| 1993–94 | Football League | 55 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 98 | 65 | Steve Castle (22) | |
| 1994–95 | Football League | 51 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 50 | 91 | 21 | Richard Landon Kevin Nugent |
| 1995–96 | Football League | 54 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 78 | 58 | Adrian Littlejohn (18) | |
| 1996–97 | Football League | 54 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 59 | 63 | 19 | Mickey Evans (15) |
| 1997–98 | Football League | 50 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 60 | 80 | 22 | Carlo Corazzin (17) |
| 1998–99 | Football League | 55 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 65 | 68 | 13 | Dwight Marshall (12) |
| 1999–00 | Football League | 56 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 65 | 68 | 12 | Paul McGregor (16) |
| 2000–01 | Football League | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 67 | 12 | Ian Stonebridge (12) |
| 2001–02 | Football League | 52 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 79 | 38 | Graham Coughlan David Friio (11) | |
| 2002–03 | Football League | 53 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 74 | 59 | Marino Keith (12) | |
| 2003–04 | Football League | 50 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 94 | 48 | David Friio (15) | |
| 2004–05 | Football League | 48 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 55 | 69 | 17 | Paul Wotton (13) |
| 2005–06 | Football League | 49 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 42 | 50 | 14 | Paul Wotton |
| 2006–07 | Football League | 52 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 70 | 66 | 11 | Barry Hayles (14) |
| 2007–08 | Football League | 51 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 68 | 56 | 10 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake |
| 2008–09 | Football League | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 45 | 62 | 21 | Paul Gallagher (13) |
| 2009–10 | Football League | 49 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 44 | 73 | 23 | Jamie Mackie |
| 2010–11 | Football League | 48 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 51 | 79 | 23 | Bradley Wright-Phillips (13) |
| 2011–12 | Football League | 50 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 71 | 21 | Simon Walton |
| 2012–13 | Football League | 51 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 53 | 59 | 21 | Jason Banton |
| 2013–14 | Football League | 51 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 64 | 10 | Reuben Reid |
| 2014–15 | Football League | 53 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 66 | 52 | Reuben Reid | |
| 2015–16 | Football League | 54 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 81 | 61 | Jake Jervis (14) | |
| 2016–17 | Football League | 55 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 79 | 55 | Graham Carey (15) | |
| 2017–18 | League One | 52 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 65 | 73 | 7 | Graham Carey (16) |
| 2018–19 | League One | 54 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 61 | 98 | 21 | Freddie Ladapo (18) |
| 2019–20 | League Two | 45 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 47 | 3 | Antoni Sarcevic (10) |
| 2020–21 | League One | 55 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 70 | 95 | 18 | Luke Jephcott (18) |
| 2021–22 | League One | 56 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 82 | 61 | 7 | Ryan Hardie (19) |
| 2022–23 | League One | 56 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 97 | 66 | Ryan Hardie (17) | |
| 2023–24 | Championship | 51 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 68 | 80 | 21 | Morgan Whittaker (17) |
| 2024–25 | Championship | 51 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 57 | 93 | 23 | Ryan Hardie (12) |
| 2025–26 | 55 | 27 | 8 | 20 | 93 | 76 | |||
| 2026–27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 |