Sunderland season by season

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

132seasons
5,663matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1884–85		1	0	0	1	1	3
1885–86		1	0	0	1	0	3
1886–87		1	0	0	1	0	1
1887–88		3	2	1	0	8	5
1889–90		1	0	0	1	2	4
1890–91	Football League	28	13	7	8	64	39	7	Johnny Campbell (19)
1891–92	Football League	32	25	1	6	110	43	1	Football World Championship
1892–93	First Division	34	25	4	5	115	40	1	Football World Championship
1893–94	First Division	33	18	5	10	78	49	2	Jimmy Millar (20)
1894–95	First Division	34	24	5	5	96	41	1	Football World Championship
1895–96	First Division	32	16	7	9	57	44	5	Johnny Campbell (15)
1896–97	First Division	36	9	11	16	39	52	15	Football League Test Matches
1897–98	First Division	31	16	5	10	43	31	2	John Brown Jim Leslie Hughie Wilson (8)
1898–99	First Division	36	16	6	14	46	45	7	Jim Leslie (9)
1899–00	First Division	37	20	4	13	55	40	3	Colin McLatchie (10)
1900–01	First Division	35	15	13	7	58	28	2	Geordie Livingstone (12)
1901–02	First Division	36	20	6	10	51	36	1	Jimmy Gemmell Billy Hogg (10)
1902–03	First Division	35	16	9	10	52	40	3	Sheriff of London Charity Shield
1903–04	First Division	35	17	5	13	65	52	6	Jack Craggs Billy Hogg (12)
1904–05	First Division	36	16	9	11	61	46	5	George Holley Walter Watkins (9)
1905–06	First Division	42	17	6	19	66	76	14	Arthur Bridgett (17)
1906–07	First Division	43	16	11	16	70	68	10	Arthur Bridgett (25)
1907–08	First Division	39	16	3	20	79	78	16	George Holley (23)
1908–09	First Division	43	24	3	16	86	71	3	George Holley (18)
1909–10	First Division	41	20	5	16	70	54	8	George Holley (20)
1910–11	First Division	39	15	15	9	68	51	3	Tim Coleman (19)
1911–12	First Division	42	16	12	14	63	54	8	George Holley (25)
1912–13	First Division	47	30	7	10	106	50	1	Charlie Buchan (27)
1913–14	First Division	43	20	7	16	77	55	7	George Holley (15)
1914–15	First Division	39	18	5	16	82	74	8	Charlie Buchan (23)
1919–20	First Division	46	24	5	17	81	63	5	Charlie Buchan (21)
1920–21	First Division	43	14	13	16	57	61	12	Charlie Buchan (27)
1921–22	First Division	44	16	9	19	61	68	12	Charlie Buchan (21)
1922–23	First Division	44	23	10	11	76	57	2	Charlie Buchan (30)
1923–24	First Division	43	22	9	12	72	56	3	Charlie Buchan (26)
1924–25	First Division	45	20	11	14	68	53	7	Bobby Marshall (18)
1925–26	First Division	46	23	7	16	110	87	3	Dave Halliday (38)
1926–27	First Division	43	21	7	15	100	73	3	Dave Halliday (36)
1927–28	First Division	45	16	10	19	81	81	15	Dave Halliday (35)
1928–29	First Division	43	20	7	16	93	76	4	Dave Halliday
1929–30	First Division	46	20	8	18	83	87	9	Bobby Gurney (15)
1930–31	First Division	49	20	11	18	102	93	11	Bobby Gurney (30)
1931–32	First Division	47	16	13	18	74	79	13	Bobby Gurney (16)
1932–33	First Division	47	18	11	18	73	85	12	Bobby Gurney (15)
1933–34	First Division	45	17	13	15	86	65	6	Bobby Gurney (21)
1934–35	First Division	45	20	17	8	98	60	2	Bobby Gurney (30)
1935–36	First Division	44	25	7	12	111	78	1	Raich Carter Bobby Gurney (31)
1936–37	First Division	51	25	9	17	112	97	8	Charity Shield
1937–38	First Division	47	18	16	13	60	60	8	Charity Shield
1938–39	First Division	47	15	14	18	60	69	16	Raich Carter (15)
1945–46		6	4	0	2	14	11
1946–47	First Division	43	18	8	17	66	68	9	Jackie Robinson Cliff Whitelum (17)
1947–48	First Division	43	13	10	20	56	68	20	Dickie Davis (12)
1948–49	First Division	44	14	17	13	52	60	8	Dickie Davis (10)
1949–50	First Division	44	22	10	12	90	67	3	Dickie Davis (25)
1950–51	First Division	47	15	17	15	72	78	12	Trevor Ford (16)
1951–52	First Division	44	15	13	16	71	64	12	Trevor Ford Len Shackleton (22)
1952–53	First Division	45	16	14	15	71	86	9	Trevor Ford (20)
1953–54	First Division	43	14	8	21	81	91	18	Tommy Wright (18)
1954–55	First Division	49	19	20	10	75	60	4	Ken Chisholm (18)
1955–56	First Division	49	21	11	17	89	101	9	Charlie Fleming (29)
1956–57	First Division	44	13	8	23	73	92	20	Charlie Fleming (25)
1957–58	First Division	44	10	13	21	57	102	21	Alan O'Neill (13)
1958–59	Second Division	43	16	8	19	64	79	15	Don Kichenbrand (21)
1959–60	Second Division	44	12	13	19	54	70	16	Ian Lawther (17)
1960–61	Second Division	48	20	14	14	84	71	6	Ian Lawther (24)
1961–62	Second Division	51	26	12	13	101	63	3	Brian Clough (29)
1962–63	Second Division	53	26	15	12	110	68	3	Brian Clough (24)
1963–64	Second Division	49	28	13	8	99	52	2	Johnny Crossan (22)
1964–65	First Division	47	17	9	21	78	83	15	Nick Sharkey (18)
1965–66	First Division	45	15	8	22	54	78	19	Neil Martin George Mulhall (8)
1966–67	First Division	49	16	11	22	74	81	17	Neil Martin (20)
1967–68	First Division	47	15	12	20	58	69	15	Colin Suggett (14)
1968–69	First Division	44	11	12	21	44	72	17	Colin Suggett (9)
1969–70	First Division	44	6	14	24	31	71	21	Anglo-Italian Cup
1970–71	Second Division	44	15	12	17	53	59	13	Joe Baker (10)
1971–72	Second Division	47	18	18	11	74	65	5	Anglo-Italian Cup
1972–73	Second Division	52	23	15	14	76	59	6	Billy Hughes (15)
1973–74	Second Division	48	20	12	16	65	51	6	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1974–75	Second Division	45	20	13	12	68	40	4	Texaco Cup
1975–76	Second Division	48	27	9	12	73	40	1	Anglo-Scottish Cup
1976–77	First Division	48	12	15	21	55	63	20	Bob Lee (13)
1977–78	Second Division	45	14	17	14	69	63	6	Gary Rowell (18)
1978–79	Second Division	46	23	12	11	73	51	4	Anglo-Scottish Cup
1979–80	Second Division	49	22	16	11	77	51	2	Anglo-Scottish Cup
1980–81	First Division	46	14	9	23	56	59	17	Gary Rowell (10)
1981–82	First Division	48	13	13	22	45	66	19	Gary Rowell (9)
1982–83	First Division	48	13	17	18	56	67	16	Gary Rowell (16)
1983–84	First Division	48	16	14	18	54	62	13	Colin West (9)
1984–85	First Division	53	16	13	24	52	72	21	Clive Walker (10)
1985–86	Second Division	47	15	12	20	53	69	18	Full Members' Cup
1986–87	Second Division	47	14	12	21	61	72	20	Full Members' Cup
1987–88	Third Division	50	29	12	9	96	52	1	Associate Members' Cup
1988–89	Second Division	54	18	17	19	68	70	11	Full Members' Cup
1989–90	Second Division	60	24	20	16	87	80	6	Full Members' Cup Second Division Play-offs
1990–91	First Division	42	9	10	23	45	70	19	Full Members' Cup
1991–92	Second Division	56	19	13	24	76	80	18	Don Goodman (11)
1992–93	First Division	52	15	12	25	56	70	21	Anglo-Italian Cup
1993–94	First Division	56	24	10	22	67	69	12	Anglo-Italian Cup
1994–95	First Division	51	13	20	18	48	54	20	Phil Gray (12)
1995–96	First Division	52	23	19	10	66	43	1	Craig Russell (13)
1996–97	Premier League	43	12	11	20	40	58	18	Craig Russell Paul Stewart (4)
1997–98	First Division	54	30	13	11	102	62	3	First Division Play-offs
1998–99	First Division	57	38	14	5	108	35	1	Kevin Phillips (23)
1999–00	Premier League	43	19	11	13	67	60	7	Kevin Phillips
2000–01	Premier League	47	21	13	13	61	49	7	Kevin Phillips (14)
2001–02	Premier League	40	10	11	19	32	55	17	Kevin Phillips (11)
2002–03	Premier League	46	7	10	29	39	76	20	Kevin Phillips (6)
2003–04	First Division	57	29	14	14	79	58	3	First Division Play-offs
2004–05	Championship	50	31	8	11	83	47	1	Marcus Stewart (16)
2005–06	Premier League	42	5	6	31	31	74	20	Liam Lawrence Anthony Le Tallec Tommy Miller Dean Whitehead (3)
2006–07	Championship	48	27	7	14	76	50	1	David Connolly (13)
2007–08	Premier League	40	11	6	23	36	65	15	Kenwyne Jones (7)
2008–09	Premier League	44	10	12	22	41	62	16	Djibril Cissé Kenwyne Jones (10)
2009–10	Premier League	43	14	12	17	58	59	13	Darren Bent (25)
2010–11	Premier League	41	13	11	17	49	60	10	Asamoah Gyan (10)
2011–12	Premier League	45	14	14	17	53	52	13	Nicklas Bendtner (8)
2012–13	Premier League	43	11	13	19	47	59	17	Steven Fletcher (11)
2013–14	Premier League	49	18	8	23	60	74	14	Premier League Asia Trophy
2014–15	Premier League	44	10	18	16	39	58	16	Steven Fletcher Connor Wickham (5)
2015–16	Premier League	41	10	12	19	56	72	17	Jermain Defoe (15)
2016–17	Premier League	43	8	7	28	32	73	20	Jermain Defoe (14)
2017–18	Championship	50	9	16	25	55	86	24	Lewis Grabban (12)
2018–19	League One	61	30	23	8	101	57	5	EFL Trophy League One Play-offs
2019–20	League One	45	20	13	12	61	44	8	EFL Trophy
2020–21	League One	58	27	19	12	95	54	4	EFL Trophy League One Play-offs
2021–22	League One	59	31	15	13	96	67	5	EFL Trophy League One Play-offs
2022–23	Championship	52	20	16	16	75	65	6	Championship Play-offs
2023–24	Championship	48	16	9	23	53	58	16	Jack Clarke (15)
2024–25	Championship	51	23	14	14	64	51	4	Championship Play-offs
2025–26	Premier League	42	15	14	13	45	51	7	Brian Brobbey (7)
2026–27		1	0	0	1	1	2