To find out, we created this live graphic, which tots up all points acquired in English football’s top flight — from the first football league in 1888, to the end of the 2019 Premier League season.

Want to see the Premier League years? Check out our all-time Premier League table here.

Here’s a quick summary…

After winning the first football league in 1888-89, Preston North End remained at the top of the all-time table for a further 7 seasons

remained at the top of the all-time table for a further 7 seasons In season 1896-97, they were overtaken by Aston Villa , who held the title right up to season 1936-37, when they were overtaken by Sunderland

, who held the title right up to season 1936-37, when they were overtaken by Sunderland then stayed on top until 1958-59, when they were overtaken by Aston Villa , who claimed the top spot for a second time

then stayed on top until 1958-59, when they were overtaken by , who claimed the top spot for a second time In season 1968-69, Everton became the 4th team to top the all-time table. And they would stay at the top for over 35 years!

became the 4th team to top the all-time table. And they would stay at the top for over 35 years! They were finally overtaken in season 2005-06, when Liverpool took the top spot

took the top spot At the end of the 2019 season, Liverpool were still leading England’s all-time league table

The full table…

Here’s a full table, showing all teams that have spent at least one season in English football’s top flight. We’ve included their points tally to the end of the 2019 season, plus the number of sesaons they have spent in the top flight.

Position Team Total Points Seasons 1 Liverpool 6846 105 2 Arsenal 6723 103 3 Everton 6655 117 4 Manchester United 6343 95 5 Aston Villa 5864 106 6 Manchester City 5230 90 7 Chelsea 5074 85 8 Tottenham Hotspur 5050 84 9 Newcastle United 4851 87 10 Sunderland 4551 87 11 West Bromwich Albion 4066 80 12 Blackburn Rovers 3703 73 13 Bolton Wanderers 3697 74 14 Sheffield Wednesday 3564 66 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3433 65 16 Derby County 3309 66 17 Sheffield United 3170 61 18 West Ham United 3133 61 19 Middlesborough 3062 62 20 Leeds United 3062 51 21 Burnley 2996 56 22 Nottingham Forest 2949 56 23 Stoke 2921 63 24 Birmingham City 2757 57 25 Leicester City 2582 51 26 Preston North End 2395 47 27 Southampton 2122 42 28 Huddersfield Town 1813 33 29 Portsmouth 1765 34 30 Coventry City 1636 33 31 Blackpool 1536 29 32 Ipswich Town 1472 26 33 Charlton Athletic 1320 27 34 Notts County 1276 30 35 Norwich City 1213 25 36 Fulham 1180 26 37 Queens Park Rangers 1146 23 38 Bury 1018 22 39 Cardiff City 890 17 40 Crystal Palace 836 19 41 Luton Town 807 16 42 Wimbledon 729 14 43 Oldham Athletic 606 12 44 Grimsby 603 13 45 Bradford City 582 12 46 Watford 565 12 47 Bristol City 436 9 48 Swansea City 422 9 49 Wigan Athletic 331 8 50 Brentford 278 6 51 Brighton & Hove Albion 265 6 52 Bournemouth 177 4 53 Hull City 171 5 54 Bradford Park Avenue 147 3 55 Accrington 138 5 56 Oxford United 119 3 57 Reading 119 3 58 Millwall 79 2 59 Northampton Town 43 1 60 Darwen 41 2 61 Carlisle United 41 1 62 Barnsley 35 1 63 Swindon Town 30 1 64 Leyton Orient 27 1 65 Glossop 22 1

Some notes…

The first Football League ran from Autumn 1888 to Spring 1889 and featured 12 teams

The league was suspended after the 1914-15 season due to the 1st World War (resuming in season 1919-1920)

There were only 3 games played by each team in season 1939-40 before the league was suspended for the 2nd World War (resuming in season 1946-47)

Season 1981-82 was the first time 3 points were awarded for a win. We converted prior league tables to 3 points for a win to calculate totals

From 1888-1992, the English top flight was known as the First Division

Since season 1992-93, the English top flight has been known as the Premier League

We have used the modern names for all clubs (for example, Manchester United competed as Newton Heath until 1902) with one exception

The exception is Wimbledon/MK Dons. While *technically* Wimbledon became MK Dons when the club relocated, they have never competed in the top flight under their new name. So we decided to stick with Wimbledon

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