It has been a difficult season for Aston Villa starlet Jack Grealish, and he has now ended it by picking up one of the Premier League's most unwanted records.

Grealish's came off the bench with 15 minutes remaining against Arsenal on the final day of the season, his 16th league appearance of the season, with Villa a goal down.

The 20-year-old was unable to turn the tide of the match, and it means that, remarkably, all 16 games in which he has played have ended in defeat this season.

Jack Grealish shows his disappointment during Sunday's defeat to Arsenal, his 16th defeat of the season

Grealish has now recorded the worst season of any Premier League player, losing in all of his 16 appearances

That is the most games ever played in a Premier League season without picking up so much as a point, passing the next worst season - which featured 11 defeats - by Sean Thornton in 2002/03 playing for Sunderland.

Grealish is just the second player with more than 10 appearances to have lost every game he has played in a season following Thornton's disastrous season in 2003.

Talal El Karkouri, who was part of that same Sunderland side that were relegated with 19 points - two more than Villa have managed this season - went eight games without a point that season, the third worst record. Another Sunderland player, Martin Woods, went seven games in 2005/06, when Sunderland once again finished bottom.

It has been a difficult season both on and off the pitch for the 20-year-old Aston Villa midfielder

Sean Thornton (left) in 2003 played 11 league games, and lost all of them, as Sunderland were relegated

Talal El Karkouri (left) in 2003 and Emerse Fae in 2008 both went eight games without picking up a point

Emerse Fae - who remains Reading's all-time record signing - also registered eight defeats from eight games for Reading in 2008, and was also relegated, although his side finished 18th and were only relegated on the final day of the season.

But Grealish has eclipsed all of those, having appeared in almost half of Aston Villa's games this term, and 16 of their 27 defeats.

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES IN A SEASON WITHOUT A POINT Season Player Team Games Played Games Lost Team position 2015/2016 Grealish, Jack Aston Villa 16 16 20th 2002/2003 Thornton, Sean Sunderland 11 11 20th 2002/2003 El Karkouri, Talal Sunderland 8 8 20th 2007/2008 Faé, Emerse Reading 8 8 18th 2005/2006 Woods, Martin Sunderland 7 7 20th 2003/2004 Barmby, Nick Leeds United 6 6 19th

It caps off a woeful season for Grealish - hailed this time last year as the future of the club after breaking through under Tim Sherwood - who has struggled on and off the pitch.

The 20-year-old was sent to train with the club Under-21s by former manager Remi Garde in November after being pictured partying in a Manchester nightclub hours after a 4-0 defeat at Everton.

That followed an incident last summer when he was photographed with a £1,000 bottle of vodka.

Grealish had a bright start to the season, scoring as Villa went 2-0 up against Leicester, but it was his only goal

Grealish has endured a tough time off the pitch, and was dropped after he was pictured partying after a defeat

Grealish was filmed at a nightclub with friends after the defeat by Everton back in November

However, despite his problematic season, last week he was rewarded with a first England Under 21 call-up following his successful switch from the Republic of Ireland set-up.

Grealish had represented Ireland up to Under-21s level, but will now continue his international career with Gareth Southgate's Young Lions after FIFA cleared the switch in March.