The previous record points total for Premier League winners was held by Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in 2005, who were champions with 95 points.
Points per game: 2.4 Other trophies: none United’s 1999 Champions League win had put them onto another level, and well above the rest of the Premier League, but … This Chelsea recorded the highest ever points-per-game record in English history, and simply never looked like they were going to be caught. Their depth has seen them through: Kevin de Bruyne's contribution has been minimal, while Riyad Mahrez, signed for £60m last summer, has struggled at times. Their points haul is also hugely creditable for first-time champions, not least for how it saw them hold off all the title experience of a Ferguson United.Points per game: 2.44 Other trophies: FA Cup final This was hyped as one of the most competitive Premier Leagues ever given it had its finest ever collection of managers so, whatever about the debate regarding the lack of European football, it reflects very well on this Chelsea that they have ultimately won it so easily and so early. Incredibly the only side to feature on this list and not win the title, Liverpool missed out on the Premier League by just a single point last season, despite boasting a points tally that would have crowned the Reds champions in all but one of the division’s previous campaigns.
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It just wasn’t a very high-class season, as the challengers - and retiring Eric Cantona - all faded.Points per game: 2.13 Other trophies: none One of football’s great stories and achievements, and a genuinely fine team when fully functioning, but that doesn’t necessarily make them close to the greatest champions. Champion: Manchester United (84 points) There may of course be wider economic reasons for that, but the fact they ended up 20-plus and 40-plus points ahead of wealthier rivals means they just have to be ahead of everyone here. This was far from a brilliant United side in what was a generally underwhelming Premier League campaign, but it was one still able to reach the Champions League final too.Points per game: 2.4 Other trophies: none United’s 1999 Champions League win had put them onto another level, and well above the rest of the Premier League, but this was almost like Chelsea 2005-06 in that it all felt too easy to really push the side to their best.Points per game: 2.18 Other trophies: none United’s grittiest title win of the Premier League era, as they really ground it out with Arsenal, at the height of the Ferguson-Wenger rivalry.Points per game: 2.34 Other trophies: League Cup So often supreme to watch, and maybe played the best football that season, but the way that Liverpool collapsed and Chelsea lost a lead fosters the feeling that they didn’t quite drive to the title in the way the 2011-12 team did.Points per game: 2.16 Other trophies: FA Cup The most famous run-in, and the most entertaining, as Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel and Roy Keane helped a group of kids magnificently mature over the course of a double campaign. If they win their last five games – as they may well need to do – they’ll finish on a final total of 97 points. After struggling to adapt during the Catalan's first season in charge, Guardiola's ideas finally came to fruition in the 2017/18 season in which City blew their rivals out of the water, ending the campaign on 100 points - 19 ahead of second-placed United. The Premier League proved to still have plenty of twists and turns as Project Restart got under way on June 17. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsPlease be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsMiguel Delaney ranks all the Premier League championsWhere do Liverpool stand among all-time Premier League champions? Their return of 79 points is actually surprisingly low, but was just something else they overcame to reach the ultimate heights.Points per game: 2.58 Other trophies: League Cup and an FA Cup final to come They rattled off 14 successive victories to close out the season and deny a Liverpool side able to put up 97 points - which would have been enough to win the championship in any other season in English football history but the last two seasons. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failure to fulfil a fixture at Blackburn Rovers on 21 December 1996Portsmouth deducted 9 points for entering administration in March 2010 Mourinho’s first Chelsea were by that point so much better than everyone else that it made the race a foregone conclusion, but maybe dulled them for both the foregone conclusion of the run-in and the cups.Points per game: 2.34 Other trophies: none Maybe Ferguson’s most thrilling attacking team, and the one that heralded his return to the very top.
If the 38-game Premier League season cannot be completed, the Europa League and Champions League places could be decided on a points-per-game basis or, … It is currently sponsored by Barclays Bank and therefore officially known as the Barclays Premier League. So many games were so well controlled, as was the destination of the trophy.Points per game: 2.63 Other trophies: League Cup A record-breaking season that saw City reach new magisterial heights under the genius of Pep Guardiola.