List of Premier League clubs

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Premier League since its formation in 1992.
Over that span, 51 teams have played in the Premier League, two of which are located in Wales; they play in the English football league system for practical and historical reasons.
Preston North End are the only former top-flight First Division champions who have never played in the Premier League; they are among [|a group of fourteen clubs, twelve of which are active], that have played in the old First Division but not in the Premier League. By contrast, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Hull City, Reading, Swindon Town and Wigan Athletic never played in the old First Division before being promoted to the Premier League.
Eleven of the 22 founder members of the Premier League will compete in the 2025–26 season. Six have contested every season of the Premier League. The remaining five, were also founder members, though each team has been relegated at least once in the past. Two clubs, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford, are not founding members of the Premier League, but have not been relegated since making their debuts in the Premier League after promotion in 2017 and 2021, respectively.

Table

All statistics here refer to time in the Premier League only, with the exception of 'Most Recent Finish' and 'Last Promotion'. For the 'Top Scorer' column, those in bold still play in the Premier League for the club shown. Premier League teams playing in the current season or confirmed for the next season are indicated in bold, while founding members of the Premier League are shown in italics. A 'spell' refers to a number of consecutive seasons within the league, uninterrupted by relegation. If the longest spell is the current spell, this is shown in bold, and if the highest finish is that of the most recent season, then this is also shown in bold.

Club	Location	Total seasons	Total spells	Longest spell	Most recent promotion	Most recent relegation	Total seasons absent	Seasons	Current spell	Most recent finish (2024–25)	Highest finish	Top scorer
Arsenal	London	33	1	33	1914–15	Never relegated	0	1992–	33
Aston Villa	Birmingham	30	2	24	2018–19	2015–16	3	1992–2016 2019–	6
Barnsley	Barnsley	1	1	1	1996–97	1997–98	32	1997–1998	0
Birmingham City	Birmingham	7	3	4	2008–09	2010–11	26	2002–2006 2007–2008 2009–2011	0
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	18	2	11	2000–01	2011–12	15	1992–1999 2001–2012	0
Blackpool	Blackpool	1	1	1	2009–10	2010–11	32	2010–2011	0
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	13	3	11	2000–01	2011–12	20	1995–1996 1997–1998 2001–2012	0
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	8	2	5	2021–22	2019–20	25	2015–2020 2022–	3
Bradford City	Bradford	2	1	2	1998–99	2000–01	31	1999–2001	0
Brentford	London	4	1	4	2020–21	Never relegated	29	2021–	4
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	8	1	8	2016–17	Never relegated	25	2017–	8
Burnley	Burnley	10	5	6	2024–25	2023–24	24	2009–2010 2014–2015 2016–2022 2023–2024 2025–	0
Cardiff City	Cardiff	2	2	1	2017–18	2018–19	31	2013–2014 2018–2019	0
Charlton Athletic	London	8	2	7	1999–2000	2006–07	25	1998–1999 2000–2007	0
Chelsea	London	33	1	33	1988–89	Never relegated	0	1992–	33
Coventry City	Coventry	9	1	9	1966–67	2000–01	24	1992–2001	0
Crystal Palace	London	16	5	12	2012–13	2004–05	17	1992–1993 1994–1995 1997–1998 2004–2005 2013–	12
Derby County	Derby	7	2	6	2006–07	2007–08	26	1996–2002 2007–2008	0
Everton	Liverpool	33	1	33	1953–54	Never relegated	0	1992–	33
Fulham	London	18	4	13	2021–22	2020–21	15	2001–2014 2018–2019 2020–2021 2022–	3
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	2	1	2	2016–17	2018–19	31	2017–2019	0
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	5	3	2	2015–16	2016–17	28	2008–2010 2013–2015 2016–2017	0
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	6	3	3	2023–24	2024–25	27	1992–1995 2000–2002 2024–2025	1
Leeds United	Leeds	16	3	12	2024–25	2022–23	18	1992–2004 2020–2023 2025–	0
Leicester City	Leicester	18	5	9	2023–24	2024–25	15	1994–1995 1996–2002 2003–2004 2014–2023 2024–2025	1
Liverpool	Liverpool	33	1	33	1961–62	Never relegated	0	1992–	33
Luton Town	Luton	1	1	1	2022–23	2023–24	32	2023–2024	0
Manchester City	Manchester	28	3	23	2001–02	2000–01	5	1992–1996 2000–2001 2002–	23
Manchester United	Manchester	33	1	33	1974–75	Never relegated	0	1992–	33
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	15	4	11	2015–16	2016–17	18	1992–1993 1995–1997 1998–2009 2016–2017	0
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	30	3	16	2016–17	2015–16	3	1993–2009 2010–2016 2017–	8
Norwich City	Norwich	10	6	3	2020–21	2021–22	23	1992–1995 2004–2005 2011–2014 2015–2016 2019–2020 2021–2022	0
Nottingham Forest	West Bridgford	8	4	3	2021–22	1998–99	25	1992–1993 1994–1997 1998–1999 2022–	3
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	2	1	2	1990–91	1993–94	31	1992–1994	0
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	7	1	7	2002–03	2009–10	26	2003–2010	0
Queens Park Rangers	London	7	3	4	2013–14	2014–15	26	1992–1996 2011–2013 2014–2015	0
Reading	Reading	3	2	2	2011–12	2012–13	30	2006–2008 2012–2013	0
Sheffield United	Sheffield	6	4	2	2022–23	2023–24	27	1992–1994 2006–2007 2019–2021 2023–2024	0
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	8	1	8	1990–91	1999–2000	25	1992–2000	0
Southampton	Southampton	25	3	13	2023–24	2024–25	8	1992–2005 2012–2023 2024–2025	1
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	10	1	10	2007–08	2017–18	23	2008–2018	0
Sunderland	Sunderland	17	5	10	2024–25	2016–17	17	1996–1997 1999–2003 2005–2006 2007–2017 2025–	1
Swansea City	Swansea	7	1	7	2010–11	2017–18	26	2011–2018	0
Swindon Town	Swindon	1	1	1	1992–93	1993–94	32	1993–1994	0
Tottenham Hotspur	London	33	1	33	1977–78	Never relegated	0	1992–	33
Watford	Watford	8	4	5	2020–21	2021–22	25	1999–2000 2006–2007 2015–2020 2021–2022	0
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	13	5	8	2019–20	2020–21	20	2002–2003 2004–2006 2008–2009 2010–2018 2020–2021	0
West Ham United	London	29	3	13	2011–12	2010–11	4	1993–2003 2005–2011 2012–	13
Wigan Athletic	Manchester	8	1	8	2004–05	2012–13	25	2005–2013	0
Wimbledon	London	8	1	8	1985–86	1999–2000	25	1992–2000	0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	11	3	7	2017–18	2011–12	22	2003–2004 2009–2012 2018–	7

The 2006–07 season marked the first occasion former Premier League members were in all three divisions of the Football League following the relegation of Swindon Town to League Two. Since then, other former Premier League clubs relegated to League Two have included Bradford City, Portsmouth, Blackpool, Coventry City, Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers. Oldham became the first former Premier League club to be relegated to the National League during the 2022–23 season.
Norwich City have had the most separate spells in the Premier League, with six, which have lasted from one to three seasons in length.
Three clubs – Luton Town, Notts County and West Ham United – were in the top flight in 1991–92, and so took part in the original negotiations in 1991 that led to the formation of the Premier League, resigning their membership of The Football League along with the other 19 clubs in the top flight. However, the clubs were relegated that season and were thereby not founding Premier League members. West Ham won promotion to the Premier League the following season. Notts County has not returned to the top flight since, even dropping to the National League in 2019. Luton Town also dropped to the National League in 2009, but managed to return to the Football League in 2014 and won promotion to the Premier League in 2023 after play-offs.

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color:dark from:01/07/2009 till:30/06/2010 text:"Burnley"
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color:dark from:01/07/2014 till:30/06/2015
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color:dark from:01/07/2016 till:30/06/2022
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color:dark from:01/07/2023 till:30/06/2024
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color:dark from:01/07/2025 till:30/06/2026
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color:light from:01/07/2010 till:30/06/2011 text:"Blackpool"
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color:dark from:01/07/2011 till:30/06/2018 text:"Swansea City"
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color:light from:01/07/2013 till:30/06/2014 text:"Cardiff City"
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color:light from:01/07/2018 till:30/06/2019
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color:dark from:01/07/2015 till:30/06/2020 text:"Bournemouth"
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color:dark from:01/07/2022 till:30/06/2026
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color:light from:01/07/2017 till:30/06/2026 text:"Brighton & Hove Albion"
color:dark from:01/07/2017 till:30/06/2019 text:"Huddersfield Town"
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color:light from:01/07/2021 till:30/06/2026 text:"Brentford"
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color:dark from:01/07/2023 till:30/06/2024 text:"Luton Town"

Clubs who have competed in the top flight First Division, but not the Premier League

Club	Town or city	Highest First Division finish	Total seasons	Last relegation	Current status	Level in pyramid
Accrington	Accrington	6th	5	1892–93	Defunct
Bradford Park Avenue	Bradford	9th	3	1920–21
Bristol City	Bristol	2nd	9	1979–80
Bury	Bury	4th	22	1928–29
Carlisle United	Carlisle	22nd	1	1974–75
Darwen	Darwen	14th	2	1893–94
Glossop North End	Glossop	18th	1	1899–1900
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	5th	12	1947–48
Leyton Orient	London	22nd	1	1962–63
Millwall	London	10th	2	1989–90
Northampton Town	Northampton	21st	1	1965–66
Notts County	Nottingham	3rd	30	1991–92
Oxford United	Oxford	18th	3	1987–88
Preston North End	Preston	1st	46	1960–61

Overall number of seasons in First Division and Premier League

The number of seasons that each team has played in the top division between 1888–89 and 2025–26. A total of 65 teams have competed in at least one season of the top division. No team has participated in all 126 seasons; Everton have been absent for the fewest seasons, missing just four for a total of 124 seasons in the top flight. Teams in bold participate in the 2025–26 Premier League. Teams in italic have never competed in the Premier League, only the old First Division.

Seasons	Clubs	Years
124	Everton	1888-1930, 1931-1951, 1954-Present
113	Aston Villa	1888-1936, 1938-1959, 1960-1967, 1975-1987, 1988-2016, 2019-Present
112	Liverpool	1894-95, 1896-1904, 1905-1954, 1962-Present
110	Arsenal	1904-1913, 1919-Present
102	Manchester United
98	Manchester City
95	Newcastle United
92	Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur	CHE:
87	Sunderland
81	West Bromwich Albion
73	Bolton Wanderers
72	Blackburn Rovers
71	Wolverhampton Wanderers
68	West Ham United
66	Sheffield Wednesday
65	Derby County
63	Sheffield United
62	Stoke City
61	Middlesbrough, Burnley	MID:
60	Nottingham Forest
57	Birmingham City
56	Leicester City
54	Leeds United
47	Southampton
46	Preston North End
34	Coventry City
33	Portsmouth
32	Huddersfield Town
31	Fulham
30	Notts County
28	Blackpool
27	Norwich City, Ipswich Town	IPS
26	Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace	CHA
23	Queens Park Rangers
22	Bury
17	Cardiff City, Luton Town	CAR
14	Wimbledon, Watford	WAT
13	Brighton & Hove Albion
12	Grimsby Town, Oldham Athletic, Bradford City	BRA
10	Brentford
9	Bristol City, Swansea City, Bournemouth	BOU
8	Wigan Athletic
5	Accrington, Hull City	ACC
3	Bradford Park Avenue, Oxford United, Reading	BPA
2	Darwen, Millwall	DRW
1	Glossop North End, Leyton Orient, Northampton Town, Carlisle United, Swindon Town, Barnsley	BAR