Tottenham’s Nightmare Season Explained In Numbers

Spurs' Shocking Season Shaken Into Stats

Good lord, Tottenham Hotspur are bad. I’m a Chelsea fan, so I’m supposed to be relishing every second of this downfall, but watching Igor Tudor’s side playing Fulham on Sunday was not for the faint-hearted.

Watching them be outmatched by a fellow London side with a ground that can contain less than half the capacity of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was, even for rival fans, a chastening sight – perhaps it’s because we put ourselves in Tottenham’s shoes and didn't like what we saw.

And yet there are still people, still some Tottenham fans, who think that it is simply a temporary blip, a rough patch that the right manager will be able to turn around in a jiffy. I’m afraid that, if it really was that easy, one of your three managers in the last nine months would have found, if not a solution, then at least worked out how to limit the damage.

Morning

Leeds United – 31
Tottenham Hotspur – 29
Nottingham Forest – 27
West Ham – 25

Who's going down?

— Central (@WestHam_Central) March 2, 2026

The numbers back it up – in fact, there are droves of damning stats that put just how poor Tottenham have been into perspective, and we’re here to bring you the worst of them. Any Spurs fans that are still here, you may wish to move on …

10 League Games Without a Win

The north London club are on a truly rotten run. No wins in 10 league games – it is their worst such run in 32 years. Not since the days of Osvaldo Ardiles' reign, when Teddy Sheringham frantically chased the ball up front and Sol Campbell was the only redeeming feature of a leaky backline, have Spurs been worse.

You have to go back to December 28th, 2025 for Tottenham's last Premier League win, which came against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ltMmNtbxke

— Transfermarkt.co.uk (@TMuk_news) March 2, 2026

Back then, Tottenham were marginally worse – they went winless for the same number of games, but one fewer draw meant they suffered seven defeats, eclipsing the modern-day outfit by the skin of their teeth. Even so, the fact that today's side has managed to draw level with this ignominious record speaks for itself – it highlights how completely abject the Whites have been since the turn of the year.

3 Places and 5 Points Back From Last Season

This one is for all of those who think there is an easy fix. If there is one, then how have Spurs managed to somehow get worse than what was believed to have been their worst season in decades?

The club is well on target to set a new “worst”, and the numbers speak for themselves. At this point last season, Spurs boasted three more wins (10) than they do now (7), and every other possible accompanying stat just backs up that the Spurs squad of 2025/26 is considerably worse than that of 2024/25.

Lowest GW28 Position Since 1998

The fact that Tottenham are breaking multiple records that were set in the 1990s tells you everything you need to know. The last time Spurs lay below 16th place with 10 games of the league season to go, Jurgen Klinsmann, Les Ferdinand and David Ginola were all wearing the white shirt, but despite their superstardom, they were given too much to do by their less illustrious teammates.

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🇫🇷 Mathys Tel
🇯🇵 Kota Takai
🇬🇭 Mohammed Kudus
🇳🇱 Xavi Simons
🇵🇹 Joao Palhinha (Loan)
🇫🇷 Randal Kolo-Muani (Loan)

How would you rate them out of 10, Spurs fans? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/IKDyfSWcR7

— Tottenham Tiers (@TottenhamTiers) September 1, 2025

Even then, sitting 17th with two months to go, Christian Gross would mastermind a 14th-place finish, losing just two of their last 10. Looking at the current Spurs squad, the total lack of cohesion, overwhelmingly negative body language and the consistent absence of any sort of style indicate that a similar end-of-season improvement is far from on the horizon.

17 Fewer Goals Than This Stage Last Season

Tottenham’s misfiring attack has embodied their woes all season long. Though the front line has received some extensive investment in recent years with the arrivals of Dom Solanke, Mohammed Kudus and Mathys Tel, Thomas Frank and now Igor Tudor are still struggling to find a recipe for success in front of goal.

Between Solanke, Kudus, Tel, Randal Kolo-Muani and Richarlison, the Spurs attackers have netted just 16 PL goals this season, one of the main driving factors behind their tally of 38. When your attack is netting less than half of your league goals, there is clearly a serious issue afoot, and it is only highlighted when it is considered that 11 Premier League goals have come from defensive-minded players – centre backs Micky van der Ven and Cristian Romero alone boast 8 between them.

📉 The financial cost of Spurs losing their top-flight status for the first time in almost half a century could be "potentially catastrophic".@ben_rumsby reports ⬇️https://t.co/mqrwRJaZbe#THFC | #COYS pic.twitter.com/H660dQvKo4

— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) March 1, 2026

After 28 games last season, Ange Postecoglou’s circus had still managed to net 55 times. Albeit that was down to the managers' tactics more than anything, it still illustrates that without proper direction, Tottenham’s attackers can do very, very little.

Fewest Goals at This Stage Since 2013/14

Just to double down on the fact that Tottenham can genuinely be considered as relegation fodder, their goal record now is the worst it has been at the start of March in 12 years. Tim Sherwood’s side of early 2014 actually boasted one fewer than Tudor’s men, netting 37 times.

However, despite that total, Sherwood was still encountering far more success than Tudor – sitting in fifth after 28 games, Andre Villas-Boas's mid-season successor would lead Tottenham to a more than respectable sixth-place finish, a position far outside the realms of possibility for the Spurs side of today.

30 Less XG Than Last Campaign

I promise this is the last attack-related stat, but arguably this one provides the starkest take on just how poor Spurs are right now. I know that some of you may not like Expected Goals (XG) – honestly, I’m not a fan of using it either, but when there is as big a discrepancy as this, it cannot be ignored.

In 38 games last season, Tottenham created 59.7 XG, overperforming that by scoring 64 goals in that time. This campaign, they have created just 29.0 XG, the fourth-worst total in the league, and the fact that they have overperformed this figure by nine goals is only further reason for concern. Their significant overperformance indicates that such clinical finishing is not sustainable and that sooner or later, the already dwindling stream of goals will dry up altogether.

74 Cards = Disciplinary Issues

The final condemning stat from Tottenham’s season embodies the frustration felt around North London. The players have seemingly taken on much of the fans' unhappiness and have allowed it to affect their performances on the pitch.

How else do you explain that last season's card totals of 70 yellows and one sending-off have already both been eclipsed (71 yellows, three reds) despite playing 10 games fewer? Clearly, the players are as frustrated as those on the sidelines at this point. In every game they have been shown a red card, Spurs have come out on the losing side, and if this pattern continues and discipline continues to spiral, relegation will only loom larger.

🤯🚨 EXCLUSIVE : Igor Tudor could be sacked by Tottenham Hotspur if he fails to beat Crystal Palace this Thursday.

Sources say the club’s board is already concerned about recent performances. Tudor was brought in to improve results quickly, but patience is running out.

A win on… pic.twitter.com/YhMQISpqJ8

— MatchDay Central (@MatchDCentral) March 2, 2026