Wolves Sliding Into Unwanted Record - Where Do They Rank Amongst The Premier League's Worst Ever

Wolves Sliding Into Unwanted Record - Where Do They Rank Amongst The Premier League's Worst Ever

The Premier League season so far has thrown multiple curveballs against how we all predicted it might go back in August. Champions Liverpool have seemingly forgotten how to play football. Sunderland are absolutely flying having recorded the best ever start for a Premier League side since Wigan Athletic in 2005/06.

What isn't quite as stunning of a revelation is that Midlands club Wolves are struggling and facing another relegation scrap, although quite how badly they're struggling was perhaps unexpected.

So far the club have managed to record just 2 points from 13 Premier League games and are on track to record the worst ever finish in Premier League history and, to add to it, as of right now they are statistically the worst side in Premier League history. Bear in mind, this is a team that were playing in the Europa League just a few years ago in 2019.

A quick bit of maths puts into perspective just how awful the side are. If we take the 2 points in 13 so far and assume that form is carried across the rest of the season Wolves end up with 6 points... and will also finish with a -61 goal difference with only 20 goals scored.

After 13 Premier League matches, Wolves are still searching for their first win of the season. 👀 pic.twitter.com/nKfv0xEPP8

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) November 30, 2025

If you're a Wolves fan I would strongly advise just taking a break from football at this rate - it can never be worth the pain you're in and seemingly will be continue to be in.

Just to double down on the pain let's have a look at the worst 8 Premier League sides in history, all of whom you would be significantly worse than if things continue.

8) Norwich - 2019/20 | Points: 21 | Goal Difference: -49

Funnily enough, Norwich looked promising in the early days of their promotion season in 2019/20 with attacking stars like Teemu Pukki and Emiliano Buendia. Their attacking approach utilised by then-manager Daniel Farke garnered praise from pundits and fans alike and raised genuine hope that the side had the ability to stay up.

The opposite end of the pitch was their undoing however. As much as they could score, so could their opposition and at a much higher rate. This led to them being in the drop zone before the season was suspended due to Covid-19. In the end, The Canaries could only record 5 wins and were sent back down to an all too familiar Championship, where they currently reside.

Daniel Farke on 19/20 at #NCFC; including being told by the club that the team was ‘never’ going to be good enough for the PL, the decision to not spend on players, having offers to leave to Premier League and Bundesliga clubs but the feeling of needing to re-pay the faith.

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— Norwich City Updates (@norwich_updates) April 26, 2025

7) Sunderland - 2002/03 | Points: 19 | Goal Difference: -44

Often with struggling sides we see manager sackings and replacements - this is commonplace in football. What is not commonplace in football is going through 3 of them in a singular season and recording one of the worst seasons a Premier League side has ever recorded.

9 games into the season, the first manager in Peter Reid was let go after 7 years in charge of the 'Black Cats', from when the board then opted for Howard Wilkinson as his replacement - who had been out of management for 6 years at the time of being hired. The season ended with Mick McCarthy in the hotseat, who was also unable to turn their fortunes around.

The side only won 4 games all season and managed to rack up one of the longest winless streaks the Premier League has ever seen. Strangely the club managed to one up this and put in an even worse season the next time they came up to the top flight... but that will be discussed shortly.

Wishing Peter Reid a happy 69th birthday 🥳❤️ pic.twitter.com/PRlDE1cY4l

— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) June 20, 2025

6) Aston Villa - 2015/16 | Points: 17 | Goal Difference: -49

A season that saw Aston Villa lose their status as one of the ever-present top flight sides also went on to be recorded as one of their worst and the one of the Premier League's worst in history. The season prior, manager Tim Sherwood had managed to drag the side to safety by the skin of their teeth. However he didn't last very long in his first full campaign.

Sherwood was sacked in October and in came Remi Garde. The Frenchman was also unable to get a hold of the squad and lost faith with both the board and supporters, eventually being sacked in March after recording 2 wins and going on an 11-game loss streak. They finished the season with just 3 wins and 17 points.

Rémi Garde – Aston Villa (2015–16)

Arrived with high hopes. Left with 2 wins in 20.
Villa scored more own goals than actual goals in his wins. 😬
Had quality players (Grealish, Gueye, Veretout), but the team imploded and Garde’s career never recovered. pic.twitter.com/zWOSwNlPEq

— Why It Is Trending (@trendingblog247) October 20, 2025

5) Huddersfield Town - 2018/19 | Points: 16 | Goal Difference: -54

Huddersfield somehow managed to survive their first season in the top flight the season before, mainly thanks to a solid defence and manager David Wagner. Flash forward to their second season, and they only had 5 points after Christmas meaning Wagner, perhaps pre-emptively, got the sack.

In an opposite turn of events to Norwich in this list, Huddersfield's issue was up front and their inability to score, so much so they only scored 22 all season. They were only able to record 3 wins all season with 2 coming via a double over Wolves - after this record poor season they have since been unable to escape the Championship back into the top flight. They came close in 2022, losing a playoff final to Nottingham Forest, and have since tumbled down into League One.

📅 #OnThisDay: 8 September 2017

Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner is named the Premier League Manager of the Month for August.#htafc pic.twitter.com/2lP4EBll6g

— Still Smiling: A Huddersfield Town Podcast #htafc (@stillsmilingpod) September 8, 2024

4) Sheffield United - 2023/24 | Points: 16 | Goal Difference: -69

From a side with an decent-enough defence with an inability to score goals, we have the worst defence the league has ever seen with Sheffield United's abysmal season in 2023/24. Across the campaign the side conceded 104 goals. One-hundred-and-four. Nearly averaging 3 conceded per game.

Huge defeats in the season, including a 6-0 loss to Arsenal and 8-0 loss to Newcastle, both at home, summarised their season and just how bad they had been. The Blades finished this season with 3 wins and just 16 points.

⚽️ Longstaff
⚽️ Burn
⚽️ Botman
⚽️ Wilson
⚽️ Gordon
⚽️ Almiron
⚽️ Guimaraes
⚽️ Isak

A year on from @NUFC's incredible 8-0 win away at Sheff Utd, featuring eight different scorers! 🏁pic.twitter.com/IRiIcCAXXa

— Premier League (@premierleague) September 24, 2024

3) Sunderland - 2005/06 | Points: 15 | Goal Difference: -43

Their second entry onto this list, and somehow even worse than their other, was in fact Sunderland's next season back into the top flight - not the best way to rectify the time before.

Mick McCarthy was in charge again but showed no more promise this time around. The dismal form saw him sacked by February, but with how poor their form had been their fate was pretty much already sealed barring a miracle. They didn't get a miracle, but new manager Kevin Ball did manage to record their only home win of the season in their penultimate game, 2-1 vs Fulham. Sunderland finished on a record low 15 points with only 3 wins in the whole season.

Mick McCarthy: “Clubs pay millions for wingers who can beat a man, get to the byline and drop a ball on a forward’s head. The truth is that with a throw-in you can put the ball in the same spot more accurately than you can with your feet. Why wouldn't you utilise this?” pic.twitter.com/nLFA3PSx1q

— PurelyFootball ℗ (@PurelyFootball) November 27, 2025

2) Southampton - 2024/25 | Points: 12 | Goal Difference: -60

Just last season a side barely manged to avoid the worst season ever in the Premier League by just 1 point. Also not far off from the record amount of goals conceded Southampton, finished the season with 86 scored against them. Up front can only be described as dismal as well, nearly recording the lowest goals scored record only netting 26.

By the end of the season the Saints had only won 2 games of their own whilst a whopping 30 losses sealed their fate, but to redeem themselves slightly they did manage to avoid going down as the worst side the Premier League has ever seen.

Marking our 139th birthday with the class of 2024/25 🥳 pic.twitter.com/fxfkjbNxE8

— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) November 21, 2024

1) Derby County - 2007/08 | Points: 11 | Goal Difference: -69

You probably would have guessed it - the worst Premier League side of all time is in fact Derby County with their 11 points in the 2007/08 season.

The side were in fact so out of their depth in the top flight bookies were paying out on relegation bets in September. In their season, Derby recorded 1 win all season (a 2-1 home win over Newcastle United). They also only scored 20 goals all season and conceded 89 against them all the while. Manager replacements were also unable to turn things around into anything remotely positive, with Billy Davies making way for Paul Jewell in November who then went winless in the rest of his time in charge of the club in the top flight.

Ruben Amorim's points per game ratio in the Premier League is lower than Paul Jewell's, who managed 24 winless games with Derby County in 2007-08.

[@OptaJoe] pic.twitter.com/IWKjiDrRHh

— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) May 16, 2025