Arsenal and Manchester City are separated by eight points at the top of the Premier League table across the calendar year of 2026, with the reigning champions leading the way.

Arsenal were the best team across 2025, as they also were in 2024 despite not winning the Premier League title in either year.

Mikel Arteta’s Gunners were crowned champions last season, but City had been keeping pace with them across 2026, Both are miles clear of the rest.

Brighton are now third, with 50 points from 29 games. Bournemouth are fourth with one point fewer and both are now ahead of Manchester United.

Michael Carrick’s side have been one of the biggest stories of 2026, although their dreadful start to the new season has taken the shine off their earlier progress. United have won just one of their opening 10 Premier League matches in 2026-27, a remarkable downturn after the optimism of last season.

Liverpool are sixth with 46 points, having drawn 10 and won just 12 of their 30 league games across the calendar year. It’s hardly been a vintage 2026 by their standards, but they’re still eight points ahead of Chelsea.

The Blues have had a rotten 2026, appointing Liam Rosenior in January before watching that fall apart and then sacking him in April.

There is some promise under new boss Xabi Alonso, but the wider lens picture of the table of the year is telling. They’re languishing way down in 10th in the table of 2026, a long way back from sides with considerably less resources.

Tottenham are down in 16th with just 28 points from 30 games. Spurs have won only six league matches across the calendar year, although their strong finish to last season was enough to keep them in the Premier League.

The achievements of Leeds are also worth noting, with Daniel Farke’s side sitting eighth on 41 points, ahead of Chelsea and Aston Villa. This sustained run of form suggests that a push for European football might not be beyond them in 2026-27, although their recent lack of wins raises questions.

Aston Villa, meanwhile, are struggling by comparison. They sit 9th with just 39 points from 29 games, despite finishing last season in the Champions League places. Their form had stuttered a bit at the back end of last season, while they’ve started this season slowly too.

West Ham are another interesting case. The Hammers were relegated at the end of 2025-26, but picked up enough points in the back end of the campaign to sit 18th across the calendar year, just one point behind Crystal Palace despite playing 11 fewer matches.

The promoted and relegated clubs are unsurprisingly clustered around the bottom, which is to be expected given the number of games played, but what’s remarkable is that Hull and Ipswich have already picked up more Premier League points than Burnley in 2026 – despite playing nine fewer matches.

Here’s how the table stacks up since the turn of the year.

Note: to create this table, we’ve used our sister site Football365 and their brilliant Premier League Tables resource – a goldmine for creating and exploring custom tables.

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