The Premier League table of 2026 so far: Chelsea 12th, Spurs 18th…

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Manchester City and Arsenal are neck and neck at the top of the Premier League table across the calendar year of 2026, with the reigning champions just two points clear of Pep Guardiola’s former club.

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 have almost matched them across 2026 and both have made perfect starts to the new campaign, winning all four of their league games.

It’s a small sample size, obviously, but it suggests they could be the closest challengers going forward, with Enzo Maresca making a strong start after succeeding Guardiola in the City dugout this summer.

Manchester United are third, with 45 points from 23 games, and have scored more goals than anybody else in the table. Michael Carrick’s side have been one of the biggest stories of 2026, although their start to the new season has been less emphatic with just one win from their opening four.

Liverpool are sixth with 34 points, having drawn 10 and won just a third of their 24 league games across the calendar year. It’s hardly been a vintage 2026 by their standards, but they’re still comfortably 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 reflects the size of his task to turn things around. They’re languishing way down in 12th in the table of 2026, a long way back from sides with considerably less resources.

Tottenham are down in 18th with just 18 points from 24 games. Spurs have won only three league matches across the calendar year, although their strong finish to last season was enough to keep them in the Premier League.

The three Bs – Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford – all continue to punch above their weight across the calendar year. Bournemouth are fourth with 37 points from 23 games, Brighton have 35 from 23 and Brentford 33 from 24, with the latter pair both well clear of several traditionally bigger clubs. All three of them continue to show the value of smart recruitment and data-led strategy.

The achievements of Leeds is also worth noting, with Daniel Farke’s side sitting eighth on 32 points, just ahead of Nottingham Forest. This sustained run of form suggests that a push for European football might not be beyond them in 2026-27.

Aston Villa, meanwhile, are struggling by comparison. They sit 14th with just 27 points from 23 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 endured a disastrous start to the new campaign.

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 16th across the calendar year, above the likes of Tottenham and Crystal Palace.

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 City have only picked up two Premier League points fewer than Burnley in 2026 – despite playing 15 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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