Crystal Palace season by season

Every Crystal Palace season on record, from 1872–73 to 2025–26 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

115seasons
4,872matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1872–73		1	0	0	1	2	3
1873–74		1	0	0	1	0	1
1874–75		2	0	1	1	1	2
1875–76		3	1	1	1	3	3
1905–06	Southern League Second Division	3	0	2	1	2	3	1	Archie Needham (21)
1906–07	Southern League	7	3	3	1	5	6	19	Horace Astley (12)
1907–08	Southern League	36	17	9	10	54	49	4	George Woodger (15)
1908–09	Southern League	44	14	14	16	71	72	16	James Bauchop (20)
1909–10	Southern League	1	0	0	1	1	3	7	George Payne (23)
1910–11	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	Charlie Woodhouse (15)
1911–12	Southern League	4	1	2	1	4	1	7	Ted Smith (20)
1912–13	Southern League	3	2	0	1	4	5	5	Ted Smith (27)
1913–14	Southern League	2	1	0	1	2	3	2	Ted Smith (27)
1914–15	Southern League	2	0	1	1	2	5	15	Ted Smith (20)
1919–20	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	Ted Smith (19)
1920–21	Third Division	44	25	11	8	72	36	1	John Conner (28)
1921–22	Second Division	45	14	14	17	51	53	14	John Conner (10)
1922–23	Second Division	43	13	11	19	54	63	16	George Whitworth (17)
1923–24	Second Division	48	15	16	17	58	68	15	George Whitworth (17)
1924–25	Second Division	44	13	10	21	42	58	21	George Whitworth (14)
1925–26	Third Division South	46	21	4	21	86	95	13	Percy Cherrett (33)
1926–27	Third Division South	44	18	10	16	84	82	6	Percy Cherrett (32)
1927–28	Third Division South	45	19	13	13	83	75	5	George Clarke (22)
1928–29	Third Division South	49	27	10	12	100	76	2	Harry Havelock (24)
1929–30	Third Division South	43	17	12	14	82	82	9	Peter Simpson (37)
1930–31	Third Division South	48	25	9	14	123	79	2	Peter Simpson
1931–32	Third Division South	44	21	11	12	76	65	4	Peter Simpson (24)
1932–33	Third Division South	43	19	8	16	79	66	5	Peter Simpson (15)
1933–34	Third Division South	46	19	9	18	77	75	12	Peter Simpson (21)
1934–35	Third Division South	43	19	10	14	86	67	5	Albert Dawes (19)
1935–36	Third Division South	44	23	5	16	98	77	6	Albert Dawes (39)
1936–37	Third Division South	44	13	13	18	63	64	14	Jack Blackman (12)
1937–38	Third Division South	47	20	14	13	75	52	7	Jack Blackman (17)
1938–39	Third Division South	44	20	13	11	72	56	2	Albert Dawes (14)
1945–46		3	0	2	1	0	1
1946–47	Third Division South	43	13	11	19	51	68	18	Bill Naylor (11)
1947–48	Third Division South	45	15	13	17	52	51	13	Fred Kurz (18)
1948–49	Third Division South	43	8	11	24	38	77	22	Fred Kurz (12)
1949–50	Third Division South	43	15	14	14	55	57	7	Ronnie Rooke (21)
1950–51	Third Division South	47	8	11	28	34	88	24	Noel Kelly Ronnie Rooke (5)
1951–52	Third Division South	47	15	9	23	61	81	19	Cam Burgess (21)
1952–53	Third Division South	49	16	14	19	71	87	13	Cam Burgess (19)
1953–54	Third Division South	47	14	12	21	60	87	22	Bob Thomas (20)
1954–55	Third Division South	48	12	16	20	56	84	20	Jimmy Belcher (12)
1955–56	Third Division South	48	12	11	25	54	85	23	Mike Deakin (8)
1956–57	Third Division South	50	13	19	18	68	80	20	Mike Deakin (16)
1957–58	Third Division South	49	17	13	19	74	75	14	George Cooper (17)
1958–59	Fourth Division	51	22	14	15	99	78	7	Mike Deakin (27)
1959–60	Fourth Division	50	21	13	16	92	66	8	Johnny Byrne (19)
1960–61	Fourth Division	50	30	7	13	116	74	2	Johnny Byrne (31)
1961–62	Third Division	50	16	14	20	94	89	15	Andy Smillie (19)
1962–63	Third Division	50	18	14	18	75	69	11	Peter Burridge (15)
1963–64	Third Division	49	24	14	11	82	58	2	Cliff Holton (23)
1964–65	Second Division	50	21	14	15	70	59	7	Cliff Holton (17)
1965–66	Second Division	44	14	13	17	47	56	11	Brian Whitehouse (7)
1966–67	Second Division	44	19	10	15	61	60	7	Bobby Woodruff (18)
1967–68	Second Division	45	14	12	19	58	60	11	Bobby Woodruff (18)
1968–69	Second Division	48	25	13	10	76	53	2	Cliff Jackson (17)
1969–70	First Division	51	10	18	23	45	79	20	Cliff Jackson (11)
1970–71	First Division	50	15	14	21	55	69	18	Alan Birchenall (14)
1971–72	First Division	47	9	15	23	47	74	20	Bobby Tambling (11)
1972–73	First Division	47	10	14	23	47	64	21	Don Rogers (15)
1973–74	Second Division	44	11	12	21	43	59	20	Don Rogers (15)
1974–75	Third Division	51	20	16	15	76	66	5	Alan Whittle (16)
1975–76	Third Division	57	25	18	14	77	58	5	Dave Swindlehurst (19)
1976–77	Third Division	55	26	17	12	82	51	3	Rachid Harkouk Dave Swindlehurst (13)
1977–78	Second Division	47	14	16	17	58	54	9	Rachid Harkouk Dave Swindlehurst (12)
1978–79	Second Division	50	22	22	6	59	31	1	Dave Swindlehurst (15)
1979–80	First Division	48	13	19	16	56	60	13	Mike Flanagan Ian Walsh (9)
1980–81	First Division	47	8	8	31	53	91	22	Clive Allen (11)
1981–82	Second Division	51	18	10	23	43	52	15	Kevin Mabbutt (8)
1982–83	Second Division	51	17	14	20	54	58	15	Kevin Mabbutt (12)
1983–84	Second Division	47	14	12	21	47	58	18	Tony Evans (7)
1984–85	Second Division	48	13	15	20	50	70	15	Trevor Aylott (9)
1985–86	Second Division	47	20	10	17	61	58	5	Andy Gray Phil Barber (11)
1986–87	Second Division	48	21	7	20	55	60	6	Ian Wright (11)
1987–88	Second Division	48	24	9	15	93	62	6	Mark Bright
1988–89	Second Division	54	27	12	15	82	59	3	Ian Wright (33)
1989–90	First Division	54	22	11	21	68	88	15	Mark Bright (17)
1990–91	First Division	52	28	13	11	77	53	3	Ian Wright (25)
1991–92	First Division	54	19	19	16	75	77	10	Mark Bright (22)
1992–93	Premier League	51	15	18	18	61	72	20	Chris Armstrong (15)
1993–94	First Division	53	30	10	13	84	58	1	Chris Armstrong (25)
1994–95	Premier League	57	19	15	23	61	61	19	Chris Armstrong (18)
1995–96	First Division	55	23	18	14	80	61	3	Dougie Freedman (20)
1996–97	First Division	54	23	15	16	93	59	6	Bruce Dyer (18)
1997–98	Premier League	44	11	10	23	45	75	20	Bruce Dyer (8)
1998–99	First Division	53	16	17	20	64	83	14	Clinton Morrison (13)
1999–00	First Division	51	14	17	20	67	79	15	Clinton Morrison (15)
2000–01	First Division	57	16	18	23	71	85	21	Clinton Morrison (19)
2001–02	First Division	50	21	8	21	76	68	10	Clinton Morrison (24)
2002–03	First Division	55	19	19	17	78	59	14	Andrew Johnson (17)
2003–04	First Division	54	25	11	18	83	74	6	Andrew Johnson (32)
2004–05	Premier League	42	8	13	21	45	68	18	Andrew Johnson (21)
2005–06	Championship	55	25	14	16	80	58	6	Andrew Johnson (17)
2006–07	Championship	49	19	11	19	62	56	12	Clinton Morrison (12)
2007–08	Championship	50	18	18	14	61	49	5	Clinton Morrison (16)
2008–09	Championship	51	17	13	21	59	65	15	Shefki Kuqi (10)
2009–10	Championship	53	17	19	17	62	65	21	Darren Ambrose (20)
2010–11	Championship	49	13	13	23	47	72	20	James Vaughan (9)
2011–12	Championship	54	19	17	18	57	56	17	Darren Ambrose (10)
2012–13	Championship	53	22	17	14	80	71	5	Glenn Murray (31)
2013–14	Premier League	41	14	6	21	37	52	11	Dwight Gayle (8)
2014–15	Premier League	43	16	9	18	60	58	10	Dwight Gayle (10)
2015–16	Premier League	47	18	9	20	57	62	15	Dwight Gayle (7)
2016–17	Premier League	43	14	6	23	54	69	14	Christian Benteke (15)
2017–18	Premier League	42	13	11	18	50	62	11	Luka Milivojević (10)
2018–19	Premier League	45	19	7	19	61	56	12	Luka Milivojević (12)
2019–20	Premier League	40	11	11	18	31	51	14	Jordan Ayew (9)
2020–21	Premier League	40	12	9	19	41	67	14	Wilfried Zaha (11)
2021–22	Premier League	44	15	15	14	60	51	12	Wilfried Zaha (15)
2022–23	Premier League	41	12	13	16	43	51	11	Eberechi Eze (10)
2023–24	Premier League	42	14	11	17	61	64	10	Jean-Philippe Mateta (19)
2024–25	Premier League	48	22	14	12	74	57	12	Jean-Philippe Mateta (17)
2025–26	Premier League	60	22	19	19	76	69	15	Ismaïla Sarr (21)