Every Hull City season on record, from 1905–06 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pos | Leading scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905–06 | Second Division | 39 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 67 | 55 | 5 | Joe Smith (16) |
| 1906–07 | Second Division | 41 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 58 | 9 | Jackie Smith (19) |
| 1907–08 | Second Division | 41 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 77 | 66 | 8 | Jackie Smith #{{efn|31 goals in the Second Division. }} (32) |
| 1908–09 | Second Division | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 41 | 4 | Arthur Temple (18) |
| 1909–10 | Second Division | 39 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 81 | 48 | 3 | Jackie Smith # (32) |
| 1910–11 | Second Division | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 59 | 42 | 5 | Tommy Browell (16) |
| 1911–12 | Second Division | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 53 | 7 | Tommy Browell Arthur Temple (16) |
| 1912–13 | Second Division | 41 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 62 | 58 | 12 | Stan Fazackerley (20) |
| 1913–14 | Second Division | 40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 39 | 7 | Sammy Stevens (26) |
| 1914–15 | Second Division | 43 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 76 | 61 | 7 | Sammy Stevens (30) |
| 1919–20 | Second Division | 43 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 80 | 78 | 11 | Sammy Stevens (20) |
| 1920–21 | Second Division | 47 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 51 | 54 | 13 | Harry Sergeaunt (9) |
| 1921–22 | Second Division | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 44 | 5 | Charlie Flood (17) |
| 1922–23 | Second Division | 43 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 48 | 12 | George Martin (12) |
| 1923–24 | Second Division | 44 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 48 | 57 | 17 | Paddy Mills (12) |
| 1924–25 | Second Division | 47 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 56 | 10 | Paddy Mills (29) |
| 1925–26 | Second Division | 43 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 64 | 13 | Paddy Mills (17) |
| 1926–27 | Second Division | 47 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 71 | 59 | 7 | George Whitworth (17) |
| 1927–28 | Second Division | 43 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 14 | George Martin Arthur Nelson (8) |
| 1928–29 | Second Division | 44 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 60 | 67 | 12 | Ken McDonald (25) |
| 1929–30 | Second Division | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 64 | 87 | 21 | Stan Alexander (19) |
| 1930–31 | Third Division North | 43 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 100 | 57 | 6 | Stan Alexander (24) |
| 1931–32 | Third Division North | 44 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 91 | 60 | 8 | Dally Duncan Russell Wainscoat (19) |
| 1932–33 | Third Division North | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 111 | 51 | 1 | Bill McNaughton #{{efn|41 goals in the Third Division North. }} (42) |
| 1933–34 | Second Division | 45 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 15 | Bill McNaughton (16) |
| 1934–35 | Second Division | 43 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 64 | 79 | 13 | Andy Duncan (12) |
| 1935–36 | Second Division | 43 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 47 | 113 | 22 | Jack Acquroff (13) |
| 1936–37 | Third Division North | 43 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 70 | 74 | 5 | Cliff Hubbard (17) |
| 1937–38 | Third Division North | 45 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 87 | 47 | 3 | Jack Fryer John McNeill (25) |
| 1938–39 | Third Division North | 45 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 89 | 78 | 7 | Arthur Cunliffe Cliff Hubbard (21) |
| 1946–47 | Third Division North | 47 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 54 | 59 | 11 | Benny Lester (17) |
| 1947–48 | Third Division North | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 68 | 56 | 5 | Norman Moore (13) |
| 1948–49 | Third Division North | 49 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 105 | 34 | 1 | Norman Moore (28) |
| 1949–50 | Second Division | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 69 | 74 | 7 | Raich Carter (16) |
| 1950–51 | Second Division | 45 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 78 | 73 | 10 | Alf Ackerman Raich Carter (21) |
| 1951–52 | Second Division | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 72 | 18 | Syd Gerrie (25) |
| 1952–53 | Second Division | 44 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 61 | 72 | 18 | Syd Gerrie (14) |
| 1953–54 | Second Division | 49 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 76 | 76 | 15 | Alf Ackerman (19) |
| 1954–55 | Second Division | 43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 44 | 71 | 19 | Alf Ackerman Bob Crosbie (11) |
| 1955–56 | Second Division | 44 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 55 | 100 | 22 | Bill Bradbury (9) |
| 1956–57 | Third Division North | 49 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 93 | 74 | 8 | Doug Clarke (20) |
| 1957–58 | Third Division North | 52 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 92 | 78 | 5 | Bill Bradbury (25) |
| 1958–59 | Third Division | 47 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 90 | 56 | 2 | Bill Bradbury (30) |
| 1959–60 | Second Division | 43 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 48 | 81 | 21 | Roy Shiner (8) |
| 1960–61 | Third Division | 55 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 83 | 82 | 11 | Chris Chilton (20) |
| 1961–62 | Third Division | 51 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 81 | 63 | 10 | John McSeveney (16) |
| 1962–63 | Third Division | 54 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 89 | 81 | 10 | John McSeveney (27) |
| 1963–64 | Third Division | 53 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 83 | 76 | 8 | Chris Chilton (24) |
| 1964–65 | Third Division | 51 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 98 | 65 | 4 | Chris Chilton{{efn|Ken Wagstaff, who joined Hull from Mansfield Town during the 1964–65 season, was the Third Division top scorer with 32 goals; nine were scored for Mansfield and 23 were scored for Hull. }} (27) |
| 1965–66 | Third Division | 55 | 36 | 9 | 10 | 129 | 75 | 1 | Ken Wagstaff (31) |
| 1966–67 | Second Division | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 81 | 79 | 12 | Ken Wagstaff (21) |
| 1967–68 | Second Division | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 62 | 79 | 17 | Ken Wagstaff (20) |
| 1968–69 | Second Division | 45 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 63 | 58 | 11 | Ken Wagstaff (21) |
| 1969–70 | Second Division | 45 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 74 | 74 | 13 | Chris Chilton Ken Wagstaff (19) |
| 1970–71 | Second Division | 47 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 63 | 46 | 5 | Chris Chilton (26) |
| 1971–72 | Second Division | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 54 | 60 | 12 | Stuart Pearson (15) |
| 1972–73 | Second Division | 48 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 69 | 64 | 13 | Stuart Pearson (17) |
| 1973–74 | Second Division | 49 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 9 | Roy Greenwood Stuart Pearson (12) |
| 1974–75 | Second Division | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 8 | Ken Wagstaff (11) |
| 1975–76 | Second Division | 48 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 56 | 14 | Alf Wood (10) |
| 1976–77 | Second Division | 45 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 47 | 58 | 14 | Jeff Hemmerman (7) |
| 1977–78 | Second Division | 47 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 60 | 22 | Bruce Bannister Alan Warboys (7) |
| 1978–79 | Third Division | 51 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 68 | 8 | Keith Edwards (25) |
| 1979–80 | Third Division | 50 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 56 | 77 | 20 | Keith Edwards (20) |
| 1980–81 | Third Division | 54 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 48 | 85 | 24 | Keith Edwards (17) |
| 1981–82 | Fourth Division | 54 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 78 | 71 | 8 | Les Mutrie{{efn|Keith Edwards, who left Hull for Sheffield United during the 1981–82 season, was the Fourth Division top scorer with 36 goals; one was scored for Hull and 35 were scored for United. }} (28) |
| 1982–83 | Fourth Division | 50 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 78 | 40 | 2 | Brian Marwood (20) |
| 1983–84 | Third Division | 50 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 75 | 43 | 4 | Brian Marwood (16) |
| 1984–85 | Third Division | 53 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 93 | 57 | 3 | Billy Whitehurst (24) |
| 1985–86 | Second Division | 49 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 75 | 69 | 6 | Frankie Bunn (20) |
| 1986–87 | Second Division | 48 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 61 | 14 | Andy Saville (11) |
| 1987–88 | Second Division | 49 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 57 | 70 | 15 | Alex Dyer (9) |
| 1988–89 | Second Division | 51 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 59 | 78 | 21 | Keith Edwards # (30) |
| 1989–90 | Second Division | 49 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 68 | 14 | Andy Payton (18) |
| 1990–91 | Second Division | 50 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 60 | 94 | 24 | Andy Payton (25) |
| 1991–92 | Third Division | 53 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 59 | 65 | 14 | Leigh Jenkinson (9) |
| 1992–93 | Second Division | 50 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 20 | Graeme Atkinson (8) |
| 1993–94 | Second Division | 50 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 59 | 9 | Dean Windass (24) |
| 1994–95 | Second Division | 49 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 72 | 61 | 8 | Dean Windass (17) |
| 1995–96 | Second Division | 52 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 85 | 24 | Dean Windass (8) |
| 1996–97 | Third Division | 53 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 60 | 69 | 17 | Duane Darby (20) |
| 1997–98 | Third Division | 52 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 60 | 90 | 22 | Duane Darby (15) |
| 1998–99 | Third Division | 55 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 76 | 21 | David Brown (14) |
| 1999–00 | Third Division | 58 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 62 | 62 | 14 | John Eyre (12) |
| 2000–01 | Third Division | 53 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 49 | 45 | 6 | John Eyre (7) |
| 2001–02 | Third Division | 53 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 72 | 63 | 11 | Gary Alexander (23) |
| 2002–03 | Third Division | 49 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 60 | 60 | 13 | Stuart Elliott (12) |
| 2003–04 | Third Division | 50 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 87 | 53 | 2 | Ben Burgess (18) |
| 2004–05 | League One | 51 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 92 | 62 | 2 | Stuart Elliott # (29) |
| 2005–06 | Championship | 48 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 50 | 58 | 18 | Stuart Elliott (7) |
| 2006–07 | Championship | 51 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 58 | 75 | 21 | Dean Windass (8) |
| 2007–08 | Championship | 53 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 78 | 55 | 3 | Fraizer Campbell Dean Windass (15) |
| 2008–09 | Premier League | 45 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 69 | 17 | Geovanni Deiberson Maurício (8) |
| 2009–10 | Premier League | 41 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 84 | 19 | Stephen Hunt (6) |
| 2010–11 | Championship | 48 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 55 | 56 | 11 | Matty Fryatt (9) |
| 2011–12 | Championship | 49 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 50 | 48 | 8 | Matty Fryatt (16) |
| 2012–13 | Championship | 51 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 67 | 59 | 2 | Robert Koren (9) |
| 2013–14 | Premier League | 48 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 59 | 63 | 16 | Matty Fryatt (6) |
| 2014–15 | Premier League | 44 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 59 | 18 | Nikica Jelavić (8) |
| 2015–16 | Championship | 58 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 83 | 49 | 4 | Abel Hernández (22) |
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 50 | 91 | 18 | Robert Snodgrass (9) |
| 2017–18 | Championship | 50 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 73 | 77 | 18 | Jarrod Bowen (15) |
| 2018–19 | Championship | 49 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 68 | 75 | 13 | Jarrod Bowen (22) |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 50 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 66 | 93 | 24 | Jarrod Bowen (17) |
| 2020–21 | League One | 57 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 95 | 50 | 1 | Mallik Wilks (22) |
| 2021–22 | Championship | 48 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 58 | 19 | Keane Lewis-Potter (13) |
| 2022–23 | Championship | 48 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 52 | 65 | 15 | Óscar Estupiñán (13) |
| 2023–24 | Championship | 49 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 71 | 65 | 7 | Jaden Philogene (12) |
| 2024–25 | Championship | 48 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 57 | 21 | João Pedro (6) |
| 2025–26 | Championship | 52 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 76 | 73 | 6 | Oli McBurnie (19) |
| 2026–27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |