Every Ipswich Town season on record, from 1936–37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936–37 | Southern League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Jock Carter (26) |
| 1937–38 | Southern League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Gilbert Alsop (26) |
| 1938–39 | Third Division South | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 75 | 56 | 7 | Football League Third Division South Cup |
| 1945–46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 1946–47 | Third Division South | 45 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 63 | 54 | 6 | Albert Day (14) |
| 1947–48 | Third Division South | 43 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 69 | 65 | 4 | Bill Jennings (14) |
| 1948–49 | Third Division South | 43 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 78 | 80 | 7 | Bill Jennings (23) |
| 1949–50 | Third Division South | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 62 | 93 | 17 | Stan Parker (15) |
| 1950–51 | Third Division South | 48 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 71 | 61 | 8 | Sammy McCrory (21) |
| 1951–52 | Third Division South | 52 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 76 | 83 | 17 | Tom Garneys (20) |
| 1952–53 | Third Division South | 52 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 75 | 80 | 17 | Tom Garneys (24) |
| 1953–54 | Third Division South | 53 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 95 | 63 | 1 | Tom Garneys (24) |
| 1954–55 | Second Division | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 59 | 97 | 21 | Tom Garneys (21) |
| 1955–56 | Third Division South | 47 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 107 | 63 | 3 | Tommy Parker (31) |
| 1956–57 | Third Division South | 49 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 110 | 58 | 1 | Ted Phillips (46) |
| 1957–58 | Second Division | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 69 | 71 | 8 | Tom Garneys (19) |
| 1958–59 | Second Division | 45 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 66 | 82 | 16 | Ray Crawford (26) |
| 1959–60 | Second Division | 43 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 80 | 71 | 11 | Ted Phillips (25) |
| 1960–61 | Second Division | 44 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 101 | 64 | 1 | Ray Crawford (40) |
| 1961–62 | First Division | 52 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 116 | 86 | 1 | Ray Crawford (37) |
| 1962–63 | First Division | 49 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 80 | 93 | 17 | FA Charity Shield European Cup |
| 1963–64 | First Division | 47 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 63 | 127 | 22 | Gerry Baker (18) |
| 1964–65 | Second Division | 45 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 77 | 77 | 5 | Gerry Baker (16) |
| 1965–66 | Second Division | 49 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 74 | 15 | Gerry Baker (15) |
| 1966–67 | Second Division | 48 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 82 | 63 | 5 | Ray Crawford (25) |
| 1967–68 | Second Division | 45 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 85 | 51 | 1 | Ray Crawford (21) |
| 1968–69 | First Division | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 66 | 12 | Ray Crawford John O'Rourke (17) |
| 1969–70 | First Division | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 45 | 67 | 18 | Colin Viljoen (6) |
| 1970–71 | First Division | 50 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 49 | 56 | 19 | Colin Viljoen (12) |
| 1971–72 | First Division | 45 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 42 | 57 | 13 | Mick Hill (8) |
| 1972–73 | First Division | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 62 | 50 | 4 | Texaco Cup |
| 1973–74 | First Division | 49 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 78 | 68 | 4 | UEFA Cup |
| 1974–75 | First Division | 56 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 87 | 58 | 3 | UEFA Cup |
| 1975–76 | First Division | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 59 | 53 | 6 | UEFA Cup |
| 1976–77 | First Division | 47 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 73 | 45 | 3 | Trevor Whymark (15) |
| 1977–78 | First Division | 52 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 76 | 69 | 18 | UEFA Cup |
| 1978–79 | First Division | 48 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 55 | 6 | FA Charity Shield European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 1979–80 | First Division | 48 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 44 | 3 | UEFA Cup |
| 1980–81 | First Division | 54 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 96 | 54 | 2 | UEFA Cup |
| 1981–82 | First Division | 53 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 97 | 67 | 2 | UEFA Cup |
| 1982–83 | First Division | 47 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 70 | 57 | 9 | UEFA Cup |
| 1983–84 | First Division | 48 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 67 | 66 | 12 | Eric Gates (16) |
| 1984–85 | First Division | 56 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 69 | 74 | 17 | Eric Gates (16) |
| 1985–86 | First Division | 52 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 53 | 67 | 20 | Kevin Wilson (15) |
| 1986–87 | Second Division | 48 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 48 | 5 | Full Members' Cup League play-offs |
| 1987–88 | Second Division | 49 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 68 | 58 | 8 | Full Members' Cup |
| 1988–89 | Second Division | 51 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 78 | 71 | 8 | Full Members' Cup |
| 1989–90 | Second Division | 50 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 68 | 70 | 9 | Full Members' Cup |
| 1990–91 | Second Division | 50 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 66 | 74 | 14 | Full Members' Cup |
| 1991–92 | Second Division | 56 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 84 | 60 | 1 | Full Members' Cup |
| 1992–93 | Premier League | 53 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 72 | 67 | 16 | Chris Kiwomya (17) |
| 1993–94 | Premier League | 50 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 49 | 67 | 19 | Ian Marshall (15) |
| 1994–95 | Premier League | 45 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 37 | 99 | 22 | Claus Thomsen (5) |
| 1995–96 | First Division | 57 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 93 | 82 | 7 | Anglo-Italian Cup |
| 1996–97 | First Division | 57 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 86 | 62 | 4 | English Football League play-offs |
| 1997–98 | First Division | 59 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 94 | 53 | 5 | English Football League play-offs |
| 1998–99 | First Division | 54 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 84 | 44 | 3 | English Football League play-offs |
| 1999–00 | First Division | 54 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 88 | 53 | 3 | English Football League play-offs |
| 2000–01 | Premier League | 47 | 26 | 6 | 15 | 73 | 52 | 5 | Marcus Stewart (21) |
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 48 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 58 | 82 | 18 | UEFA Cup |
| 2002–03 | First Division | 57 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 106 | 75 | 7 | UEFA Cup |
| 2003–04 | First Division | 53 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 91 | 78 | 5 | English Football League play-offs |
| 2004–05 | Championship | 51 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 90 | 65 | 3 | English Football League play-offs |
| 2005–06 | Championship | 48 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 53 | 69 | 15 | Nicky Forster (7) |
| 2006–07 | Championship | 51 | 20 | 10 | 21 | 68 | 62 | 14 | Alan Lee (17) |
| 2007–08 | Championship | 48 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 67 | 59 | 8 | Jonathan Walters (13) |
| 2008–09 | Championship | 51 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 73 | 62 | 9 | Jonathan Stead (13) |
| 2009–10 | Championship | 51 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 60 | 70 | 15 | Jonathan Walters (8) |
| 2010–11 | Championship | 53 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 68 | 81 | 13 | David Norris (11) |
| 2011–12 | Championship | 48 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 71 | 82 | 15 | Michael Chopra (14) |
| 2012–13 | Championship | 49 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 66 | 14 | DJ Campbell (10) |
| 2013–14 | Championship | 49 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 63 | 60 | 9 | David McGoldrick (16) |
| 2014–15 | Championship | 51 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 75 | 61 | 6 | English Football League play-offs |
| 2015–16 | Championship | 51 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 62 | 60 | 7 | Brett Pitman (11) |
| 2016–17 | Championship | 49 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 50 | 62 | 16 | Tom Lawrence (11) |
| 2017–18 | Championship | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 63 | 12 | Martyn Waghorn (16) |
| 2018–19 | Championship | 48 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 37 | 79 | 24 | Gwion Edwards Freddie Sears (6) |
| 2019–20 | League One | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 59 | 48 | 11 | EFL Trophy |
| 2020–21 | League One | 52 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 54 | 54 | 9 | EFL Trophy |
| 2021–22 | League One | 55 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 75 | 55 | 11 | EFL Trophy |
| 2022–23 | League One | 56 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 121 | 42 | 2 | EFL Trophy |
| 2023–24 | Championship | 52 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 104 | 67 | 2 | Nathan Broadhead Conor Chaplin (13) |
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 42 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 86 | 19 | Liam Delap (12) |
| 2025–26 | Championship | 49 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 83 | 50 | 2 | Jack Clarke (16) |
| 2026–27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |