Reading season by season

Every Reading season on record, from 1877–78 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

127seasons
5,006matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1877–78		2	1	0	1	2	1
1878–79		2	1	0	1	1	1
1880–81		2	1	0	1	5	2
1881–82		1	1	0	0	5	0
1882–83		1	0	0	1	0	8
1883–84		4	2	1	1	8	8
1884–85		2	1	0	1	3	3
1885–86		1	0	0	1	1	6
1886–87		1	0	0	1	1	2
1893–94		1	0	0	1	0	18
1899–00	Southern League	1	0	0	1	1	2	4
1900–01	Southern League	4	2	1	1	4	4	9
1901–02	Southern League	2	1	0	1	2	2	5
1902–03	Southern League	2	0	1	1	3	6	2
1903–04	Southern League	2	0	1	1	3	4	6
1904–05	Southern League	3	0	2	1	0	1	2
1905–06	Southern League	2	1	0	1	3	3	10
1906–07	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	2	12
1907–08	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	1	12
1908–09	Southern League	3	0	2	1	3	4	8
1909–10	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	5	22
1911–12	Southern League	5	2	2	1	5	5	11
1912–13	Southern League	4	2	1	1	7	4	8
1913–14	Southern League	1	0	0	1	1	5	4
1914–15	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
1919–20	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	2	7
1920–21	Third Division	45	12	9	24	45	64	20
1921–22	Third Division South	43	14	10	19	40	50	13
1922–23	Third Division South	42	10	14	18	36	55	19
1923–24	Third Division South	42	13	9	20	51	57	18
1924–25	Third Division South	42	14	10	18	37	38	14
1925–26	Third Division South	47	25	13	9	87	56	1
1926–27	Second Division	52	22	11	19	88	87	14
1927–28	Second Division	44	12	13	19	57	76	18
1928–29	Second Division	45	17	9	19	67	89	15
1929–30	Second Division	43	12	11	20	55	72	19
1930–31	Second Division	45	12	8	25	74	100	21
1931–32	Third Division South	43	23	9	11	97	68	2
1932–33	Third Division South	48	21	16	11	113	81	4
1933–34	Third Division South	45	23	12	10	88	53	3
1934–35	Third Division South	48	25	12	11	98	68	2
1935–36	Third Division South	46	28	3	15	102	71	3
1936–37	Third Division South	45	21	11	13	87	65	5
1937–38	Third Division South	43	20	11	12	71	64	6
1938–39	Third Division South	44	16	15	13	73	65	5
1945–46		2	1	0	1	6	7
1946–47	Third Division South	46	18	12	16	94	80	74
1947–48	Third Division South	46	17	12	17	65	63	58
1948–49	Third Division South	45	26	6	13	82	54	50
1949–50	Third Division South	43	17	8	18	72	67	64
1950–51	Third Division South	49	23	15	11	97	57	53
1951–52	Third Division South	51	31	5	15	117	65	60
1952–53	Third Division South	48	19	9	20	71	68	64
1953–54	Third Division South	47	20	9	18	87	77	73
1954–55	Third Division South	52	15	18	19	78	86	73
1955–56	Third Division South	49	16	10	23	73	84	79
1956–57	Third Division South	50	20	10	20	85	85	81
1957–58	Third Division South	49	23	13	13	82	53	51
1958–59	Third Division	48	21	9	18	79	66	63
1959–60	Third Division	50	20	11	19	91	82	77
1960–61	Third Division	51	16	13	22	87	96	40
1961–62	Third Division	50	23	10	17	83	73	53
1962–63	Third Division	48	16	8	24	77	87	40
1963–64	Third Division	51	22	12	17	87	71	52
1964–65	Third Division	56	21	17	18	89	81	46
1965–66	Third Division	55	24	15	16	92	77	51
1966–67	Third Division	51	24	10	17	81	65	53
1967–68	Third Division	54	25	11	18	84	72	51
1968–69	Third Division	51	17	14	20	70	73	43
1969–70	Third Division	49	21	12	16	88	82	53
1970–71	Third Division	51	16	12	23	58	95	39
1971–72	Fourth Division	52	20	9	23	69	85	42
1972–73	Fourth Division	55	20	22	13	60	46	52
1973–74	Fourth Division	51	18	20	13	66	44	51
1974–75	Fourth Division	53	23	13	17	73	59	52
1975–76	Fourth Division	49	24	13	12	71	54	60
1976–77	Third Division	52	16	9	27	56	81	35
1977–78	Fourth Division	51	20	14	17	61	62	50
1978–79	Fourth Division	57	32	16	9	90	46	65
1979–80	Third Division	54	22	16	16	89	81	48
1980–81	Third Division	51	19	11	21	68	70	46
1981–82	Third Division	49	17	12	20	70	81	62	Kerry Dixon Neil Webb (15)
1982–83	Third Division	49	12	17	20	65	85	53	Kerry Dixon (32)
1983–84	Fourth Division	51	24	17	10	93	66	3
1984–85	Third Division	51	21	13	17	83	74	9
1985–86	Third Division	54	32	9	13	74	61	1
1986–87	Second Division	47	16	12	19	61	68	13	Trevor Senior (24)
1987–88	Second Division	51	12	14	25	50	76	22	Colin Gordon (10)
1988–89	Third Division	57	20	15	22	86	85	18
1989–90	Third Division	60	20	26	14	77	74	10
1990–91	Third Division	49	17	8	24	55	71	15
1991–92	Third Division	53	18	15	20	65	72	12
1992–93	Second Division	55	20	20	15	77	64	8
1993–94	Second Division	56	30	14	12	96	53	1
1994–95	First Division	54	27	11	16	72	55	2	Stuart Lovell (14)
1995–96	First Division	53	17	18	18	67	74	19
1996–97	First Division	50	16	13	21	62	74	18	Trevor Morley (23)
1997–98	First Division	58	16	14	28	56	89	24	Carl Asaba (12)
1998–99	Second Division	51	17	15	19	58	69	11
1999–00	Second Division	56	19	20	17	70	73	10	Darren Caskey (23)
2000–01	Second Division	54	27	14	13	98	64	3
2001–02	Second Division	51	25	16	10	75	46	2
2002–03	First Division	51	25	6	20	64	53	4
2003–04	First Division	53	24	11	18	69	66	9
2004–05	Championship	51	21	14	16	56	50	7
2005–06	Championship	54	35	15	4	111	42	1
2006–07	Premier League	44	18	9	17	67	62	8
2007–08	Premier League	42	10	8	24	45	73	18
2008–09	Championship	52	23	15	14	81	49	4
2009–10	Championship	54	21	14	19	85	76	9
2010–11	Championship	55	24	20	11	88	59	5
2011–12	Championship	48	27	8	13	70	44	1
2012–13	Premier League	44	10	10	24	62	87	19
2013–14	Championship	48	19	14	15	70	63	7
2014–15	Championship	55	19	12	24	61	76	19
2015–16	Championship	54	18	14	22	70	69	17
2016–17	Championship	54	29	10	15	76	74	3
2017–18	Championship	52	13	15	24	57	76	20
2018–19	Championship	49	11	17	21	51	70	20	Yakou Méïté (13)
2019–20	Championship	54	17	16	21	74	70	14	Yakou Méïté (17)
2020–21	Championship	49	20	13	16	65	57	7
2021–22	Championship	48	13	8	27	55	92	21	John Swift (11)
2022–23	Championship	49	14	11	24	50	73	22	Andy Carroll Tom Ince (9)
2023–24	League One	55	21	14	20	98	79	17	Sam Smith Harvey Knibbs (16)
2024–25	League One	54	25	14	15	85	68	7	Harvey Knibbs (16)
2025–26	League One	53	20	15	18	76	71	12	Jack Marriott (17)
2026–27		5	1	3	1	8	6