Watford season by season

Every Watford season on record, from 1905–06 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

109seasons
4,912matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1905–06	Third Division South	2	1	0	1	6	3		Jimmy Reid (15)
1906–07	Third Division South	1	0	0	1	1	2		Jack Foster (16)
1907–08	Third Division South	1	0	0	1	0	1	14	Jack Foster (12)
1908–09	Third Division South	2	0	1	1	2	4	14	Archie Hubbard (16)
1909–10	Third Division South	1	0	0	1	0	3	19	Jimmy Maclaine (15)
1910–11	Third Division South	1	0	0	1	0	2	14	Charlie White (12)
1911–12	Third Division South	2	0	1	1	0	10		Tommy Dixon (13)
1914–15	Third Division South	40	22	8	10	68	50		George Edmonds (17)
1920–21	Third Division	44	21	8	15	63	48		Frank Hoddinott (25)
1921–22	Third Division South	44	14	18	12	56	50		Fred Pagnam (17)
1922–23	Third Division South	45	17	12	16	61	59	10	Fred Pagnam
1923–24	Third Division South	46	11	16	19	47	55	20	Eddie Mummery (12)
1924–25	Third Division South	44	17	10	17	42	52	11	Len Andrews Fred Pagnam
1925–26	Third Division South	45	16	10	19	78	93	15	Jack Swann (22)
1926–27	Third Division South	44	13	8	23	67	89	21	George Edmonds (13)
1927–28	Third Division South	43	14	10	19	69	80	15	Bill Sheppard (25)
1928–29	Third Division South	46	22	10	14	88	80		Frank McPherson (35)
1929–30	Third Division South	45	16	9	20	64	77	15	Frank McPherson (25)
1930–31	Third Division South	47	18	7	22	85	81	18	George James (31)
1931–32	Third Division South	50	24	10	16	97	91	11	George James (26)
1932–33	Third Division South	44	16	13	15	67	66	11	Billy Lane (22)
1933–34	Third Division South	43	15	7	21	71	66	15	Tommy Barnett (17)
1934–35	Third Division South	45	20	10	15	79	51		Billy Lane (35)
1935–36	Third Division South	47	23	10	14	93	64		Tommy Barnett (17)
1936–37	Third Division South	43	19	11	13	86	62		Tommy Barnett (22)
1937–38	Third Division South	45	23	11	11	79	44		Tommy Jones (15)
1938–39	Third Division South	45	19	12	14	69	60		Len Dunderdale (21)
1945–46		9	3	5	1	12	11
1946–47	Third Division South	46	18	7	21	65	80	16	Ralph Evans (19)
1947–48	Third Division South	44	14	11	19	58	83	15	Taffy Davies (11)
1948–49	Third Division South	43	10	15	18	42	56	17	Dave Thomas (14)
1949–50	Third Division South	47	19	14	14	56	39		Dave Thomas (21)
1950–51	Third Division South	47	9	11	27	54	90	23	Johnny Hartburn (13)
1951–52	Third Division South	48	14	10	24	63	83	21	Cyril Thompson (25)
1952–53	Third Division South	49	16	18	15	66	66	10	Johnny Meadows (13)
1953–54	Third Division South	47	21	10	16	85	72		Roy Brown (21)
1954–55	Third Division South	50	20	15	15	80	67		Maurice Cook (31)
1955–56	Third Division South	48	14	11	23	59	91	21	Les Graham (16)
1956–57	Third Division South	48	19	10	19	79	78	11	Les Graham (17)
1957–58	Third Division South	47	13	16	18	61	83	16	Tommy McMillan (11)
1958–59	Fourth Division	49	17	11	21	84	82	15	Johnny Gavin Peter Gordon (13)
1959–60	Fourth Division	53	28	11	14	107	74		Cliff Holton
1960–61	Third Division	52	22	14	16	92	80		Cliff Holton (34)
1961–62	Third Division	54	18	15	21	81	85	17	Ron Crisp (13)
1962–63	Third Division	52	20	9	23	92	93	17	Dai Ward (30)
1963–64	Third Division	50	24	13	13	83	65		Charlie Livesey (25)
1964–65	Third Division	49	17	17	15	75	71		George Harris (21)
1965–66	Third Division	49	18	13	18	61	56	12	Cliff Holton (12)
1966–67	Third Division	52	22	16	14	68	53		Terry Garbett (18)
1967–68	Third Division	53	24	10	19	81	55		Barry Dyson (15)
1968–69	Third Division	52	30	11	11	82	40		Barry Endean (20)
1969–70	Lancashire Combination	49	14	13	22	54	67	19	Barry Endean (14)
1970–71	Lancashire Combination	47	12	14	21	49	67	18	Ron Wigg (17)
1971–72	Lancashire Combination	47	7	10	30	30	82	22	Keith Eddy
1972–73	Third Division	50	14	17	19	49	53	19	Pat Morrissey (10)
1973–74	Third Division	50	20	13	17	69	62		Billy Jennings
1974–75	Third Division	49	10	18	21	54	82	23	Ross Jenkins (11)
1975–76	Fourth Division	50	23	7	20	65	67		Ross Jenkins (19)
1976–77	Fourth Division	53	22	16	15	80	60		Keith Mercer (25)
1977–78	Fourth Division	54	35	11	8	98	43		Ross Jenkins (18)
1978–79	Third Division	58	31	15	12	104	61		Ross Jenkins
1979–80	Lancashire Combination	48	16	13	19	51	55	18	Luther Blissett (11)
1980–81	Lancashire Combination	53	22	13	18	72	63		Malcolm Poskett (21)
1981–82	Lancashire Combination	51	28	12	11	92	53		Luther Blissett (25)
1982–83		49	26	6	17	87	72		Luther Blissett
1983–84		51	21	11	19	86	90	11	Mo Johnston (24)
1984–85		52	19	15	18	102	79	11	Luther Blissett (28)
1985–86		53	21	15	17	87	72	12	Colin West (16)
1986–87		52	23	12	17	86	70		Mark Falco (16)
1987–88		52	13	15	24	52	62	20	Malcolm Allen
1988–89	Lancashire Combination	56	24	18	14	83	61		Paul Wilkinson (21)
1989–90	Lancashire Combination	51	15	17	19	64	66	15	Paul Wilkinson (16)
1990–91	Lancashire Combination	49	12	15	22	46	68	20	Paul Wilkinson (18)
1991–92	Lancashire Combination	52	19	12	21	57	56	10	Luther Blissett (12)
1992–93	Lancashire Combination	53	16	15	22	65	85	16	Paul Furlong (22)
1993–94	Lancashire Combination	53	17	11	25	77	93	19	Paul Furlong (19)
1994–95	Lancashire Combination	55	23	16	16	62	55		Craig Ramage (11)
1995–96	Lancashire Combination	51	10	21	20	66	76	23	Craig Ramage (15)
1996–97		57	22	19	16	60	48	13	Tommy Mooney (12)
1997–98	Third Division	56	27	21	8	77	52		Peter Kennedy (13)
1998–99	Lancashire Combination	52	23	15	14	71	64		Gifton Noel-Williams (10)
1999–00		42	7	6	29	38	82	20	Heiðar Helguson
2000–01	Lancashire Combination	52	22	10	20	83	75		Tommy Mooney (19)
2001–02	Lancashire Combination	52	20	11	21	75	69	14	Tommy Smith (11)
2002–03	Lancashire Combination	52	21	9	22	62	74	13	Heiðar Helguson (11)
2003–04	Lancashire Combination	50	15	15	20	56	74	16	Scott Fitzgerald (10)
2004–05	Championship	55	16	18	21	65	66	18	Heiðar Helguson (20)
2005–06	Championship	53	26	16	11	88	61		Marlon King
2006–07		46	10	15	21	41	67	20	Hamer Bouazza
2007–08	Championship	52	20	16	16	69	68		Darius Henderson (12)
2008–09	Championship	55	22	11	22	81	82	13	Tommy Smith (17)
2009–10	Championship	49	14	14	21	62	74	16	Danny Graham (14)
2010–11	Championship	50	18	13	19	85	75	14	Danny Graham
2011–12	Championship	49	17	17	15	61	68	11	Troy Deeney (12)
2012–13	Championship	52	25	8	19	90	66		Matěj Vydra (22)
2013–14	Championship	52	18	16	18	86	73	13	Troy Deeney (25)
2014–15	Championship	49	28	8	13	93	55		Troy Deeney (21)
2015–16	Premier League	44	16	9	19	46	54		Troy Deeney Odion Ighalo (17)
2016–17	Premier League	41	12	7	22	43	71		Troy Deeney (10)
2017–18	Premier League	41	12	8	21	49	68		Abdoulaye Doucoure (7)
2018–19	Premier League	46	20	9	17	66	70		Troy Deeney Gerard Deulofeu (11)
2019–20		43	10	11	22	45	72		Troy Deeney (10)
2020–21	Championship	49	27	11	11	65	35		Ismaïla Sarr (13)
2021–22		41	7	5	29	37	84		Emmanuel Dennis (10)
2022–23	Championship	48	16	15	17	56	57		João Pedro (11)
2023–24	Championship	50	14	19	17	65	67		Mileta Rajović (11)
2024–25	Championship	50	18	9	23	62	67		Vakoun Issouf Bayo (9)
2025–26	Championship	48	14	15	19	55	72		Luca Kjerrumgaard (9)
2026–27		5	2	2	1	6	8