The Premier League turns 30 - a look back in numbers

Brentford will become the 50th club to play in the league when they get their campaign underway against Arsenal

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  9-0 – Manchester United were involved in the two biggest home wins, slapping nine past Ipswich in March 1995 and the same against Southampton in February 2021. Southampton were also on the receiving end of the league’s biggest away loss, losing 9-0 at Leicester City in October 2019.

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  86 – points for last season’s champions Manchester City.

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  32 - Mohamed Salah’s 32 goals for Liverpool in 2017/18 was a record for a 38-game season.

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  3 – Pep Guardiola’s side have won three of the last four titles.

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  23/14 – Harry Kane’s league-leading goal and assist tallies last season. Only Andy Cole in 1993/94 had previously led both categories outright in the same season, with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink joint top in each list in 1998/99.

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  34 – most goals by a player in a Premier League season, by Cole in 1993/94 and Alan Shearer the following year.

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  3 – Kane has now won the Golden Boot on three occasions, one short of Thierry Henry’s record of four.

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  13 – record number of Premier League titles won by Manchester United. Their city rivals are now level with Chelsea in second place with five.

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  7 – teams to have won the title, a list completed by Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Liverpool.

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  100 – City’s record points tally from 2017/18. They also scored a record 106 goals that season.

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  30 – this will be the 30th Premier League season since it was rebranded in 1992.

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  202 – record number of clean sheets, held by former Chelsea and Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech.

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  260 – record number of goals scored by Alan Shearer for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

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  653 – most Premier League appearances by Gareth Barry. The former England midfielder represented Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Brom in the English top flight.

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  19 – points is the biggest Premier League title-winning margin, for Manchester City in 2017/18.

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  50 – promoted Brentford will become the 50th team of the Premier League era when they face Arsenal in the season’s opening game.

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  1 – fewest Premier League home wins in a season: Sunderland (2005/06) and Derby County (2007/08).

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  24 – most consecutive home wins Liverpool recorded between February 9, 2019 and July 11, 2020.

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  6 – ever-present clubs in the Premier League: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

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  29 – most defeats in a season: Ipswich Town during a 42-game season in 1994/95 and Sunderland (2005/06), Derby County (2007/08) and Sheffield United (2020/21).

The new Premier League season gets under way on August 13 as promoted Brentford take on Arsenal.

It will make Brentford the 50th club to play in the Premier League, now in its 30th year, against one of only seven of its champions.

Arsenal are one of the league's six-ever present clubs, alongside Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

Champions Manchester City hold a host of Premier League records, including most points and most goals scored in a single season.

To see other notable numbers from 30 years of the Premier League, check out the photo gallery above.