Stats Zone › Teams › League Records
Hello. Sign In
WIGAN ATHLETIC

Wigan Athletic's complete Football League record — 48 seasons. Click any column heading to sort; click again to reverse the order. The sorted column is highlighted in club colours. See also: League Records for all clubs.

GD = Goal Difference (used from 1976/77). GA = Goal Average (used until 1975/76). Dimmed values indicate the method not in use for that season. For Football League divisions 2–4 from 1992/93 to 1998/99, Goals Scored was the tiebreaker — both GD and GA are dimmed for those seasons.

Sorted: Oldest season first Reset to season order
Oldest season first Home Away Total GD / GA
# Season▲ Division Pos⇅ Pld⇅ W⇅ D⇅ L⇅ F⇅ A⇅ W⇅ D⇅ L⇅ F⇅ A⇅ W⇅ D⇅ L⇅ F⇅ A⇅ Pts⇅ GD⇅ GA⇅
1 1978/79 Fourth Division 6 46 14 5 4 40 24 7 8 8 23 24 21 13 12 63 48 55 15 1.312
2 1979/80 Fourth Division 6 46 13 5 5 42 26 8 8 7 34 35 21 13 12 76 61 55 15 1.245
3 1980/81 Fourth Division 11 46 13 4 6 29 16 5 7 11 22 39 18 11 17 51 55 47 -4 0.927
4 1981/82 Fourth Division 3 46 17 5 1 47 18 9 8 6 33 28 26 13 7 80 46 91 34 1.739
5 1982/83 Third Division 18 46 10 4 9 35 33 5 5 13 25 39 15 9 22 60 72 54 -12 0.833
6 1983/84 Third Division 15 46 11 5 7 26 18 5 8 10 20 38 16 13 17 46 56 61 -10 0.821
7 1984/85 Third Division 16 46 12 6 5 36 22 3 8 12 24 42 15 14 17 60 64 59 -4 0.937
8 1985/86 Third Division 4 46 17 4 2 54 17 6 10 7 28 31 23 14 9 82 48 83 34 1.708
9 1986/87 Third Division 4 46 15 5 3 47 26 10 5 8 36 34 25 10 11 83 60 85 23 1.383
10 1987/88 Third Division 7 46 11 8 4 36 23 9 4 10 34 38 20 12 14 70 61 72 9 1.147
11 1988/89 Third Division 17 46 9 5 9 28 22 5 9 9 27 31 14 14 18 55 53 56 2 1.037
12 1989/90 Third Division 18 46 10 6 7 29 22 3 8 12 19 42 13 14 19 48 64 53 -16 0.750
13 1990/91 Third Division 10 46 14 3 6 40 20 6 6 11 31 34 20 9 17 71 54 69 17 1.314
14 1991/92 Third Division 15 46 11 6 6 33 21 4 8 11 25 43 15 14 17 58 64 59 -6 0.906
15 1992/93 Division Two 23 46 6 6 11 26 34 4 5 14 17 38 10 11 25 43 72 41 -29 0.597
16 1993/94 Division Three 19 42 6 7 8 33 33 5 5 11 18 37 11 12 19 51 70 45 -19 0.728
17 1994/95 Division Three 14 42 7 6 8 28 30 7 4 10 25 30 14 10 18 53 60 52 -7 0.883
18 1995/96 Division Three 10 46 15 3 5 36 21 5 7 11 26 35 20 10 16 62 56 70 6 1.107
19 1996/97 Division Three 1 46 17 3 3 53 21 9 6 8 31 30 26 9 11 84 51 87 33 1.647
20 1997/98 Division Two 11 46 12 5 6 41 31 5 6 12 23 35 17 11 18 64 66 62 -2 0.969
21 1998/99 Division Two 6 46 14 5 4 44 17 8 5 10 31 31 22 10 14 75 48 76 27 1.562
22 1999/00 Division Two 4 46 15 3 5 37 14 7 14 2 35 24 22 17 7 72 38 83 34 1.894
23 2000/01 Division Two 6 46 12 9 2 29 18 7 9 7 24 24 19 18 9 53 42 75 11 1.261
24 2001/02 Division Two 10 46 9 6 8 36 23 7 10 6 30 28 16 16 14 66 51 64 15 1.294
25 2002/03 Division Two 1 46 14 7 2 37 16 15 6 2 31 9 29 13 4 68 25 100 43 2.720
26 2003/04 Division One 7 46 11 8 4 29 16 7 9 7 31 29 18 17 11 60 45 71 15 1.333
27 2004/05 Division One 2 46 13 5 5 42 15 12 7 4 37 20 25 12 9 79 35 87 44 2.257
28 2005/06 Premier League 10 38 7 3 9 24 26 8 3 8 21 26 15 6 17 45 52 51 -7 0.865
29 2006/07 Premier League 17 38 5 4 10 18 30 5 4 10 19 29 10 8 20 37 59 38 -22 0.627
30 2007/08 Premier League 14 38 8 5 6 21 17 2 5 12 13 34 10 10 18 34 51 40 -17 0.666
31 2008/09 Premier League 11 38 8 5 6 17 18 4 4 11 17 27 12 9 17 34 45 45 -11 0.755
32 2009/10 Premier League 16 38 6 7 6 19 24 3 2 14 18 55 9 9 20 37 79 36 -42 0.468
33 2010/11 Premier League 16 38 5 8 6 22 34 4 7 8 18 27 9 15 14 40 61 42 -21 0.655
34 2011/12 Premier League 15 38 5 7 7 22 27 6 3 10 20 35 11 10 17 42 62 43 -20 0.677
35 2012/13 Premier League 18 38 4 6 9 26 39 5 3 11 21 34 9 9 20 47 73 36 -26 0.643
36 2013/14 Championship 5 46 12 7 4 35 23 9 3 11 26 25 21 10 15 61 48 73 13 1.270
37 2014/15 Championship 23 46 3 8 12 18 29 6 4 13 21 35 9 12 25 39 64 39 -25 0.609
38 2015/16 League One 1 46 14 6 3 39 17 10 9 4 43 28 24 15 7 82 45 87 37 1.822
39 2016/17 Championship 23 46 5 8 10 19 26 5 4 14 21 31 10 12 24 40 57 42 -17 0.701
40 2017/18 League One 1 46 13 8 2 37 11 16 3 4 52 18 29 11 6 89 29 98 60 3.068
41 2018/19 Championship 18 46 11 8 4 29 20 2 5 16 22 44 13 13 20 51 64 52 -13 0.796
42 2019/20 Championship 23 46 10 7 6 33 23 5 7 11 24 33 15 14 17 57 56 47* 1 1.017
43 2020/21 League One 20 46 5 6 12 26 42 8 3 12 28 35 13 9 24 54 77 48 -23 0.701
44 2021/22 League One 1 46 13 5 5 36 22 14 6 3 46 22 27 11 8 82 44 92 38 1.863
45 2022/23 Championship 24 46 5 7 11 17 35 5 8 10 21 30 10 15 21 38 65 42* -27 0.584
46 2023/24 League One 12 46 13 4 6 30 18 7 6 10 33 38 20 10 16 63 56 62* 7 1.125
47 2024/25 League One 15 46 7 7 9 20 23 6 10 7 20 19 13 17 16 40 42 56 -2 0.952
48 2025/26 League One 16 46 11 4 8 24 17 3 10 10 25 41 14 14 18 49 58 56 -9 0.845
48 seasons: Career totals 2136 498 274 296 1525 1118 316 304 448 1269 1534 814 578 744 2794 2652 2937†

* Points deduction applied in that season.

† Career points total is approximate — the points system changed from 2 pts/win to 3 pts/win in 1981/82.