MK Dons's complete Football League record — 23 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.
| Oldest season first | Home | Away | Total | GD / GA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Season▲ | Division | Pos⇅ | Pld⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | Pts⇅ | GD⇅ | GA⇅ |
| 1 | 2003/04 | Division One | 24 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 41 | 89 | 29 | -48 | 0.460 |
| 2 | 2004/05 | Division Two | 20 | 46 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 68 | 51 | -14 | 0.794 |
| 3 | 2005/06 | League One | 22 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 41 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 66 | 50 | -21 | 0.681 |
| 4 | 2006/07 | League Two | 4 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 76 | 58 | 84 | 18 | 1.310 |
| 5 | 2007/08 | League Two | 1 | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 82 | 37 | 97 | 45 | 2.216 |
| 6 | 2008/09 | League One | 3 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 47 | 87 | 36 | 1.765 |
| 7 | 2009/10 | League One | 12 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 60 | 68 | 60 | -8 | 0.882 |
| 8 | 2010/11 | League One | 5 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 60 | 77 | 7 | 1.116 |
| 9 | 2011/12 | League One | 5 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 84 | 47 | 80 | 37 | 1.787 |
| 10 | 2012/13 | League One | 8 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 45 | 70 | 17 | 1.377 |
| 11 | 2013/14 | League One | 10 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 65 | 60 | -2 | 0.969 |
| 12 | 2014/15 | League One | 2 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 101 | 44 | 91 | 57 | 2.295 |
| 13 | 2015/16 | Championship | 23 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 69 | 39 | -30 | 0.565 |
| 14 | 2016/17 | League One | 12 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 60 | 58 | 61 | 2 | 1.034 |
| 15 | 2017/18 | League One | 23 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 69 | 45 | -26 | 0.623 |
| 16 | 2018/19 | League Two | 3 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 49 | 79 | 22 | 1.448 |
| 17 | 2019/20 | League One | 18 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 47 | 37 | -11 | 0.765 |
| 18 | 2020/21 | League One | 13 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 62 | 65 | 2 | 1.032 |
| 19 | 2021/22 | League One | 3 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | 89 | 34 | 1.772 |
| 20 | 2022/23 | League One | 21 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 66 | 45 | -22 | 0.666 |
| 21 | 2023/24 | League Two | 4 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 83 | 68 | 78 | 15 | 1.220 |
| 22 | 2024/25 | League Two | 19 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 66 | 52 | -14 | 0.787 |
| 23 | 2025/26 | League Two | 2 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 86 | 45 | 86 | 41 | 1.911 |
| 23 seasons: | Career totals | 1047 | 233 | 125 | 166 | 772 | 597 | 189 | 121 | 213 | 702 | 740 | 422 | 246 | 379 | 1474 | 1337 | 1512†| ||||
†Career points total is approximate — the points system changed from 2 pts/win to 3 pts/win in 1981/82.