Longest Gap Between Wins

For each team, the longest time between two consecutive wins, spanning seasons rather than games

Nottingham Forest hold the longest wait of all: 8,491 days, over 23 years, between a win at Southampton in May 1999 and their next Premier League victory in August 2022. Forest spent almost all of that time outside the division, and that story repeats down the list. Ipswich (8,236 days) and Leeds (6,006) fill the top spots after long stretches in the Football League. The chart ranks every team by the calendar time between consecutive wins, so even clubs that never left the top flight put in a far more modest appearance at the bottom.

Time Between Wins

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Every Team's Longest Gap

#	Team	Gap	Last win	Next win	Days	League matches between
1	Coventry City	25 years and 156 days	16 Apr 2001	19 Sep 2026	9,287	8
2	Nottingham Forest	23 years and 90 days	16 May 1999	14 Aug 2022	8,491	1
3	Ipswich Town	22 years and 200 days	24 Apr 2002	10 Nov 2024	8,236	12
4	Leeds United	16 years and 162 days	10 Apr 2004	19 Sep 2020	6,006	7
5	Queens Park Rangers	15 years and 115 days	27 Apr 1996	20 Aug 2011	5,593	2
6	Sheffield United	12 years and 153 days	30 Apr 1994	30 Sep 2006	4,536	8
7	Leicester City	10 years and 128 days	08 May 2004	13 Sep 2014	3,780	4
8	Norwich City	9 years and 245 days	20 Mar 1995	20 Nov 2004	3,533	21
9	Hull City	9 years and 122 days	22 Apr 2017	22 Aug 2026	3,409	4
10	Crystal Palace	8 years and 130 days	23 Apr 2005	31 Aug 2013	3,052	5
11	Watford	8 years and 130 days	05 May 2007	12 Sep 2015	3,052	5
12	Sunderland	8 years and 102 days	06 May 2017	16 Aug 2025	3,024	3
13	Southampton	7 years and 145 days	30 Apr 2005	22 Sep 2012	2,702	6
14	Middlesbrough	7 years and 132 days	11 Apr 2009	21 Aug 2016	2,689	7
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6 years and 209 days	04 Feb 2012	01 Sep 2018	2,401	17
16	Derby County	5 years and 185 days	16 Mar 2002	17 Sep 2007	2,011	13
17	Cardiff City	4 years and 191 days	12 Apr 2014	20 Oct 2018	1,652	12
18	Reading	4 years and 190 days	11 May 2008	17 Nov 2012	1,651	10
19	Burnley	4 years and 183 days	09 May 2010	08 Nov 2014	1,644	10
20	Fulham	4 years and 136 days	12 Apr 2014	26 Aug 2018	1,597	6
21	Manchester City	4 years and 118 days	27 Apr 1996	23 Aug 2000	1,579	2
22	Aston Villa	3 years and 198 days	06 Feb 2016	23 Aug 2019	1,294	15
23	Bolton Wanderers	3 years and 108 days	02 May 1998	18 Aug 2001	1,204	1
24	West Bromwich Albion	2 years and 222 days	04 Feb 2006	13 Sep 2008	952	16
25	Blackburn Rovers	2 years and 158 days	20 Mar 1999	25 Aug 2001	889	10
26	West Ham United	2 years and 102 days	03 May 2003	13 Aug 2005	833	1
27	Bournemouth	2 years and 11 days	26 Jul 2020	06 Aug 2022	741	0
28	Birmingham City	1 year and 128 days	19 Apr 2006	25 Aug 2007	493	6
29	Charlton Athletic	1 year and 103 days	08 May 1999	19 Aug 2000	469	1
30	Newcastle United	1 year and 103 days	15 May 2016	26 Aug 2017	468	2
31	Huddersfield Town	205 days	14 Apr 2018	05 Nov 2018	205	14
32	Everton	178 days	07 May 1994	01 Nov 1994	178	12
33	Tottenham Hotspur	176 days	03 May 2008	26 Oct 2008	176	9
34	Brighton and Hove Albion	175 days	28 Dec 2019	20 Jun 2020	175	9
35	Stoke City	175 days	07 Apr 2012	29 Sep 2012	175	11
36	Wimbledon	157 days	03 Mar 1999	07 Aug 1999	157	11
37	Liverpool	144 days	08 May 2012	29 Sep 2012	144	6
38	Portsmouth	144 days	08 Apr 2008	30 Aug 2008	144	7
39	Sheffield Wednesday	139 days	16 May 1999	02 Oct 1999	139	9
40	Arsenal	133 days	07 May 2006	17 Sep 2006	133	3
41	Wigan Athletic	132 days	18 Apr 2010	28 Aug 2010	132	5
42	Manchester United	131 days	06 May 2014	14 Sep 2014	131	4
43	Chelsea	130 days	13 Apr 1996	21 Aug 1996	130	4
44	Swansea City	117 days	07 May 2013	01 Sep 2013	117	4
45	Brentford	112 days	02 May 2026	22 Aug 2026	112	3
46	Bradford City	102 days	01 Jan 2001	13 Apr 2001	102	10
47	Oldham Athletic	102 days	08 May 1993	18 Aug 1993	102	1
48	Swindon Town	84 days	05 Feb 1994	30 Apr 1994	84	12
49	Blackpool	81 days	22 Feb 2011	14 May 2011	81	9
50	Luton Town	67 days	30 Jan 2024	06 Apr 2024	67	10
51	Barnsley	54 days	27 Aug 1997	20 Oct 1997	54	6