Bolton history

Every Bolton season 442ball holds a table for, newest first. Our record starts in 2010 and is thinner before 2014, so this is what we hold rather than the club's complete history.

League finishes

League seasons only, newest last. Cup group stages are left out: a place in a group of four is not a finish in a league. Each point links to that season's table.

Season	Competition	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2026(in progress)	Championship	18	15	5	2	8	20	29	-9	17
2025	League One	5	46	19	18	9	70	52	+18	75
2024	League One	8	46	20	8	18	67	70	-3	68
2023	League One	3	46	25	12	9	86	51	+35	87
2022	League One	5	46	23	12	11	62	36	+26	81
2021	League One	9	46	21	10	15	74	57	+17	73
2020	League Two	3	46	23	10	13	59	50	+9	79
2019	League One	22	34	5	11	18	27	66	-39	26
2018	Championship	23	46	8	8	30	29	78	-49	32
2017	Championship	21	46	10	13	23	39	74	-35	43
2016	League One	2	46	25	11	10	68	36	+32	86
2015	Championship	24	46	5	15	26	41	81	-40	30
2014	Championship	18	46	13	12	21	54	67	-13	51
2013	Championship	14	46	14	17	15	59	60	-1	59
2012	Championship	7	46	18	14	14	69	61	+8	68
2011	Premier League	18	38	10	6	22	46	77	-31	36
2010	Premier League	14	38	12	10	16	52	56	-4	46

A position in a group stage is a position within that group, not a finish in the competition. Seasons still being played are marked.

Season leaders

Season	Competition	Goals	Assists	G+A	Clean sheets
2026	Championship	S. Dalby6	Gaizka Larrazabal3	S. Dalby6	Not held in full
2025	League One	Mason Paul James Burstow12	A. Cozier-Duberry10	A. Cozier-Duberry18	Teddy Sharman-Lowe6
2024	League One	A. Collins12	J. Dacres-Cogley7	A. Collins16	N. Baxter6
2023	League One	D. Charles14	J. Sheehan12	D. Charles15	N. Baxter14
2022	League One	D. Charles16	G. Jones5	D. Charles17	J. Trafford22
2021	League One	O. Afolayan12	Declan John7	O. Afolayan17	J. Trafford7
2020	League Two	E. Doyle19	A. Gnahoua5	E. Doyle22	Matthew Gilks16
2019	League One	D. Murphy8	A. Crawford5	D. Murphy10	Remi Matthews8
2018	Championship	Josh Magennis4	Paweł Olkowski3	Sammy Ameobi7	B. Alnwick4
2017	Championship	Gary Madine10	Gary Madine5	Gary Madine15	B. Alnwick8
2016	League One	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2015	Championship	Z. Clough7	Dean Moxey5	L. Feeney10	Ben Amos6
2014	Championship	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2013	Championship	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2012	Championship	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2011	Premier League	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held
2010	Premier League	Not held	Not held	Not held	Not held

Each club's own leaders for that season, not the competition's. A player who moved mid-season counts only what they did here. Clean sheets are counted for goalkeepers who played.

Season table

Bolton
Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1Middlesbrough	15	8	5	2	30	19	+11	29
2Stoke City	15	9	2	4	24	18	+6	29
3Southampton	15	8	4	3	29	15	+14	28
4Wolves	15	8	4	3	26	18	+8	28
5West Brom	15	8	4	3	23	15	+8	28
6Birmingham	14	7	5	2	26	13	+13	26
7Swansea	14	8	2	4	21	16	+5	26
8QPR	15	6	6	3	24	18	+6	24
9West Ham	15	6	5	4	37	23	+14	23
10Sheffield Utd	15	6	4	5	21	19	+2	22
11Portsmouth	15	6	4	5	20	18	+2	22
12Norwich	15	7	0	8	32	24	+8	21
13Blackburn	15	6	3	6	22	23	-1	21
14Cardiff	15	4	6	5	27	27	0	18
15Wrexham	15	4	6	5	18	20	-2	18
16Millwall	15	5	3	7	23	27	-4	18
17Bristol City	15	5	3	7	16	24	-8	18
18Bolton	15	5	2	8	20	29	-9	17
19Charlton	15	4	5	6	13	23	-10	17
20Watford	15	4	3	8	13	23	-10	15
21Lincoln	15	4	3	8	15	26	-11	15
22Burnley	15	1	7	7	22	31	-9	10
23Derby	15	2	4	9	14	30	-16	10
24Preston	15	2	2	11	13	30	-17	8

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