Watford history

Every Watford 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	20	14	4	2	8	13	23	-10	14
2025	Championship	16	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57
2024	Championship	14	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
2023	Championship	15	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
2022	Championship	11	46	16	15	15	56	53	+3	63
2021	Premier League	19	38	6	5	27	34	77	-43	23
2020	Championship	2	46	27	10	9	63	30	+33	91
2019	Premier League	19	38	8	10	20	36	64	-28	34
2018	Premier League	11	38	14	8	16	52	59	-7	50
2017	Premier League	14	38	11	8	19	44	64	-20	41
2016	Premier League	17	38	11	7	20	40	68	-28	40
2015	Premier League	13	38	12	9	17	40	50	-10	45
2014	Championship	2	46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89
2013	Championship	13	46	15	15	16	74	64	+10	60
2012	Championship	3	46	23	8	15	85	58	+27	77
2011	Championship	11	46	16	16	14	56	64	-8	64

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	442team
2026	Championship	Amin Nabizada3	Iker Bravo3	Iker Bravo4	Not held in full
2025	Championship	Luca Kjerrumgaard9	Imrân Louza9	Imrân Louza16	Egil Selvik7
2024	Championship	Vakoun Issouf Bayo10	Giorgi Chakvetadze6	Vakoun Issouf Bayo10	Egil Selvik6
2023	Championship	Mileta Rajović10	Yáser Asprilla7	Yáser Asprilla13	Daniel Bachmann11
2022	Championship	João Pedro11	Ken Sema9	Ismaïla Sarr17	Daniel Bachmann16
2021	Premier League	Emmanuel Dennis10	Emmanuel Dennis6	Emmanuel Dennis16	Ben Foster4	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 D. Bachmann6.8 H. Kamara6.8 Kiko Femenía6.8 D C. Cathcart6.7 D D. Rose6.7 I. Louza6.8 E. Kayembe6.8 I. Sarr6.8 M J. Kucka6.8 C. Hernández6.9 João Pedro6.9 The bench B. Foster2,340 min6.52 A. Masina1,076 min6.69 Samir1,675 min6.68 C. Kabasele1,190 min6.67 M. Sissoko3,221 min6.75 T. Cleverley1,638 min6.67 K. Sema870 min6.53 J. King2,266 min6.85 E. Dennis2,589 min6.83 We hold no coach record for this club-season, so no manager is named. Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2020	Championship	Ismaïla Sarr13	Ken Sema5	Ismaïla Sarr17	Daniel Bachmann13
2019	Premier League	Troy Deeney10	Deulofeu5	Troy Deeney12	Ben Foster9	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 G B. Foster6.7 D D. Janmaat6.9 D C. Dawson6.8 A. Masina6.8 C. Kabasele6.8 M Gerard Deulofeu6.9 M E. Capoue6.9 N. Chalobah6.9 W. Hughes6.8 F T. Deeney7.1 A. Gray6.7 The bench C. Cathcart2,490 min6.75 Kiko Femenía2,241 min6.64 J. Holebas1,030 min6.48 A. Doucouré3,167 min6.81 T. Cleverley972 min6.79 I. Sarr2,028 min6.71 D. Welbeck820 min6.62 We hold no coach record for this club-season, so no manager is named. Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2018	Premier League	Deulofeu10	Abdoulaye Doucouré6	Deulofeu15	Ben Foster7	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 G B. Foster6.7 D J. Holebas7.0 D D. Janmaat6.9 A. Masina6.9 D C. Cathcart6.8 M E. Capoue7.0 A. Doucouré6.8 W. Hughes6.8 R. Pereyra6.7 F T. Deeney7.1 F Gerard Deulofeu7.1 The bench C. Kabasele1,587 min6.72 Kiko Femenía2,046 min6.69 A. Mariappa1,924 min6.68 K. Sema763 min6.51 T. Cleverley471 min6.49 S. Isaac1,043 min6.93 A. Gray1,368 min6.69 We hold no coach record for this club-season, so no manager is named. Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2017	Premier League	Abdoulaye Doucouré7	José Holebas4	Abdoulaye Doucouré10	Gomes6	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 G Gomes6.7 D C. Cathcart7.0 C. Kabasele6.9 D J. Holebas6.9 D D. Janmaat6.8 A. Doucouré7.0 Kiko Femenía7.0 W. Hughes6.9 M T. Cleverley6.9 Richarlison6.8 A. Carrillo6.8 The bench O. Karnezis1,291 min6.59 M. Zeegelaar995 min6.79 S. Prödl1,568 min6.75 M. Britos798 min6.73 E. Capoue1,541 min6.82 R. Pereyra1,622 min6.76 B. Watson458 min6.45 T. Deeney1,841 min6.8 A. Gray1,496 min6.71 We hold no coach record for this club-season, so no manager is named. Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2016	Premier League	Troy Deeney10	José Holebas4	Troy Deeney14	Gomes7	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 G Gomes6.8 A. Mariappa7.0 D M. Britos6.9 D S. Prödl6.9 D C. Cathcart6.9 M E. Capoue6.9 A. Doucouré6.8 M T. Cleverley6.7 M V. Behrami6.7 S. Okaka7.0 F T. Deeney6.9 The bench Y. Kaboul1,825 min6.87 J. Holebas2,909 min6.81 C. Kabasele767 min6.73 N. Amrabat2,101 min6.69 R. Pereyra1,040 min6.67 A. Guédioura722 min6.64 S. Isaac505 min6.72 M. Niang1,254 min6.64 We hold no coach record for this club-season, so no manager is named. Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
2015	Premier League	Odion Ighalo15	Troy Deeney7	Troy Deeney20	Gomes11	ShowHide
Best rated Formation 4-4-2 G Gomes7.0 N. Aké7.2 D S. Prödl6.9 D M. Britos6.8 D C. Cathcart6.8 M B. Watson7.0 M E. Capoue7.0 M A. Abdi6.9 M Jurado6.9 F T. Deeney7.3 F O. Ighalo7.0 The bench J. Holebas945 min6.78 A. Nyom2,474 min6.74 V. Behrami1,280 min6.8 Mario Suárez744 min6.76 I. Anya1,680 min6.72 We hold no coach record for this club-season, so no manager is named. Picked from every finished match we hold: 450 minutes or more, ranked on match rating weighted by minutes, with each player in the position he played most that season. Every season is shown in a 4-4-2, whatever shape the players actually played in. We do not derive formation from the team sheets. Per-player figures begin in 2015, so seasons before that have no team of the season.
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	Championship	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

Watford
Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1Southampton	14	8	4	2	29	14	+15	28
2Middlesbrough	13	8	4	1	30	17	+13	28
3Birmingham	14	7	5	2	26	13	+13	26
4Stoke City	14	8	2	4	22	17	+5	26
5Swansea	14	8	2	4	21	16	+5	26
6West Brom	14	7	4	3	20	15	+5	25
7Wolves	13	7	3	3	23	16	+7	24
8West Ham	13	6	4	3	33	18	+15	22
9Sheffield Utd	14	6	4	4	20	17	+3	22
10Portsmouth	14	6	4	4	19	16	+3	22
11QPR	14	5	6	3	22	17	+5	21
12Norwich	14	6	0	8	27	24	+3	18
13Millwall	14	5	3	6	23	24	-1	18
14Blackburn	14	5	3	6	20	22	-2	18
15Bristol City	13	5	3	5	15	17	-2	18
16Bolton	14	5	2	7	19	26	-7	17
17Lincoln	14	4	3	7	14	24	-10	15
18Cardiff	13	3	5	5	19	20	-1	14
19Wrexham	13	3	5	5	15	19	-4	14
20Watford	14	4	2	8	13	23	-10	14
21Charlton	14	3	5	6	11	22	-11	14
22Burnley	14	1	7	6	18	26	-8	10
23Derby	14	1	4	9	11	29	-18	7
24Preston	14	1	2	11	12	30	-18	5

Overview

Watford history

League finishes

Season leaders

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