How Arsenal Won the 2025/26 Premier League – The Stats Behind the Title

26th May 2026

The best defence wins titles. Arsenal proved it.

Twenty-six wins. Five losses. Eighty-five points. Arsenal are Premier League champions for 2025/26, and the stats behind this title tell a story of a team that was simply better than everyone else in almost every measurable way.

Let’s break it down.

The defence that won the league

Arsenal conceded just 27 goals across 38 games – 0.71 per match. That is the best defensive record in the division by a distance. Man City were next best on 35, then Brighton on 46. That is an eight-goal gap between first and second. In a title race, that margin is enormous.

The underlying numbers back it up. Arsenal’s defensive xG came in at just 0.80 per game – the lowest in the league. Teams simply could not create quality chances against them. Arsenal’s goalkeeper made only 62 saves all season, the fewest of any side in the Premier League. That is not a weakness – it is a sign that opponents barely got shots away in the first place.

Attack was no afterthought

While the defence gets the headlines, Arsenal were no slouches going forward. They scored 71 goals, ranking second in the league behind City’s 77. That works out at 1.87 per game – more than enough to win most weeks.

Their attacking xG of 2.13 per game was actually the best in the division. They created more expected goals per match than anyone, including City. The difference is Arsenal converted at a slightly lower rate – but when you are conceding 27 and scoring 71, nobody is complaining about clinical finishing.

Arsenal racked up 187 shots on target across the season, ranking third, and generated 2,280 dangerous attacks – second only to one other side. They registered 51 assists, joint second in the league. This was a team that moved the ball well, created consistently, and scored enough to put games to bed.

The xG dominance tells the full story

If you want one number that captures Arsenal’s season, it is their net xG of +1.33 per game. Best attack xG. Best defensive xG. The power rankings had them at number one all season with an overall Elo of 1590.48 – attack Elo of 1558.45 and a defensive Elo of 1622.52. That defensive Elo is the standout figure. It was the foundation everything else was built on.

Their form heading into the final day? Five wins from five. They did not just win the league – they were accelerating at the end of it.

The cleanest team in the division

Here is a stat that might surprise you. Arsenal picked up just 51 yellow cards all season – the fewest of any team in the Premier League. Zero red cards. They committed 391 fouls, ranking 14th – right in the middle of the pack. For a title-winning side, that level of discipline is remarkable.

They were not a team that needed to foul to win. They controlled games through possession and structure, not through cynical challenges. Compare that to some of the sides around them in the table and the difference is stark.

Where they were not top

Arsenal were not the league’s most prolific shooters – 553 total shots put them fourth. Their 216 corners ranked fifth. Tackles came in at 602, ranking 13th, and interceptions at 270, ranking 18th. They did not need to be busy defensively because they had the ball so often. When you dominate territory, you do not need to make last-ditch interventions.

The title picture in full

City scored the most goals at 77 but conceded 35. Man Utd hit 69 but leaked far more at the back. Liverpool managed 63. Arsenal’s 71 scored and 27 conceded gave them a goal difference of +44 – the best in the league by a comfortable margin.

The Statz Leaders data paints a picture of a team that was elite in attack and historically good in defence. W26, D7, L5 – and even that draw count of seven was the second lowest in the division, ranking 18th. Arsenal did not do stalemates. They won or they lost, and they won far more often.

The verdict

This was a title built on defensive excellence, attacking quality, and extraordinary discipline. Arsenal did not just outscore their rivals – they suffocated them. The best xG, the best defensive record, the fewest yellow cards, and the fewest saves required by their goalkeeper. Every single metric points the same way.

Champions. And the stats say they deserved every bit of it.