Winless Wolves on course to become the worst Premier League team ever

Wolverhampton Wanderers have finished bottom of the Premier League twice before, in 2008/09 and 2017/18, and they look well on course to complete an unwanted hat-trick.

After fourteen rounds, Wolves have only two points, the fewest of any club at this stage of the season in the history of the Premier League.

What went so wrong? Will it get any better? Or are Wolves destined to become the worst team in Premier League history?

Wolves’ 2025/26 Premier League season to date

Wolves started the 2025/26 season with five consecutive defeats before rallying with draws against Tottenham and Brighton. But those two draws were followed by another seven defeats.

With just seven goals in fourteen games, Wolves are by some distance the lowest scorers in the Premier League. Nottingham Forest, the second lowest scorer, has exactly double the number of goals scored by Wolves.

Defensively, Wolves have also conceded more Premier League goals (29) than any other team this season.

Wolves are at rock bottom, eight points below Burnley in 19th place and twelve points behind Leeds, who sit just above the relegation zone.

Bottom of the Premier League table

Why have Wolves been so bad this season?

While the extent of Wolves’ terrible form may not have been anticipated, many expected them to struggle this season.

Wolves were winless after ten rounds in the Premier League last season, although they ultimately survived with a healthy margin of seventeen points.

Their survival last season was largely ensured by a run of six consecutive wins in March and April, with Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester all scoring 25 points or less.

Jorgen Strand Larsen, on loan from Celta Vigo, scored six goals in that stunning six-match winning run. So it felt like a big deal when Wolves signed him permanently for £23 million in July.

However, during the summer transfer window, Wolves also sold top scorer with 17 goals, Matheus Cunha, to Manchester United, while star left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri left for Manchester City.

Out of all twenty clubs in the summer, Wolves ranked 17th in the Premier League in terms of net transfer spend, with profits of £20.9 million.

That level of investment, or lack thereof, is dangerously low for a team expected to be in a relegation battle.

The worst start to a season in Premier League history

Only once before has a Premier League team had just two points after their first fourteen games. That was Sheffield United in the 2020/21 season.

Wolves have officially made a worse start, however, as the Blades had a goal difference of minus-17, while Wolves are currently at minus-22.

That Sheffield United team finished the season with 23 points and were relegated in last place.

Wolves are on course to become the worst Premier League team ever

Wolves currently average 0.14 points per game. If they maintain that current average, they are expected to finish the season with just five points.

That number of points would officially make them the worst team in Premier League history, freeing Derby County from the unwanted record they have achieved since finishing the 2007/08 season with just 11 points.

Wolves are on course to record the lowest points total in Premier League history

Will things get better for Wolves?

This is a big winter for Wolves, even if it could be a test. In terms of Premier League players going to the Africa Cup of Nations, only Sunderland will lose more than Wolves.

The January transfer window is crucial. Wolves should have money to spend after their summer of savings, but January is a notoriously difficult time to buy well and they need investment at both ends of the pitch.

In terms of fixtures, Wolves have also played some of their most winnable matches, having lost at home to three of the four teams currently ranked between 16th and 19th.

Things are likely to improve for Wolves, in that they should be able to increase their average points return from 0.14 between now and the end of the season.

But staying up seems like a huge gamble. Bookmakers currently rate Wolves as 1/33 favorites to go down. That represents an implied probability of 97.06%, with relegation looking almost inevitable at this point.

Unless something miraculous happens in January, Wolves’ ambitions could soon shift from staying up to staying out of the record books.