Who has won the most English Premier League titles?

In 1888, the first season of the Football League took place with 12 teams competing, including Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. 

Preston North End won the inaugural league title in April 1889 after going undefeated throughout the season, a feat replicated by Arsenal securing the 2003/04 Premier League title.  

For the 1892/93 season, the league was renamed the Football League First Division, with Sunderland emerging as champions. 

Aston Villa became the first team to dominate the First Division, securing the title in 1894, 1896, 1897, 1899 and 1900.

After World War I, Huddersfield Town won the league title three consecutive times, from 1924 to 1926, becoming the first team to achieve that feat. 

Arsenal was the first club from London to rise to prominence in the First Division, winning the league title on five occasions from 1931 to 1938, including three successive times between 1933 and 1935. 

Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers emerged as the two teams to beat in the 1950s, with the former winning the First Division in 1952, 1956, and 1957, and the latter in 1954, 1958, and 1959. 

Eight clubs won the league title in the 1960s, including Burney, Tottenham Hotspur, Ipswich Town, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, and Leeds United. 

Liverpool were the superior team in the First Division during the 1970s and 1980s, winning the title 11 times from 1973 to 1990. The Reds had to wait 30 years before securing their next title under German manager Jurgen Klopp. 

At the start of the 1992/93 season, the league changed its name from the First Division to the Premier League, with Manchester United recording their first title in 26 years, and they would go on to dominate the new division, clinching 11 titles from 1993 to 2009 under manager Alex Ferguson. 

The Gunners also enjoyed a period of success during Manchester United's dominance, winning the Premier League in 1998, 2002, and 2004 under Arsene Wenger. 

Since then, Manchester City have been the team to beat in the Premier League, securing eight titles between 2012 and 2024, including a record four from 2021 to 2024. 

Only Chelsea could keep abreast of the Manchester teams during their dominance, winning five titles between 2005 and 2017. 

Alan Shearer has scored the most goals in the English Premier League, with 260 in 441 matches. 

Erling Haaland holds the record for most goals scored in a single season, with 36 in 35 games during the 2022/23 season. 

Below is the list of the most successful teams to have won the English Premier League title.