Leicester City won the 2015-16 Premier League title and relegation race on 81 points, 10 points ahead of Arsenal. Newcastle United, Norwich City and Aston Villa finished in the relegation places.
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English Premier League standings, 2015-16
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Leicester City (LEI)
23
12
3
+32
81
7-3-0
D1
Arsenal (ARS)
20
11
7
+29
71
5-5-0
W1
Tottenham Hotspur (TOT)
19
13
6
+34
70
4-4-2
L2
Manchester City (MCI)
19
9
10
+30
66
4-4-2
D2
Manchester United (MUN)
19
9
10
+14
66
6-1-3
W1
Southampton (SOU)
18
9
11
+18
63
7-2-1
W4
West Ham United (WHU)
16
14
8
+14
62
4-4-2
L1
Liverpool (LIV)
16
12
10
+13
60
4-4-2
D2
Stoke City (STK)
14
9
15
-14
51
2-3-5
W1
Chelsea (CHE)
12
14
12
+6
50
2-5-3
D2
Everton (EVE)
11
14
13
+4
47
2-3-5
W1
Swansea City (SWA)
12
11
15
-10
47
5-2-3
D1
Watford (WAT)
12
9
17
-10
45
2-2-6
D1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
10
13
15
-14
43
1-4-5
D2
Crystal Palace (CRY)
11
9
18
-12
42
2-3-5
L1
AFC Bournemouth (BOU)
11
9
18
-22
42
3-1-6
L1
Sunderland (SUN)
9
12
17
-14
39
3-6-1
D1
Newcastle United (NEW)
9
10
19
-21
37
3-4-3
W1
Norwich City (NOR)
9
7
22
-28
34
3-1-6
L1
Aston Villa (AVL)
3
8
27
-49
17
0-1-9
L1
The dashed line on the chart is the relegation line: the pace of the best team in the drop zone.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 20 times.
Leicester City trailed by as many as 7 points on September 12, 2015.
Leicester City took first place for good on January 23, 2016.
Tottenham Hotspur won 6 games in a row from January 16, 2016 to February 28, 2016, the longest run of the race.
Manchester City led by 5 points as late as September 12, 2015.
Leicester City went 5-1-0 from November 6, 2015 to December 19, 2015, turning a deficit of 3 points into a lead of 5 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 61 of the 99 days played.
Four teams held first place.
Leicester City spent 149 of the season's 284 charted days in first place.