The overall Premier League table: 2021

2021 was a fun year of Premier League football.

Mohamed Salah defied logic with his goalscoring exploits at Liverpool. David Moyes defied logic by making West Ham a legitimately good football team. Norwich City defied logic by being worse than we actually thought they were going to be.

Despite all of this fun however, the calendar year Premier League tells a pretty, well, bog standard story.

Here's that story:

1. Manchester City

City are good / Craig Mercer/MB Media/GettyImages

Played: 44
Points: 110
PPG: 2.5

Won: 36
Drawn: 2
Lost: 6

Goals For: 113
Goals Against: 32
Goal Difference: +81

2. Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku, Christian Pulisic, Cesar Azpilicueta

Chelsea won the UCL / Sebastian Frej/MB Media/GettyImages

Played: 42
Points: 83
PPG: 1.98

Won: 24
Drawn: 11
Lost: 7

Goals For: 70
Goals Against: 32
Goal Difference: +38

3. Liverpool

Salah's good / Clive Brunskill/GettyImages

Played: 41
Points: 77
PPG: 1.88

Won: 23
Drawn: 8
Lost: 10

Goals For: 81
Goals Against: 38
Goal Difference: +43

4. Arsenal

Arsenal have been surprisingly good / Stephen Pond/GettyImages

Played: 41
Points: 76
PPG: 1.85

Won: 23
Drawn: 7
Lost: 11

Goals For: 71
Goals Against: 43
Goal Difference: +28

5. Man Utd

Manchester United have had an interesting year / James Gill - Danehouse/GettyImages

Played: 41
Points: 75
PPG: 1.83

Won: 21
Drawn: 12
Lost: 8

Goals For: 72
Goals Against: 47
Goal Difference: +25

6. West Ham

West Ham United are flying high / Mike Hewitt/GettyImages

Played: 41
Points: 22
PPG: 1.78

Won: 22
Drawn: 7
Lost: 12

Goals For: 73
Goals Against: 51
Goal Difference: +22

7. Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur's new manager / Paul Harding/GettyImages

Played: 40
Points: 66
PPG: 1.65

Won: 20
Drawn: 6
Lost: 14

Goals For: 64
Goals Against: 50
Goal Difference: +14

8. Leicester City

Leicester have had a Leicester year / James Williamson - AMA/GettyImages

Played: 40
Points: 62
PPG: 1.55

Won: 18
Drawn: 8
Lost: 14

Goals For: 70
Goals Against: 63
Goal Difference: +7

9. Brighton

Danny Welbeck, Adam Lallana, Steven Alzate

Brighton finished the year on a high / Sebastian Frej/MB Media/GettyImages

Played: 40
Points: 52
PPG: 1.3

Won: 12
Drawn: 16
Lost: 12

Goals For: 39
Goals Against: 39
Goal Difference: 0

10. Leeds United

Bielsa's been squatting for 12 months straight / Stu Forster/GettyImages

Played: 40
Points: 52
PPG: 1.3

Won: 14
Drawn: 10
Lost: 16

Goals For: 50
Goals Against: 60
Goal Difference: -10

11. Wolves

A middling year for Wolves / Visionhaus/GettyImages

Played: 40
Points: 49
PPG: 1.23

Won: 13
Drawn: 10
Lost: 17

Goals For: 34
Goals Against: 45
Goal Difference: -11

12. Everton

Benitez has a task on his hands at Everton / Craig Mercer/MB Media/GettyImages

Played: 40
Points: 49
PPG: 1.23

Won: 13
Drawn: 10
Lost: 17

Goals For: 42
Goals Against: 58
Goal Difference: -16

13. Aston Villa

Stevie is sorting out Aston Villa / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages

Played: 42
Points: 51
PPG: 1.21

Won: 15
Drawn: 6
Lost: 21

Goals For: 51
Goals Against: 60
Goal Difference: -9

14. Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace are improving / Sebastian Frej/MB Media/GettyImages

Played: 41
Points: 48
PPG: 1.17

Won: 12
Drawn: 12
Lost: 17

Goals For: 48
Goals Against: 64
Goal Difference: -16

15. Brentford

Not a bad start to PL life for Brentford / Chloe Knott - Danehouse/GettyImages

Played: 18
Points: 20
PPG: 1.11

Won: 5
Drawn: 5
Lost: 8

Goals For: 21
Goals Against: 25
Goal Difference: -4

16. Sheffield United

Sheffield United were relegated / Pool/GettyImages

Played: 22
Points: 21
PPG: 0.95

Won: 7
Drawn: 0
Lost: 15

Goals For: 12
Goals Against: 36
Goal Difference: -24

17. Southampton

Southampton has been poor at the back / Dan Mullan/GettyImages

Played: 41
Points: 38
PPG: 0.93

Won: 9
Drawn: 11
Lost: 21

Goals For: 42
Goals Against: 78
Goal Difference: -36

18. Burnley

Burnley look set for the drop / Clive Brunskill/GettyImages

Played: 39
Points: 34
PPG: 0.87

Won: 7
Drawn: 13
Lost: 19

Goals For: 39
Goals Against: 59
Goal Difference: -18

19. Newcastle United

Newcastle United need to sort themselves out in 2022 / Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/GettyImages

Played: 42
Points: 37
PPG: 0.88

Won: 8
Drawn: 13
Lost: 21

Goals For: 48
Goals Against: 80
Goal Difference: -32

20. West Brom

WBA were bad last season / Pool/GettyImages

Played: 22
Points: 18
PPG: 0.82

Won: 4
Drawn: 6
Lost: 12

Goals For: 24
Goals Against: 41
Goal Difference: -17

21. Watford

Watford need a miracle to stay up / Marc Atkins/GettyImages

Played: 17
Points: 13
PPG: 0.76

Won: 4
Drawn: 1
Lost: 12

Goals For: 22
Goals Against: 35
Goal Difference: -13

22. Fulham

Fulham suffered relegation in 2021 / Ryan Pierse/GettyImages

Played: 23
Points: 17
PPG: 0.74

Won: 3
Drawn: 8
Lost: 12

Goals For: 14
Goals Against: 30
Goal Difference: -16

23. Norwich City

Norwich are terrible / Ryan Pierse/GettyImages

Played: 19
Points: 17
PPG: 0.53

Won: 2
Drawn: 4
Lost: 13

Goals For: 8
Goals Against: 42
Goal Difference: -34

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