What is the highest points total for a relegated team in Premier League history?

The Premier League relegation battle has been something of a damp squib in the past two seasons.

In both 2023/24 and 2024/25, the three clubs promoted from the Championship have gone straight back down without ever really looking like they would survive.

That was illustrated by the points tally needed to secure Premier League safety, with the two teams to finish 18th in the past two seasons - Luton Town and Leicester City - ending on just 26 and 25 points respectively.

What is the highest points total for a relegated side in Premier League history?

This term has been a welcome change, though, with four teams in a battle to avoid the final relegation spot.

Six points separate 15th-place Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur, in 18th, with the North London club on 30 points with six games of the season remaining.

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It means that the team who finishes 18th is set to be relegated with a relatively high points tally, but it is unlikely to top the Premier League record.

That dubious 'honour' goes to West Ham United, who went down in 2002/03 with 42 points - the highest total for a relegated side in Premier League history.

The Hammers looked certainties for relegation until a late-season surge saw them gain 22 points from their last 11 games and they went into the final day of the campaign level on points with 17th-place Bolton Wanderers.

With club legend Sir Trevor Brooking in the dugout after Glenn Roeder temporarily stepped down for health reasons, West Ham drew 2-2 with Birmingham City at St Andrews, but Bolton's 2-1 win over Middlesbrough sent them down.

Although 40 points is often cited as the number that will guarantee safety, two other teams have been relegated despite reaching that tally.

Sunderland went down with exactly 40 points in 1996/97 after a final-day defeat by Wimbledon, in what was their last season at their historic Roker Park home.

And Bolton were relegated with the same points total the following campaign, with Everton surviving on goal difference.

According to Opta, 38 points could be enough to secure safety this season, which would mean Spurs gaining another eight points from their final six games - having taken that number from the previous 15.