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Queens Park Rangers

Heartbreak#16610.3

London, London · England · Championship

Major cups
1
last 1967
Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
1

Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1560Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.069/7074/7579/8084/8589/9094/9599/0004/0509/1014/15

Against expectation

Every English top-flight match this club has played, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 23 seasons from 1968-69 to 2014-15 it has fallen short of them by 13.7 match points.

Queens Park Rangers: surplus against expectation, 1968-69 to 2014-151968-69: −13.4 league points vs expected (18 on 31.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −6.7 match points1973-74: +6.3 league points vs expected (43 on 36.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.2 match points1974-75: +2.9 league points vs expected (42 on 39.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.5 match points1975-76: +13.7 league points vs expected (59 on 45.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +6.8 match points1976-77: −8.5 league points vs expected (38 on 46.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.2 match points1977-78: −7.3 league points vs expected (33 on 40.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.6 match points1978-79: −10.9 league points vs expected (25 on 35.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −5.5 match points1983-84: +18.1 league points vs expected (73 on 54.9, 3 for a win) · bar height +5.3 match points1984-85: −8.5 league points vs expected (50 on 58.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.9 match points1985-86: +0.3 league points vs expected (52 on 51.7, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points1986-87: −1.0 league points vs expected (50 on 51.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.2 match points1987-88: +14.4 league points vs expected (67 on 52.6, 3 for a win) · bar height +4.8 match points1988-89: +1.1 league points vs expected (53 on 51.9, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1989-90: −4.1 league points vs expected (50 on 54.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points1990-91: −2.3 league points vs expected (46 on 48.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1991-92: +0.9 league points vs expected (54 on 53.1, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.3 match points1992-93: +5.3 league points vs expected (63 on 57.7, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.7 match points1993-94: +0.1 league points vs expected (60 on 59.9, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.1 match points1994-95: +3.0 league points vs expected (60 on 57.0, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1995-96: −12.5 league points vs expected (33 on 45.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −5.0 match points2011-12: −6.0 league points vs expected (37 on 43.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.5 match points2012-13: −13.1 league points vs expected (25 on 38.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.8 match points2014-15: −5.7 league points vs expected (30 on 35.6, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.4 match points
1968-69one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season2014-15
Best season against expectation
1983-84 +18.1 league pts
73 points on 54.9 expected as Queens Park Rangers
Worst season against expectation
1968-69 13.4 league pts
18 points on 31.4 expected as Queens Park Rangers

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1981-82 and three after; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.

London against expectation →How this is measured →

What the squad was worth

Total market value of the squad, EUR millions, by month; the player count beside it is the size of the priced squad.

How this is measured

Drawn as a step, not a curve: Transfermarkt reprices every squad in December and June (marked with a small tick on the axis) and revalues continuously between, so the line only moves when a real valuation changed, never by interpolation.

A month renders no value at all once the priced squad falls below 15 players, so a thin squad is never shown as a cheap one. The series is floored at July 2012on purpose: earlier Transfermarkt totals reflect which players happened to be priced yet rather than the squad’s real worth, and are excluded rather than shown misleadingly low.

Upstream (dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets) has been paused since July 2026, so the series ends where the source ends rather than where the season does.

Player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

What the squad was worth€26m
Queens Park Rangers: squad value by month, 2012-07 to 2024-1205410712-1314-1516-1718-1920-2122-2324-25
Peak
€99m in Feb 2013 · 34 players valued
Most recent
€26m in Dec 2024 · 17 players valued

Londonon the rankings →

The money ledger

Fees paid and received each season, and what the squad was worth once the trading is netted out.

How this is measured

Spent is the fees paid for players arriving, received the fees for players leaving, both in EUR millions by the July-to-June season of the move. A move with no fee on record (a free, a loan, an undisclosed sum) is counted, never priced: the small figure beside each total is the moves with a fee, plus those without (so 4+3 is four priced arrivals and three unpriced), and a quiet window is not mistaken for a cheap one. Wages are not here: they are estimates nobody licenses, and fees are documented.

Appreciationis the season’s change in squad value with the net spend taken out: buy 100m of players and finish 100m higher is zero; finish 120m higher and the club made 20m of players better, or the market repriced them. It needs a priced squad at both ends of the season (the same 15-player floor as the value chart), so it is blank rather than guessed for a season that lacks one.

The source has been paused since 6 July 2026, so the final row holds only the opening days of its window.

Transfer fees and player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

The money ledger−€7m
Spent
€47m
18 arrivals with a fee
Received
€40m
11 departures with a fee
Net
−€7m
140 moves with no fee
Appreciation
−€30m
12 seasons with a priced squad

Grown or bought: in 2026-27, trading €0m and appreciation . Over the last 5 seasons (2022-232026-27), trading −€9m and appreciation unpriced.

The director’s ledger: 32 arrivals graded since 2022-23, 91% EV-positive. €14m deployed for a 1.2× multiplier.

2026-27 spent received to 6 July 2026
1 moves, no fee on record
unpriced
2025-26 spent €10m received
in: Ronnie Edwards €5m
unpriced
2024-25 spent €4m received €4m
in: Nicolas Madsen €4m
unpriced
2023-24 spent received
14 moves, no fee on record
−€1m
squad gain
2022-23 spent received €1m
out: Jordy de Wijs €1m
−€6m
squad gain
2021-22 spent received
13 moves, no fee on record
+€15m
squad gain
2020-21 spent €2m received €19m
in: Lyndon Dykes €2m
+€1m
squad gain
2019-20 spent €0m received €1m
in: Liam Kelly €0m
+€12m
squad gain
Show all 15 seasons
2018-19 spent received
7 moves, no fee on record
−€4m
squad gain
2017-18 spent €0m received
in: Paul Smyth €0m
−€5m
squad gain
2016-17 spent €3m received €10m
in: Paweł Wszołek €2m
−€2m
squad gain
2015-16 spent €9m received €5m
in: Massimo Luongo €4m
−€45m
squad gain
2014-15 spent €15m received
in: Leroy Fer €10m
+€13m
squad gain
2013-14 spent €0m received
in: Coll Donaldson €0m
−€38m
squad gain
2012-13 spent €4m received
in: Junior Hoilett €4m
+€29m
squad gain

Money against football

Every priced club-season in the six leagues: points against expectation across, squad value gained beyond the net spend up. This club’s seasons are joined.

Tap or drag on the plot: the nearest club-season, its points and its money.

the frontier: no other club-season beat it on both axes · this club, season by season, the largest dot the latest

Every club’s return on the transfer window →

Greatest games

Queens Park Rangers's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play.All-time board.

#DateStageResultScore
12012-05-13Premier LeagueAL 2-3 v Manchester Citygame score 91.5
21990-04-28First DivisionAL 1-2 v Liverpoolgame score 73.6
31976-12-08UEFA Cup · Third Round · 2nd leg, agg 4-4AL 1-4 v 1. FC Kölngame score 63.7
41967-03-04League Cup · FinalNW 3-2 v West Bromwich Albiongame score 62.0
51982-05-27FA Cup · FinalNL 0-1 v Tottenham Hotspurgame score 60.9
61986-02-12League Cup · Semifinals · 1st legHW 1-0 v Liverpoolgame score 60.0
71982-04-03FA Cup · SemifinalsNW 1-0 v West Bromwich Albiongame score 59.5
81977-02-16League Cup · Semifinals · 2nd leg, agg 2-2AD 2-2 v Aston Villagame score 59.5
91990-03-14FA Cup · QuarterfinalsAL 0-1 v Liverpoolgame score 58.4
101986-03-05League Cup · Semifinals · 2nd leg, agg 3-2AD 2-2 v Liverpoolgame score 57.5

Footprint

Tiers played
L1, L2, L3
Top-flight (L1) seasons
23
Lower-tier league seasons
77
First season
1921
Most recent season
2026
RivalriesWest London Derbyvs Chelseaone-way

The Heartbreak Index10.3 · #166

The Damned · Major trophy, 1967

10.3
Heartbreak
#166
of 1,139 clubs
#88
in Football
8.1
agony · 2.2 despair
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19677.4
  • Major final appearance since 19863.7
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2015 · relegated from the top flight, 1996 · relegated from the top flight, 2013 · lost the national cup final, 1982

One formula, every club the site covers. See the whole board →

Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Levels 1 through 5 of the English pyramid. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027
Championship (2) · P5● live
7 P · 3-3-1 · 8:5 · +3
12
pts
2026
Championship (2) · P15
46 P · 16-10-20 · 61:73 · -12
58
pts
2025
Championship (2) · P15
46 P · 14-14-18 · 53:63 · -10
56
pts
2024
Championship (2) · P18
46 P · 15-11-20 · 47:58 · -11
56
pts
2023
Championship (2) · P20
46 P · 13-11-22 · 44:71 · -27
50
pts
2022
Championship (2) · P11
46 P · 19-9-18 · 60:59 · +1
66
pts
2021
Championship (2) · P9
46 P · 19-11-16 · 57:55 · +2
68
pts
2020
Championship (2) · P13
46 P · 16-10-20 · 67:76 · -9
58
pts
2019
Championship (2) · P19
46 P · 14-9-23 · 53:71 · -18
51
pts
2018
Championship (2) · P16
46 P · 15-11-20 · 58:70 · -12
56
pts
2017
Championship (2) · P18
46 P · 15-8-23 · 52:66 · -14
53
pts
2016
Championship (2) · P12
46 P · 14-18-14 · 54:54 · 0
60
pts
Show all 101 seasons
2015
Premier League (1) · P20
38 P · 8-6-24 · 42:73 · -31
30
pts
2014
Championship (2) · P4
46 P · 23-11-12 · 60:44 · +16
80
pts
2013
Premier League (1) · P20
38 P · 4-13-21 · 30:60 · -30
25
pts
2012
Premier League (1) · P17
38 P · 10-7-21 · 43:66 · -23
37
pts
2011
Championship (2) · P1
46 P · 24-16-6 · 71:32 · +39
88
pts
2010
Championship (2) · P13
46 P · 14-15-17 · 58:65 · -7
57
pts
2009
Championship (2) · P11
46 P · 15-16-15 · 42:44 · -2
61
pts
2008
Championship (2) · P14
46 P · 14-16-16 · 60:66 · -6
58
pts
2007
Championship (2) · P18
46 P · 14-11-21 · 54:68 · -14
53
pts
2006
Championship (2) · P21
46 P · 12-14-20 · 50:65 · -15
50
pts
2005
Championship (2) · P11
46 P · 17-11-18 · 54:58 · -4
62
pts
2004
Second Division (3) · P2
46 P · 22-17-7 · 80:45 · +35
83
pts
2003
Second Division (3) · P4PO
46 P · 24-11-11 · 69:45 · +24
83
pts
2002
Second Division (3) · P8
46 P · 19-14-13 · 60:49 · +11
71
pts
2001
First Division (2) · P23
46 P · 7-19-20 · 45:75 · -30
40
pts
2000
First Division (2) · P10
46 P · 16-18-12 · 62:53 · +9
66
pts
1999
First Division (2) · P20
46 P · 12-11-23 · 52:61 · -9
47
pts
1998
First Division (2) · P21
46 P · 10-19-17 · 51:63 · -12
49
pts
1997
First Division (2) · P9
46 P · 18-12-16 · 64:60 · +4
66
pts
1996
Premier League (1) · P19
38 P · 9-6-23 · 38:57 · -19
33
pts
1995
Premier League (1) · P8
42 P · 17-9-16 · 61:59 · +2
60
pts
1994
Premier League (1) · P9
42 P · 16-12-14 · 62:61 · +1
60
pts
1993
Premier League (1) · P5
42 P · 17-12-13 · 63:55 · +8
63
pts
1992
First Division (1) · P11
42 P · 12-18-12 · 48:47 · +1
54
pts
1991
First Division (1) · P12
38 P · 12-10-16 · 44:53 · -9
46
pts
1990
First Division (1) · P11
38 P · 13-11-14 · 45:44 · +1
50
pts
1989
First Division (1) · P9
38 P · 14-11-13 · 43:37 · +6
53
pts
1988
First Division (1) · P5
40 P · 19-10-11 · 48:38 · +10
67
pts
1987
First Division (1) · P16
42 P · 13-11-18 · 48:64 · -16
50
pts
1986
First Division (1) · P13
42 P · 15-7-20 · 53:64 · -11
52
pts
Lg Cup
1985
First Division (1) · P19
42 P · 13-11-18 · 53:72 · -19
50
pts
UC
1984
First Division (1) · P5
42 P · 22-7-13 · 67:37 · +30
73
pts
UC
1983
Second Division (2) · P1
42 P · 26-7-9 · 77:36 · +41
85
pts
1982
Second Division (2) · P5
42 P · 21-6-15 · 65:43 · +22
69
pts
FA
1981
Second Division (2) · P8
42 P · 15-13-14 · 56:46 · +10
43
pts
1980
Second Division (2) · P5
42 P · 18-13-11 · 75:53 · +22
49
pts
1979
First Division (1) · P20
42 P · 6-13-23 · 45:73 · -28
25
pts
1978
First Division (1) · P19
42 P · 9-15-18 · 47:64 · -17
33
pts
1977
First Division (1) · P14
42 P · 13-12-17 · 47:52 · -5
38
pts
Lg Cup SFUC
1976
First Division (1) · P2
42 P · 24-11-7 · 67:33 · +34
59
pts
UC
1975
First Division (1) · P11
42 P · 16-10-16 · 54:54 · 0
42
pts
1974
First Division (1) · P8
42 P · 13-17-12 · 56:52 · +4
43
pts
1973
Second Division (2) · P2
42 P · 24-13-5 · 81:37 · +44
61
pts
1972
Second Division (2) · P4
42 P · 20-14-8 · 57:28 · +29
54
pts
1971
Second Division (2) · P11
42 P · 16-11-15 · 58:53 · +5
43
pts
1970
Second Division (2) · P9
42 P · 17-11-14 · 66:57 · +9
45
pts
1969
First Division (1) · P22
42 P · 4-10-28 · 39:95 · -56
18
pts
1968
Second Division (2) · P2
42 P · 25-8-9 · 67:36 · +31
58
pts
1967
Third Division (3) · P1
46 P · 26-15-5 · 103:38 · +65
67
pts
Lg Cup
1966
Third Division (3) · P3
46 P · 24-9-13 · 95:65 · +30
57
pts
1965
Third Division (3) · P14
46 P · 17-12-17 · 72:80 · -8
46
pts
1964
Third Division (3) · P15
46 P · 18-9-19 · 76:78 · -2
45
pts
1963
Third Division (3) · P13
46 P · 17-11-18 · 85:76 · +9
45
pts
1962
Third Division (3) · P4
46 P · 24-11-11 · 111:73 · +38
59
pts
1961
Third Division (3) · P3
46 P · 25-10-11 · 93:60 · +33
60
pts
1960
Third Division (3) · P8
46 P · 18-13-15 · 73:54 · +19
49
pts
1959
Third Division (3) · P13
46 P · 19-8-19 · 74:77 · -3
46
pts
1958
Third Division South (3) · P10
46 P · 18-14-14 · 64:65 · -1
50
pts
1957
Third Division South (3) · P10
46 P · 18-11-17 · 61:60 · +1
47
pts
1956
Third Division South (3) · P18
46 P · 14-11-21 · 64:86 · -22
39
pts
1955
Third Division South (3) · P15
46 P · 15-14-17 · 69:75 · -6
44
pts
1954
Third Division South (3) · P18
46 P · 16-10-20 · 60:68 · -8
42
pts
1953
Third Division South (3) · P20
46 P · 12-15-19 · 61:82 · -21
39
pts
1952
Second Division (2) · P22
42 P · 11-12-19 · 52:81 · -29
34
pts
1951
Second Division (2) · P16
42 P · 15-10-17 · 71:82 · -11
40
pts
1950
Second Division (2) · P20
42 P · 11-12-19 · 40:57 · -17
34
pts
1949
Second Division (2) · P13
42 P · 14-11-17 · 44:62 · -18
39
pts
1948
Third Division South (3) · P1
42 P · 26-9-7 · 74:37 · +37
61
pts
1947
Third Division South (3) · P2
42 P · 23-11-8 · 74:40 · +34
57
pts
1940
Third Division South (3)
3 P · 0-2-1 · 4:5 · -1
-
pts
1939
Third Division South (3) · P6
42 P · 15-14-13 · 68:49 · +19
44
pts
1938
Third Division South (3) · P3
42 P · 22-9-11 · 80:47 · +33
53
pts
1937
Third Division South (3) · P9
42 P · 18-9-15 · 73:52 · +21
45
pts
1936
Third Division South (3) · P4
42 P · 22-9-11 · 84:53 · +31
53
pts
1935
Third Division South (3) · P13
42 P · 16-9-17 · 63:72 · -9
41
pts
1934
Third Division South (3) · P4
42 P · 24-6-12 · 70:51 · +19
54
pts
1933
Third Division South (3) · P16
42 P · 13-11-18 · 72:87 · -15
37
pts
1932
Third Division South (3) · P13
42 P · 15-12-15 · 79:73 · +6
42
pts
1931
Third Division South (3) · P8
42 P · 20-3-19 · 82:75 · +7
43
pts
1930
Third Division South (3) · P3
42 P · 21-9-12 · 80:68 · +12
51
pts
1929
Third Division South (3) · P6
42 P · 19-14-9 · 82:61 · +21
52
pts
1928
Third Division South (3) · P10
42 P · 17-9-16 · 72:71 · +1
43
pts
1927
Third Division South (3) · P14
42 P · 15-9-18 · 65:71 · -6
39
pts
1926
Third Division South (3) · P22
42 P · 6-9-27 · 37:84 · -47
21
pts
1925
Third Division South (3) · P19
42 P · 14-8-20 · 42:63 · -21
36
pts
1924
Third Division South (3) · P22
42 P · 11-9-22 · 37:77 · -40
31
pts
1923
Third Division South (3) · P11
42 P · 16-10-16 · 54:49 · +5
42
pts
1922
Third Division South (3) · P5
42 P · 18-13-11 · 53:44 · +9
49
pts
1921
Third Division South (3) · P3
42 P · 22-9-11 · 61:32 · +29
53
pts
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

1986
League Cup
Runner-up
1982
FA Cup
Runner-up
1967
League Cup
Won
1912
Community Shield
Runner-up
1908
Community Shield
Runner-up
European competition appearances

Most recent first. One row per entry showing the deepest round reached. A Cup Winner badge marks tournaments the club won: gold for the European Cup / Champions League, silver for every other UEFA or Intercontinental trophy.

1984-85
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
1976-77
UEFA Cup(UC)
Quarter-final