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Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield, Sheffield · England · League One

League titles
4
last 1930
Major cups
8
last 1991
Top-2 finishes
5
Top-4 finishes
12

Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1474Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.059/6064/6569/7074/7579/8084/8589/9094/9599/00

Against expectation

Every English top-flight match this club has played, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 66 seasons from 1892-93 to 1999-00 it has fallen short of them by −1.3 match points.

Sheffield Wednesday: surplus against expectation, 1892-93 to 1999-001892-93: −2.5 league points vs expected (27 on 29.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points1893-94: +0.1 league points vs expected (26 on 25.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.1 match points1894-95: −0.0 league points vs expected (28 on 28.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.0 match points1895-96: +1.7 league points vs expected (29 on 27.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points1896-97: +3.0 league points vs expected (31 on 27.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.5 match points1897-98: +2.8 league points vs expected (33 on 30.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1898-99: −9.0 league points vs expected (24 on 33.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.5 match points1900-01: +4.7 league points vs expected (36 on 31.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.3 match points1901-02: +0.7 league points vs expected (34 on 33.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.3 match points1902-03: +5.7 league points vs expected (42 on 36.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.8 match points1903-04: +7.9 league points vs expected (47 on 39.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.0 match points1904-05: −6.7 league points vs expected (33 on 39.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.4 match points1905-06: +1.0 league points vs expected (44 on 43.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1906-07: −6.6 league points vs expected (35 on 41.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.3 match points1907-08: +1.6 league points vs expected (42 on 40.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points1908-09: −0.8 league points vs expected (40 on 40.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.4 match points1909-10: +2.0 league points vs expected (39 on 37.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.0 match points1910-11: +5.0 league points vs expected (42 on 37.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.5 match points1911-12: +1.1 league points vs expected (41 on 40.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1912-13: +5.3 league points vs expected (49 on 43.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.7 match points1913-14: −5.8 league points vs expected (34 on 39.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.9 match points1914-15: +3.3 league points vs expected (43 on 39.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.6 match points1919-20: −14.0 league points vs expected (23 on 37.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −7.0 match points1926-27: +1.6 league points vs expected (39 on 37.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points1927-28: +2.4 league points vs expected (39 on 36.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.2 match points1928-29: +6.9 league points vs expected (52 on 45.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.4 match points1929-30: +9.5 league points vs expected (60 on 50.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.8 match points1930-31: −1.4 league points vs expected (52 on 53.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points1931-32: +0.9 league points vs expected (50 on 49.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1932-33: +1.6 league points vs expected (51 on 49.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points1933-34: −4.0 league points vs expected (41 on 45.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.0 match points1934-35: +4.6 league points vs expected (49 on 44.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.3 match points1935-36: −5.3 league points vs expected (38 on 43.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.6 match points1936-37: −9.2 league points vs expected (30 on 39.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.6 match points1950-51: −2.9 league points vs expected (32 on 34.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.4 match points1952-53: −1.9 league points vs expected (35 on 36.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1953-54: −0.5 league points vs expected (36 on 36.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1954-55: −6.1 league points vs expected (26 on 32.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.1 match points1956-57: +3.7 league points vs expected (38 on 34.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.8 match points1957-58: −3.0 league points vs expected (31 on 34.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.5 match points1959-60: +10.0 league points vs expected (49 on 39.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +5.0 match points1960-61: +9.4 league points vs expected (58 on 48.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.7 match points1961-62: −3.6 league points vs expected (46 on 49.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points1962-63: +1.3 league points vs expected (48 on 46.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.6 match points1963-64: +1.1 league points vs expected (49 on 47.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1964-65: −3.2 league points vs expected (43 on 46.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.6 match points1965-66: −5.6 league points vs expected (36 on 41.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.8 match points1966-67: +1.7 league points vs expected (41 on 39.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.9 match points1967-68: −6.1 league points vs expected (34 on 40.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.0 match points1968-69: −1.5 league points vs expected (36 on 37.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points1969-70: −6.9 league points vs expected (25 on 31.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.5 match points1984-85: +7.5 league points vs expected (65 on 57.5, 3 for a win) · bar height +3.0 match points1985-86: +10.9 league points vs expected (73 on 62.0, 3 for a win) · bar height +3.6 match points1986-87: −9.3 league points vs expected (52 on 61.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.7 match points1987-88: +2.9 league points vs expected (53 on 50.1, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.6 match points1988-89: −5.1 league points vs expected (42 on 47.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.4 match points1989-90: −0.5 league points vs expected (43 on 43.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.2 match points1991-92: +19.1 league points vs expected (75 on 55.9, 3 for a win) · bar height +6.4 match points1992-93: −1.5 league points vs expected (59 on 60.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.2 match points1993-94: +2.1 league points vs expected (64 on 61.9, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1994-95: −10.4 league points vs expected (51 on 61.4, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.5 match points1995-96: −7.5 league points vs expected (40 on 47.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.7 match points1996-97: +8.6 league points vs expected (57 on 48.4, 3 for a win) · bar height +3.5 match points1997-98: −3.1 league points vs expected (44 on 47.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.5 match points1998-99: −0.6 league points vs expected (46 on 46.6, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.8 match points1999-00: −9.5 league points vs expected (31 on 40.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.7 match points
1892-93one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1999-00
Best season against expectation
1991-92 +19.1 league pts
75 points on 55.9 expected as Sheffield Wednesday
Worst season against expectation
1919-20 −14.0 league pts
23 points on 37.0 expected as Sheffield Wednesday

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.The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.

Sheffield against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Sheffield Wednesday'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
11902-04-12First DivisionAW 2-1 v Sunderlandgame score 85.2
21907-04-20FA Cup · FinalNW 2-1 v Evertongame score 79.9
31930-03-22FA Cup · SemifinalsNL 1-2 v Huddersfield Towngame score 79.3
41896-04-18FA Cup · FinalNW 2-1 v Wolverhampton Wanderersgame score 72.2
51951-04-28First DivisionAL 0-1 v Tottenham Hotspurgame score 71.8
61935-03-02FA Cup · QuarterfinalsHW 2-1 v Arsenalgame score 70.7
71905-03-25FA Cup · SemifinalsNL 0-1 v Newcastle Unitedgame score 70.4
81993-05-20FA Cup · FinalNL 1-2 v Arsenalgame score 69.3
91894-03-10FA Cup · SemifinalsNL 1-2 v Bolton Wanderersgame score 68.8
101928-04-28First DivisionAW 3-2 v Sunderlandgame score 68.3

Footprint

Tiers played
L1, L2, L3
Top-flight (L1) seasons
66
Lower-tier league seasons
58
First season
1893
Most recent season
2026
RivalriesSteel City Derbyvs Sheffield Unitedtwo-way

The Heartbreak Index22.2 · #50

The Damned · Major trophy, 1991

22.2
Heartbreak
#50
of 1,139 clubs
#16
in Football
18.8
agony · 3.4 despair
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19917.2
  • Major final appearance since 19933.5
  • League title since 19301.9
Priced pangs
  • The 18-Point Season · 2026 · 0.80 pangs
    Dead last in the Championship, 89 conceded, back to League One — the modern nadir of a four-time champion
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the second tier, 2026 · relegated from the top flight, 1990 · relegated from the top flight, 2000 · lost the national cup final, 1966

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
League One (3) · P1● live
6 P · 4-1-1 · 13:6 · +7
13
pts
2026
Championship (2) · P24↓
46 P · 2-12-32 · 29:89 · -60
0
pts
2025
Championship (2) · P12
46 P · 15-13-18 · 60:69 · -9
58
pts
2024
Championship (2) · P20
46 P · 15-8-23 · 44:68 · -24
53
pts
2023
League One (3) · P3↑
46 P · 28-12-6 · 81:37 · +44
96
pts
2022
League One (3) · P4PO
46 P · 24-13-9 · 78:50 · +28
85
pts
2021
Championship (2) · P24↓
46 P · 12-11-23 · 40:61 · -21
41
pts
2020
Championship (2) · P16
46 P · 15-11-20 · 58:66 · -8
56
pts
2019
Championship (2) · P11
46 P · 16-16-14 · 60:62 · -2
64
pts
2018
Championship (2) · P15
46 P · 14-15-17 · 59:60 · -1
57
pts
2017
Championship (2) · P4PO
46 P · 24-9-13 · 60:45 · +15
81
pts
2016
Championship (2) · P6PO
46 P · 19-17-10 · 66:45 · +21
74
pts
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2015
Championship (2) · P13
46 P · 14-18-14 · 43:49 · -6
60
pts
2014
Championship (2) · P16
46 P · 13-14-19 · 63:65 · -2
53
pts
2013
Championship (2) · P18
46 P · 16-10-20 · 53:61 · -8
58
pts
2012
League One (3) · P2↑
46 P · 28-9-9 · 81:48 · +33
93
pts
2011
League One (3) · P15
46 P · 16-10-20 · 67:67 · 0
58
pts
2010
Championship (2) · P22↓
46 P · 11-14-21 · 49:69 · -20
47
pts
2009
Championship (2) · P12
46 P · 16-13-17 · 51:58 · -7
61
pts
2008
Championship (2) · P16
46 P · 14-13-19 · 54:55 · -1
55
pts
2007
Championship (2) · P9
46 P · 20-11-15 · 70:66 · +4
71
pts
2006
Championship (2) · P19
46 P · 13-13-20 · 39:52 · -13
52
pts
2005
League One (3) · P5↑
46 P · 19-15-12 · 77:59 · +18
72
pts
2004
Second Division (3) · P16
46 P · 13-14-19 · 48:64 · -16
53
pts
2003
First Division (2) · P22↓
46 P · 10-16-20 · 56:73 · -17
46
pts
2002
First Division (2) · P20
46 P · 12-14-20 · 49:71 · -22
50
pts
Lg Cup SF
2001
First Division (2) · P17
46 P · 15-8-23 · 52:71 · -19
53
pts
2000
Premier League (1) · P19↓
38 P · 8-7-23 · 38:70 · -32
31
pts
1999
Premier League (1) · P12
38 P · 13-7-18 · 41:42 · -1
46
pts
1998
Premier League (1) · P16
38 P · 12-8-18 · 52:67 · -15
44
pts
1997
Premier League (1) · P7
38 P · 14-15-9 · 50:51 · -1
57
pts
1996
Premier League (1) · P15
38 P · 10-10-18 · 48:61 · -13
40
pts
1995
Premier League (1) · P13
42 P · 13-12-17 · 49:57 · -8
51
pts
1994
Premier League (1) · P7
42 P · 16-16-10 · 76:54 · +22
64
pts
Lg Cup SF
1993
Premier League (1) · P7
42 P · 15-14-13 · 55:51 · +4
59
pts
FALg CupUC
1992
First Division (1) · P3
42 P · 21-12-9 · 62:49 · +13
75
pts
UC
1991
Second Division (2) · P3↑
46 P · 22-16-8 · 80:51 · +29
82
pts
Lg Cup
1990
First Division (1) · P18↓
38 P · 11-10-17 · 35:51 · -16
43
pts
1989
First Division (1) · P15
38 P · 10-12-16 · 34:51 · -17
42
pts
1988
First Division (1) · P11
40 P · 15-8-17 · 52:66 · -14
53
pts
1987
First Division (1) · P13
42 P · 13-13-16 · 58:59 · -1
52
pts
1986
First Division (1) · P5
42 P · 21-10-11 · 63:54 · +9
73
pts
FA SF
1985
First Division (1) · P8
42 P · 17-14-11 · 58:45 · +13
65
pts
1984
Second Division (2) · P2↑
42 P · 26-10-6 · 72:34 · +38
88
pts
1983
Second Division (2) · P6
42 P · 16-15-11 · 60:47 · +13
63
pts
FA SF
1982
Second Division (2) · P4
42 P · 20-10-12 · 55:51 · +4
70
pts
1981
Second Division (2) · P10
42 P · 17-8-17 · 53:51 · +2
42
pts
1980
Third Division (3) · P3↑
46 P · 21-16-9 · 81:47 · +34
58
pts
1979
Third Division (3) · P14
46 P · 13-19-14 · 53:53 · 0
45
pts
1978
Third Division (3) · P14
46 P · 15-16-15 · 50:52 · -2
46
pts
1977
Third Division (3) · P8
46 P · 22-9-15 · 65:55 · +10
53
pts
1976
Third Division (3) · P20
46 P · 12-16-18 · 48:59 · -11
40
pts
1975
Second Division (2) · P22↓
42 P · 5-11-26 · 29:64 · -35
21
pts
1974
Second Division (2) · P19
42 P · 12-11-19 · 51:63 · -12
35
pts
1973
Second Division (2) · P10
42 P · 17-10-15 · 59:55 · +4
44
pts
1972
Second Division (2) · P14
42 P · 13-12-17 · 51:58 · -7
38
pts
1971
Second Division (2) · P15
42 P · 12-12-18 · 51:69 · -18
36
pts
1970
First Division (1) · P22↓
42 P · 8-9-25 · 40:71 · -31
25
pts
1969
First Division (1) · P15
42 P · 10-16-16 · 41:54 · -13
36
pts
1968
First Division (1) · P19
42 P · 11-12-19 · 51:63 · -12
34
pts
1967
First Division (1) · P11
42 P · 14-13-15 · 56:47 · +9
41
pts
1966
First Division (1) · P17
42 P · 14-8-20 · 56:66 · -10
36
pts
FA
1965
First Division (1) · P8
42 P · 16-11-15 · 57:55 · +2
43
pts
1964
First Division (1) · P6
42 P · 19-11-12 · 84:67 · +17
49
pts
ICFC
1963
First Division (1) · P6
42 P · 19-10-13 · 77:63 · +14
48
pts
ICFC
1962
First Division (1) · P6
42 P · 20-6-16 · 72:58 · +14
46
pts
ICFC
1961
First Division (1) · P2
42 P · 23-12-7 · 78:47 · +31
58
pts
ICFC
1960
First Division (1) · P5
42 P · 19-11-12 · 80:59 · +21
49
pts
FA SF
1959
Second Division (2) · P1↑
42 P · 28-6-8 · 106:48 · +58
62
pts
1958
First Division (1) · P22↓
42 P · 12-7-23 · 69:92 · -23
31
pts
1957
First Division (1) · P14
42 P · 16-6-20 · 82:88 · -6
38
pts
1956
Second Division (2) · P1↑
42 P · 21-13-8 · 101:62 · +39
55
pts
1955
First Division (1) · P22↓
42 P · 8-10-24 · 63:100 · -37
26
pts
1954
First Division (1) · P19
42 P · 15-6-21 · 70:91 · -21
36
pts
FA SF
1953
First Division (1) · P18
42 P · 12-11-19 · 62:72 · -10
35
pts
1952
Second Division (2) · P1↑
42 P · 21-11-10 · 100:66 · +34
53
pts
1951
First Division (1) · P21↓
42 P · 12-8-22 · 64:83 · -19
32
pts
1950
Second Division (2) · P2↑
42 P · 18-16-8 · 67:48 · +19
52
pts
1949
Second Division (2) · P8
42 P · 15-13-14 · 63:56 · +7
43
pts
1948
Second Division (2) · P4
42 P · 20-11-11 · 66:53 · +13
51
pts
1947
Second Division (2) · P20
42 P · 12-8-22 · 67:88 · -21
32
pts
1940
Second Division (2)↓
3 P · 1-0-2 · 3:5 · -2
-
pts
1939
Second Division (2) · P3
42 P · 21-11-10 · 88:59 · +29
53
pts
1938
Second Division (2) · P17
42 P · 14-10-18 · 49:56 · -7
38
pts
1937
First Division (1) · P22↓
42 P · 9-12-21 · 53:69 · -16
30
pts
1936
First Division (1) · P20
42 P · 13-12-17 · 63:77 · -14
38
pts
1935
First Division (1) · P3
42 P · 18-13-11 · 70:64 · +6
49
pts
FA
1934
First Division (1) · P11
42 P · 16-9-17 · 62:67 · -5
41
pts
1933
First Division (1) · P3
42 P · 21-9-12 · 80:68 · +12
51
pts
1932
First Division (1) · P3
42 P · 22-6-14 · 96:82 · +14
50
pts
1931
First Division (1) · P3
42 P · 22-8-12 · 102:75 · +27
52
pts
1930
First Division (1) · P1★
42 P · 26-8-8 · 105:57 · +48
60
pts
FA SF
1929
First Division (1) · P1★
42 P · 21-10-11 · 86:62 · +24
52
pts
1928
First Division (1) · P14
42 P · 13-13-16 · 81:78 · +3
39
pts
1927
First Division (1) · P16
42 P · 15-9-18 · 75:92 · -17
39
pts
1926
Second Division (2) · P1↑
42 P · 27-6-9 · 88:48 · +40
60
pts
1925
Second Division (2) · P14
42 P · 15-8-19 · 50:56 · -6
38
pts
1924
Second Division (2) · P8
42 P · 16-12-14 · 54:51 · +3
44
pts
1923
Second Division (2) · P8
42 P · 17-12-13 · 54:47 · +7
46
pts
1922
Second Division (2) · P10
42 P · 15-14-13 · 47:50 · -3
44
pts
1921
Second Division (2) · P10
42 P · 15-11-16 · 48:48 · 0
41
pts
1920
First Division (1) · P22↓
42 P · 7-9-26 · 28:64 · -36
23
pts
1915
First Division (1) · P7
38 P · 15-13-10 · 61:54 · +7
43
pts
1914
First Division (1) · P18
38 P · 13-8-17 · 53:70 · -17
34
pts
1913
First Division (1) · P3
38 P · 21-7-10 · 75:55 · +20
49
pts
1912
First Division (1) · P5
38 P · 16-9-13 · 69:49 · +20
41
pts
1911
First Division (1) · P6
38 P · 17-8-13 · 47:48 · -1
42
pts
1910
First Division (1) · P11
38 P · 15-9-14 · 60:63 · -3
39
pts
1909
First Division (1) · P5
38 P · 17-6-15 · 67:61 · +6
40
pts
1908
First Division (1) · P5
38 P · 19-4-15 · 73:64 · +9
42
pts
1907
First Division (1) · P13
38 P · 12-11-15 · 49:60 · -11
35
pts
FA
1906
First Division (1) · P3
38 P · 18-8-12 · 63:52 · +11
44
pts
1905
First Division (1) · P9
34 P · 14-5-15 · 61:57 · +4
33
pts
FA SF
1904
First Division (1) · P1★
34 P · 20-7-7 · 48:28 · +20
47
pts
FA SF
1903
First Division (1) · P1★
34 P · 19-4-11 · 54:36 · +18
42
pts
1902
First Division (1) · P9
34 P · 13-8-13 · 48:52 · -4
34
pts
1901
First Division (1) · P8
34 P · 13-10-11 · 52:42 · +10
36
pts
1900
Second Division (2) · P1↑
34 P · 25-4-5 · 84:22 · +62
54
pts
1899
First Division (1) · P18↓
34 P · 8-8-18 · 32:61 · -29
24
pts
1898
First Division (1) · P5
30 P · 15-3-12 · 51:42 · +9
33
pts
1897
First Division (1) · P6
30 P · 10-11-9 · 42:37 · +5
31
pts
1896
First Division (1) · P7
30 P · 12-5-13 · 44:53 · -9
29
pts
FA
1895
First Division (1) · P8
30 P · 12-4-14 · 50:55 · -5
28
pts
FA SF
1894
First Division (1) · P12
30 P · 9-8-13 · 48:57 · -9
26
pts
FA SF
1893
First Division (1) · P12
30 P · 12-3-15 · 55:65 · -10
27
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.

1993
FA Cup
Runner-up
1993
League Cup
Runner-up
1991
League Cup
Won
1966
FA Cup
Runner-up
1935
FA Cup
Won
1935
Community Shield
Won
1930
Community Shield
Runner-up
1907
FA Cup
Won
1896
FA Cup
Won
1890
FA Cup
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.

1992-93
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
1963-64
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)
Round of 16
1961-62
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)
Quarter-final