While numerous Premier League records were broken in 2023/24, there were also some other extraordinary numbers across the campaign.
See: Which Premier League records were set in 2023/24?
Here we take a look at some of the standout statistics from this season's competition.
Goals
On the opening weekend, when Sandro Tonali made it 1-0 to Newcastle United after six minutes and Moussa Diaby levelled for Aston Villa after 11 minutes, it was the earliest into a match in Premier League history that two different players scored on their debut.
Wolverhampton Wanderers became the first team to have their first three Premier League goals of the season scored by substitutes.
Phil Foden’s opening goal against Nottingham Forest in September finished off a 46-pass move, the second-longest in the Premier League on record since 2006/07, behind Nacer Chadli’s goal for Tottenham Hotspur against QPR in August 2014, which came after 48 passes.
Matches
There were 51 shots in March’s 2-2 draw between between Chelsea and Burnley, with the Blues having 33 and Burnley registering 18. Only one Premier League match on record since 2003/04 has had more attempts at goal – QPR against Leicester City in November 2014, where there were 52 shots.
Brentford v Manchester United in March was just the third 1-1 draw in Premier League history to see both goals come in the 90th minute or later, after Arsenal v Liverpool in April 2011 and Watford v Leicester City in June 2020.
Liverpool’s possession of 82.90 per cent in April’s 3-1 win over Sheffield United was the second-highest by any team in the competition on record since 2003/04. It was only fractionally beaten by Man City's 82.95 per cent possession against Swansea City in April 2018.
Wolves’ 2-1 win against Chelsea was the first Premier League match to be played on Christmas Eve since 1995, when Leeds beat Manchester United 3-1.
Against Luton Town in March, AFC Bournemouth became the fifth team in Premier League history to win a match in which they trailed by three goals, after Leeds United (v Derby in November 1997), Wimbledon (v West Ham in September 1998), Manchester United (v Spurs in September 2001) and Wolves (v Leicester City in October 2003).
Teams
This was the first ever top-flight season where as many as four teams lost each of their first three matches, with Burnley, Luton, Everton and Sheffield United all doing so. Luton went on to become just the second team to lose their first four Premier League games ever, after Swindon Town in 1993/94.
Liverpool became the first side to have four red cards in their first seven matches of a Premier League season.
With a 1-1 draw against Burnley in December, Brighton & Hove Albion became the first Premier League team to both score and concede in 20 consecutive top-flight matches. The run ended there as they lost 2-0 at Arsenal in their next league match.
Managers
Vincent Kompany became the first Belgian to manage in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson became the first manager to string together five unbeaten Premier League visits to Old Trafford in a row, winning three and drawing the other two of those matches.
In Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Chelsea in January, Jurgen Klopp became the seventh manager to win 200 Premier League matches. He reached the milestone in 318 matches, the second-fastest manager to do so after Pep Guardiola (269).
Players
Against Wolves in January, Brighton midfielder James Milner became the outright second-highest appearance-maker in Premier League history, with 633, overtaking Ryan Giggs. He now has 634 appearances, leaving him 19 behind the record-holder Gareth Barry.
Kevin De Bruyne’s assist against Spurs in the final week of the season moved the Belgian ahead of Cesc Fabregas into outright second for the most assists in Premier League history, with 112. He is 50 away from Giggs’s record.
Taiwo Awoniyi became only the third African to score in seven consecutive Premier League appearances, after Emmanuel Adebayor and Mohamed Salah.
Son Heung-min’s hat-trick at Burnley in September made him the fifth player to score a treble in four consecutive Premier League campaigns, after Robbie Fowler (1993/94 to 1996/97), Alan Shearer (1993/94 to 1996/97), Thierry Henry (2002/03 to 2005/06) and Harry Kane (2014/15 to 2017/18).
On the same day as Son's treble in September, Evan Ferguson became the fourth 18-year-old to score a Premier League hat-trick, after Chris Bart-Williams, Fowler and Michael Owen.
Against Sheff Utd in November, Bournemouth forward Justin Kluivert became just the second player to score in each of the big five European leagues - Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and German Bundesliga - in the 21st century, after Stevan Jovetic.
In December’s 3-3 draw at Manchester City, Son became only the second player in Premier League history to score a goal and own goal in the opening 10 minutes of a match, after Gareth Barry for Aston Villa against Charlton Athletic in May 1999.
Mohamed Salah’s equaliser against Crystal Palace in December took his tally to 150 Premier League goals in 247 matches, with only four players in the competition reaching this milestone in fewer matches – Shearer (212), Sergio Aguero (217), Kane (218) and Henry (220).
Aged 17 years and 229 days against Fulham in December, Lewis Miley became the youngest player to score a Premier League goal since Federico Macheda, who was 17 years and 226 days old against Aston Villa in April 2009.
In their 4-3 win over West Ham United in March, Newcastle’s Alexander Isak became just the second player to score a penalty against two different goalkeepers in the same Premier League match, after Steven Gerrard converted against Aston Villa’s Brad Friedel and Brad Guzan in March 2009.
Cole Palmer’s treble against Manchester United in April made him the 200th different player to score a Premier League hat-trick, and Jean-Philippe Mateta then made it 201 with his goals against Aston Villa on the final day.
One day before his 22nd birthday, Palmer became only the third player in Premier League history to reach 30+ goal involvements in a single season while aged 21 or younger, with his 21 goals and nine assists. Fowler did so twice, in 1994/95 and 1995/96, and Chris Sutton did it in 1993/94.
