For the second time in three years, Burnley are at risk of breaking an unwanted club record.

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To huge surprise, Vincent Kompany abruptly left Turf Moor in the summer of 2024 to take over Bayern Munich having just overseen Burnley’s lowest ever points tally in a season.

The Clarets amassed just 24 points under the Belgian, just a year on from that incredible 101-point Championship title triumph.

Rather depressingly for those of a claret persuasion, it’s been another miserable season in the top flight, with Burnley yet to even match Kompany’s total.

With three games remaining, the Clarets have just 20 points to their name, putting them among some of the worst-performing sides in Premier League history.

And yet, incredibly, they’re not even bottom, with Wolves propping up the table on a measly 18 points. But the two come face to face at Turf Moor on the final day in what has been dubbed the wooden spoon game.

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Burnley's relegation was recently confirmed following a defeat to Man City (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

placeholder image — Burnley's relegation was recently confirmed following a defeat to Man City (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Prior to these two disastrous campaigns, Burnley have never picked up fewer than 30 points – even when they still suffered relegation.

They managed to amass exactly 30 points during the 2009/10 season, finishing five points adrift of safety.

The Clarets also picked up 33 in 2014/15, again finishing five points off 17th place, before finishing just three points off safety after picking up 35 points in 2021/22.

But how do the under-performing 2025/26 Clarets compare to some of the worst sides the Premier League has seen? We take a look below…