Arsenal are Premier League champions 2025/26: 22-year wait over, a title built on solidity
Arsenal are crowned 2025/26 Premier League champions — their first title in 22 years. 85 points, the league's best defence, a record for goals from corners: inside a title built on rock.
22 years of waiting, over. On 20 May 2026, Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at Bournemouth mathematically sealed what the whole season had been building towards: Arsenal are champions of England. It’s the Gunners’ first Premier League title since 2003/04 — the year of Arsène Wenger’s Invincibles. Mikel Arteta becomes the first Arsenal manager to lift the trophy in 22 years.
The numbers behind the title
(Facts — sources: Arsenal.com, Premier League, Sky Sports.)
- 85 points, a record of 26 wins – 7 draws – 5 losses.
- +7 points clear of Manchester City (78), the runners-up.
- 200 consecutive days top of the table across the season — the club’s longest spell at the summit in recent history.
- Ending three straight second-place finishes and a six-year wait for a major trophy.
A title won at the back
The hallmark of this title: solidity.
- Best defence in the Premier League: just 27 goals conceded.
- 19 clean sheets across the campaign.
- David Raya claims his 3rd Golden Glove.
Where rivals wobbled, Arsenal held firm. Titles aren’t won in attack alone — this one was built on foundations that almost never cracked.
The killer weapon: corners
A detail that sums up the season: 19 goals from corners, an outright Premier League record. Set-piece work, now a signature of this side, turned every corner into a genuine threat — and often into points.
A collective, not a single man
No 30-goal talisman: 18 different players scored this season. The title is the work of a squad, not a saviour. It may be the most telling number of the lot.
The recognition
Mikel Arteta was named Premier League Manager of the Season — fitting reward for a patient project. And the symbolic handover came from the legend himself: “You did it. Champions go on when others stop. This is your time.” (Arsène Wenger).
The GG take
(Opinion.) This title is no fluke. 200 days top, the country’s best defence, a corner record, 18 scorers: every indicator points to settled dominance, not a miracle season. Arsenal didn’t steal this title — they built it, brick by brick. Now to back it up and turn it into a dynasty.
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