Which Premier League team has thrown away the most points from one season to the next?

Leeds United staved off relegation on a dramatic conclusion to their Premier League campaign on Sunday, beating Brentford to condemn Burnley to the drop.

Their final-day heroics couldn't mask a stunning decline from the Elland Road side, though (even allowing for all the second-season syndrome talk), with the West Yorkshire outfit posting 21 fewer points than in 2020/21.

It saw them slide down the table from ninth the previous campaign to 17th. However, their drop-off in points is not even the biggest fall for a Leeds side, let alone the Premier League.

Jesse Marsch's side (should we even call them that when in effect it is still Marcelo Bielsa's side?) guaranteed their Premier League survival on Sunday amid wild scenes at the Brentford Community Stadium.

Nevertheless, injuries, a love of gung-ho football and a collective loss of heads in the closing stages of the campaign resulted in Leeds needing a result on the final day to stave off a return to the Championship.

The West Yorkshire side finished the campaign on 38 points, 21 fewer than 2020/21, a decrease of 35.6%.

Despite their impressive decline, it is still nine points better off than in 1995/96, however. Targeting a title tilt off the back of a fifth place the previous season, Howard Wilkinson's side finished 30 points worse off. That included a run of 11 defeats in 16 to round off the campaign.

Biggest season on season points decreases

Keeping up the Yorkshire theme, Sheffield United and Huddersfield are another two clubs that have suffered from second-season syndrome in recent years. The Blades' measly 23 points in 2020/21 was a massive 31 points worse than their tally the previous season. Not surprisingly they were relegated.

However, the two clubs come in some