Every club in the Premier League is there on merit, but the distance between staying up and going down is smaller than the table often suggests. Since the competition was formed in 1992, a large number of clubs have experienced the drop more than once, with a handful becoming regulars in the Championship before earning their way back. The yo-yo pattern is one of English football’s most persistent stories, with odds on top-flight fixtures providing a window into just how much a single season can shape a club’s fortunes.
Some clubs carry the Premier League name into their identity, yet have spent large portions of their history outside the division. The gap between a club’s ambitions and their ability to stay in the top flight has proven difficult to close, and for several sides it has resulted in multiple relegations across the competition’s history.
With that in mind, here is a look at the clubs to have been relegated from the Premier League the most times since 1992.
Norwich City – six relegations
Norwich City hold the record for the most Premier League relegations of any club, having dropped out of the division six times since 1992. The Canaries have become the definitive example of a yo-yo club in English football, earning promotion and then failing to hold on at the top level more consistently than anyone else in the competition’s history.
Their three most recent promotions to the Premier League all ended in immediate relegation, finishing bottom in each case. Norwich were Championship winners in 2020-21 and were back in the second tier 12 months later. It is a cycle that has defined the club’s last two decades, and one that shows little sign of changing.
West Bromwich Albion – five relegations
West Bromwich Albion have been relegated from the Premier League five times, the second highest tally in the competition’s history alongside Leicester City and Burnley. West Brom were first promoted to the Premier League in 2002-03 and were relegated at the end of that same season, setting a pattern that would repeat itself across the following two decades.
A period of relative stability between 2010-11 and 2016-17 offered a glimpse of what a settled Premier League side West Brom could be, but their most recent relegation in 2020-21 extended their unwanted record. They have remained in the Championship since, suggesting the gap back to the top flight has widened.
Leicester City – five relegations
Leicester City’s place on this list sits alongside one of the Premier League era’s most unlikely achievements. The club won the title in 2015-16 at odds of 5,000/1, a result that remains one of the most remarkable in the history of English football. Yet alongside that triumph, the Foxes have now been relegated from the Premier League five times.
The 10 years since that title have told a very different story. After dropping out of the Premier League for the fifth time in 2024-25, Leicester then failed to recover in the Championship, and a 2-2 draw with Hull City in April 2026 confirmed their relegation to League One. From Champions League quarter-finals in 2016-17 to the third tier of English football a decade later, few declines in the modern game have been as steep.
Burnley – five relegations
Burnley have accumulated five Premier League relegations, with three of those coming in the five seasons between 2021-22 and 2025-26. That concentration of drops in such a short period puts their recent history in sharp focus. The club spent much of Sean Dyche’s tenure punching above their weight, surviving several consecutive seasons with a limited budget and a clear tactical identity.
Their 2023-24 relegation, having been promoted as Championship winners the previous year, came after a difficult campaign in which they were unable to adapt quickly enough to the demands of the top division. A fifth drop followed in 2025-26, cementing Burnley’s place among the most relegated clubs in Premier League history.
