Last Time Each Premier League Club Lifted a Major Trophy – Ranked

Trophies are the great leveller. Some clubs hoard them, others snatch a day in the sun once in a blue moon, and plenty are still waiting for their big moment. In the grand theatre of English football, trophies are the currency, the dates etched into a club’s soul. Below, I rank when each current Premier League outfit most recently climbed the steps to lift a major honour.

Ground rules before we get going: we’re counting league titles, FA Cups, League Cups and UEFA competitions (yes, that includes the Europa Conference League). The Super Cup, Club World Cup and Community Shield don’t make the cut here. And for the record, Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton and Fulham are omitted — no major pots on their shelves just yet.

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16) Burnley – 2 May 1960 – First Division

Proper old-school royalty. Founders, pioneers, and champions of England in 1960 after pipping Wolves and Spurs in a tight run-in. That was the Jimmy McIlroy vintage — clever, composed, and clinical. The wait since? Generational. Turf Moor deserves another parade someday.

15) Sunderland – 5 May 1973 – FA Cup

One of English football’s sleeping giants had its fairytale at Wembley in ’73, stunning the mighty Leeds United. Ian Porterfield wrote his name into Mackem folklore with the decisive strike, and a fanbase as fervent as any has been aching for a sequel ever since.

14) Wolverhampton Wanderers – 15 March 1980 – League Cup

Wolves toppled the era’s heavyweights, beating holders and European champions Nottingham Forest 1–0 at Wembley. Andy Gray nabbed the winner past Peter Shilton on 67 minutes. Since then? Fleeting flurries, but no final-day confetti. Still, they’ve re-established themselves as top-flight stalwarts in recent years.

13) Nottingham Forest – 29 April 1990 – League Cup

A Brian Clough side doing Brian Clough things: beating Oldham in the final, Des Walker imperious and Nigel Jemson grabbing the key goal. A decade before, Forest ruled Europe; now the mission is to turn recent stability into something shinier.

12) Leeds United – 3 May 1992 – First Division

Howard Wilkinson’s rugged, relentless Leeds won the last top-flight crown before the Premier League era, finishing four points clear of Manchester United. Since then it’s been a rollercoaster of boom, bust and rebuild. With ambitious ownership, they’re forever chasing a return to those heady heights.

11) Everton – 20 May 1995 – FA Cup

Blue-blooded Merseyside pride. Paul Rideout’s header floored Manchester United in the ’95 final and sealed Everton’s last major trophy. They came close in 2009 but were edged out by Chelsea. A fanbase that turns up every week deserves another day out at the national stadium.

10) Aston Villa – 24 March 1996 – League Cup

Villa Park knows its way around silverware, and a slick 3–0 over Leeds in ’96 made it five League Cups in the cabinet, equalling Liverpool’s tally at the time. With Unai Emery steering the ship, there’s a whiff of big nights returning in B6 — continental nous and domestic momentum often ends with ribbons on handles.

9) West Ham United – 7 June 2023 – Europa Conference League

Prague, pandemonium, and a Jarrod Bowen winner that will live forever in claret-and-blue lore. Said Benrahma’s penalty was cancelled out by Giacomo Bonaventura, but Bowen struck late to end a 43-year wait for major honours. For many Irons, it was the first time they’d seen their club lift a proper trophy. Magic.

8) Manchester United – 25 May 2024 – FA Cup

After snapping their post-2017 drought with the 2023 Carabao Cup against Newcastle (Casemiro and Marcus Rashford on the scoresheet), United went back to Wembley and outfoxed City a year later. Kobbie Mainoo shone like a veteran, and Erik ten Hag briefly had the wind at his back — contract rewarded, turbulence followed. The pot still counts the same.

7) Newcastle United – 16 March 2025 – League Cup

Seventy years is a lifetime in football, and Tyneside finally got its catharsis. After falling to Manchester United in the 2023 final, the Magpies returned and beat Liverpool to end the wait. Dan Burn and Alexander Isak did the damage before Federico Chiesa’s reply. Backed by serious resources, this felt less like an ending and more like the beginning.

So who’s next? That’s the beauty of this league — hope springs eternal, and the next open-top bus is always only a hot streak away. Until then, the bragging rights belong to those who’ve already done the hard yards and lifted the thing that really matters.