Numbers behind a year of action

A look at 2025's sporting action in numbers Records were broken and landmarks achieved in another memorable year of sporting action.

- By Tom White, PA Sport Data Journalist

Here, the Press Association looks back at the major statistical achievements of 2025.111

games for Manchester City striker Erling Haaland to reach 100 Premier League goals, a new record. He was also quickest to 50 Champions League goals, in 49 games - in both cases lowering the record by 13.

1000

City boss Pep Guardiola marked 1,000 games in management with his 716th win, 3-0 over Liverpool.

100

points for both automatic promotion winners in the Championship, Leeds and Burnley. Birmingham's 111 in League One was an English league record.

£3bn

Premier League clubs set a new spending record for the summer transfer window. Liverpool spent an initial £100m on Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz then a British-record £125m for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.

15

Arsenal winger Max Dowman became the youngest ever Champions League player, aged 15 years and 308 days.

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