Burton Albion's complete Football League record — 17 seasons. Click any column heading to sort; click again to reverse the order. The sorted column is highlighted in club colours. See also: League Records for all clubs.
GD = Goal Difference (used from 1976/77). GA = Goal Average (used until 1975/76). Dimmed values indicate the method not in use for that season. For Football League divisions 2–4 from 1992/93 to 1998/99, Goals Scored was the tiebreaker — both GD and GA are dimmed for those seasons.
| Oldest season first | Home | Away | Total | GD / GA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Season▲ | Division | Pos⇅ | Pld⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | Pts⇅ | GD⇅ | GA⇅ |
| 1 | 2009/10 | League Two | 13 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 71 | 71 | 62 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2 | 2010/11 | League Two | 19 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 56 | 70 | 51 | -14 | 0.800 |
| 3 | 2011/12 | League Two | 17 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 49 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 81 | 54 | -27 | 0.666 |
| 4 | 2012/13 | League Two | 4 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 65 | 76 | 6 | 1.092 |
| 5 | 2013/14 | League Two | 6 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 42 | 72 | 5 | 1.119 |
| 6 | 2014/15 | League Two | 1 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 39 | 94 | 30 | 1.769 |
| 7 | 2015/16 | League One | 2 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 37 | 85 | 20 | 1.540 |
| 8 | 2016/17 | Championship | 20 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 49 | 63 | 52 | -14 | 0.777 |
| 9 | 2017/18 | Championship | 23 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 81 | 41 | -43 | 0.469 |
| 10 | 2018/19 | League One | 9 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 57 | 63 | 9 | 1.157 |
| 11 | 2019/20 | League One | 12 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 12 | 2020/21 | League One | 16 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 73 | 57 | -12 | 0.835 |
| 13 | 2021/22 | League One | 16 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 53 | -16 | 0.761 |
| 14 | 2022/23 | League One | 15 | 46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 57 | 79 | 56 | -22 | 0.721 |
| 15 | 2023/24 | League One | 20 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 67 | 46 | -28 | 0.582 |
| 16 | 2024/25 | League One | 20 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 66 | 47 | -17 | 0.742 |
| 17 | 2025/26 | League One | 17 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 60 | 54 | -10 | 0.833 |
| 17 seasons: | Career totals | 771 | 161 | 95 | 129 | 514 | 477 | 108 | 109 | 169 | 421 | 591 | 269 | 204 | 298 | 935 | 1068 | 1011†| ||||
†Career points total is approximate — the points system changed from 2 pts/win to 3 pts/win in 1981/82.