The last 10 Premier League winners without the 'Big Six'

The threat of a breakaway by the Premier League's 'Big Six' has already got the bookmakers compiling odds for a 2021/22 campaign stripped of Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Liverpool.

Leicester City lead the way, with Paddy Power pricing them up at 12/1 to repeat their title success of 2015/16.

However, when you ignore matches involving the big six this term, it would actually be West Ham United leading the way. And by some margin.

Here, Planet Sport looks at how the tables from the last 10 years would look, stripped of the European Super League aspirants.

2020/21

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		West Ham	21	15	4	2	39 : 18	21	49
2		Leicester	22	12	4	6	39 : 24	15	40
3		Leeds	22	13	0	9	38 : 27	11	39
4		Aston Villa	22	10	4	8	29 : 22	7	34
5		Everton	21	10	4	7	28 : 24	4	34
6		Crystal Palace	22	9	5	8	27 : 27	0	32
7		Newcastle	23	9	5	9	30 : 34	-4	32
8		Southampton	21	9	3	9	26 : 25	1	30
9		Wolves	22	8	6	8	23 : 24	-1	30
10		Brighton	22	5	11	6	25 : 25	0	26
11		Burnley	21	6	8	7	22 : 23	-1	26
12		Fulham	23	4	9	10	20 : 28	-8	21
13		West Brom	21	4	5	12	17 : 38	-21	17
14		Sheff Utd	21	3	2	16	8 : 32	-24	11

West Ham are mounting an unlikely title challenge but, stripped of the big six, they would be nearly home and hosed when it came to the title. 

Obviously, it would depend on their form against the six teams who would come into the replace the likes of Man Utd and Man City, but everything suggests the Hammers would be the team to watch if the 2021/22 campaign kicked off with the potential Super League sides.

Meanwhile, at the bottom, it is still Sheffield United, West Brom and Fulham filling the bottom three spots.

2019/20

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Leicester	26	16	5	5	57 : 20	37	53
2		Burnley	26	14	6	6	35 : 20	15	48
3		Wolves	26	12	11	3	37 : 20	17	47
4		Sheff Utd	26	11	8	7	25 : 22	3	41
5		Everton	26	12	5	9	32 : 34	-2	41
6		Southampton	26	12	4	10	38 : 39	-1	40
7		Crystal Palace	26	10	6	10	20 : 24	-4	36
8		Newcastle	26	8	10	8	29 : 32	-3	34
9		Brighton	26	6	13	7	27 : 27	0	31
10		Aston Villa	26	8	7	11	29 : 36	-7	31
11		West Ham	26	7	8	11	37 : 38	-1	29
12		Watford	26	6	7	13	25 : 36	-11	25
13		Bournemouth	26	7	4	15	28 : 43	-15	25
14		Norwich	26	4	4	18	14 : 42	-28	16

Leicester City proved the best of the rest in 2019/20, with Burnley, despite finishing tenth overall, in second.

The bottom three again remains the same. However, West Ham's improvement against lesser lights this season is highlighted, with the Hammers only picking up 29 points in their 26 games in 2019/20 compared to the 49 this campaign from five games fewer. 

2018/19

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Watford	26	13	8	5	44 : 31	13	47
2		Everton	26	12	6	8	41 : 28	13	42
3		Newcastle	26	11	9	6	31 : 22	9	42
4		Crystal Palace	26	12	5	9	37 : 28	9	41
5		West Ham	26	12	5	9	44 : 36	8	41
6		Leicester	26	12	5	9	40 : 32	8	41
7		Wolves	26	12	5	9	31 : 28	3	41
8		Bournemouth	26	11	6	9	46 : 39	7	39
9		Burnley	26	10	5	11	34 : 37	-3	35
10		Southampton	26	7	10	9	32 : 34	-2	31
11		Cardiff	26	9	4	13	25 : 36	-11	31
12		Brighton	26	8	7	11	26 : 38	-12	31
13		Fulham	26	7	5	14	27 : 47	-20	26
14		Huddersfield	26	3	6	17	18 : 40	-22	15

Watford finished 11th in the Premier League in 2018/19 with 50 points. Yet, incredibly, 47 of those were picked up against non Big Six clubs, pushing them to the top of the table.

At the bottom, Brighton survived despite having a slightly worse record against the Big Six than Cardiff.

This was also one of only four seasons out of the last ten that the Big Six have made up the actual top six in the top flight.

2017/18

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Burnley	26	13	8	5	26 : 15	11	47
2		Everton	26	13	6	7	38 : 28	10	45
3		Crystal Palace	26	10	10	6	36 : 28	8	40
4		Leicester	26	10	9	7	37 : 31	6	39
5		Bournemouth	26	9	11	6	38 : 35	3	38
6		West Ham	26	9	8	9	38 : 41	-3	35
7		Newcastle	26	9	7	10	29 : 28	1	34
8		Brighton	26	7	12	7	28 : 27	1	33
9		Watford	26	9	6	11	29 : 30	-1	33
10		Southampton	26	7	12	7	28 : 33	-5	33
11		Huddersfield	26	8	8	10	23 : 31	-8	32
12		Stoke City	26	6	10	10	28 : 32	-4	28
13		Swansea	26	6	8	12	23 : 29	-6	26
14		West Brom	26	4	9	13	22 : 35	-13	21

A seventh-placed finish in the Premier League converts to top spot in the 14-team league for Burnley. Everton push them close, while again the bottom three are the same three clubs that dropped down to the Championship.

2016/17

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Everton	26	15	6	5	48 : 21	27	51
2		Southampton	26	12	6	8	35 : 26	9	42
3		Stoke City	26	11	8	7	31 : 23	8	41
4		West Brom	26	11	7	8	37 : 30	7	40
5		West Ham	26	11	7	8	37 : 33	4	40
6		Bournemouth	26	11	6	9	42 : 36	6	39
7		Leicester	26	10	6	10	36 : 33	3	36
8		Swansea	26	11	3	12	31 : 37	-6	36
9		Burnley	26	10	5	11	31 : 36	-5	35
10		Watford	26	9	7	10	28 : 33	-5	34
11		Crystal Palace	26	9	5	12	39 : 41	-2	32
12		Hull City	26	8	6	12	31 : 48	-17	30
13		Middlesbrough	26	5	10	11	20 : 30	-10	25
14		Sunderland	26	6	4	16	23 : 42	-19	22

Everton were by some way the best of the rest as Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Man Utd made up the first six in the Premier League in 2016/17 and it is no surprise to see them comfortably top this table.

The bottom three all waved goodbye to the top flight.

2015/16

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Leicester	26	19	7	0	53 : 22	31	64
2		Southampton	26	12	7	7	37 : 24	13	43
3		Watford	26	11	7	8	32 : 29	3	40
4		Everton	26	10	9	7	50 : 35	15	39
5		Stoke City	26	11	6	9	32 : 34	-2	39
6		West Ham	26	9	10	7	42 : 36	6	37
7		Bournemouth	26	9	9	8	37 : 35	2	36
8		Crystal Palace	26	9	7	10	31 : 30	1	34
9		West Brom	26	8	8	10	21 : 28	-7	32
10		Swansea	26	8	8	10	26 : 34	-8	32
11		Sunderland	26	7	10	9	37 : 37	0	31
12		Norwich	26	8	4	14	29 : 46	-17	28
13		Newcastle	26	6	5	15	25 : 42	-17	23
14		Aston Villa	26	3	7	16	24 : 44	-20	16

They won the league with the Big Six and it would have been a procession without them with Leicester amassing 19 more points than Southampton. Maybe stripping the competition of the big guns wouldn't make the Premier league more exciting after all.

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2014/15

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Southampton	26	16	3	7	45 : 16	29	51
2		Swansea	26	12	8	6	30 : 21	9	44
3		Everton	26	11	7	8	36 : 31	5	40
4		West Ham	26	10	9	7	34 : 27	7	39
5		Stoke City	26	10	8	8	29 : 26	3	38
6		Leicester	26	10	6	10	30 : 27	3	36
7		Crystal Palace	26	9	8	9	33 : 34	-1	35
8		West Brom	26	8	9	9	28 : 31	-3	33
9		Sunderland	26	7	12	7	23 : 33	-10	33
10		Aston Villa	26	8	7	11	23 : 31	-8	31
11		Newcastle	26	7	9	10	31 : 37	-6	30
12		QPR	26	8	5	13	33 : 41	-8	29
13		Hull City	26	7	7	12	23 : 29	-6	28
14		Burnley	26	6	8	12	21 : 35	-14	26

Southampton finished seventh behind the Big Six in 2014/15, with their performances against eighth to 20th putting them well clear of the rest in our reimagined table.

Still no respite for the bottom three, with the QPR, Hull and Burnley all going down, albeit in a different order.

2013/14

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Everton	26	17	6	3	47 : 23	24	57
2		Southampton	26	14	7	5	42 : 20	22	49
3		Crystal Palace	26	12	5	9	27 : 26	1	41
4		Swansea	26	11	7	8	42 : 26	16	40
5		Stoke City	26	10	10	6	33 : 29	4	40
6		Newcastle	26	12	3	11	36 : 34	2	39
7		West Ham	26	9	6	11	29 : 26	3	33
8		Hull City	26	9	6	11	31 : 29	2	33
9		Fulham	26	9	4	13	29 : 49	-20	31
10		Sunderland	26	7	7	12	25 : 32	-7	28
11		Aston Villa	26	7	7	12	27 : 35	-8	28
12		Norwich	26	7	7	12	22 : 31	-9	28
13		West Brom	26	6	9	11	28 : 35	-7	27
14		Cardiff	26	6	8	12	19 : 42	-23	26

Everton finished fifth in the Premier League in 2013/14 so not surprisingly sit top of the table without the Big Six. 

At the bottom, West Brom, despite their poor record against clubs outside the Big Six, survived, while Fulham went down with 32 points.

2012/13

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Everton	26	13	9	4	42 : 27	15	48
2		West Ham	26	11	7	8	32 : 28	4	40
3		Swansea	26	10	9	7	41 : 34	7	39
4		Fulham	26	10	8	8	42 : 35	7	38
5		West Brom	26	11	5	10	38 : 39	-1	38
6		Aston Villa	26	9	10	7	39 : 36	3	37
7		Stoke City	26	8	11	7	27 : 26	1	35
8		Sunderland	26	8	10	8	35 : 34	1	34
9		Newcastle	26	9	7	10	31 : 32	-1	34
10		Norwich	26	7	12	7	27 : 28	-1	33
11		Wigan	26	8	8	10	42 : 42	0	32
12		Southampton	26	6	12	8	31 : 36	-5	30
13		Reading	26	6	8	12	31 : 43	-12	26
14		QPR	26	3	10	13	26 : 44	-18	19

Everton again prove the best of the rest, though there are only ten points between West Ham in second and Southampton in 12th.

Wigan joined Reading and QPR in the Championship.

2011/12

			P	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1		Newcastle	26	16	5	5	43 : 30	13	53
2		Everton	26	12	10	4	41 : 21	20	46
3		Norwich	26	11	8	7	41 : 36	5	41
4		West Brom	26	11	7	8	38 : 30	8	40
5		Fulham	26	11	6	9	38 : 31	7	39
6		Sunderland	26	9	9	8	36 : 32	4	36
7		Swansea	26	9	8	9	35 : 32	3	35
8		Aston Villa	26	6	15	5	28 : 27	1	33
9		Stoke City	26	9	6	11	28 : 39	-11	33
10		Bolton	26	9	5	12	38 : 42	-4	32
11		Wigan	26	8	8	10	33 : 39	-6	32
12		QPR	26	6	7	13	30 : 42	-12	25
13		Blackburn	26	6	6	14	35 : 46	-11	24
14		Wolves	26	5	8	13	34 : 51	-17	23

We want a European Super League cry the Newcastle fans as they look back to 2011/12. A fifth-placed Premier League finish converts to a handy seven-point advantage over Everton at the top of our 14-team table and a title that would have been celebrated long and hard on Tyneside.

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