942 - The final goal tally was the second lowest in Premier League history.
14 - Manchester United set a new Premier League record of 14 consecutive clean sheets between November 2008 and February 2009.
167 - There have been 167 headed goals scored this season.
22 - Liverpool have recouped the most points from losing positions this season.
23 - Sunderland dropped the most points from winning positions this season.
31 - There were just 31 goals scored at White Hart Lane - fewer than at any other stadium.
59 - The Hawthorns saw more goals than any other this season.
117 - Kevin Davies conceded the most fouls this season. He has topped this ranking in five of the last six Premier League seasons.
5 - Danny Murphy has scored five Premier League goals this season - all penalties.
37 - Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 37 goals in his last 33 Premier League games at Old Trafford.
100 - Kanu made his 100th appearance as a substitute in the Premier League when he came off the bench away at Blackburn on 9th May, becoming the first player to reach this landmark.
100 - Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard and Emile Heskey all netted their 100th Premier League goals this season. A total of 16 players have now reached this landmark.
11 - Chelsea set a new Premier league record of 11 consecutive away wins between April and December 2008.
248 - Chelsea fired in the most shots on target this season.
566 - Hull committed the most fouls in the Premier League.
73 & 5 - Stoke City picked up the most cards - 73 yellow and five red.
24 - Manchester United kept the most clean sheets.
50 - The champions also had the best home record, picking up 50 points.
44 - Chelsea had the best away record, winning 44 points.
57 - Frank Lampard had more shots on target than any other player.
10 - Frank Lampard and Robin van Persie were joint-top of the assists ranking.
167 - Lee Cattermole made 167 tackles during the season - a league high.
14 - Marouane Fellaini picked up the most yellow cards in the top flight.
7 - Seven Premier League players were sent off twice in this season's Premier League.
80% - Mark Schwarzer of Fulham was the league's best shot-stopper, saving four of every five shots on target faced.
149 - Bolton's Jussi Jaaskelainen made more saves than any other goalkeeper.
6-0 - Man City's win over Portsmouth at home was the season's biggest winning margin.
7 - Peter Crouch scored more headed goals than any other player.
18% - Headed goals scored of all strikes this season.
1 - Middlesbrough scored fewer headed goals than any other team.
7 - Bolton conceded more headed goals than any other side.
19% - Arsenal goals conceded from outside the box - the highest proportion in the top flight.
20 - Hull took 20 points from their opening nine games but just 15 from their last 29 matches.
22% - Bolton scored the highest percentage of goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches.
36% - Middlesbrough scored the highest percentage of goals in the final 15 minutes of games in the Premier League.
10 - Hull scored the most goals from corners in the Premier League.
9 - Newcastle gave away a league high of nine penalties in 2008-09.
8 - The Magpies also had eight red cards shown to their players - a division high.
34 - Manchester City have used more players than any other team in the Premier League this season.
21 - Aston Villa have called upon the least amount of players in the league this season.
7 - Blackburn won a joint-high seven penalties along with Man City.
3 - Blackburn missed three penalties - more than any other team.
10 - Bolton scored 10 goals from free-kicks - the most in the Premier League.
51% - Hull scored the highest percentage of their goals from set plays.
20% - Spurs scored the lowest percentage of goals from set pieces.
12 - Hull conceded 12 goals from corners - a league high.
38% - Everton conceded the highest proportion of goals from set plays in the top division.
21% - Fulham conceded the lowest percentage of goals from set plays in the Premier League.
11.5% - Around one in every nine goals scored was netted by a substitute.
9 - Spurs, Manchester United and Liverpool all had nine goals netted by subs - a joint-league high.
61 - Aston Villa used the fewest substitutes throughout the campaign.
109 - Hull, Stoke and Liverpool made the most substitutions.
6 - Cristiano Ronaldo scored six goals from outside the box - more than any other player.
26 - Premier League champions Manchester United have used the most number of players as substitutes.
4 - Bolton have had more players featuring in every game of the season than any other side.
3 - Liverpool have the most players who have accrued 10 or more goals this season.
5 - Newcastle used the most penalty takers.
5 - Sunderland only had five players who netted more than once this season.
7 -Liverpool had more opponents sent off than any other side in the top flight.
29 - The opposition hit the woodwork more often against relegation survivors Hull City than any other team.
345 - English players scored 345 goals in 2008-09, accounting for just 37 per cent of goals.
15% - Aston Villa were the league's most clinical teams scoring with 15 per cent of their shots.
8% - Wigan had the worst conversion rate in the top flight.
81% - Chelsea were the most accurate passers in the league this term.
337 - Stoke took the most long throw-ins this season.
267 - Rory Delap took 189 more long throws than any other player this season.
9 - Stoke scored the most goals from throw-in situations this season.
33% - One third of all goals scored this season came from set plays.
8 - Eight different Liverpool players scored with shots from outside the box this season.
0 - Liverpool were the only team not to suffer a home defeat in the Premier League this season.
13 - Spurs picked up the most points in London derbies this season.
8 - West Ham picked up the fewest in all-capital clashes.
30 - Liverpool garnered 30 points against their North West rivals.
1 - Bolton won just one match against another team from the North West this season.
8 - Sunderland took the most points in North East derbies this season.
77 - Liverpool were the league's top scorers with 77 goals.
83 - Shaun Wright-Phillips made more successful dribbles than anyone else this term.
4 - Anton Ferdinand and Hermann Hreidarsson both received four yellow cards for dissent, more than any other players in the year the FA's &lsquoRespect' campaign was launched.
10 - Stoke have collected only 10 of their 45 points on the road this season.
5 - Aston Villa have benefited from five own goals this season - more than any other team in the division.
6 - Jamie Carragher and Richard Dunne now hold the Premier League record for own goals with six apiece.
6 - Middlesbrough scored six own goals - more than any other team.
24 - Gareth Bale has now played 24 league games for Spurs and never been on the winning side.
86 - Liverpool's total of 86 points is their best haul in Premier League history.
2 - Liverpool became the first team in top-flight history to lose only two games and not win the title.
63 - Spurs have not won away at any of the big four since August 1993 - a run of 63 games.
86 - Liverpool's tally of 86 points is the highest of any team not winning the league in a 38-game Premier League season.
10 - Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka (pictured) collected the Golden Boot award after scoring 19 Premier League goals this season. It is 10 seasons (1998-99) since the Premier League top scorer last ended the campaign with fewer than 20 goals.
82 - Stewart Downing had more shots (including blocked attempts) than any other player who did not score.
110 - Liverpool allowed their opponents fewer shots on target than any other team.
141 - Arsenal caught more opponents offside than any other team.
141 - Hull were flagged offside more than any other team this season.
61 - Djibril Cisse was caught offside more than any other player.
6 - Six players scored hat-tricks this season.
4 - Andrei Arshavin was the first player to score four goals in a Premier League match and not end on the winning side.
13 - Mike Dean awarded more penalties than any other referee.
8 - Dean also sent off more players than any other official.
63 - There were 63 red cards shown this season.
13.5 - Mark Halsey was the league's most lenient official, showing a card on average for every 13.5 fouls.
5.8 - Rob Styles was the strictest referee dishing out a card for every 5.8 fouls committed.
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