We simulated it · The 5,000-1 champions

Leicester 2015/16

Champions in 16 of 400 seasons

Claudio Ranieri's 4-4-2, their most-played XI that season, through this season's Premier League (2026/27) 400 times, in the same engine as the game.

Most often

3rd

113 of 400 seasons

Average

78 pts

4th on average

Champions

16

of 400 seasons

Top four

276

of 400 seasons

Every finish

16
60
113
87
63
44
16
1
14101720
Where they finished in each of the 400 seasons. Red: most often; green: their real 2015/16 finish.

Then and now

FinishPtsScoredConceded
The real 2015/161st816836
This season, on average4th787334
  • Best of the 400: 1st, 97 points. Worst: 8th, 60 points.
  • Top scorer: Jamie Vardy, 21.9 a season on average.
  • When they didn't win it, Arsenal usually did: 171 titles in the 400.

The side

Claudio Ranieri, 4-4-2. The XI that played most that season, position by position.

VardyOkazaki
MahrezAlbrightonDrinkwaterKanté
MorganSimpsonHuthFuchs
Schmeichel

Could your XI do better?

Four quick quiz games earn a budget. Sign a manager and eleven, any Premier League season since 2010. Then they play this season, the same league as Leicester 2015/16 did here.

Play Best XI

A simulation, not a prediction: the real 2015/16 figures are the club's own; everything else is the game's engine, played 400 times.