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The numbers behind Leicester's remarkable Premier League title run

Reuters

Leicester City's ascent from the bottom of the Premier League table to the top in the span of a year is hardly conceivable, but there the players were in Jamie Vardy's living room, celebrating a title no one had in the cards.

Here are the numbers that encapsulate just how unlikely of a season this has been:

1 - Andy King is the only player to win League One, Championship, and Premier League titles with the same club

6 - Leicester is the Premier League's sixth champion

8 - Claudio Ranieri is the eighth different manager to win the Premier League

Ranieri joins an exclusive group of champions, with Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish, Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini, and Manuel Pellegrini as the only other managers to claim a Premier League trophy.

8 - Years since Leicester suffered relegation to the third tier of English football

A 0-0 draw with Stoke City on May 8, 2008, condemned Leicester to League One, the first time it had fallen that low in the English football ladder.

11 - Leicester has won the most penalties among Premier League teams

14 - Number of Leicester wins by a one-goal margin

The Foxes also recorded five straight clean sheets between March and April to put the title within reach.

30 - Claudio Ranieri wins his first top-division title after 30 years of management

+30 - Leicester has the worst goal differential of any Premier League champion

(Courtesy: Telegraph Football)

132 - Leicester wins its first top-flight crown in 132 years of existence

Leicester won the English second tier on seven different occasions and claimed the League Cup three times, but never before had the club prevailed in the top flight.

133 - Number of days Leicester has spent at the top of the standings

Leicester took the Premier League lead on Jan. 23 courtesy of a 3-0 win over Stoke, and it never looked back.

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