West Ham have just been given a reason to feel even worse about their relegation from the Premier League.
The Hammers will already feel they should not have been relegated, given the quality of the players at their disposal.
Jarrod Bowen, Mateus Fernandes and Axel Disasi could all have played for teams in European competition.
A combination of many factors, from board decisions to Graham Potter’s shortcomings, contributed to their downfall.
Now, a comparison with Tottenham’s injury record has further exposed the scale of West Ham’s disastrous 2025/26 season.
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The brutal injury stat that sums up West Ham’s relegation disaster
Even though many expected Nottingham Forest or Leeds to struggle, the relegation battle was ultimately decided between West Ham and Tottenham.
Spurs eventually survived on the final day with a 1-0 victory over Everton, despite West Ham’s win against Leeds.
Many would consider the Hammers unlucky to be relegated on 39 points, but one statistic suggests they have no excuses.
Sky Sports‘ latest report on injuries in the Premier League makes for brutal reading from West Ham’s perspective.
The Irons had the fewest injuries of any team in the Premier League this season, as the entire squad combined missed fewer than 100 matches in total.
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By comparison, Tottenham’s players missed more than 350 matches this season, the worst in the division by some distance.
For West Ham to finish below Spurs despite having approximately a quarter as many injuries is a damning indictment.
It even suggests they would have been relegated with a few games remaining, given an average number of injuries.
The only positive to take from those stats is that West Ham’s medical department must be doing something right.
Hopefully, their injury luck does not turn in their Championship campaign, as that would make promotion much less likely.
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