The top tier of football in South Africa was renamed the Premier Soccer League, for the start of the 1996-97 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Premier Division since that date.
- Most titles: 14
- Most consecutive title wins: 7
- Biggest title winning margin (34 games): 8 points
- Biggest title winning margin (30 games): 16 points
- Smallest title winning margin: 0 points and +5 goal difference — (1998-99)
- Most wins in a season (34 games): 23
- Most wins in a season (30 games): 22
- Most wins in total: 384
- Most draws in a season (34 games): 16 draws
- Most draws in a season (30 games): 20 draws
- Most draws in total: 239
- Most home draws in a season (34 games):
- Most home draws in a season (30 games):
- Most away draws in a season (34 games):
- Most away draws in a season (30 games):
- Fewest draws in a season: 3 draws
- Fewest home draws in a season:
- Fewest away draws in a season:
- Most consecutive draws in a season:
- Most losses in a season (34 games): 28
- Fewest losses in a season (30 games): 1
- Most losses in total: 184
- Highest attendance: 92,515[6]
- Most goals in a season: 73
- Fewest goals in a season: 22
- Most goals conceded in a season: 85
- Fewest goals conceded in a season: 11
- Best goal difference in a season: +44
- Worst goal difference in a season: -63
- Most goals by relegated team:
- Most goals in total: 753
- Most goals conceded: 771
- Largest goal deficit overcome to win:
- Largest goal deficit overcome to draw:
- Most points in a season: 73
- Fewest points in a season: 10
- Fewest away points in a season: 0
- Fewest points surviving relegation:
- Surviving promoted clubs:
- Relegated promoted clubs:
- Promoted but never relegated:
- Biggest rise in position:
- Biggest fall in position:
- Lowest finish by defending champions:
- Most Premier Soccer League Medals: 11
- Denis Onyango[8] – Premier Soccer League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023-24[9]
Appearances and goals
[edit]- Most Premier Soccer League appearances: 316
- Most Premier Soccer League appearances for one club: 316
- Oldest player: 46 years
- Youngest player: 15 years, 174 days
- Most Premier Soccer League goals: 111
- Most Premier Soccer League goals for one club: 106
- Oldest Premier Soccer League goalscorer: 39 years 10 months and 17 days
- Youngest Premier Soccer League goalscorer: 16 years 7 months and 9 days
- Youngest goalscorer: 15 years, 174 days
- Most consecutive Premier Soccer League matches scored in: 7
- Most consecutive Premier Soccer League seasons scored in: 9
- Most goals in a season: 25
- Most goals in a calendar year: 35
- Most hat tricks in Premier Soccer League: 6
- Most hat tricks in a season: 3
- Most consecutive hat tricks in a season: 2
- Most goals in a match: 5
- Fastest hat trick: A space of 4 minutes (between '20 and '24)
- Most goals in a debut season: 22
- Wilfred Mugeyi for Bush Bucks (1996–1997)
- Fastest goal: 9 seconds
- Most consecutive seasons to score at least 15 goals: 4
- Most consecutive seasons to score at least 10 goals: 3
- Most clubs to score for: 7
- Longest range goal: 80 metres
- Most clean sheet in a PSL season 18