Premier League season 2025-2026 is here and arguably the biggest offseason reveals every July and August are the plethora of new kits that each club releases.
Long gone are the days when the jerseys would last for a couple of seasons (or more) with the clubs realising how much money they could make launching home, away and alternate kits every year.
We have been heading down this road for a while, but it’s fair to say that the kit makers are really starting to struggle with the volume of jerseys they have to produce year on year.
The Premier League’s 2025-2026 offerings as a whole can be best described as fine but unspectacular with all sorts of marketing buzzwords explaining why the colour of the stripes of the third shirt is half a shade brighter than normal, something that the average punter would have probably missed (and will forget five seconds after reading it).
It’s not all doom and gloom though, there are some horrifically atrocious and absolutely phenomenal strips on the cards, especially in the away jerseys.
Anyway, as we do every season we have gone through every officially released kit to date and ranked the combined club offerings from worst to first.
Winning this is a far more prestigious honour than the Europa League, Conference League or Carabao Cup.
If you want to go back through the long and storied six year history of the Neds kit rankings, find our archives here: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
20 – Brentford
Brentford got plenty of points in these rankings last season for recycling their 2023-2024 home jersey and that would have been a much better strategy than this one.
Is the black strip at the top of the rib cage meant to look like a zip?
But that’s not their worst kit, an honour reserved for their brown and gold away strip which apparently celebrates their connection to the bees and nature…
As for the third kit, it’s the best of the bunch and the central badge works, but it’s clearing a low bar.
19 – Wolves
Wolves are always incredibly cagey with their kit releases, usually leaving it late and if anything does come out early, the photos are of a pretty poor quality.
Apparently their home kit has a subtle background print paying homage the Molineaux Pleasure Grounds which is the public park where their stadium was built… not that there’s been a lot of pleasure for Wolves over the last few years.
Anyway, it’s so subtle you can’t really see it in these photos so good job marketing team.
The turquoise away strip offers up more marketing buzz around the patterns of Molineaux again and it’s fine, but nothing overly spectacular.
Will it look good when they’re conceding six at Anfield in it?
Oh and they just released this “Brazilian inspired” third kit because apparently they don’t want to be known as the Portuguese club anymore?
Whatever works for them I guess.
18 – Bournemouth
If Disney let us use Simpsons gifs in these posts, this would be the perfect time for a Homer “BORING” clip.
We have more of the same from the home shirt, red and black stripes are fine and there’s a few little bits and pieces on it to try and make it unique, if you look that closely.
But where they really lose points is for this generic and bland copy-paste effort on the away jersey.
Same design, just change the red to blue.
That’s all they could come up with?
17 – West Ham
Here we have the worst home kit in the Premier League this season.
For a club that loves to speak about their claret and blue colour scheme, they kind of forgot the blue.
It should be impossible to dislike something this bland so much but here we are.
Their away strip is a solid 90’s throwback (a common theme this season) and it is firmly middle of the pack overall.
But they have saved their best for last with this superb third kit with the gold trim on the navy blue strip.
16 – Newcastle
Do you remember how in the days of analogue TV with the rabbit ears antennas your picture would sometimes get all fuzzy?
That’s pretty much what Newcastle have done with the black and white stripes on their home jersey for this year.
The marketers claim it’s inspired by a shepherd’s plaid, but that feels like a bigger stretch than claiming all is well between Isak and club management right now.
After spending the last couple of seasons wearing a Saudi Arabian inspired away kit, they have stuck with that theme, honouring their ownership with this effort.
As for the third kit, some are big misses but some are solid hits and this falls into the latter category.
15 – Leeds
If we were grading solely the home kits, Leeds would be top five with this strong and traditional effort.
Admittedly it is probably helped by the fact we didn’t see them in the top flight last year but either way, it’s a great strip.
The away kit will bring up plenty of nostalgic memories for the Aussie supporters, bringing back the glory days when Kewell and Viduka were tearing it up in a similarly designed away jersey.
But boy are they let down by this horrendous third kit that looks like something you would come up with late at night on Ultimate Team in the video game formerly known as FIFA having downed too many energy drinks.
14 – Manchester City
City’s offerings for season 2025/2026 is a range of highs and lows, starting with this home jersey that might be more effective promoting road safety than footballers.
But their score is salvaged by this phenomenal throwback to their original kit with a black base and silver trim.
It’s up there as one of the best away jerseys but it’s not enough to have them ranked any higher.
13 – Crystal Palace
Upon further review, some of these rankings seem a bit harsh, and Palace is the first one that maybe should be higher.
But I just can’t get fully on board with the white trim on this shirt, it just seems to be a bit much.
Where I am completely with Palace though is this gold away jersey allegedly inspired by their FA Cup triumph.
It was probably in the works before their first Cup game back in January but who cares, it looks awesome and the branding for it is excellent.
12 – Brighton and Hove Albion
Most of these mid table teams are graded out along similar lines with a solid if unspectacular home shirt and Brighton’s is definitely unspectacular.
It’s on brand but it just doesn’t stand out.
But their away one is a strong effort and definitely one the fans should be flocking to buy.
Internet rumours suggest that their third kit will be their 2024/2025 yellow away jersey which if true would have had them ranked much higher.
11 – Aston Villa
The best thing about Villa’s home kit is the trim around the sleeve cuffs but is that really enough to vault them up the rankings?
Of course not, don’t be silly.
It looks nice but it’s not exactly the biggest selling point.
As for the away kit it is right up there in terms of jerseys and one that in 20 or so years they might be re-releasing a version of.
Probably for about $300 by that time but that’s neither here nor there.
10 – Everton
A lot of the fluff around these new kits feels incredibly forced every year but you have to like what the Toffees and Castore have come up with for the home jersey.
Given they are playing their first season in their shiny new stadium down by the docks, of course there was going to be a water motif.
Didn’t expect to like it as much as I do but here we are… granted they might need more than just a snazzy jersey to avoid a relegation fight.
A hat tip for FourFourTwo for pointing out that their stadium is also near a sewerage works so that could also reflect their results this season and also provide inspiration for a brown away or third shirt down the line.
The away one might be paying tribute to dock workers (and road workers) with this high-vis design.
9 – Fulham
Despite going for very different approaches for their home and away kits, Fulham’s primary two jerseys have landed with about the same score.
The home one is a classic white look that is moderately let down by the shoulder pad style stripes while the away is a very different look than you would normally get.
Fluro green is certainly a choice and not the worst one in this instance.
As for the third kit, by now you would know that an all black with a bold trim is always going to be a winner and this effort helps vault the Cottagers into the top ten.
Even if it doesn’t reflect their final position after 38 games.
8 – Manchester United
There really isn’t a lot to fault with this Theatre of Dreams inspired design but the black stripe from the collar down to the waistline does kind of make it look like they copied an old Arsenal Adidas template.
Adidas has produced some decent United kits since the two came back together and this one is certainly up there.
However the away jersey is also a strong effort that leans heavily into the nostalgia angle with a while and light blue (but definitely not sky blue) design.
It’s not their best away strip but it’s definitely a solid entry.
Finally we have their third jersey which is without a doubt the best of the bunch.
Again it looks like a 1990’s kit but after the season Ruben Amorim and company had, nostalgia is probably the best thing to lean into.
You know, back when they were winning things and not battling relegation?
7 – Tottenham
Spoiler alert, this might be the highest we see Tottenham ranked at any point this Premier League season.
The home jersey is more of the same, yet again serving as a reminder that there are only so many ways to dress up a traditional colour scheme.
But the good news for Spurs fans is that they look like they are going back to their traditional ways under Thomas Frank after Ange Postecoglou took them into the unfamiliar territory of actually winning something.
Truth be told the all white look they will sport in the Champions League this season is pretty damn good.
But the real reason why they have made it up this high is because of their superb away strip.
It might be minimalist but boy does it look good in the promotional materials.
Really looking forward to seeing Son light it up in this… oh this is awkward.
6 – Sunderland
Sunderland are probably going to finish stone dead last in the Premier League this season but they’ll look decent while doing so.
The long sleeved version of the home jersey is better than the short sleeved one but it’s a strong entry for their (probably) lone Premier League campaign before they get relegated again.
But this blue away jersey might be the best away one in the Premier League with the blue checkerboard pattern.
Apparently there is a poem stitched into the back of the jersey but are you really buying these kits to read lengthy prose?
5 – Burnley
Burnley have shown West Ham how to do a claret and blue kit that minimises the blue part of it.
The subtle pattern on the jersey pops and the crest completes the look.
Admittedly the marketing spiel on this away kit really helps sell it with the pattern on this blue and white effort being created by soundwaves of the fans chanting at Turf Moor.
I wonder what it will look like when the opposing fans are the only vocal ones singing “you’re going down” in mid-February?
Then they have put out this third jersey which completes a solid trio for the newly promoted side.
4 – Chelsea
You have to give Chelsea and Nike some credit on this one, they have gone a bit weird with their last couple of home jerseys with varying results.
At times it looked phenomenal and other times you wondered if it was a glorified training shirt.
Now they are pivoting back to a “traditional” style with the normal Chelsea badge as opposed to the shiny one and a fairly bland pattern.
We’ve also seen their away one in the Club World Cup and the off white base with the green and red pinstripes and it’s already paying dividends.
3 – Arsenal
It was so tempting to fudge the numbers and put Arsenal in second but those jokes will be coming thick and fast this season.
Overall the Gunners have combined with Adidas to produce three really good kits, but the biggest mark against them is that the home and away look like ones we have seen pretty recently.
The subtle A in the home jersey looks like the waves we saw on the 2020-2021 home shirt and the 2023-2024 jersey.
There’s nothing wrong with it, but it’s more of the same.
Which is also the mark against their away jersey goes with the two-tone blue, psychedelic lightning bolt motif in previous away kits which at worst is a slightly brighter version of one from two or three years ago.
But the Gunners white third kit might be the best single jersey from any Premier League club all season.
It’s simple, it’s clean and one that is going to look really good as they find a way to blow another Premier League title charge.
2 – Nottingham Forest
Apparently this season is Forest’s 160th anniversary and this kit is supposed to symbolise the club’s history and capture its DNA.
Whatever their intention was, they have nailed it with these pinstripes and collar.
Meanwhile their off-white away kit is another excellent effort and helps vault Forest a long way up these rankings.
1 – Liverpool
Every non-Liverpool fan would love to hate the Reds kits this season as they return into the Adidas staple but you just can’t.
The red and white combination pops and you know on those European nights at Anfield it is going to look even better.
Will it be enough to lift them to another Premier League title?
Maybe not on its own but their away jersey is enough to earn them the 2025-2026 Neds kit rankings title.
It’s giving mid-2000’s Steven Gerrard vibes.