The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete.

[1] As in most countries with low temperatures in winter, the season starts in March and ends in November.

The first Estonian Football Championship title was played out in 1921 and was won by Sport, who later went on to lift nine league titles and was the most successful Estonian football club during the country's first period of independence.

The championship was initially played as a knock-out tournament, before league format was adapted in 1929.

[3] Estonia lost its independence through Soviet occupation in World War II, after which former clubs were forced to dissolve and Estonian SSR Championship was established.

In 2020, the league became fully professional as the Estonian Football Association began financially supporting clubs that do not qualify for European spots.

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Meistriliiga since its inception in 1992.