List of EFL Championship seasons
# List of EFL Championship seasons

This article lists seasons played in the second tier of English football from 1992–93, when the old Football League First Division was replaced by the Premier League as the top-level. Football League Division One was renamed the Football League Championship from 2004–05.

## Seasons

| Season | Champions | Champions | Runners-up | Runners-up | Play-off winners | Relegated to League One | Relegated from Premier League | Promoted from League One | Top goal scorers | Top goal scorers |
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| Season | Club | Pts | Club | Pts | Club | Relegated to League One | Relegated from Premier League | Promoted from League One | Player | Goals |
| 1992–93 | Newcastle United | 96 | West Ham United | 88 | Swindon Town | Brentford Cambridge United Bristol Rovers | Crystal Palace Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest | Stoke City Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion | Guy Whittingham (Portsmouth) | 42 |
| 1993–94 | Crystal Palace | 90 | Nottingham Forest | 83 | Leicester City | Birmingham City Oxford United Peterborough United | Sheffield United Oldham Athletic Swindon Town | Reading Port Vale Burnley | John McGinlay (Bolton Wanderers) | 25 |
| 1994–95 | Middlesbrough | 82 | Reading | 78 | Bolton Wanderers | Swindon Town Burnley Bristol City Notts County | Crystal Palace Norwich City Leicester City Ipswich Town | Birmingham City Huddersfield Town | John Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers) | 24 |
| 1995–96 | Sunderland | 83 | Derby County | 79 | Leicester City | Millwall Watford Luton Town | Manchester City Queens Park Rangers Bolton Wanderers | Swindon Town Oxford United Bradford City | John Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers) | 27 |
| 1996–97 | Bolton Wanderers | 98 | Barnsley | 80 | Crystal Palace | Grimsby Town Oldham Athletic Southend United | Sunderland Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest | Bury Stockport County Crewe Alexandra | John McGinlay (Bolton Wanderers) | 27 |
| 1997–98 | Nottingham Forest | 94 | Middlesbrough | 91 | Charlton Athletic | Manchester City Stoke City Reading | Bolton Wanderers Barnsley Crystal Palace | Watford Bristol City Grimsby Town | Pierre van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest) Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) | 29 |
| 1998–99 | Sunderland | 105 | Bradford City | 87 | Watford | Bury Oxford United Bristol City | Charlton Athletic Blackburn Rovers Nottingham Forest | Fulham Walsall Manchester City | Lee Hughes (West Bromwich Albion) | 31 |
| 1999–2000 | Charlton Athletic | 91 | Manchester City | 89 | Ipswich Town | Walsall Port Vale Swindon Town | Wimbledon Sheffield Wednesday Watford | Preston North End Burnley Gillingham | Andy Hunt (Charlton Athletic) | 24 |
| 2000–01 | Fulham | 101 | Blackburn Rovers | 91 | Bolton Wanderers | Huddersfield Town Queens Park Rangers Tranmere Rovers | Manchester City Coventry City Bradford City | Millwall Rotherham United Walsall | Louis Saha (Fulham) | 27 |
| 2001–02 | Manchester City | 99 | West Bromwich Albion | 89 | Birmingham City | Crewe Alexandra Barnsley Stockport County | Ipswich Town Derby County Leicester City | Brighton & Hove Albion Reading Stoke City | Shaun Goater (Manchester City) | 28 |
| 2002–03 | Portsmouth | 98 | Leicester City | 92 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Sheffield Wednesday Brighton & Hove Albion Grimsby Town | West Ham United West Bromwich Albion Sunderland | Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra Cardiff City | Svetoslav Todorov (Portsmouth) | 26 |
| 2003–04 | Norwich City | 94 | West Bromwich Albion | 86 | Crystal Palace | Walsall Bradford City Wimbledon | Leicester City Leeds United Wolves | Plymouth Argyle Queens Park Rangers Brighton & Hove Albion | Andrew Johnson (Crystal Palace) | 27 |
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| 2004–05 | Sunderland | 94 | Wigan Athletic | 87 | West Ham United | Gillingham Nottingham Forest Rotherham United | Crystal Palace Norwich City Southampton | Luton Town Hull City Sheffield Wednesday | Nathan Ellington (Wigan Athletic) | 24 |
| 2005–06 | Reading | 106 | Sheffield United | 90 | Watford | Crewe Alexandra Millwall Brighton & Hove Albion | Birmingham City West Bromwich Albion Sunderland | Southend United Colchester United Barnsley | Marlon King (Watford) | 21 |
| 2006–07 | Sunderland | 88 | Birmingham City | 86 | Derby County | Southend United Luton Town Leeds United | Sheffield United Charlton Athletic Watford | Scunthorpe United Bristol City Blackpool | Jamie Cureton (Colchester United) | 23 |
| 2007–08 | West Bromwich Albion | 81 | Stoke City | 79 | Hull City | Leicester City Scunthorpe United Colchester United | Reading Birmingham City Derby County | Swansea City Nottingham Forest Doncaster Rovers | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Plymouth Argyle/Wolverhampton Wanderers) | 23 |
| 2008–09 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 90 | Birmingham City | 83 | Burnley | Norwich City Southampton Charlton Athletic | Newcastle United Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion | Leicester City Peterborough United Scunthorpe United | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers) | 25 |
| 2009–10 | Newcastle United | 102 | West Bromwich Albion | 91 | Blackpool | Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Argyle Peterborough United | Hull City Burnley Portsmouth | Norwich City Leeds United Millwall | Nicky Maynard (Bristol City) Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) | 20 |
| 2010–11 | Queens Park Rangers | 88 | Norwich City | 84 | Swansea City | Preston North End Scunthorpe United Sheffield United | Birmingham City Blackpool West Ham United | Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton Peterborough United | Danny Graham (Watford) | 24 |
| 2011–12 | Reading | 89 | Southampton | 88 | West Ham United | Portsmouth Coventry City Doncaster Rovers | Bolton Wanderers Blackburn Rovers Wolves | Charlton Athletic Sheffield Wednesday Huddersfield Town | Rickie Lambert | 27 |
| 2012–13 | Cardiff City | 87 | Hull City | 79 | Crystal Palace | Peterborough United Wolves Bristol City | Reading Queens Park Rangers Wigan Athletic | Bournemouth Doncaster Rovers Yeovil Town | Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace) | 30 |
| 2013–14 | Leicester City | 102 | Burnley | 93 | Queens Park Rangers | Yeovil Town Barnsley Doncaster Rovers | Cardiff City Fulham Norwich City | Wolves Brentford Rotherham United | Ross McCormack (Leeds United) | 28 |
| 2014–15 | AFC Bournemouth | 90 | Watford | 89 | Norwich City | Millwall Wigan Athletic Blackpool | Hull City Burnley Queens Park Rangers | Bristol City Milton Keynes Dons Preston North End | Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) | 27 |
| 2015–16 | Burnley | 93 | Middlesbrough | 89 | Hull City | Charlton Athletic Milton Keynes Dons Bolton Wanderers | Newcastle United Norwich City Aston Villa | Wigan Athletic Burton Albion Barnsley | Andre Gray (Burnley) | 25 |
| 2016–17 | Newcastle United | 94 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 93 | Huddersfield Town | Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic Rotherham United | Hull City Middlesbrough Sunderland | Sheffield United Bolton Wanderers Millwall | Chris Wood (Leeds United) | 27 |
| 2017–18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 99 | Cardiff City | 90 | Fulham | Barnsley Burton Albion Sunderland | Swansea City Stoke City West Bromwich Albion | Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers Rotherham United | Matěj Vydra (Derby County) | 21 |
| 2018–19 | Norwich City | 94 | Sheffield United | 89 | Aston Villa | Rotherham United Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town | Cardiff City Fulham Huddersfield Town | Luton Town Barnsley Charlton Athletic | Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) | 29 |
| 2019–20 | Leeds United | 93 | West Bromwich Albion | 83 | Fulham | Charlton Athletic Wigan Athletic Hull City | Watford Bournemouth Norwich City | Coventry City Rotherham United Wycombe Wanderers | Aleksandar Mitrović (Fulham) Ollie Watkins (Brentford) | 26 |
| 2020–21 | Norwich City | 97 | Watford | 91 | Brentford | Wycombe Wanderers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday | Fulham West Bromwich Albion Sheffield United | Hull City Peterborough United Blackpool | Ivan Toney (Brentford) | 31 |
| 2021–22 | Fulham | 90 | Bournemouth | 88 | Nottingham Forest | Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley | Burnley Watford Norwich City | Wigan Athletic Rotherham United Sunderland | Aleksandar Mitrović (Fulham) | 43 |
