Every 2010-11 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 6, 2010 to May 7, 2011.
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EFL Championship standings, 2010-11
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
24
16
6
+39
88
5-3-2
L1
Norwich City (NOR)
23
15
8
+25
84
6-3-1
D1
Swansea City (SWA)
24
8
14
+27
80
5-2-3
W3
Cardiff City (CAR)
23
11
12
+22
80
5-4-1
D1
Reading (REA)
20
17
9
+26
77
7-2-1
W1
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
20
15
11
+19
75
5-1-4
W4
Leeds United (LEE)
19
15
12
+11
72
3-3-4
W2
Burnley (BUR)
18
14
14
+4
68
3-2-5
D1
Millwall (MIL)
18
13
15
+14
67
5-2-3
L2
Leicester City (LEI)
19
10
17
+5
67
4-3-3
W1
Hull City (HUL)
16
17
13
+1
65
3-4-3
L1
Middlesbrough (MID)
17
11
18
0
62
6-3-1
W4
Ipswich Town (IPS)
18
8
20
-6
62
5-1-4
L1
Watford (WAT)
16
13
17
+6
61
2-2-6
L3
Bristol City (BRC)
17
9
20
-3
60
4-1-5
W2
Portsmouth (POR)
15
13
18
-7
58
1-5-4
D1
Barnsley (BAR)
14
14
18
-11
56
2-4-4
W1
Coventry City (COV)
14
13
19
-4
55
3-5-2
D2
Derby County (DER)
13
10
23
-13
49
2-3-5
L4
Crystal Palace (CRY)
12
12
22
-25
48
2-4-4
L1
Doncaster Rovers (DON)
11
15
20
-26
48
0-5-5
L1
Preston North End (PNE)
10
12
24
-25
42
4-2-4
W1
Sheffield United (SHU)
11
9
26
-35
42
3-1-6
L1
Scunthorpe United (SCU)
12
6
28
-44
42
2-2-6
D1
The three dashed lines are the automatic promotion pace (2nd), the play-off pace (6th), and the relegation line.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 5 times.
Queens Park Rangers trailed by as many as 3 points on August 6, 2010.
Queens Park Rangers took first place for good on November 20, 2010.
Reading won 8 games in a row from March 5, 2011 to April 16, 2011, the longest run of the race.
Watford led by 3 points as late as August 6, 2010.
Queens Park Rangers led by as many as 10 points on March 12, 2011.
Queens Park Rangers went 4-0-2 from November 19, 2010 to December 28, 2010, turning a deficit of 1 point into a lead of 7 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 28 of the 87 days played.
Queens Park Rangers spent 260 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.