Norwich City won the 2020-21 EFL Championship promotion and relegation race on 97 points, 6 points ahead of Watford. Wycombe Wanderers, Rotherham United and Sheffield Wednesday finished in the relegation places.
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EFL Championship standings, 2020-21
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Norwich City (NOR)
29
10
7
+39
97
5-3-2
D1
Watford (WAT)
27
10
9
+33
91
7-1-2
W1
Brentford (BRE)
24
15
7
+37
87
5-5-0
W4
Swansea City (SWA)
23
11
12
+17
80
3-2-5
L1
Barnsley (BAR)
23
9
14
+8
78
5-2-3
D1
AFC Bournemouth (BOU)
22
11
13
+27
77
7-0-3
L3
Reading (REA)
19
13
14
+8
70
1-6-3
D1
Cardiff City (CAR)
18
14
14
+17
68
3-5-2
D1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
19
11
16
+2
68
6-1-3
W2
Middlesbrough (MID)
18
10
18
+2
64
3-2-5
L1
Millwall (MIL)
15
17
14
-5
62
4-1-5
L1
Luton Town (LUT)
17
11
18
-11
62
4-3-3
L1
Preston North End (PNE)
18
7
21
-7
61
5-2-3
W4
Stoke City (STK)
15
15
16
-2
60
3-3-4
W1
Blackburn Rovers (BLB)
15
12
19
+11
57
3-4-3
W1
Coventry City (COV)
14
13
19
-12
55
5-2-3
W1
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
12
16
18
-8
52
2-5-3
L1
Birmingham City (BIR)
13
13
20
-24
52
5-2-3
L2
Bristol City (BRC)
15
6
25
-22
51
0-3-7
L4
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
12
13
21
-21
49
1-5-4
D2
Derby County (DER)
11
11
24
-22
44
1-2-7
D1
Wycombe Wanderers (WYC)
11
10
25
-30
43
5-2-3
W2
Rotherham United (ROT)
11
9
26
-16
42
1-4-5
D3
Sheffield Wednesday (SHW)
12
11
23
-21
41
3-3-4
D2
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 13 times.
Norwich City trailed by as many as 8 points on October 3, 2020.
Norwich City took first place for good on February 13, 2021.
Norwich City won 9 games in a row from February 13, 2021 to March 17, 2021, the longest run of the race.
Reading led by 7 points as late as October 27, 2020.
Norwich City led by as many as 10 points on February 23, 2021.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 48 of the 110 days played.
Seven teams held first place.
Norwich City spent 163 of the season's 240 charted days in first place.