Fulham won the 2021-22 EFL Championship promotion and relegation race on 90 points, 2 points ahead of AFC Bournemouth. Peterborough United, Derby County and Barnsley finished in the relegation places.
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EFL Championship standings, 2021-22
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Fulham (FUL)
27
9
10
+63
90
4-1-5
L1
AFC Bournemouth (BOU)
25
13
8
+35
88
5-4-1
W3
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
23
13
10
+17
82
6-2-2
W4
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
23
11
12
+33
80
7-1-2
D1
Sheffield United (SHU)
21
12
13
+18
75
5-3-2
W3
Luton Town (LUT)
21
12
13
+8
75
5-3-2
W1
Middlesbrough (MID)
20
10
16
+9
70
4-2-4
L1
Blackburn Rovers (BLB)
19
12
15
+9
69
3-2-5
W1
Millwall (MIL)
18
15
13
+8
69
4-3-3
L1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
18
13
15
+7
67
5-2-3
W2
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
19
9
18
+1
66
2-1-7
W1
Coventry City (COV)
17
13
16
+1
64
2-4-4
D1
Preston North End (PNE)
16
16
14
-4
64
4-2-4
W2
Stoke City (STK)
17
11
18
+5
62
5-1-4
D1
Swansea City (SWA)
16
13
17
-10
61
3-5-2
L2
Blackpool (BLP)
16
12
18
-4
60
2-3-5
L2
Bristol City (BRC)
15
10
21
-15
55
4-3-3
L1
Cardiff City (CAR)
15
8
23
-18
53
3-2-5
W1
Hull City (HUL)
14
9
23
-13
51
4-2-4
D1
Birmingham City (BIR)
11
14
21
-25
47
1-4-5
L1
Reading (REA)
13
8
25
-33
41
3-3-4
L3
Peterborough United (PET)
9
10
27
-44
37
4-2-4
W1
Derby County (DER)
14
13
19
-8
34
3-1-6
L1
Barnsley (BAR)
6
12
28
-40
30
1-2-7
L5
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 16 times.
Fulham trailed by as many as 8 points on October 19, 2021.
Fulham took first place for good on January 15, 2022.
Fulham won 7 games in a row from October 16, 2021 to November 20, 2021, the longest run of the race.
AFC Bournemouth led by 6 points as late as October 23, 2021.
Fulham led by as many as 14 points on March 8, 2022.
Fulham went 7-1-1 from January 10, 2022 to February 23, 2022, turning a deficit of 4 points into a lead of 9 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 51 of the 116 days played.
Fulham spent 178 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.