Every 2022-23 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran July 29, 2022 to May 8, 2023.
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EFL Championship standings, 2022-23
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Burnley (BUR)
29
14
3
+52
101
6-3-1
W3
Sheffield United (SHU)
28
7
11
+34
91
8-0-2
W1
Luton Town (LUT)
21
17
8
+18
80
5-5-0
D2
Middlesbrough (MID)
22
9
15
+28
75
3-3-4
D1
Coventry City (COV)
18
16
12
+12
70
4-5-1
D1
Sunderland (SUN)
18
15
13
+13
69
4-5-1
W1
Blackburn Rovers (BLB)
20
9
17
-2
69
2-5-3
W1
Millwall (MIL)
19
11
16
+7
68
3-2-5
L1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
18
12
16
+6
66
3-3-4
L1
Swansea City (SWA)
18
12
16
+4
66
7-2-1
W1
Watford (WAT)
16
15
15
+3
63
3-3-4
W1
Preston North End (PNE)
17
12
17
-14
63
4-1-5
L2
Norwich City (NOR)
17
11
18
+3
62
1-4-5
L3
Bristol City (BRC)
15
14
17
-1
59
3-2-5
W1
Hull City (HUL)
14
16
16
-10
58
2-6-2
D2
Stoke City (STK)
14
11
21
+1
53
1-4-5
L2
Birmingham City (BIR)
14
11
21
-11
53
3-2-5
L3
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
14
11
21
-15
53
6-3-1
W3
Rotherham United (ROT)
11
17
18
-11
50
2-4-4
D1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
13
11
22
-27
50
2-2-6
L1
Cardiff City (CAR)
13
10
23
-17
49
3-2-5
L2
Reading (REA)
13
11
22
-22
44
0-6-4
L1
Blackpool (BLP)
11
11
24
-24
44
4-0-6
W1
Wigan Athletic (WIG)
10
15
21
-27
42
3-4-3
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 17 times.
Burnley trailed by as many as 6 points on September 13, 2022.
Burnley took first place for good on November 13, 2022.
Burnley won 10 games in a row from November 13, 2022 to February 11, 2023, the longest run of the race. It runs either side of the World Cup break.
Sheffield United led by 4 points as late as September 13, 2022.
Burnley led by as many as 14 points on March 31, 2023.
Burnley went 6-2-0 from October 4, 2022 to November 2, 2022, turning a deficit of 6 points into a lead of 5 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 62 of the 118 days played.
Burnley spent 199 of the season's 284 charted days in first place.