Leicester City won the 2023-24 EFL Championship promotion and relegation race on 97 points, 1 point ahead of Ipswich Town. It came down to the final days: Leicester City did not lead for good until April 20, 2024. Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United finished in the relegation places.
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EFL Championship standings, 2023-24
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Leicester City (LEI)
31
4
11
+48
97
5-1-4
L1
Ipswich Town (IPS)
28
12
6
+35
96
5-3-2
W2
Leeds United (LEE)
27
9
10
+38
90
4-2-4
L2
Southampton (SOU)
26
9
11
+24
87
4-2-4
W1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
21
12
13
+23
75
4-3-3
W1
Norwich City (NOR)
21
10
15
+15
73
5-3-2
L1
Hull City (HUL)
19
13
14
+8
70
3-4-3
L1
Middlesbrough (MID)
20
9
17
+9
69
5-4-1
W2
Coventry City (COV)
17
13
16
+11
64
3-1-6
L2
Preston North End (PNE)
18
9
19
-11
63
3-1-6
L5
Bristol City (BRC)
17
11
18
+2
62
5-3-2
L1
Cardiff City (CAR)
19
5
22
-17
62
4-0-6
L2
Millwall (MIL)
16
11
19
-10
59
6-1-3
W5
Swansea City (SWA)
15
12
19
-6
57
4-2-4
L1
Watford (WAT)
13
17
16
0
56
2-5-3
L1
Sunderland (SUN)
16
8
22
-2
56
2-3-5
L3
Stoke City (STK)
15
11
20
-11
56
5-3-2
W3
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
15
11
20
-11
56
5-2-3
W3
Blackburn Rovers (BLB)
14
11
21
-14
53
3-4-3
W1
Sheffield Wednesday (SHW)
15
8
23
-24
53
4-3-3
W3
Plymouth Argyle (PLY)
13
12
21
-11
51
3-2-5
W1
Birmingham City (BIR)
13
11
22
-15
50
3-2-5
W1
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
9
18
19
-29
45
1-4-5
L1
Rotherham United (ROT)
5
12
29
-52
27
2-2-6
W1
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 18 times.
Leicester City trailed by as many as 4 points on September 19, 2023.
Leicester City took first place for good on April 20, 2024.
Leicester City won 9 games in a row from September 15, 2023 to October 28, 2023, the longest run of the race.
Southampton led by 3 points as late as August 4, 2023.
Leicester City led by as many as 12 points on February 13, 2024.
Leicester City went 5-1-0 from December 12, 2023 to January 1, 2024, turning a deficit of 2 points into a lead of 10 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 67 of the 112 days played.
Leicester City spent 203 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.