Coventry City won the 2025-26 EFL Championship promotion and relegation race on 95 points, 11 points ahead of Ipswich Town. Oxford United, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday finished in the relegation places.
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EFL Championship standings, 2025-26
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Coventry City (COV)
28
11
7
+52
95
6-3-1
W3
Ipswich Town (IPS)
23
15
8
+33
84
5-4-1
W1
Millwall (MIL)
24
11
11
+15
83
5-3-2
W1
Southampton (SOU)
22
14
10
+26
80
8-2-0
W1
Middlesbrough (MID)
22
14
10
+25
80
2-5-3
D1
Hull City (HUL)
21
10
15
+4
73
3-4-3
W1
Wrexham (WRE)
19
14
13
+4
71
4-2-4
D1
Derby County (DER)
20
9
17
+8
69
5-0-5
L1
Norwich City (NOR)
19
8
19
+7
65
5-2-3
L1
Birmingham City (BIR)
17
13
16
+1
64
4-3-3
D1
Swansea City (SWA)
18
10
18
-2
64
4-3-3
W1
Bristol City (BRC)
17
11
18
0
62
3-3-4
W1
Sheffield United (SHU)
18
6
22
0
60
3-2-5
W1
Preston North End (PNE)
15
15
16
-7
60
3-2-5
L1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
16
10
20
-12
58
3-2-5
L4
Watford (WAT)
14
15
17
-12
57
1-2-7
L5
Stoke City (STK)
15
10
21
-5
55
2-2-6
L4
Portsmouth (POR)
14
13
19
-15
55
4-3-3
D1
Charlton Athletic (CHA)
13
14
19
-14
53
2-3-5
L1
Blackburn Rovers (BLB)
13
13
20
-14
52
3-4-3
L1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
13
14
19
-10
51
4-5-1
L1
Oxford United (OXF)
11
14
21
-14
47
3-3-4
L1
Leicester City (LEI)
12
16
18
-10
46
2-5-3
W1
Sheffield Wednesday (SHW)
2
12
32
-60
0
1-4-5
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 8 times.
Coventry City trailed by as many as 7 points on September 19, 2025.
Coventry City took first place for good on February 16, 2026.
Southampton won 7 games in a row from March 14, 2026 to April 18, 2026, the longest run of the race.
Middlesbrough led by 4 points as late as September 30, 2025.
Coventry City went 7-0-1 from October 17, 2025 to November 25, 2025, 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 43 of the 116 days played.
Six teams held first place.
Coventry City spent 203 of the season's 268 charted days in first place.