The deepest hole an EFL Championship winner has climbed out of is 18 points: Reading sat that far behind in the 2011-12 EFL Championship on November 5, 2011, and won it by 1 point. The biggest lead lost: Derby County led the 1995-96 EFL Championship by 9 points as late as March 2, 1996, and finished behind Sunderland. Every charted race since 1992-93 is ranked below; how the numbers are read is spelled out under the tables.
Companion page: Closest EFL Championship races.
| Rank | Race | Winner | Deficit (points) | Deepest on | Won by (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011-12 EFL Championship | Reading | 18 | November 5, 2011 | 1 |
| 2 | 2006-07 EFL Championship | Sunderland | 16 | October 17, 2006 | 2 |
| 3 | 1995-96 EFL Championship | Sunderland | 12 | January 20, 1996 | 4 |
| 4 | 2004-05 EFL Championship | Sunderland | 11 | October 23, 2004 | 7 |
| 5 | 2001-02 EFL Championship | Manchester City | 10 | November 23, 2001 | 10 |
| 6 | 2015-16 EFL Championship | Burnley | 10 | January 2, 2016 | 4 |
| 7 | 2018-19 EFL Championship | Norwich City | 10 | August 31, 2018 | 5 |
| 8 | 2007-08 EFL Championship | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | October 20, 2007 | 2 |
| 9 | 2014-15 EFL Championship | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | September 17, 2014 | 1 |
| 10 | 2020-21 EFL Championship | Norwich City | 8 | October 3, 2020 | 6 |
| Rank | Race | Team that led | Lead (points) | Held as late as | Eventual winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995-96 EFL Championship | Derby County | 9 | March 2, 1996 | Sunderland |
| 2 | 2006-07 EFL Championship | Birmingham City | 9 | December 29, 2006 | Sunderland |
| 3 | 2007-08 EFL Championship | Watford | 9 | October 23, 2007 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 4 | 2001-02 EFL Championship | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | March 2, 2002 | Manchester City |
| 5 | 2005-06 EFL Championship | Sheffield United | 7 | September 27, 2005 | Reading |
| 6 | 2016-17 EFL Championship | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 | April 23, 2017 | Newcastle United |
| 7 | 2019-20 EFL Championship | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | February 25, 2020 | Leeds United |
| 8 | 2020-21 EFL Championship | Reading | 7 | October 27, 2020 | Norwich City |
| 9 | 1999-00 EFL Championship | Manchester City | 6 | November 5, 1999 | Charlton Athletic |
| 10 | 2004-05 EFL Championship | Wigan Athletic | 6 | November 5, 2004 | Sunderland |
| Rank | Race | Winner | First place for good | Charted days left | Days in first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006-07 EFL Championship | Sunderland | May 6, 2007 | 0 | 15 of 275 |
| 2 | 2014-15 EFL Championship | AFC Bournemouth | May 2, 2015 | 0 | 113 of 268 |
| 3 | 2016-17 EFL Championship | Newcastle United | May 7, 2017 | 0 | 137 of 276 |
| 4 | 2015-16 EFL Championship | Burnley | May 2, 2016 | 5 | 57 of 275 |
| 5 | 2024-25 EFL Championship | Leeds United | April 28, 2025 | 5 | 117 of 268 |
| 6 | 2007-08 EFL Championship | West Bromwich Albion | April 28, 2008 | 6 | 74 of 268 |
| 7 | 2019-20 EFL Championship | Leeds United | July 9, 2020 | 13 | 188 of 356 |
| 8 | 2002-03 EFL Championship | Portsmouth | April 21, 2003 | 13 | 247 of 268 |
| 9 | 1992-93 EFL Championship | Newcastle United | April 25, 1993 | 14 | 239 of 268 |
| 10 | 2023-24 EFL Championship | Leicester City | April 20, 2024 | 14 | 203 of 275 |
Everything on this page comes from the same day-by-day season files the charts draw, with standings read as each day ended. All 34 charted EFL Championship races from 34 finished seasons enter: every title race from 1992-93 to 2025-26. Wild card races are not ranked; their story is the playoff cutoff, not first place. A team's comeback or collapse is counted once per season, at its deepest, whichever of its charted races it came in.
Biggest comebacks: the deepest end-of-day deficit the eventual winner faced, in points behind that day's leader, dated to the first day it reached that depth. These are the same numbers the turning points on each race page state.
Biggest collapses: the largest end-of-day lead over second place held by a team that did not finish first, dated to the last day the team still held that full lead. A comeback and a collapse read the same race from opposite ends, so they can disagree about one summer.
Latest deciding day ranks winners by how few charted days remained when they took first place for good; a day spent tied on top stays with the team already leading. Races whose top two the standings cannot separate appear on none of these lists: the data cannot name a winner. Only finished seasons are ranked; every irregularity in the record is listed in the data notes.