Every 2001-02 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 11, 2001 to April 21, 2002. In 2001-02 this division was called the Football League First Division. It has been the EFL Championship since 2016.
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EFL Championship standings, 2001-02
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Manchester City (MCI)c
31
6
9
+56
99
8-1-1
W5
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)a
27
8
11
+32
89
8-2-0
W2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)o
25
11
10
+33
86
3-4-3
D1
Millwall (MIL)o
22
11
13
+21
77
5-1-4
W3
Birmingham City (BIR)o
21
13
12
+21
76
5-5-0
W1
Norwich City (NOR)o
22
9
15
+9
75
5-3-2
W2
Burnley (BUR)
21
12
13
+8
75
4-2-4
W1
Preston North End (PNE)
20
12
14
+12
72
5-1-4
W1
Wimbledon (WIM)
18
13
15
+6
67
5-1-4
L3
Crystal Palace (CRY)
20
6
20
+8
66
2-3-5
L1
Coventry City (COV)
20
6
20
+6
66
2-1-7
L5
Gillingham (GIL)
18
10
18
-3
64
5-2-3
W1
Sheffield United (SHU)
15
15
16
-1
60
3-2-5
L2
Watford (WAT)
16
11
19
+6
59
3-2-5
L1
Bradford City (BRD)
15
10
21
-7
55
2-4-4
D1
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
12
18
16
-1
54
2-3-5
L1
Portsmouth (POR)
13
14
19
-12
53
1-5-4
L2
Walsall (WAL)
13
12
21
-20
51
5-4-1
D1
Grimsby Town (GRI)
12
14
20
-22
50
4-3-3
L1
Sheffield Wednesday (SHW)
12
14
20
-22
50
3-4-3
D1
Rotherham United (ROT)
10
19
17
-14
49
0-6-4
L1
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)r
12
13
21
-29
49
1-4-5
W1
Barnsley (BAR)r
11
15
20
-27
48
3-2-5
W1
Stockport County (SPT)r
6
8
32
-60
26
4-0-6
L1
The three dashed lines are the automatic promotion pace, the play-off pace, and the relegation line.
Clinch key
o
clinched a play-off place
a
promoted automatically
c
clinched the title
r
relegated
Turning points
The lead changed hands 17 times.
Manchester City trailed by as many as 10 points on November 23, 2001.
Manchester City took first place for good on March 12, 2002.
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Crystal Palace each won 7 games in a row, the longest run of the race.
Wolverhampton Wanderers led by 8 points as late as March 2, 2002.
Manchester City went 8-1-1 from March 3, 2002 to April 6, 2002, turning a deficit of 8 points into a lead of 11 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 94 of the 140 days played.
Eight clubs held or shared first place.
Manchester City spent 97 of the season's 254 charted days in first place.