Coventry City won the 2025-26 EFL Championship title on 95 points, 11 points ahead of Ipswich Town. Oxford United, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday finished in the relegation places.
The three dashed lines are the automatic promotion pace, the play-off pace, and the relegation line. Sheffield Wednesday were docked 12 points on October 24, 2025 and were docked 6 more on December 1, 2025. Leicester City were docked 6 points on February 5, 2026. West Bromwich Albion were docked 2 points on April 24, 2026.
Clinch key
o
clinched a play-off place
a
promoted automatically
c
clinched the title
r
relegated
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 18, 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 clubs held or shared first place.
Coventry City spent 203 of the season's 268 charted days in first place.