List of winners of the EFL Championship and predecessors


English League
Country
England
Founded
1892
Number of teams
24
Current champions
Leeds United
Most successful club
Leicester City and Manchester City

A national second tier of English league football was established in 1892–93, at the demise of Football Alliance. as the Second Division. In 1992, with the departure of the then First Division clubs to become the Premier League, the second tier became known as the First Division. In 2004 it was re-branded as the Football League Championship before it was renamed the EFL Championship in 2016.

Football League Second Division (1893–1992)

Football League Championship/EFL Championship (2004 onwards)

Number of titles overall

In bold those clubs competing in the 2019–20 EFL Championship.
RankClubWinnersWinning seasons
1Leicester City71924–25, 1936–37, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1979–80, 2013–14
1Manchester City71898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1965–66, 2001–02
3Sheffield Wednesday51899–1900, 1925–26, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–59
3Sunderland51975–76, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2006–07
5Birmingham City41892–93, 1920–21, 1947–48, 1954–55
5Derby County41911–12, 1914–15, 1968–69, 1986–87
5Leeds United41923–24, 1963–64, 1989–90, 2019–20
5Liverpool41893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62
5Middlesbrough41926–27, 1928–29, 1973–74, 1994–95
5Newcastle United41964–65, 1992–93, 2009–10, 2016–17
5Norwich City41971–72, 1985–86, 2003–04, 2018–19
5Wolverhampton Wanderers41931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09, 2017–18
13Bolton Wanderers31908–09, 1977–78, 1996–97
13Burnley31897–98, 1972–73, 2015–16
13Ipswich Town31960–61, 1967–68, 1991–92
13Nottingham Forest31906–07, 1921–22, 1997–98
13Notts County31896–97, 1913–14, 1922–23
13Preston North End31903–04, 1912–13, 1950–51
13West Bromwich Albion31901–02, 1910–11, 2007–08
20Aston Villa21937–38, 1959–60
20Chelsea21983–84, 1988–89
20Crystal Palace21978–79, 1993–94
20Fulham21948–49, 2000–01
20Grimsby Town21900–01, 1933–34
20Manchester United21935–36, 1974–75
20Queens Park Rangers21982–83, 2010–11
20Reading22005–06, 2011–12
20Stoke City21932–33, 1962–63
20Tottenham Hotspur21919–20, 1949–50
20West Ham United21957–58, 1980–81
31Blackburn Rovers11938–39
31Blackpool11929–30
31Bournemouth12014–15
31Bradford City11907–08
31Brentford11934–35
31Bristol City11905–06
31Bury11894–95
31Cardiff City12012–13
31Charlton Athletic11999–2000
31Coventry City11966–67
31Everton11930–31
31Huddersfield Town11969–70
31Luton Town11981–82
31Millwall11987–88
31Oldham Athletic11990–91
31Oxford United11984–85
31Portsmouth12002–03
31Sheffield United11952–53