Championship teams who recorded 100 points

Leeds United and Burnley ended the 2024/25 Championship season with 100 points after they each won on the final day.

Although they didn’t make things easy for themselves in the cl­osing weeks of the campaign, Leeds United became the seventh club to reach 100 points in a Championship season, with Burnley achieving the feat for the second time in three seasons.

It won’t be remembered by Leeds fans quite as fondly as Marcelo Biesla’s 2019/20 champions, playing a brand of football not seen at Elland Road for many a year, but in terms of quality it’s been at least as good if not better.

Bielsa’s swashbuckling, high-intensity side won the league with 93 points, ending a 16-year absence from the top flight, and while it’s taken Daniel Farke two cracks at it, the German has sent the Whites back to the Premier League as champions.

Their promotion rivals throughout the campaign, Burnley, also reached 100 points, doing it in remarkable fashion.

The Clarets have been contenders for automatic promotion throughout the season but it wasn’t clear whether Scott Parker’s cautious approach would be sufficient to finish above at least one of Leeds and Sheffield United.

As it is they’ve achieved promotion comfortably, conceding a miserly 16 goals in 46 games and losing just twice all season.

Below, we look at every team to have reached 100 points in the Championship.

Which Championship teams have reached 100 points?

Reading 2005/06 – 106 points

Losing just twice across the entire campaign – and once in the final 45 games of the season – Reading set the record which still stands for the number of points won by a Championship side with 106.

Spearheaded by Dave Kitson and Kevin Doyle who scored 18 goals apiece, Steve Coppell’s Royals also had Leroy Lita who chipped in with 11 more.

Sunderland 1998/99 – 105 points

The first team to reach 100 points in the Championship, Sunderland’s 1998/99 side was devastating.

A Premier League side in waiting, Sunderland boasted a lethal strike partnership in Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn who combined for 46 goals, while Michael Bridges and Danny Dichio combined for 24 more.

Sunderland went up with 105 points, beating the previous record tally set by Chelsea in 1989.

Newcastle United 2009/10 – 102 points

They might not have been too big to go down in the end, but Newcastle were much too big not to go up. After their shock relegation from the Premier League the previous season, Newcastle kept much of their squad together, with the likes of Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Danny Simpson, Alan Smith, Nicky Butt, Kevin Nolan, Jonas Gutierrez and Steven Taylor all hanging around.

Andy Carroll enjoyed a breakthrough season with 17 goals, a tally matched by Nolan, while Peter Lovenkrands and Shola Ameobi reached double figures.

Leicester City 2013/14 – 102 points

Not that anyone could have known it at the time, but Leicester City’s 2013/14 campaign was the start of an unprecedented four-year run that will never be matched.

Future Premier League winners Danny Drinkwater, Kasper Schmeichel, Jamie Vardy and Wes Morgan would be joined by Riyad Mahrez halfway through the season as the Foxes went up with 102 points.

Fulham 2000/01 – 101 points

Led by new manager Jean Tigana, Fulham looked to be promoted by Christmas having won their first 11 games of the campaign.

Led by Louis Saha, the Cottagers’ summer signing fired 27 goals, while Barry Hayles and Luis Boa Morte scored 18 apiece.

In just their second campaign in what was the First Division after promotion two years earlier, Fulham finished 10 points clear of runners-up Blackburn.

Burnley 2022/23 – 101 points

Led by Vincent Kompany who was intent on instilling his possession-heavy style of play on the Clarets, it took Burnley a couple of months to get to grips with the Belgian’s methods. Indeed, Burnley didn’t string together three straight wins until late October with a series of draws threatening to scupper their promotion bid.

But once they did get to grips with Kompany demands there was no looking back. Winning 14 out of 15 games between October and February, Burnley finished 21 points clear of Luton in third.

Leeds United 2024/25 – 100 points

After losing the 2023/24 play-off final to Southampton, Daniel Farke managed to secure promotion at the second attempt the following year.

A tally of 95 goals was 24 more than the next best in the division as the Yorkshire side won the Championship title to seal their return to the Premier League.

Burnley 2024/25 – 100 points

Whilst there are teams on the list with more quality going forward, Scott Parker's promotion-winning side in the 2024/25 season will go down in history.

A miserly defence conceded just 16 times during the 46-game season and lost just twice.

The promotion also marked the third time that Parker had achieved the feat in his managerial career.