With the dust settled on the 2025-26 season we've taken a look at every player in the Championship that is out of contract this summer.
Consistently one of the most exciting leagues in world football, the Championship continued to deliver drama until the very of the campaign as Hull City secured promotion at Wembley via a stoppage-time winner to join Coventry City and Ipswich Town in next season's Premier League.
West Ham's return to the second tier after 14 seasons in the top flight was confirmed the following day, just hours after Bolton Wanderers defeated Stockport County at Wembley to win the League One play-off final.
With the teams competing in the Championship next season now finalised, attentions will turn to the transfer market as clubs look to bolster their ambitions for the coming campaign by bringing in some new faces.
For some players the end of the season means the end of their contract, and a host of notable names will be available to move on a free this summer after their previous deals were allowed to expire.
But which Championship players are out of contract? Let's take a look.
Birmingham City
- Jonathan Panzo
Blackburn Rovers
- Sondre Tronstad
- Nathan Redmond
- Ryan Hedges
Bolton Wanderers
- George Johnston
- Jordi Osei-Tutu
- Kyle Dempsey
- Cyrus Christie
Bristol City
- Mark Sykes
- Sam Bell
- Sam Morsy
Burnley
- Josh Laurent
- Martin Dubravka
- Ashley Barnes
- Vaclav Hladky
Cardiff City
Ryan Wintle
Charlton Athletic
- Lyndon Dykes
- Luke Berry
- Matty Godden
Derby County
- Callum Elder
- Danny Batth
Lincoln City
- MJ Kamson-Kamara
- Jamie Pardington
Middlesbrough
- Dael Fry
- Sam Silvera
- Darragh Lenihan
Millwall
- Billy Mitchell
- Danny McNamara
- Massimo Luongo
- Joel Coleman
Norwich City
- Shane Duffy
- Emiliano Marcondes
- Shane Duffy
- Tony Springett
- Jeffrey Schlupp
- Dan Barden
- Errol Mundle-Smith
Portsmouth
- Zak Swanson
- Connor Ogilvie
- Jordan Archer
- Ruben Swann
Preston North End
- Jamal Lewis
- Will Keane
- Brad Potts
- Andrew Hughes
- Robbie Brady
- Dai Cornell
Queens Park Rangers
- Paul Nardi
- Jake Clarke-Salter
- Ziyad Larkeche
- Isaac Hayden
- Paul Smyth
- Steve Cook
Sheffield United
- Tom Davies
- Danny Ings
- Jairo Riedewald
Southampton
- Ross Stewart
- James Bree
- Oriol Romeu
- Alex McCarthy
- Jamie Jones
Stoke City
- Lewis Baker
- Steven Nzonzi
- Aaron Cresswell
Swansea City
- Joel Ward
Watford
- Pierre Dwomoh
- Nampalys Mendy
- Tom Ince
West Bromwich Albion
- Josh Maja
- Max O'Leary
- Karlan Grant
- Jed Wallace
- Daryl Dike
West Ham United
- Adama Traore
- Callum Wilson
- Lukasz Fabianski
Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Matt Doherty
Wrexham
- Jay Rodriguez
- Andy Cannon
