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Championship records: Most titles, most points, expensive transfer, biggest attendance

We take a look at some of the most notable records in the Championship since the division was rebranded in 2004.

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Most Championship titles

Seven teams have won the Championship title twice, including Burnley, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Reading, Sunderland and Wolves.

Sunderland were the first winners of the Championship following the league's revamp in 2004/05, and they would seal a second title in 2006/07 after suffering relegation from the Premier League the campaign before.

A total of 13 teams have won the Championship title.

Most Championship points in a season

Reading set a record points total of 106 in 2005/06 and it's a tally that remains untouched in the years since.

Steve Coppell's side lost just one league match all season as they sealed promotion to the top flight for the very first time.

Newcastle United were the closest to breaking it, accumulating 102 points in 2009/10.

Longest Championship unbeaten run

In what was a truly remarkable campaign for Reading, the Royals went unbeaten for 33 consecutive matches from the 9th August 2005 to 14th February 2006.

Most seasons spent in the Championship

Cardiff City have spent the longest amount of time in the Championship, with the 2024/25 campaign set to be their 19th season in the second tier since 2004.

Ipswich Town remained in the Championship for 15 consecutive years from 2004 before suffering relegation in 2019, the longest spell of any team.

Top Championship goalscorer

No player has scored more goals in the Championship than Billy Sharp, who's netted 130 for six clubs, including Sheffield United and Doncaster Rovers.

Jordan Rhodes is second on the list with 123, with David Nugent third on 121.

Nakhi Wells is currently the highest active goalscorer in the division, notching up 101 goals.

Youngest Championship goalscorer

Jude Bellingham netted his first career goal aged 16 years, two months and two days for Birmingham City against Stoke City in August 2019.

Championship transfer record

Burnley broke the Championship transfer record this summer with the signing of Mike Tresor from Genk for a fee of £16million.

Ruben Neves was previously the most expensive Championship signing after Wolves paid Porto £15.8m in 2017.

The biggest fee paid for a player in the Championship was £58m for Romeo Lavia, who joined Chelsea from Southampton in 2023.

Biggest Championship attendance

Newcastle United set a record in 2016/17 for the highest average attendance in a Championship season, recording an average gate of 51,108 at St James' Park.

The highest attendance for an individual match was also set on Tyneside that season, with 52,301 in attendance for Newcastle's fixture against Leeds United.

Biggest Championship win

If you're a fan of Birmingham City or Hull City, look away now.

Bournemouth and Wigan Athletic share the record for biggest Championship win, with the Cherries dismantling Birmingham 8-0 in October 2014 before Wigan routed Hull by the same scoreline in July 2020.

Highest-scoring Championship match

The most goals scored in an individual Championship game is 10, which has occurred in four different fixtures.

  • Leeds 4-6 Preston, September 2010
  • Leeds 3-7 Nottingham Forest, March 2012
  • Bristol City 5-5 Hull City, April 2018
  • Aston Villa 5-5 Nottingham Forest, November 2018

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