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Main facts and figures from the Championship season

Lancashire Evening Post

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May 12, 2025

There was a thrilling end to the 2024-25 Championship campaign, with the title race not decided until the final few minutes of the last game. Also on the final day, Luton suffered a second successive relegation with a high-scoring loss at West Brom. Here, we look at the main facts and figures from the second tier season..

- By Simon Carter

Leeds and Burnley's 2024-25 points total, the first time in EFL history two clubs in the same division have reached a century.

Burnley are first club to ever reach 100 points in two second tier seasons, having also banked 101 points in winning the 2022-23 title.

Leeds' Joel Piroe finished as the division's top scorer, one ahead of Burnley's Josh Brownhill and Norwich's Borja Sainz.

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