2020–21 EFL Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City	28	16	7	5	35	23	+12	55	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Swansea City	27	15	8	4	35	15	+20	53
3	Watford	27	13	8	6	31	20	+11	47	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Brentford	26	14	9	3	48	26	+22	51
5	Reading	26	14	5	7	40	29	+11	47
6	Bournemouth	27	11	9	7	40	26	+14	42
7	Middlesbrough	27	11	7	9	30	24	+6	40
8	Stoke City	27	9	11	7	32	29	+3	38
9	Bristol City	27	12	3	12	29	31	−2	39
10	Preston North End	27	11	3	13	31	34	−3	36
11	Barnsley	26	10	5	11	29	34	−5	35
12	Blackburn Rovers	26	11	6	9	41	28	+13	39
13	Luton Town	25	9	6	10	21	27	−6	33
14	Huddersfield Town	26	9	4	13	29	37	−8	31
15	Cardiff City	25	8	6	11	32	30	+2	30
16	Millwall	25	6	12	7	21	24	−3	30
17	Queens Park Rangers	25	6	9	10	23	31	−8	27
18	Coventry City	25	7	8	10	24	34	−10	29
19	Birmingham City	25	6	8	11	18	30	−12	26
20	Nottingham Forest	25	6	7	12	20	29	−9	25
21	Sheffield Wednesday	24	6	7	11	15	25	−10	19
22	Rotherham United	23	6	5	12	26	32	−6	23	Relegation to League One
23	Derby County	25	6	7	12	16	25	−9	25
24	Wycombe Wanderers	23	3	6	14	16	35	−19	15

Updated to games played on 27 January 2021
Source: EFL.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

a. Sheffield Wednesday will receive a 12 point deduction for breaching the League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules, this was later reduced to 6 points by an Independent League Arbitration panel