2020–21 EFL Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City  (C) (P)	46	29	10	7	75	36	+39	97	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Watford  (P)	46	27	10	9	63	30	+33	91
3	Brentford  (P) (O)	46	24	15	7	79	42	+37	87	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Swansea City	46	23	11	12	56	39	+17	80
5	Barnsley	46	23	9	14	58	50	+8	78
6	Bournemouth	46	22	11	13	73	46	+27	77
7	Reading	46	19	13	14	60	52	+8	70
8	Cardiff City	46	18	14	14	66	49	+17	68
9	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	11	16	57	55	+2	68
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	55	53	+2	64
11	Millwall	46	15	18	13	47	47	0	63
12	Luton Town	46	17	11	18	41	52	−11	62
13	Preston North End	46	18	7	21	49	56	−7	61
14	Stoke City	46	15	15	16	50	52	−2	60
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	12	19	65	54	+11	57
16	Coventry City	45	13	13	19	43	60	−17	52
17	Nottingham Forest	46	12	16	18	37	45	−8	52
18	Birmingham City	46	13	13	20	37	61	−24	52
19	Bristol City	46	15	6	25	46	68	−22	51
20	Huddersfield Town	46	12	13	21	50	71	−21	49
21	Derby County	46	11	11	24	36	58	−22	44
22	Wycombe Wanderers  (R)	46	11	10	25	39	69	−30	43	Relegation to League One
23	Rotherham United  (R)	46	11	9	26	44	60	−16	42
24	Sheffield Wednesday  (R)	46	12	11	23	40	61	−21	41

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