2020–21 EFL Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City	24	15	5	4	33	21	+12	50	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Swansea City	24	13	7	4	29	13	+16	46
3	Bournemouth	24	11	9	4	38	20	+18	42	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Brentford	22	11	8	3	36	21	+15	41
5	Watford	23	11	7	5	27	17	+10	40
6	Reading	23	12	4	7	34	28	+6	40
7	Middlesbrough	23	10	6	7	28	19	+9	36
8	Stoke City	24	9	9	6	27	23	+4	36
9	Bristol City	23	11	3	9	25	24	+1	36
10	Barnsley	24	10	4	10	27	31	−4	34
11	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	6	9	39	28	+11	33
12	Luton Town	24	9	6	9	21	26	−5	33
13	Preston North End	24	10	2	12	30	33	−3	32
14	Huddersfield Town	24	9	4	11	28	34	−6	31
15	Cardiff City	23	8	5	10	30	27	+3	29
16	Millwall	23	5	11	7	20	24	−4	26
17	Coventry City	23	6	8	9	22	31	−9	26
18	Birmingham City	24	6	8	10	18	29	−11	26
19	Nottingham Forest	24	6	7	11	19	27	−8	25
20	Queens Park Rangers	23	5	9	9	22	30	−8	24
21	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	7	10	15	23	−8	19
22	Rotherham United	21	5	4	12	20	29	−9	19	Relegation to League One
23	Derby County	23	4	7	12	14	25	−11	19
24	Wycombe Wanderers	23	3	6	14	16	35	−19	15

Updated to games played on 16 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