The English football pyramid, 2021–22

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Final tables for the top four tiers of English football in 2021–22, from Premier League down to League Two. Promotion, relegation and play-off places are marked where they apply, from each league's records.

Final tables

Tier 1Premier LeaguePL20 clubs Tier 2ChampionshipCH24 clubs Tier 3League OneL124 clubs Tier 4League TwoL224 clubs

CupsFA CupWon by Liverpool (beat Chelsea 0–0, 6–5 on pens in the final)EFL CupWon by Liverpool (beat Chelsea 0–0, 11–10 on pens in the final)

Bar width is to scale with the number of clubs in each tier.

Tier 1

Premier League

20 clubs · final table

1–4 Champions League
5–6 Europa League
7th Conference League
18–20 Relegation

Premier League table
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Champions League)	Manchester City	38	29	6	3	99	26	+73	WWWDW	9313
2 (Champions League)	Liverpool	38	28	8	2	94	26	+68	WDWWW	9213
3 (Champions League)	Chelsea	38	21	11	6	76	33	+43	LDWDW	748
4 (Champions League)	Tottenham Hotspur	38	22	5	11	69	40	+29	WDWWW	7113
5 (Europa League)	Arsenal	38	22	3	13	61	48	+13	WWLLW	699
6 (Europa League)	Manchester United	38	16	10	12	57	57	0	LDWLL	584
7 (Conference League)	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	60	51	+9	LLWDL	564
8	Leicester City	38	14	10	14	62	59	+3	LWWDW	5210
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	12	15	11	42	44	−2	DWWDW	5111
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	6	17	38	43	−5	LDLDL	512
11	Newcastle United	38	13	10	15	44	62	−18	WLLWW	499
12	Crystal Palace	38	11	15	12	50	46	+4	WWDLW	4810
13	Brentford	38	13	7	18	48	56	−8	DLWWL	467
14	Aston Villa	38	13	6	19	52	54	−2	WLDDL	455
15	Southampton	38	9	13	16	43	67	−24	DLLLL	401
16	Everton	38	11	6	21	43	66	−23	WDLWL	397
17	Leeds United	38	9	11	18	42	79	−37	LLLDW	384
18 (Relegation)	Burnley	38	7	14	17	34	53	−19	WLLDL	354
19 (Relegation)	Watford	38	6	5	27	34	77	−43	LLDLL	231
20 (Relegation)	Norwich City	38	5	7	26	23	84	−61	LLLDL	221

Tier 2

Championship

24 clubs · final table

1–2 Promotion
3–6 Play-offs
22–24 Relegation

Championship table
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Promotion)	Fulham	46	27	9	10	106	43	+63	WDLWL	907
2 (Promotion)	AFC Bournemouth	46	25	13	8	74	39	+35	DDWWW	8811
3 (Play-offs)	Huddersfield Town	46	23	13	10	64	47	+17	DWWWW	8213
4 (Play-offs)	Nottingham Forest▲ Won play-off	46	23	11	12	73	40	+33	WWWLD	8010
5 (Play-offs)	Sheffield United	46	21	12	13	63	45	+18	LDWWW	7510
6 (Play-offs)	Luton Town	46	21	12	13	63	55	+8	WWDLW	7510
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	10	16	59	50	+9	LDWWL	707
8	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	12	15	59	50	+9	LLWLW	696
9	Millwall	46	18	15	13	53	45	+8	DWDWL	698
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	13	15	52	45	+7	WLDWW	6710
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	9	18	60	59	+1	DWLLW	667
12	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	60	59	+1	WLDLD	645
13	Preston North End	46	16	16	14	52	56	−4	DLLWW	647
14	Stoke City	46	17	11	18	57	52	+5	LWWLD	627
15	Swansea City	46	16	13	17	58	68	−10	DDDLL	613
16	Blackpool	46	16	12	18	54	58	−4	WDWLL	607
17	Bristol City	46	15	10	21	62	77	−15	WDWWL	5510
18	Cardiff City	46	15	8	23	50	68	−18	LLLDW	534
19	Hull City	46	14	9	23	41	54	−13	WLWLD	517
20	Birmingham City	46	11	14	21	50	75	−25	LLDDL	472
21	Reading−6	46	13	8	25	54	87	−33	WDLLL	414
22 (Relegation)	Peterborough United	46	9	10	27	43	87	−44	WWLLW	379
23 (Relegation)	Derby County−21	46	14	13	19	45	53	−8	WLLWL	346
24 (Relegation)	Barnsley	46	6	12	28	33	73	−40	LLLLL	300

Reading: 6 points deducted.
Derby County: 21 points deducted.

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Tier 3

League One

24 clubs · final table

1–2 Promotion
3–6 Play-offs
21–24 Relegation

League One table
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Promotion)	Wigan Athletic	46	27	11	8	82	44	+38	LDDLW	925
2 (Promotion)	Rotherham United	46	27	9	10	70	33	+37	WLWDW	9010
3 (Play-offs)	Milton Keynes Dons	46	26	11	9	78	44	+34	DLLWW	897
4 (Play-offs)	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	13	9	78	50	+28	WWLWW	8512
5 (Play-offs)	Sunderland▲ Won play-off	46	24	12	10	79	53	+26	WDWDW	8411
6 (Play-offs)	Wycombe Wanderers	46	23	14	9	75	51	+24	DWDWW	8311
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	23	11	12	68	48	+20	DLDDL	803
8	Oxford United	46	22	10	14	82	59	+23	LWWLD	767
9	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	10	15	74	57	+17	DWWWW	7313
10	Portsmouth	46	20	13	13	68	51	+17	WDWWL	7310
11	Ipswich Town	46	18	16	12	67	46	+21	DLDDW	706
12	Accrington Stanley	46	17	10	19	61	80	−19	WDLWW	6110
13	Charlton Athletic	46	17	8	21	55	59	−4	WLWWL	599
14	Cambridge United	46	15	13	18	56	74	−18	WWLLD	587
15	Cheltenham Town	46	13	17	16	66	80	−14	WDLLD	565
16	Burton Albion	46	14	11	21	51	67	−16	DDWLL	535
17	Lincoln City	46	14	10	22	55	63	−8	LLWLW	526
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	14	20	47	51	−4	DLDLL	502
19	Morecambe	46	10	12	24	57	88	−31	LWDLL	424
20	Fleetwood Town	46	8	16	22	62	82	−20	LDDLL	402
21 (Relegation)	Gillingham	46	8	16	22	35	69	−34	DDDLL	403
22 (Relegation)	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	8	28	37	82	−45	WLDWD	388
23 (Relegation)	AFC Wimbledon	46	6	19	21	49	75	−26	DLDDL	373
24 (Relegation)	Crewe Alexandra	46	7	8	31	37	83	−46	LWLDL	294

Tier 4

League Two

24 clubs · final table

1–3 Promotion
4–7 Play-offs
23–24 Relegation

League Two table
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Promotion)	Forest Green Rovers	46	23	15	8	75	44	+31	WDLLD	845
2 (Promotion)	Exeter City	46	23	15	8	65	41	+24	LWWDL	847
3 (Promotion)	Bristol Rovers	46	23	11	12	71	49	+22	WWDWW	8013
4 (Play-offs)	Northampton Town	46	23	11	12	60	38	+22	WWWDW	8013
5 (Play-offs)	Port Vale▲ Won play-off	46	22	12	12	67	46	+21	WLLLW	786
6 (Play-offs)	Swindon Town	46	22	11	13	77	54	+23	LWWWW	7712
7 (Play-offs)	Mansfield Town	46	22	11	13	67	52	+15	LWWDD	778
8	Sutton United	46	22	10	14	69	53	+16	WLWLW	769
9	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	12	13	53	40	+13	DWLWW	7510
10	Salford City	46	19	13	14	60	46	+14	LDWDL	705
11	Newport County	46	19	12	15	67	58	+9	LLLWL	693
12	Crawley Town	46	17	10	19	56	66	−10	WLLLD	614
13	Leyton Orient	46	14	16	16	62	47	+15	WWLWL	589
14	Bradford City	46	14	16	16	53	55	−2	DLWWW	5810
15	Colchester United	46	14	13	19	48	60	−12	LWWDW	5510
16	Walsall	46	14	12	20	47	60	−13	WLWDL	547
17	Hartlepool	46	14	12	20	44	64	−20	LLLDL	541
18	Rochdale	46	12	17	17	51	59	−8	LWLLW	536
19	Harrogate Town	46	14	11	21	64	75	−11	LLWWL	536
20	Carlisle United	46	14	11	21	39	62	−23	LWLWL	536
21	Stevenage	46	11	14	21	45	68	−23	DWLLW	477
22	Barrow	46	10	14	22	44	57	−13	DWLLL	444
23 (Relegation)	Oldham Athletic	46	9	11	26	46	75	−29	LLLLD	381
24 (Relegation)	Scunthorpe	46	4	14	28	29	90	−61	LDLDL	262