The English football pyramid, 2025–26

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Final tables for the top four tiers of English football in 2025–26, 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 Manchester City (beat Chelsea 1–0 in the final)EFL CupWon by Manchester City (beat Arsenal 2–0 in the final)

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

Tier 1

Premier League

20 clubs · final table

1–5 Champions League
6–7 Europa League
8th Conference League
15th Europa League (cup winners)
18–20 Relegation

Premier League table
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Champions League)	Arsenal	38	26	7	5	71	27	+44	WWWWW	8515
2 (Champions League)	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	77	35	+42	DWWDL	788
3 (Champions League)	Manchester United	38	20	11	7	69	50	+19	WWDWW	7113
4 (Champions League)	Aston Villa	38	19	8	11	56	49	+7	LLDWW	657
5 (Champions League)	Liverpool	38	17	9	12	63	53	+10	WLDLD	605
6 (Europa League)	AFC Bournemouth	38	13	18	7	58	54	+4	DWWDD	579
7 (Europa League)	Sunderland	38	14	12	12	42	48	−6	LDDWW	548
8 (Conference League)	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	14	11	13	52	46	+6	WLWLL	536
9	Brentford	38	14	11	13	55	52	+3	LWLDD	535
10	Chelsea	38	14	10	14	58	52	+6	LLDWL	524
11	Fulham	38	15	7	16	47	51	−4	WLLDW	527
12	Newcastle United	38	14	7	17	53	55	−2	LWDWL	497
13	Everton	38	13	10	15	47	50	−3	LDDLL	492
14	Leeds United	38	11	14	13	49	56	−7	DWDWL	478
15 (Europa League (cup winners))	Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	41	51	−10	LDLDL	452
16	Nottingham Forest	38	11	11	16	48	51	−3	WWDLD	448
17	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	11	17	48	57	−9	WWDLW	4110
18 (Relegation)	West Ham United	38	10	9	19	46	65	−19	WLLLW	396
19 (Relegation)	Burnley	38	4	10	24	38	75	−37	LLDLD	222
20 (Relegation)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	3	11	24	27	68	−41	LDLDD	203

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)	Coventry City	46	28	11	7	97	45	+52	DDWWW	9511
2 (Promotion)	Ipswich Town	46	23	15	8	80	47	+33	DWDDW	849
3 (Play-offs)	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	+15	WDWDL	838
4 (Play-offs)	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	+26	DDWDW	809
5 (Play-offs)	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	+25	WDDLL	805
6 (Play-offs)	Hull City▲ Won play-off	46	21	10	15	70	66	+4	LWDWW	7310
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	LWWLD	717
8	Derby County	46	20	9	17	67	59	+8	LWLWL	696
9	Norwich City	46	19	8	19	63	56	+7	LWWDL	657
10	Birmingham City	46	17	13	16	57	56	+1	WDWWD	6411
11	Swansea City	46	18	10	18	57	59	−2	WLWDW	6410
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	DLDLW	625
13	Sheffield United	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	WWLLW	609
14	Preston North End	46	15	15	16	55	62	−7	WLLWL	606
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	61	73	−12	DLLLL	581
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	−12	LLLLL	570
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	−5	DLLLL	551
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	−15	WWLWD	5510
19	Charlton Athletic	46	13	14	19	44	58	−14	LDLWL	534
20	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	13	20	42	56	−14	DLDWL	525
21	West Bromwich Albion−2	46	13	14	19	48	58	−10	DWWDL	518
22 (Relegation)	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	−14	WLLWL	476
23 (Relegation)	Leicester City−6	46	12	16	18	58	68	−10	LLDDW	465
24 (Relegation)	Sheffield Wednesday−18	46	2	12	32	29	89	−60	DDLLW	05

West Bromwich Albion: 2 points deducted.
Leicester City: 6 points deducted.
Sheffield Wednesday: 18 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)	Lincoln City	46	31	10	5	89	41	+48	WDWWW	10313
2 (Promotion)	Cardiff City	46	27	10	9	90	50	+40	DWWWL	9110
3 (Play-offs)	Stockport County	46	22	11	13	71	58	+13	DLWLW	777
4 (Play-offs)	Bradford City	46	22	11	13	58	51	+7	LDDDW	776
5 (Play-offs)	Bolton Wanderers▲ Won play-off	46	19	18	9	70	52	+18	LWDDL	755
6 (Play-offs)	Stevenage	46	21	12	13	49	46	+3	LDWDW	758
7	Luton Town	46	21	11	14	68	56	+12	WDWWW	7413
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	22	7	17	75	63	+12	DWDWW	7311
9	Huddersfield Town	46	18	13	15	74	64	+10	DDDLW	676
10	Mansfield Town	46	16	17	13	62	50	+12	DWWDW	6511
11	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	12	17	69	58	+11	LDLLW	634
12	Reading	46	16	15	15	64	60	+4	LLLDL	631
13	Blackpool	46	17	9	20	54	65	−11	LWWWW	6012
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	9	20	50	69	−19	WWLDW	6010
15	Barnsley	46	15	14	17	68	73	−5	DLLWL	594
16	Wigan Athletic	46	14	14	18	49	58	−9	WWDLL	567
17	Burton Albion	46	13	15	18	50	60	−10	DWDDD	547
18	Peterborough United	46	15	8	23	64	68	−4	LDLDL	532
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	15	8	23	51	72	−21	LLLWL	533
20	Leyton Orient	46	14	10	22	59	71	−12	LDLLD	522
21 (Relegation)	Exeter City	46	12	13	21	52	61	−9	WDDDL	496
22 (Relegation)	Port Vale	46	10	12	24	36	61	−25	DLLWL	424
23 (Relegation)	Rotherham United	46	10	11	25	41	71	−30	LWLDL	414
24 (Relegation)	Northampton Town	46	9	8	29	39	74	−35	LLLLL	350

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)	Bromley	46	24	15	7	71	46	+25	WLDLW	877
2 (Promotion)	Milton Keynes Dons	46	24	14	8	86	45	+41	DWWWD	8611
3 (Promotion)	Cambridge United	46	22	16	8	66	33	+33	WDLWD	828
4 (Play-offs)	Salford City	46	25	6	15	61	51	+10	WDWDL	818
5 (Play-offs)	Notts County▲ Won play-off	46	24	8	14	74	52	+22	WDWDW	8011
6 (Play-offs)	Chesterfield	46	21	16	9	71	56	+15	DWWLD	798
7 (Play-offs)	Grimsby Town	46	22	12	12	74	50	+24	WWDLD	788
8	Barnet	46	21	13	12	70	53	+17	WWWWW	7615
9	Swindon Town	46	22	9	15	70	59	+11	WLDLL	754
10	Oldham Athletic	46	18	14	14	60	44	+16	LLLLW	683
11	Crewe Alexandra	46	19	10	17	64	58	+6	WLLLD	674
12	Colchester United	46	18	12	16	62	49	+13	WWLLW	669
13	Walsall	46	18	11	17	56	56	0	LLWLL	653
14	Bristol Rovers	46	19	5	22	56	65	−9	WWWWD	6213
15	Fleetwood Town	46	15	16	15	57	58	−1	LWDDD	616
16	Accrington Stanley	46	14	11	21	47	58	−11	LLDDL	532
17	Gillingham	46	13	14	19	53	72	−19	DLLLW	534
18	Cheltenham Town	46	14	10	22	53	79	−26	WWLLL	526
19	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	10	23	42	69	−27	LWDDL	495
20	Newport County	46	12	7	27	48	77	−29	LWLWW	439
21	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	11	25	54	79	−25	DLWLD	415
22	Crawley Town	46	8	16	22	44	68	−24	LLDDD	403
23 (Relegation)	Harrogate Town	46	10	9	27	39	68	−29	LLWWL	396
24 (Relegation)	Barrow	46	9	9	28	45	78	−33	LWLLL	363