The Championship table of 2024: Leeds absolutely miles clear…

Leeds United have taken 96 points from 45 Championship games in 2024, a record that would almost certainly be enough to see them promoted over the course of a league season.

Of the 20 teams who have been in the English second tier throughout the year, Leeds unsurprisingly boast far and away the best record, having taken 26 points more than next-best Middlesbrough.

Michael Carrick’s Boro just edge Norwich, West Brom, surprise package Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland in terms of the next-best Championship record over the course of the calendar year.

Daniel Farke’s Whites currently top the Championship heading into 2025. They currently harbour realistic hopes of making it back into the Premier League at the second time of asking, having suffered play-off heartbreak in the final against Southampton last year.

Leeds kicked off 2024 in relentless form, closing the gap on the top two before a late-season wobble saw them fall back into the play-off spots. But they’ve recovered, even after losing a host of their star players over the summer, to kick off 2024-25 in fine fettle.

Plymouth have the worst record of the 20 sides that make up the Championship and have taken fewer points in the whole calendar year than Burnley, who were relegated and didn’t play a game in the division until August, and Ipswich, who were promoted and last played in the division back in April.

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Here’s how the Championship table over the course of 2024 shapes up. Italics signify a team was either promoted or relegated and hasn’t spent the full year in the division:

1. Leeds United – 96pts, GD +50 (played 45)
2. Middlesbrough – 70pts, GD +18 (played 45)
3. Norwich – 69pts, GD +19 (played 45)
4. West Brom – 69pts, GD +19 (played 45)
5. Sheff Wed – 67pts, GD -7 (played 45)
6. Sunderland – 63pts, GD +7 (played 45)
7. Swansea – 61pts, GD +3 (played 45)
8. QPR – 61pts, GD -4 (played 45)
9. Blackburn – 60pts, GD +1 (played 44)
10. Bristol City – 59pts, GD +1 (played 45)
11. Millwall – 59pts, GD -4 (played 44)
12. Coventry – 58pts, GD +1 (played 45)
13. Watford – 58pts, GD -4 (played 44)
14. Preston – 57pts, GD -4 (played 45)
15. Hull City – 53pts, GD -8 (played 45)
16. Stoke City – 53pts, GD -12 (played 45)
17. Sheffield United – 49pts, GD +19 (played 24)
18. Cardiff – 49pts, GD -32 (played 44)
19. Burnley – 48pts, GD +21 (played 24)
20. Ipswich – 42pts, GD +20 (played 21)
21. Plymouth – 41pts, GD -38 (played 44)
22. Southampton – 36pts, GD +9 (played 21)
23. Leicester City – 35pts, GD +15 (played 21)
24. Derby – 27pts, GD -1 ( (played 21)
25. Luton – 25pts, GD -15 (played 24)
26. Oxford United – 24pts, GD -13 (played 23)
27. Birmingham – 22pts, GD -7 (played 21)
28. Portsmouth – 20pts, GD -14 (played 22)
29. Huddersfield Town – 20pts, GD -14 (played 21)
30. Rotherham United – 10pts, GD -26 (played 21)