This article lists seasons played in the third tier of English football from 2004–05, when the Football League Division Two was renamed the Football League One.
Seasons
edit| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Play-off winners | Relegated from League One | Relegated to League One | Promoted to League One | Top goal scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Pts | Club | Pts | Club | Player | Goals | ||||
| 2004–05 | Luton Town | 98 | Hull City | 86 | Sheffield Wednesday | Torquay United Wrexham Peterborough United Stockport County |
Gillingham Nottingham Forest Rotherham United |
Yeovil Town Scunthorpe United Swansea City Southend United |
Dean Windass (Bradford City) & Stuart Elliott (Hull City) |
27 |
| 2005–06 | Southend United | 82 | Colchester United | 79 | Barnsley | Hartlepool United Milton Keynes Dons Swindon Town Walsall |
Crewe Alexandra Millwall Brighton & Hove Albion |
Carlisle United Northampton Town Leyton Orient Cheltenham Town |
Freddy Eastwood (Southend United) & Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United) |
23 |
| 2006–07 | Scunthorpe United | 91 | Bristol City | 85 | Blackpool | Chesterfield Bradford City Rotherham United Brentford |
Southend United Luton Town Leeds United |
Walsall Hartlepool United Swindon Town Bristol Rovers |
Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United) |
30 |
| 2007–08 | Swansea City | 92 | Nottingham Forest | 82 | Doncaster Rovers | Bournemouth Gillingham Port Vale Luton Town |
Leicester City Scunthorpe United Colchester United |
Milton Keynes Dons Peterborough United Hereford United Stockport County |
Jason Scotland (Swansea City) |
24 |
| 2008–09 | Leicester City | 96 | Peterborough United | 89 | Scunthorpe United | Northampton Town Crewe Alexandra Cheltenham Town Hereford United |
Norwich City Southampton Charlton Athletic |
Brentford Exeter City Wycombe Wanderers Gillingham |
Rickie Lambert (Bristol Rovers) & Simon Cox (Swindon Town) |
29 |
| 2009–10 | Norwich City | 95 | Leeds United | 86 | Millwall | Gillingham Wycombe Wanderers Southend United Stockport County |
Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Argyle Peterborough United |
Notts County Bournemouth Rochdale Dagenham & Redbridge |
Rickie Lambert (Southampton) |
30 |
| 2010–11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 95 | Southampton | 92 | Peterborough United | Dagenham & Redbridge Bristol Rovers Plymouth Argyle Swindon Town |
Preston North End Sheffield United Scunthorpe United |
Chesterfield Bury Wycombe Wanderers Stevenage |
Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United) |
27 |
| 2011–12 | Charlton Athletic | 101 | Sheffield Wednesday | 93 | Huddersfield Town | Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield Exeter City Rochdale |
Portsmouth Coventry City Doncaster Rovers |
Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra |
Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield Town) |
36 |
| 2012–13 | Doncaster Rovers | 84 | Bournemouth | 83 | Yeovil Town | Scunthorpe United Bury Hartlepool United Portsmouth |
Peterborough United Wolverhampton Wanderers Bristol City |
Gillingham Rotherham United Port Vale Bradford City |
Paddy Madden (Yeovil Town & Carlisle United) |
23 |
| 2013–14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 103 | Brentford | 94 | Rotherham United | Tranmere Rovers Carlisle United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage |
Doncaster Rovers Barnsley Yeovil Town |
Chesterfield Scunthorpe United Rochdale Fleetwood Town |
Sam Baldock (Bristol City) |
24 |
| 2014–15 | Bristol City | 99 | Milton Keynes Dons | 91 | Preston North End | Notts County Crawley Town Leyton Orient Yeovil Town |
Millwall Wigan Athletic Blackpool |
Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town Bury Southend United |
Joe Garner (Preston North End) |
25 |
| 2015–16 | Wigan Athletic | 87 | Burton Albion | 85 | Barnsley | Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra |
Charlton Athletic Milton Keynes Dons Bolton Wanderers |
Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon |
Will Grigg (Wigan Athletic) |
25 |
| 2016–17 | Sheffield United | 100 | Bolton Wanderers | 86 | Millwall | Port Vale Swindon Town Coventry City Chesterfield |
Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic Rotherham United |
Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool |
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) |
30 |
| 2017–18 | Wigan Athletic | 98 | Blackburn Rovers | 96 | Rotherham United | Oldham Northampton Town Milton Keynes Dons Bury |
Sunderland Burton Albion Barnsley |
Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City |
Jack Marriott (Peterborough United) |
27 |
| 2018–19 | Luton Town | 94 | Barnsley | 91 | Charlton Athletic | Plymouth Argyle Walsall Scunthorpe United Bradford City |
Rotherham United Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town |
Lincoln City Milton Keynes Dons Tranmere Rovers Bury |
James Collins (Luton Town) |
25 |
| 2019–20[a] | Coventry City | 67 | Rotherham United | 62 | Wycombe Wanderers | Tranmere Rovers Southend United Bolton Wanderers Bury (expelled) |
Charlton Athletic Wigan Athletic Hull City |
Swindon Town Crewe Alexandra Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town |
Ivan Toney (Peterborough United) |
24 |
| 2020–21 | Hull City | 89 | Peterborough United | 87 | Blackpool | Rochdale Northampton Town Swindon Town Bristol Rovers |
Wycombe Wanderers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday |
Cheltenham Town Cambridge United Bolton Wanderers Morecambe |
Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough United) |
31 |
| 2021–22 | Wigan Athletic | 92 | Rotherham United | 90 | Sunderland | Gillingham Doncaster Rovers AFC Wimbledon Crewe Alexandra |
Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley |
Forest Green Rovers Exeter City Bristol Rovers Port Vale |
Will Keane (Wigan Athletic) |
26 |
| 2022–23 | Plymouth Argyle | 101 | Ipswich Town | 98 | Sheffield Wednesday | Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Accrington Stanley Forest Green Rovers |
Reading Blackpool Wigan Athletic |
Leyton Orient Stevenage Northampton Town Carlisle United |
Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) & Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough United) |
26 |
Notes
edit- ^ The 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the final league positions being determined on a points-per-game basis. Coventry City averaged 1.97 points from 34 games, whilst Rotherham United averaged 1.77 points from 35 games.