EFL League One

There are 24 clubs in League One. Each club plays each club twice (once at home and once away). Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, an aggregate of the results between two or more clubs (ranked using the previous three criteria), most matches won, most goals scored away from home, fewest "penalty points" based on yellow and red cards received, followed by fewest straight red cards for certain offences. If two or more teams are still tied after examining all of these criteria, they will share the higher place between them. The only exception would be if the tied teams span the boundary between 2nd and 3rd, 6th and 7th, or 20th and 21st place, in which case one or more play-off matches would be arranged between the tied clubs.

At the end of each season the top two clubs, together with the winner of the play-offs between the clubs which finished in 3rd–6th position, are promoted to EFL Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the bottom of that division.

Similarly, the four clubs that finished at the bottom of EFL League One are relegated to EFL League Two and are replaced by the top three clubs and the club that won the 4th–7th place play-offs in that division.

Accrington Stanley

Barnsley

Bolton Wanderers

Bristol
Rovers

Burton Albion

Cambridge United

Charlton Athletic

Cheltenham Town

Derby
County

Exeter City

Fleetwood Town

Forest Green Rovers

Ipswich Town

Lincoln City

Milton Keynes Dons

Morecambe

Oxford United

Peterborough United

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Portsmouth

Sheffield Wednesday

Shrewsbury Town

Wycombe Wanderers

Locations of the confirmed 2022-23 EFL League One teams

The following 24 clubs are competing in League One during the 2022–23 season.

For past winners at this level before 2004, see List of winners of the EFL League One and predecessors.

^a Expelled in August 2019 after financial breaches.

Season	Top scorer(s)	Club(s)	Goals
2004–05	Stuart Elliott	Hull City	27
	Dean Windass	Bradford City
2005–06	Freddy Eastwood	Southend United	23
	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United
2006–07	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	30
2007–08	Jason Scotland	Swansea City	24
2008–09	Simon Cox	Swindon Town	29
	Rickie Lambert	Bristol Rovers
2009–10	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	30
2010–11	Craig Mackail-Smith	Peterborough United	27
2011–12	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	36
2012–13	Paddy Madden	Yeovil Town	24
2013–14	Sam Baldock	Bristol City	24
2014–15	Joe Garner	Preston North End	26
2015–16	Will Grigg	Wigan Athletic	25
2016–17	Billy Sharp	Sheffield United	30
2017–18	Jack Marriott	Peterborough United	27
2018–19	James Collins	Luton Town	25
2019–20	Ivan Toney	Peterborough United	24[b]
2020–21	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Peterborough United	31
2021–22	Will Keane	Wigan Athletic	26

^b In 35 games. Season truncated due to coronavirus

EFL League One is the most-watched third-tier domestic sports league in the world, with an average of 8,802 spectators per game in the 2019–20 season.[3] The closest third tier association football league in terms of average attendance is the Germany 3. Liga (6,185).[4] The highest average attendance since the restructure into League One was the 2021–22 season, with an average of 9,953. The highest average attendance by a single club was Sunderland in the 2018–19 season with 32,157. They also set the League One attendance record for a single game in the same season, when 46,039 spectators attended the Boxing Day game against Bradford City.[5]

Since the restructuring into League One in 2004, 75 teams have spent at least one season in the division, including 8 of the 20 teams in the 2022-23 Premier League. MK Dons has spent 15 seasons in League One, the most of any team. Oldham's single 14-season consecutive spell was the longest of any team. The team with the current longest tenure is Fleetwood, who have been in League One continuously since the 2014-15 season. Rotherham and Peterborough have had the highest number of separate spells in League One with five each. There have been 15 different Champions of League One, with Wigan Athletic having won the division three times.

Key

•    Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column will be competing in the 2022–23 EFL League One
•    Team will be competing in the 2022-23 Premier League
•    The club competed in League One during that season (the number is the club's final league position)

Club	Total Seasons	Number of Spells	Longest Spell (Seasons)	Highest Position	Lowest Position	Season
						2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Accrington Stanley	5	1	5	11	17																																		14	17	11	12	-
AFC Wimbledon	6	1	6	15	23													15	18	20	20	19	23
Barnsley	6	4	2	2	13	13	5									11	6			2				-
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	1	2	2														2
Blackpool	8	3	4	3	22	16	19	3									22		12	10	13	3
Bolton Wanderers	4	3	2	2	23													2			23		9	-
AFC Bournemouth	7	2	4	2	21	8	17	19	21			6	11	2
Bradford City	9	2	6	5	24	11	11	22							11	7	5	5	11	24
Brentford	8	2	5	2	24	4	3	24			9	11	9	3	2
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	1	5	1	18			18	7	16	13	1
Bristol City	5	2	3	1	12	7	9	2							12	1
Bristol Rovers	10	3	5	10	24				16	11	11	22						10	13	15	14	24		-
Burton Albion	6	2	5	2	16												2			9	12	16	16	-
Bury	6	3	3	14	24								14	22			16	19	24		24 [lower-alpha 1]
Cambridge United	2	1	2	14	14																		14	-
Carlisle United	8	1	8	4	22			8	4	20	14	12	8	17	22
Charlton Athletic	9	3	3	1	13						4	13	1					13	6	3		7	13	-
Cheltenham Town	5	2	3	15	23			17	19	23													15	-
Chesterfield	7	3	3	6	24	17	16	21					22			6	18	24
Colchester United	10	2	8	2	23	15	2			12	8	10	10	20	16	19	23
Coventry City	7	2	5	1	23									15	18	17	8	23		8	1
Crawley Town	3	1	3	10	22									10	14	22
Crewe Alexandra	9	3	4	12	24			13	20	22				13	19	20	24					12	24
Dagenham & Redbridge	1	1	2	21	21							21
Derby County	1	1	1																					-
Doncaster Rovers	12	4	5	1	22	10	8	11	3					1		13	21		15	6	9	14	22
Exeter City	4	2	3	8	23						18	8	23											-
Fleetwood Town	9	1	9	4	20											10	19	4	14	11	6	15	20	-
Forest Green Rovers	1	1	1																					-
Gillingham	13	3	9	9	22		14	16	22		21				17	12	9	20	17	13	10	10	21
Hartlepool United	8	2	6	6	23	6	21		15	19	20	16	13	23
Hereford United	1	1	1	24	24					24
Huddersfield Town	8	1	8	3	15	9	4	15	10	9	6	3	4
Hull City	2	2	1	1	2	2																1
Ipswich Town	4	1	4	9	11																11	9	11	-
Leeds United	3	1	3	2	5				5	4	2
Leicester City	1	1	1	1	1					1
Leyton Orient	9	1	9	3	23			20	14	14	17	7	20	7	3	23
Lincoln City	4	1	4	5	17																16	5	17	-
Luton Town	3	3	1	1	24	1			24											1
Millwall	6	2	4	3	17			10	17	5	3						4	6
MK Dons	15	4	7	2	23	20	22			3	12	5	5	8	10	2		12	23		19	13	3	-
Morecambe	2	1	2	19	19																		19	-
Northampton Town	6	3	3	9	22			14	9	21								16	22			22
Norwich City	1	1	1	1	1						1
Nottingham Forest	3	1	3	2	7		7	4	2
Notts County	5	1	5	7	21							19	7	12	20	21
Oldham Athletic	14	1	14	6	21	19	10	6	8	10	16	17	16	19	15	15	17	17	21
Oxford United	7	1	7	4	16													8	16	12	4	6	8	-
Peterborough United	12	5	8	2	23	23				2		4			6	9	13	11	9	7	7	2		-
Plymouth Argyle	6	3	3	7	23							23							7	21		18	7	-
Port Vale	9	3	4	9	23	18	13	12	23						9	18	12	21						-
Portsmouth	7	2	6	4	24									24					8	4	5	8	10	-
Preston North End	4	1	4	3	15								15	14	5	3
Rochdale	9	2	7	8	24							9	24			8	10	9	20	16	18	21
Rotherham United	6	5	2	2	23		20	23							4				4		2		2
Scunthorpe United	10	4	5	1	23		12	1		6			18	21		16	7	3	5	23
Sheffield United	6	1	6	1	11								3	5	7	5	11	1
Sheffield Wednesday	5	3	2	2	15	5						15	2										4	-
Shrewsbury Town	10	2	8	3	23									16	23		20	18	3	18	15	17	18	-
Southampton	2	1	2	2	7						7	2
Southend United	9	3	5	1	23		1		6	8	23						14	7	10	19	22
Stevenage	3	1	3	6	24								6	18	24
Stockport County	3	2	2	18	24	24				18	24
Sunderland	4	1	4	4	8															5	8	4	5
Swansea City	3	1	3	1	7		6	7	1
Swindon Town	12	4	5	4	24	12	23		13	15	5	24		6	8	4	15	22				23
Torquay United	1	1	1	21	21	21
Tranmere Rovers	11	2	10	3	21	3	18	9	11	7	19	18	12	11	21						21
Walsall	14	2	12	3	24	14	24		12	13	10	20	19	9	13	14	3	14	19	22
Wigan Athletic	4	3	2	1	20												1		1			20	1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	1	1	1										1
Wrexham	1	1	1	22	22	22
Wycombe Wanderers	6	4	2	3	22						22		21							17	3		6	-
Yeovil Town	9	2	8	4	24		15	5	18	17	15	14	17	4		24

Beginning with the 2012–13 season, a Financial Fair Play arrangement has been in place in all three divisions of the Football League, the intention being eventually to produce a league of financially self-sustaining clubs. In League One, this takes the form of a Salary Cost Management Protocol in which a maximum of 60% of a club's turnover may be spent on players' wages, with sanctions being applied in the form of transfer embargoes.[23][24][25][26]

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• EFL League One official site
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