The EFL League One is an annual football competition which is held in England by 24 clubs. The league was established in 1959 as the Third Division which followed on from the regional third tier that had been established in the South in 1920 and the North in 1921. In 1992, with the departure of the First Division clubs to become the Premier League, the third tier was named as the Second Division. Since 2004, it has been known as Football League One till 2016 where the name was changed to EFL League One. Plymouth Argyle is the most successful club with a record of five titles and they are the current champions of the league. Below is the list of clubs that won the EFL League One titles and their runners-up.
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (5 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1930 | Brentford |
2nd | 1952 | Reading |
3rd | 1959 | Hull City |
4th | 2004 | Queens Park Rangers |
5th | 2023 | Ipswich Town |
BRISTOL CITY (4 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1923 | Plymouth Argyle |
2nd | 1927 | Plymouth Argyle |
3rd | 1955 | Leyton Orient |
4th | 2015 | Milton Keynes Dons |
DONCASTER ROVERS (4 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1935 | Halifax Town |
2nd | 1947 | Rotherham United |
3rd | 1950 | Gateshead |
4th | 2013 | Bournemouth |
HULL CITY (4 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1933 | Wrexham |
2nd | 1949 | Rotherham United |
3rd | 1966 | Millwall |
4th | 2021 | Peterborough United |
WIGAN ATHLETIC (4 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 2003 | Crewe Alexandra |
2nd | 2016 | Burton Albion |
3rd | 2018 | Blackburn Rovers |
4th | 2022 | Rotherham United |
BARNSLEY (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1934 | Chesterfield |
2nd | 1939 | Doncaster Rovers |
3rd | 1955 | Accrington Stanley |
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1958 | Brentford |
2nd | 2002 | Reading |
3rd | 2011 | Southampton |
CHARLTON ATHLETIC (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1929 | Crystal Palace |
2nd | 1935 | Reading |
3rd | 2012 | Sheffield Wednesday |
COVENTRY CITY (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1936 | Luton Town |
2nd | 1964 | Crystal Palace |
3rd | 2020 | Rotherham United |
GRIMSBY TOWN (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1926 | Bradford Park Avenue |
2nd | 1956 | Derby County |
3rd | 1980 | Blackburn Rovers |
LINCOLN CITY (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1932 | Gateshead |
2nd | 1948 | Rotherham United |
3rd | 1952 | Grimsby Town |
LUTON TOWN (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1937 | Notts County |
2nd | 2005 | Hull City |
3rd | 2019 | Barnsley |
MILLWALL (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1928 | Northampton Town |
2nd | 1938 | Bristol City |
3rd | 2001 | Rotherham United |
PORTSMOUTH (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1924 | Plymouth Argyle |
2nd | 1962 | Grimsby Town |
3rd | 1983 | Cardiff City |
READING (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1926 | Plymouth Argyle |
2nd | 1986 | Plymouth Argyle |
3rd | 1994 | Port Vale |
SWANSEA CITY (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1925 | Plymouth Argyle |
2nd | 1949 | Reading |
3rd | 2008 | Nottingham Forest |
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (3 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1924 | Rochdale |
2nd | 1989 | Sheffield United |
3rd | 2014 | Brentford |
BRADFORD CITY (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1929 | Stockport County |
2nd | 1985 | Millwall |
BRENTFORD (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1933 | Exeter City |
2nd | 1992 | Birmingham City |
BRISTOL ROVERS (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1953 | Millwall |
2nd | 1990 | Bristol City |
BURY (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1961 | Walsall |
2nd | 1997 | Stockport County |
CHESTERFIELD (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1931 | Lincoln City |
2nd | 1936 | Chester City |
FULHAM (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1932 | Reading |
2nd | 1999 | Walsall |
IPSWICH TOWN (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1954 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
2nd | 1957 | Torquay United |
LEYTON ORIENT (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1956 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
2nd | 1970 | Luton Town |
NORWICH CITY (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1934 | Coventry City |
2nd | 2010 | Leeds United |
NOTTS COUNTY (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1931 | Crystal Palace |
2nd | 1950 | Northampton Town |
OLDHAM ATHLETIC (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1953 | Port Vale |
2nd | 1974 | Bristol Rovers |
OXFORD UNITED (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1968 | Bury |
2nd | 1984 | Wimbledon |
PORT VALE (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1930 | Stockport County |
2nd | 1954 | Barnsley |
PRESTON NORTH END (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1971 | Fulham |
2nd | 2000 | Burnley |
QUEENS PARK RANGERS (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1948 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |
2nd | 1967 | Middlesbrough |
ROTHERHAM UNITED (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1951 | Mansfield Town |
2nd | 1981 | Barnsley |
SCUNTHORPE UNITED (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1958 | Accrington Stanley |
2nd | 2007 | Bristol City |
SOUTHAMPTON (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1922 | Plymouth Argyle |
2nd | 1960 | Norwich City |
STOCKPORT COUNTY (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1922 | Darlington |
2nd | 1937 | Lincoln City |
STOKE CITY (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1927 | Rochdale |
2nd | 1937 | Lincoln City |
WATFORD (2 TITLES)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1969 | Swindon Town |
2nd | 1998 | Bristol City |
AFC BOURNEMOUTH (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1987 | Middlesbrough |
ASTON VILLA (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1972 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
BIRMINGHAM CITY (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1995 | Brentford |
BLACKBURN ROVERS (1TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1975 | Plymouth Argyle |
BOLTON WANDERERS (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1973 | Notts County |
BRADFORD PARK AVENUE (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1928 | Lincoln City |
BURNLEY (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1982 | Carlisle United |
CAMBRIDGE UNITED (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1991 | Southend United |
CARDIFF CITY (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1947 | Queens Park Rangers |
CARLISLE UNITED (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1965 | Bristol City |
CRYSTAL PALACE (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1921 | Southampton |
DARLINGTON (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1925 | Nelson |
DERBY COUNTY (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1957 | Hartlepool United |
HEREFORD UNITED (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1976 | Cardiff City |
LEICESTER CITY (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 2009 | Peterborough United |
MANSFIELD TOWN (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1977 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
NELSON (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1923 | Bradford Park Avenue |
NEWPORT COUNTY (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1939 | Crystal Palace |
NORTHAMPTON TOWN (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1963 | Swindon Town |
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1951 | Norwich City |
SHEFFIELD UNITED (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 2017 | Bolton Wanderers |
SHREWSBURY TOWN (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1979 | Watford |
SOUTHEND UNITED (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 2006 | Colchester United |
SUNDERLAND (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1988 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
SWINDON TOWN (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1996 | Oxford United |
TRANMERE ROVERS (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1938 | Doncaster Rovers |
WREXHAM (1 TITLE)
TITLE | YEAR | RUNNERS-UP |
1st | 1978 | Cambridge United |