2021–22 EFL Championship

The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.

Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

To Championship
Promoted from League One
 * Hull City
 * Peterborough United
 * Blackpool

Relegated from the Premier League
 * Fulham
 * West Bromwich Albion
 * Sheffield United

From Championship
Promoted to the Premier League
 * Norwich City
 * Watford
 * Brentford

Relegated to League One
 * Wycombe Wanderers
 * Rotherham United
 * Sheffield Wednesday

Personnel and sponsoring

 * 1)  Blackburn Rovers' shirt sponsor was Recoverite Compression until 18 January 2022 when the deal was ended prematurely.
 * 2)  Luton Town's home shirt sponsor was JB Developments until 18 February 2022 when the deal was ended prematurely.

Play-offs
First leg

Second leg

Huddersfield Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

''3–3 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on penalties.''

Top scorers

 * 1 Includes 2 goals in The Championship play-offs.

Clean sheets



 * 1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.

Player

 * Most yellow cards: 16
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Crooks (Middlesbrough)
 * Most red cards: 2
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fankaty Dabo (Coventry City)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Gardner (Birmingham City)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tom Lawrence (Derby County)
 * 🇨🇴 Jefferson Lerma (Bournemouth)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion)
 * 🇮🇪 Ryan Manning (Swansea City)

Club

 * Most yellow cards: 107
 * Blackburn Rovers
 * Most red cards: 7
 * Derby County
 * West Bromwich Albion

Annual
 Championship Team of the Season