List of winners of the EFL League One and predecessors


English League
Country
England
Founded
1920
Number of teams
24
Current champions
Coventry City
Most successful club
Bristol City, Doncaster Rovers and Plymouth Argyle

A national third tier of English league football was established in 1958–59, as the Third Division. This 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 became known as the Second Division. Since 2004 it has been known as Football League One.

Football League Third Division (1920–1921)

Football League Third Division North/South (1921–1958)

Football League Third Division (1958–1992)

Football League Second Division (1992–2004)

Football League One/EFL League One (2004 onwards)

Number of titles overall

In bold those competing in the 2019–20 EFL League One.
RankClubWinnersWinning seasons
1Bristol City41922–23 South, 1926–27 South, 1954–55 South, 2014–15
1Doncaster Rovers41934–35 North, 1946–47 North, 1949–50 North, 2012–13
1Plymouth Argyle41929–30 South, 1951–52 South, 1958–59, 2003–04
4Barnsley31933–34 North, 1938–39 North, 1954–55 North
4Brighton & Hove Albion31957–58 South, 2001–02, 2010–11
4Charlton Athletic31928–29 South, 1934–35 South, 2011–12
4Coventry City31935–36 South, 1963–64, 2019–20
4Grimsby Town31925–26 North, 1955–56 North, 1979–80
4Hull City31932–33 North, 1948–49 North, 1965–66
4Lincoln City31931–32 North, 1947–48 North, 1951–52 North
4Luton Town31936–37 South, 2004–05, 2018–19
4Millwall31927–28 South, 1937–38 South, 2000–01
4Portsmouth31923–24 South, 1961–62, 1982–83
4Reading31925–26 South, 1985–86, 1993–94
4Swansea City31924–25 South, 1948–49 South, 2007–08
4Wigan Athletic32002–03, 2015–16, 2017–18
4Wolverhampton Wanderers31923–24 North, 1988–89, 2013–14
18Bradford City21928–29 North, 1984–85
18Brentford21932–33 South, 1991–92
18Bristol Rovers21952–53 South, 1989–90
18Bury21960–61, 1996–97
18Chesterfield21930–31 North, 1935–36 North
18Fulham21931–32 South, 1998–99
18Ipswich Town21953–54 South, 1956–57 South
18Leyton Orient21955–56 South, 1969–70
18Norwich City21933–34 South, 2009–10
18Notts County21930–31 South, 1949–50 South
18Oldham Athletic21952–53 North, 1973–74
18Oxford United21967–68, 1983–84
18Port Vale21929–30 North, 1953–54 North
18Preston North End21970–71, 1999–2000
18Queens Park Rangers21947–48 South, 1966–67
18Rotherham United21950–51 North, 1980–81
18Scunthorpe United21957–58 North, 2006–07
18Southampton21921–22 South, 1959–60
18Stockport County21921–22 North, 1936–37 North
18Stoke City21926–27 North, 1992–93
18Watford21968–69, 1997–98
39Aston Villa11971–72
39Birmingham City11994–95
39Blackburn Rovers11974–75
39Bolton Wanderers11972–73
39Bournemouth11986–87
39Bradford Park Avenue11927–28 North
39Burnley11981–82
39Cambridge United11990–91
39Cardiff City11946–47 South
39Carlisle United11964–65
39Crystal Palace11920–21
39Darlington11924–25 North
39Derby County11956–57 North
39Hereford United11975–76
39Leicester City12008–09
39Mansfield Town11976–77
39Nelson11922–23 North
39Newport County11938–39 South
39Northampton Town11962–63
39Nottingham Forest11950–51 South
39Sheffield United12016–17
39Shrewsbury Town11978–79
39Southend United12005–06
39Sunderland11987–88
39Swindon Town11995–96
39Tranmere Rovers11937–38 North
39Wrexham11977–78