EFL Championship Top scorers - England 2016/2017

The winning top scorer in EFL Championship (Sky Bet Championship), England during the season 2016/2017 was Chris Wood with 27 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

Sky Bet Championship best goal scorers 2016/2017

Season:
# Player Team Age Nationality % team's goals Goals
1. Chris Wood Leeds 25 New Zealand 44.3%
27
2. Dwight Gayle Newcastle 27 England 27.1%
23
  Glenn Murray Brighton 33 England 31.1%
23
  Tammy Abraham Bristol City 19 England 38.3%
23
5. Jonathan Kodjia Aston Villa/​Bristol City 27 Ivory Coast -
19
  Yann Kermorgant Reading 35 France 27.9%
19
7. Cameron Jerome Norwich 30 England 18.8%
16
8. Anthony Knockaert Brighton 25 France 20.3%
15
  Lasse Vibe Brentford 30 Denmark 20.0%
15
  Scott Hogan Aston Villa/​Brentford 25 Ireland -
15
11. Britt Assombalonga Nottingham Forest 24 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22.6%
14
  Sam Winnall Sheffield Wednesday/​Barnsley 26 England -
14
  Tom Ince Derby 25 England 25.9%
14
14. Tom Cairney Fulham 26 Scotland 15.3%
13
15. Danny Graham Blackburn 31 England 22.6%
12
  Elias Kachunga Huddersfield 25 Germany 21.4%
12
  Fernando Forestieri Sheffield Wednesday 27 Italy 20.0%
12
  Jordan Hugill Preston North End 24 England 18.8%
12
  Jota Brentford 25 Spain 16.0%
12
  Kenneth Zohore Cardiff 23 Denmark 20.0%
12
  Matt Ritchie Newcastle 27 England 14.1%
12
The age of the players is when the season ended at 29 May 2017

The EFL Championship season of 2016/2017 lasted between the dates 5 August 2016 and 29 May 2017. More information and the winning top scorers in EFL Championship between the seasons 1999/2000-2022/2023 here.

Scored hat-tricks in EFL Championship, season 2016/2017

In total there were 10 scored hat-tricks during the season 2016/2017 in EFL Championship, England. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match Goals
Nick Powell
Wigan
Wigan - Barnsley 3-2
Thu 13 april 2017
3
71', 72', 82'
David Nugent
Derby
Derby - Fulham 4-2
Tue 4 april 2017
3
8', 42', 59'
Jota
Brentford
Brentford - Rotherham 4-2
Sat 25 february 2017
3
13', 90', 90'
Nélson Oliveira
Norwich
Norwich - Derby 3-0
Mon 2 january 2017
3
15', 78', 80'
Dwight Gayle
Newcastle
Newcastle - Birmingham 4-0
Sat 10 december 2016
3
18', 24', 77'
Henri Lansbury
Nottingham Forest
Barnsley - Nottingham Forest 2-5
Fri 25 november 2016
3
13', 45', 82'
Glenn Murray
Brighton
Brighton - Norwich 5-0
Sat 29 october 2016
3
6', 60', 73'
Dwight Gayle
Newcastle
Newcastle - Norwich 4-3
Wed 28 september 2016
3
24', 71', 90'
Scott Hogan
Brentford
Brentford - Preston North End 5-0
Sat 17 september 2016
3
34', 84', 87'
Grant Ward
Ipswich
Ipswich - Barnsley 4-2
Sat 6 august 2016
3
46', 61', 84'

League table EFL Championship 2016/2017

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Newcastle 46 29 7 10 85-40 94
2. Brighton 46 28 9 9 74-40 93
3. Reading 46 26 7 13 68-64 85
4. Sheffield Wednesday 46 24 9 13 60-45 81
5. Huddersfield 46 25 6 15 56-58 81
6. Fulham 46 22 14 10 85-57 80
7. Leeds 46 22 9 15 61-47 75
8. Norwich 46 20 10 16 85-69 70
9. Derby 46 18 13 15 54-50 67
10. Brentford 46 18 10 18 75-65 64
11. Preston North End 46 16 14 16 64-63 62
12. Cardiff 46 17 11 18 60-61 62
13. Aston Villa 46 16 14 16 47-48 62
14. Barnsley 46 15 13 18 64-67 58
15. Wolverhampton 46 16 10 20 54-58 58
16. Ipswich 46 13 16 17 48-58 55
17. Bristol City 46 15 9 22 60-66 54
18. Queens Park Rangers 46 15 8 23 52-66 53
19. Birmingham 46 13 14 19 45-64 53
20. Burton Albion 46 13 13 20 49-63 52
21. Nottingham Forest 46 14 9 23 62-72 51
22. Blackburn 46 12 15 19 53-65 51
23. Wigan 46 10 12 24 40-57 42
24. Rotherham 46 5 8 33 40-98 23