Season trivia for EFL Championship 2025/2026
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2025/2026 EFL Championship season in England.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and therefor the information below is not necessarily the final version.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2025/2026 season were the players Oliver McBurnie - Ryan Giles (Hull), Kieffer Moore - Josh Windass (Wrexham) and Léo Scienza - Finn Azaz (Southampton). Together they scored 6 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2025/2026 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Kieffer Moore, playing for Wrexham, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Wrexham-Coventry.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2025/2026 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry) - October 2025
Zan Vipotnik (Swansea) - April 2026
Most braces by player
Zan Vipotnik in Swansea scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2025/2026 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2025/2026 season was Zan Vipotnik in Swansea, in total he did it twelve times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Jack Clarke in Ipswich during the 2025/2026 season, in total he did this ten times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2025/2026 season was Jack Clarke, in total he scored six penalties for his Ipswich.
Most penalty goals by team
Ipswich was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2025/2026 season, in total they scored nine of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Richard Kone was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2025/2026 season, in total he scored three stoppage time goals for his Queens Park Rangers.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was six goals, which three teams managed to do, and these were Wrexham, Birmingham and Charlton.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2025/2026 season was Cameron Burgess, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in EFL Championship, which he did three times.
Most own goals by team
three teams each scored four own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Swansea, Preston North End and West Bromwich.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Morgan Whittaker in Middlesbrough scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2025/2026, a feat achieved byGustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) and Joe Ward (Derby)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Finn Azaz in Middlesbrough and Southampton scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Zan Vipotnik in Swansea who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Jack Clarke in Ipswich scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in EFL Championship during the 2025/2026 season.
Most consecutive wins
Southampton was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2025/2026 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Coventry were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2025/2026 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Sheffield Wednesday had a streak of 13 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in EFL Championship during the 2025/2026 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Sheffield Wednesday managed the feat of not winning a single match in 39 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Watford were best at during the 2025/2026 season, they came back to win six matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Sheffield United have managed this in seven matches during the 2025/2026 season, more than any other team in EFL Championship.