List of winners of the EFL League One and predecessors
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 .
Number of titles overall
Clubs in bold are competing in the 2024–25 EFL League One .
Rank
Club
Winners
Winning seasons
1
Plymouth Argyle
5
1929–30 South , 1951–52 South , 1958–59 , 2003–04 , 2022–23
2
Bristol City
4
1922–23 South , 1926–27 South , 1954–55 South , 2014–15
Doncaster Rovers
4
1934–35 North , 1946–47 North , 1949–50 North , 2012–13
Hull City
4
1932–33 North , 1948–49 North , 1965–66 , 2020–21
Wigan Athletic 4
2002–03 , 2015–16 , 2017–18 , 2021–22
Portsmouth 4
1923–24 South , 1961–62 , 1982–83 , 2023-24
6
Barnsley 3
1933–34 North , 1938–39 North , 1954–55 North
Brighton & Hove Albion
3
1957–58 South , 2001–02 , 2010–11
Charlton Athletic 3
1928–29 South , 1934–35 South , 2011–12
Coventry City
3
1935–36 South , 1963–64 , 2019–20
Grimsby Town
3
1925–26 North , 1955–56 North , 1979–80
Lincoln City 3
1931–32 North , 1947–48 North , 1951–52 North
Luton Town
3
1936–37 South , 2004–05 , 2018–19
Millwall
3
1927–28 South , 1937–38 South , 2000–01
Reading 3
1925–26 South , 1985–86 , 1993–94
Swansea City
3
1924–25 South , 1948–49 South , 2007–08
Wolverhampton Wanderers
3
1923–24 North , 1988–89 , 2013–14
18
Bradford City
2
1928–29 North , 1984–85
Brentford
2
1932–33 South , 1991–92
Bristol Rovers 2
1952–53 South , 1989–90
Bury
2
1960–61 , 1996–97
Chesterfield
2
1930–31 North , 1935–36 North
Fulham
2
1931–32 South , 1998–99
Ipswich Town
2
1953–54 South , 1956–57 South
Leyton Orient 2
1955–56 South , 1969–70
Norwich City
2
1933–34 South , 2009–10
Notts County
2
1930–31 South , 1949–50 South
Oldham Athletic
2
1952–53 North , 1973–74
Oxford United
2
1967–68 , 1983–84
Port Vale
2
1929–30 North , 1953–54 North
Preston North End
2
1970–71 , 1999–2000
Queens Park Rangers
2
1947–48 South , 1966–67
Rotherham United 2
1950–51 North , 1980–81
Scunthorpe United
2
1957–58 North , 2006–07
Southampton
2
1921–22 South , 1959–60
Stockport County 2
1921–22 North , 1936–37 North
Stoke City
2
1926–27 North , 1992–93
Watford
2
1968–69 , 1997–98
39
AFC Bournemouth
1
1986–87
Aston Villa
1
1971–72
Birmingham City 1
1994–95
Blackburn Rovers
1
1974–75
Bolton Wanderers 1
1972–73
Bradford Park Avenue
1
1927–28 North
Burnley
1
1981–82
Cambridge United 1
1990–91
Cardiff City
1
1946–47 South
Carlisle United
1
1964–65
Crystal Palace
1
1920–21
Darlington
1
1924–25 North
Derby County
1
1956–57 North
Hereford United
1
1975–76
Leicester City
1
2008–09
Mansfield Town
1
1976–77
Nelson
1
1922–23 North
Newport County
1
1938–39 South
Northampton Town 1
1962–63
Nottingham Forest
1
1950–51 South
Sheffield United
1
2016–17
Shrewsbury Town 1
1978–79
Southend United
1
2005–06
Sunderland
1
1987–88
Swindon Town
1
1995–96
Tranmere Rovers
1
1937–38 North
Wrexham 1
1977–78
References
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