TOP OF THE LEAGUE AT CHRISTMAS


This is a list of the teams that were top of the league at Christmas each season, and if they were champions at the end of the season.

Records | Divisions 1 and 2 | Divisions 3 and 4 | Forest On Top | When the Top Spot Changed on Christmas Day!

These are the teams that finished on top of any of the four tiers at Christmas, ordered by the amount of times they did it. As you can see, Liverpool are way ahead of Manchester United in this one! The number in the brackets shows how many times they won the title.

Club Total Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
Liverpool3026 (20)4 (4)
Manchester United1817 (20)1 (2)
Arsenal1313 (13)
Everton1110 (9)1 (1)
Manchester City106 (10)4 (7)
Chelsea106 (6)4 (2)
Burnley104 (2)6 (4) (1) (1)
Blackburn Rovers104 (3)5 (1)1 (1)
Leeds United103 (3)6 (5)1
Notts County104 (3)4 (2)2 (3)
Newcastle United94 (4)5 (4)
Wolverhampton Wanderers94 (3)3 (4)2 (3) (1)
West Bromwich Albion93 (1)6 (3)
Brentford911 (1)6 (2)1 (3)
Plymouth Argyle97 (5)2 (1)
Derby County81 (2)7 (4) (1)
Leicester City81 (1)6 (8)1 (1)
Nottingham Forest72 (1)3 (4)2 (1)
Lincoln City75 (3)2 (2)
Bolton Wanderers623 (3)1 (1)
Norwich City614 (5)1 (2)
Middlesbrough614 (4)1
Sheffield United61 (1)3 (1)2 (1) (1)
Portsmouth61 (2)2 (1)3 (4) (1)
Luton Town61 (2)4 (3)1 (1)
Walsall624 (2)
Aston Villa54 (7)1 (2) (1)
Tottenham Hotspur53 (2)2 (2)
Cardiff City512 (1)1 (1)1 (1)
Birmingham City54 (3)1 (2)
Grimsby Town52 (2)3 (3) (1)
Queens Park Rangers52 (2)3 (2)
Southampton514 (2)
Doncaster Rovers52 (4)3 (4)
Chesterfield51 (2)4 (4)
Preston North End43 (2)1 (3) (2) (1)
Sunderland41 (6)2 (5)1 (1)
Sheffield Wednesday4 (1)4 (3)
Fulham42 (3)1 (2)1
Crystal Palace42 (2)1 (1)1
Bristol City41 (1)3 (4)
Bristol Rovers44 (2)
Rotherham United44 (2) (1)
Scunthorpe United43 (2)1
Watford43 (2)1 (1)
Brighton and Hove Albion43 (3)1 (2)
Stockport County42 (2)2 (2)
The Wednesday31 (3)2 (3)
Oldham Athletic31 (1)1 (2)1
Stoke City31 (2)2 (2)
Reading31 (2)2 (4) (1)
Bury31 (1) (2)2
Charlton Athletic3 (1)3 (3)
Wigan Athletic33 (4) (1)
Tranmere Rovers32 (1)1
Chester City321
Bradford City3 (1)2 (2)1
Leyton Orient32 (2)1 (1)
Crewe Alexandra312
Wycombe Wanderers312
Gillingham33 (2)
Mansfield Town3 (1)3 (1)
Swansea City211 (1) (1)
West Ham United22 (2)
Blackpool2 (1)2 (1)
Hull City211 (4)
Ipswich Town2 (1)1 (3)1 (2)
Millwall2 (1)2 (3) (1)
Oxford United2 (1)2 (2)
Port Vale22 (2) (1)
Swansea Town22 (2)
Swindon Town21 (1)1 (3)
Southend United21 (1)1 (1)
Rochdale211
Wrexham21 (1)1
Peterborough United211 (2)
Newport County21 (1)1
Coventry City2 (1)1 (3)1
Carlisle United21 (1)1 (2)
Colchester United22
York City22 (1)
Stoke11 (1)
Darwen11
Bournemouth11 (1) (1)
Glossop North End11
Huddersfield Town1 (3)1 (1) (1)
Gateshead11
Nelson11 (1)
Barnsley11 (3)
Bradford Park Avenue11 (1)
Darlington11 (1) (1)
Crawley Town11
Aldershot11
Barnet11
Northampton Town1 (1)1 (2)
Milton Keynes Dons11 (1)
Exeter City11 (1)
Forest Green Rovers11 (1)
Rushden And Diamonds11 (1)
Shrewsbury Town1 (1)1 (1)
Wimbledon11 (1)
Torquay United11