1,600 of the 13,457 located Championship shots of 2025-26, sampled at random · indigo = goal, with its flight · grey = no goal · penalties left out

EFL Championship

The EFL Championship data API

Every EFL Championship match ESPN lists since 2001-02 (14,005 finals, play-offs included), with lineups and every goal with its scorer, player box scores for every season, team box scores from 2003-04, the location of every shot from 2008-09, the league table, our Elo ratings and sportsbook lines from 2018-19 (seven to eleven books a match from 2020-21 to 2023-24). The same tools as the Premier League with league=championship.

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matches: 14,005
match events: 1,434,720
players: 7,190
seasons: 26

What's in it

The whole league, the way you already query the Premier League.

Shot maps

Every located shot since 2008-09, about 24 a match, with its outcome, body part and our expected-goals value.

get_shot_map get_events

Lineups and box scores

Starting XIs, substitutions with minutes, and every player's line for every season since 2001-02.

get_lineups get_game

Lines

Three-way moneylines, goal handicaps and totals from each sportsbook ESPN lists, from 2018-19.

get_odds

Connect

Its own endpoint, or one argument.

Point Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor at the Championship endpoint and every answer is about the Championship. Already using StrikerAPI for the Premier League? Pass "league": "championship" to the same tools. Every account starts with 500 free credits.

MCP https://mcp.strikerapi.com/mcp/championship
POST https://mcp.strikerapi.com/v1/championship/{tool}
GET https://mcp.strikerapi.com/v1/championship/tools the Championship tool list

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strikerapi-championship": {
      "url": "https://mcp.strikerapi.com/mcp/championship?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Seasons

Every season the league has played.

Season	matches	Events
2026-27	95	8,376
2025-26	557	41,588
2024-25	557	41,220
2023-24	557	41,838
2022-23	545	38,853
2021-22	557	38,706
2020-21	557	40,792
2019-20	557	42,012
2018-19	557	38,101
2017-18	557	40,070
2016-17	557	40,001
2015-16	555	37,196
2014-15	556	149,655
2013-14	557	134,188
2012-13	557	114,657
2011-12	557	120,423
2010-11	557	126,021
2009-10	557	126,008
2008-09	557	130,754
2007-08	557	49,130
2006-07	557	7,048
2005-06	557	6,854
2004-05	557	6,655
2003-04	557	6,549
2002-03	557	4,075
2001-02	557	3,950

Every stage ESPN lists (league, qualifying, knockouts, playoffs). European seasons run across two years; MLS seasons are calendar years.

What it does not have

Seasons are named by the year they start: 2024 = 2024-25. The promotion play-offs are in each season, tagged with their stage.
Lineups for about two in three 2001-02 matches, every match from 2002-03. Team box scores from 2003-04, except 2024-25, when ESPN served them empty (stored null).
Shot locations from 2008-09; before that only goals are located. Cards in the match events from 2008-09.
Sportsbook lines from 2018-19 (Bet 365 only, most matches), every match from 2019-20, seven to eleven books a match from 2020-21 to 2023-24, two since.
In 47 of the 13,990 matches with events ESPN's goal events do not add up to the score (a goal listed twice or missing); the score is ESPN's final score.

Questions

Which Championship seasons are covered?

Results, goals and player box scores from 2001-02; team box scores from 2003-04; shot locations from 2008-09; sportsbook lines from 2018-19.

How do I ask for Championship data?

Every tool takes league: "championship".

Can I follow a player between the Championship and the Premier League?

Yes. ESPN numbers a player once across its soccer feeds, so the same player_id works with league=championship and in the Premier League: 2,675 Championship players also appear in our Premier League data.

EFL Championship statistics via ESPN.

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