The 2020–21 EFL Championship was the 5th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.
Ivan Toney won The Golden Boot for Brentford in his debut season at the club, scoring 33 goals for The Bees, as they won the play–offs to seal promotion to The Premier League, ending a seventy-four year absence from the top flight.
Freddie Woodman won The Golden Glove this season with 21 clean sheets, as he helped Swansea City reach the play-off final, whilst on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United.
The 2019–20 Premier League was the 28th season of the Premier League, the top English professional football league, since its establishment in 1992, and the 121st season of top-flight English football overall. The season started on 9 August 2019 and concluded on 26 July 2020. Manchester City were the defending champions for the second successive year, after picking up the domestic treble the previous season.
Jamie Vardy won the Premier League Golden Boot after scoring 23 goals, becoming the oldest player to win the award.
Raheem Sterling scored two hat-tricks this season, and was the only player to score multiple hat-tricks.
