EFL Championship Top scorers - England 2017/2018

The winning top scorer in EFL Championship (Sky Bet Championship), England during the season 2017/2018 was Matej Vydra with 21 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. Furthermore, see all the season’s hat-tricks, as well as the final standings.

Season:

Sky Bet Championship best goal scorers 2017/2018

Below is the final top scorer list for the EFL Championship 2017/2018, including the 21 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
1. Matej Vydra
Derby
Czech Republic
26 43.8%
21
2. Lewis Grabban
Aston Villa/​Sunderland
England
30 -
20
3. Bobby Reid
Bristol City
England
25 42.2%
19
  Leon Clarke
Sheffield United
England
33 43.2%
19
5. Diogo Jota
Wolverhampton
Portugal
21 30.4%
17
6. Martyn Waghorn
Ipswich
England
28 37.2%
16
  Ryan Sessegnon
Fulham
England
18 30.8%
16
8. Britt Assombalonga
Middlesbrough
Democratic Republic of the Congo
25 37.5%
15
9. Albert Adomah
Aston Villa
Ghana
30 29.2%
14
  James Maddison
Norwich
England
21 45.2%
14
  Jarrod Bowen
Hull
England
21 33.3%
14
12. Billy Sharp
Sheffield United
England
32 29.5%
13
  Famara Diedhiou
Bristol City
Senegal
25 28.9%
13
14. Aleksandar Mitrovic
Fulham
Serbia
23 23.1%
12
  Leo Bonatini
Wolverhampton
Brazil
24 21.4%
12
  Neal Maupay
Brentford
France
21 27.9%
12
17. Atdhe Nuhiu
Sheffield Wednesday
Austria
28 32.4%
11
  Conor Hourihane
Aston Villa
Ireland
27 22.9%
11
  Kemar Roofe
Leeds
Jamaica
Jamaica
25 26.2%
11
  Matt Smith
Queens Park Rangers
England
28 33.3%
11
  Patrick Bamford
Middlesbrough
England
24 27.5%
11
The age of the players is when the season ended at 26 May 2018

Scored hat-tricks in EFL Championship, season 2017/2018

In total there were 12 scored hat-tricks during the season 2017/2018 in EFL Championship, England. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Atdhe Nuhiu
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday - Norwich 5-1
Sun 6 may 2018
3
14', 60', 90'
James Maddison
Norwich
Hull - Norwich 4-3
Sat 10 march 2018
3
18', 19', 39'
Bobby Reid
Bristol City
Bristol City - Sheffield Wednesday 4-0
Sat 3 march 2018
3
13', 35', 62'
Patrick Bamford
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough - Leeds 3-0
Fri 2 march 2018
3
31', 36', 68'
Jamaica
Kemar Roofe
Leeds
Queens Park Rangers - Leeds 1-3
Sat 9 december 2017
3
63', 68', 90'
Matej Vydra
Derby
Middlesbrough - Derby 0-3
Sat 25 november 2017
3
13', 47', 63'
Leon Clarke
Sheffield United
Sheffield United - Fulham 4-5
Tue 21 november 2017
3
6', 39', 90'
Ryan Sessegnon
Fulham
Sheffield United - Fulham 4-5
Tue 21 november 2017
3
30', 43', 78'
Leon Clarke
Sheffield United
Sheffield United - Hull 4-1
Sat 4 november 2017
4
53', 76', 80', 88'
Kieran Dowell
Nottingham Forest
Hull - Nottingham Forest 2-3
Sat 28 october 2017
3
29', 71', 83'
Conor Hourihane
Aston Villa
Aston Villa - Norwich 4-2
Sat 19 august 2017
3
22', 68', 85'
Abel Hernandez
Hull
Hull - Burton Albion 4-1
Sat 12 august 2017
3
7', 54', 68'

League table EFL Championship 2017/2018

This was the final standings in the 2017/2018 EFL Championship season.

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Wolverhampton 31 22 5 4 56-23 71
2. Aston Villa 31 17 8 6 48-27 59
3. Derby 32 16 10 6 48-26 58
4. Cardiff 31 17 7 7 47-27 58
5. Fulham 31 14 10 7 52-36 52
6. Bristol City 31 14 10 7 45-36 52
7. Preston North End 31 12 13 6 38-30 49
8. Sheffield United 31 15 4 12 44-37 49
9. Middlesbrough 31 14 6 11 40-29 48
10. Brentford 31 11 11 9 43-40 44
11. Leeds 31 13 5 13 42-39 44
12. Ipswich 31 13 5 13 43-41 44
13. Norwich 31 12 8 11 31-34 44
14. Millwall 31 9 12 10 36-34 39
15. Sheffield Wednesday 32 8 13 11 34-38 37
16. Queens Park Rangers 31 9 9 13 33-44 36
17. Nottingham Forest 31 11 2 18 35-50 35
18. Reading 31 8 8 15 34-41 32
19. Bolton 31 7 9 15 28-49 30
20. Birmingham 31 8 6 17 22-43 30
21. Hull 31 6 11 14 42-47 29
22. Barnsley 31 6 10 15 30-45 28
23. Sunderland 31 5 11 15 34-55 26
24. Burton Albion 31 6 7 18 24-58 25

26 May 2018 was the last match day for this season in EFL Championship, The league kicked off 4 August 2017. More information and the winning top scorers in EFL Championship between the seasons 1999/2000-2024/2025 here.