Which team is on top in the Development League?

Brentford U21 is the current leader of the English Professional Development League as they have picked up points in 28 matches.

What is the Development League table right now?

At the moment, the top three teams in the Development League are Brentford U21, Sheffield United U21, and Bournemouth U21, and the bottom three clubs are Fleetwood Town U21, Crewe Alexandra U21, and Colchester United U21. And for a more complete look at the Development League standings, check out the Table section above.

Development League standings, stats and fixtures

League Info

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Teams

Season

Matches

England

2025/2026

292/292

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England

Premier League

England

Championship

England

EFL League One

England

FA Cup

England

Community Shield

England

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	Bournemouth U21	14	10	1	3	37	15	22	31	2.21
2	Watford U21	14	9	3	2	43	22	21	30	2.14
3	Brentford U21	14	9	2	3	39	14	25	29	2.07
4	Sheffield United U21	14	8	3	3	31	19	12	27	1.93
5	Swansea U21	14	8	3	3	40	18	22	27	1.93
6	Peterborough U21	14	7	4	3	39	21	18	25	1.79
7	Charlton Athletic U21	14	6	5	3	33	19	14	23	1.64
8	Huddersfield Town U21	14	6	4	4	23	19	4	22	1.57
9	Bristol City U21	14	6	4	4	28	22	6	22	1.57
10	Wigan Athletic U21	14	6	3	5	34	27	7	21	1.50
11	Hull City U21	14	6	2	6	29	29	0	20	1.43
12	Millwall U21	14	6	2	6	26	26	0	20	1.43
13	Cardiff City U21	14	6	1	7	25	21	4	19	1.36
14	Sheffield Wednesday U21	14	6	1	7	32	29	3	19	1.36
15	Colchester United U21	14	5	4	5	27	30	-3	19	1.36
16	Barnsley U21	14	5	3	6	28	30	-2	18	1.29
17	Queens Park Rangers U21	14	4	5	5	25	29	-4	17	1.21
18	Coventry City U21	14	5	1	8	19	32	-13	16	1.14
19	Fleetwood Town U21	14	4	4	6	20	27	-7	16	1.14
20	Crewe Alexandra U21	14	3	4	7	21	34	-13	13	0.93

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	Brentford U21	14	9	2	3	28	20	8	29	2.07
2	Huddersfield Town U21	14	8	2	4	36	31	5	26	1.86
3	Sheffield United U21	14	7	4	3	27	20	7	25	1.79
4	Peterborough U21	14	7	2	5	27	31	-4	23	1.64
5	Swansea U21	14	6	3	5	29	31	-2	21	1.50
6	Cardiff City U21	14	5	6	3	23	18	5	21	1.50
7	Bournemouth U21	14	6	1	7	29	32	-3	19	1.36
8	Hull City U21	14	5	4	5	20	23	-3	19	1.36
9	Barnsley U21	14	5	4	5	23	28	-5	19	1.36
10	Coventry City U21	14	6	1	7	27	31	-4	19	1.36
11	Charlton Athletic U21	14	5	2	7	25	30	-5	17	1.21
12	Wigan Athletic U21	14	5	2	7	33	31	2	17	1.21
13	Millwall U21	14	5	1	8	22	26	-4	16	1.14
14	Queens Park Rangers U21	14	4	4	6	26	32	-6	16	1.14
15	Watford U21	14	3	6	5	26	31	-5	15	1.07
16	Bristol City U21	14	4	1	9	17	32	-15	13	0.93
17	Sheffield Wednesday U21	14	2	5	7	17	34	-17	11	0.79
18	Crewe Alexandra U21	14	2	4	8	20	35	-15	10	0.71
19	Fleetwood Town U21	14	1	4	9	16	36	-20	7	0.50
20	Colchester United U21	14	1	1	12	12	47	-35	4	0.29

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	Brentford U21	28	18	4	6	67	34	33	58	2.07
2	Sheffield United U21	28	15	7	6	58	39	19	52	1.86
3	Bournemouth U21	28	16	2	10	66	47	19	50	1.79
4	Swansea U21	28	14	6	8	69	49	20	48	1.71
5	Peterborough U21	28	14	6	8	66	52	14	48	1.71
6	Huddersfield Town U21	28	14	6	8	59	50	9	48	1.71
7	Watford U21	28	12	9	7	69	53	16	45	1.61
8	Cardiff City U21	28	11	7	10	48	39	9	40	1.43
9	Charlton Athletic U21	28	11	7	10	58	49	9	40	1.43
10	Hull City U21	28	11	6	11	49	52	-3	39	1.39
11	Wigan Athletic U21	28	11	5	12	67	58	9	38	1.36
12	Barnsley U21	28	10	7	11	51	58	-7	37	1.32
13	Millwall U21	28	11	3	14	48	52	-4	36	1.29
14	Bristol City U21	28	10	5	13	45	54	-9	35	1.25
15	Coventry City U21	28	11	2	15	46	63	-17	35	1.25
16	Queens Park Rangers U21	28	8	9	11	51	61	-10	33	1.18
17	Sheffield Wednesday U21	28	8	6	14	49	63	-14	30	1.07
18	Fleetwood Town U21	28	5	8	15	36	63	-27	23	0.82
19	Crewe Alexandra U21	28	5	8	15	41	69	-28	23	0.82
20	Colchester United U21	28	6	5	17	39	77	-38	23	0.82

04/05/2026 - 08:00

Huddersfield Town U21

4 : 1

Bournemouth U21

04/05/2026 - 08:00

Peterborough U21

0 : 1

Nottingham Forest U21

02/05/2026 - 08:00

Norwich City U21

1 : 0

Swansea U21

01/05/2026 - 14:00

Everton U21

4 : 2

Brentford U21

27/04/2026 - 14:00

Reading U21

0 : 1

Huddersfield Town U21

27/04/2026 - 14:00

Sheffield United U21

1 : 3

Norwich City U21

27/04/2026 - 14:00

Stoke City U21

1 : 3

Peterborough U21

27/04/2026 - 14:00

Swansea U21

2 : 0

Newcastle U21

27/04/2026 - 14:00

Nottingham Forest U21

3 : 2

Charlton Athletic U21

27/04/2026 - 14:00

Brentford U21

2 : 0

Derby County U21

#	Team	MP	Goal Scored	Avg. Overall	Avg. Home	Avg. Away
1	Watford U21	29	71	2.45	3.07	1.87
2	Brentford U21	30	71	2.37	2.73	2
3	Swansea U21	30	71	2.37	2.8	1.93
4	Peterborough U21	30	69	2.3	2.6	2
5	Bournemouth U21	30	68	2.27	2.53	2
6	Wigan Athletic U21	28	67	2.39	2.43	2.36
7	Huddersfield Town U21	30	64	2.13	1.8	2.47
8	Charlton Athletic U21	29	60	2.07	2.36	1.8
9	Sheffield United U21	29	59	2.03	2.13	1.93
10	Queens Park Rangers U21	28	51	1.82	1.79	1.86
11	Barnsley U21	28	51	1.82	2	1.64
12	Hull City U21	28	49	1.75	2.07	1.43
13	Sheffield Wednesday U21	28	49	1.75	2.29	1.21
14	Cardiff City U21	28	48	1.71	1.79	1.64
15	Millwall U21	28	48	1.71	1.86	1.57
16	Coventry City U21	28	46	1.64	1.36	1.93
17	Bristol City U21	28	45	1.61	2	1.21
18	Crewe Alexandra U21	28	41	1.46	1.5	1.43
19	Colchester United U21	28	39	1.39	1.93	0.86
20	Fleetwood Town U21	28	36	1.29	1.43	1.14
21	Everton U21	2	7	3.5	3.5	0
22	Nottingham Forest U21	2	4	2	3	1
23	Norwich City U21	2	4	2	1	3
24	Stoke City U21	1	1	1	1	0
25	Derby County U21	1	0	0	0	0
26	Newcastle U21	1	0	0	0	0
27	Wolves U21	1	0	0	0	0
28	Reading U21	1	0	0	0	0

#	Team	MP	Goal Scored	Avg. Home
1	Watford U21	14	43	3.07
2	Swansea U21	15	42	2.8
3	Brentford U21	15	41	2.73
4	Peterborough U21	15	39	2.6
5	Bournemouth U21	15	38	2.53
6	Wigan Athletic U21	14	34	2.43
7	Charlton Athletic U21	14	33	2.36
8	Sheffield Wednesday U21	14	32	2.29
9	Sheffield United U21	15	32	2.13
10	Hull City U21	14	29	2.07
11	Bristol City U21	14	28	2
12	Barnsley U21	14	28	2
13	Colchester United U21	14	27	1.93
14	Huddersfield Town U21	15	27	1.8
15	Millwall U21	14	26	1.86
16	Cardiff City U21	14	25	1.79
17	Queens Park Rangers U21	14	25	1.79
18	Crewe Alexandra U21	14	21	1.5
19	Fleetwood Town U21	14	20	1.43
20	Coventry City U21	14	19	1.36
21	Everton U21	2	7	3.5
22	Nottingham Forest U21	1	3	3
23	Norwich City U21	1	1	1
24	Stoke City U21	1	1	1
25	Derby County U21	0	0	0
26	Newcastle U21	0	0	0
27	Wolves U21	0	0	0
28	Reading U21	1	0	0

#	Team	MP	Goal Scored	Avg. Away
1	Huddersfield Town U21	15	37	2.47
2	Wigan Athletic U21	14	33	2.36
3	Brentford U21	15	30	2
4	Peterborough U21	15	30	2
5	Bournemouth U21	15	30	2
6	Swansea U21	15	29	1.93
7	Watford U21	15	28	1.87
8	Sheffield United U21	14	27	1.93
9	Charlton Athletic U21	15	27	1.8
10	Coventry City U21	14	27	1.93
11	Queens Park Rangers U21	14	26	1.86
12	Cardiff City U21	14	23	1.64
13	Barnsley U21	14	23	1.64
14	Millwall U21	14	22	1.57
15	Hull City U21	14	20	1.43
16	Crewe Alexandra U21	14	20	1.43
17	Bristol City U21	14	17	1.21
18	Sheffield Wednesday U21	14	17	1.21
19	Fleetwood Town U21	14	16	1.14
20	Colchester United U21	14	12	0.86
21	Norwich City U21	1	3	3
22	Nottingham Forest U21	1	1	1
23	Derby County U21	1	0	0
24	Everton U21	0	0	0
25	Newcastle U21	1	0	0
26	Wolves U21	1	0	0
27	Reading U21	0	0	0
28	Stoke City U21	0	0	0

#	Team	MP	Goals Conceded	Avg. Overall	Avg. Home	Avg. Away
1	Colchester United U21	28	77	2.75	2.14	3.36
2	Crewe Alexandra U21	28	69	2.46	2.43	2.5
3	Sheffield Wednesday U21	28	63	2.25	2.07	2.43
4	Coventry City U21	28	63	2.25	2.29	2.21
5	Fleetwood Town U21	28	63	2.25	1.93	2.57
6	Queens Park Rangers U21	28	61	2.18	2.07	2.29
7	Barnsley U21	28	58	2.07	2.14	2
8	Wigan Athletic U21	28	58	2.07	1.93	2.21
9	Watford U21	29	56	1.93	1.57	2.27
10	Bristol City U21	28	54	1.93	1.57	2.29
11	Peterborough U21	30	54	1.8	1.47	2.13
12	Millwall U21	28	52	1.86	1.86	1.86
13	Hull City U21	28	52	1.86	2.07	1.64
14	Charlton Athletic U21	29	52	1.79	1.36	2.2
15	Huddersfield Town U21	30	51	1.7	1.33	2.07
16	Bournemouth U21	30	51	1.7	1	2.4
17	Swansea U21	30	50	1.67	1.2	2.13
18	Sheffield United U21	29	42	1.45	1.47	1.43
19	Cardiff City U21	28	39	1.39	1.5	1.29
20	Brentford U21	30	38	1.27	0.93	1.6
21	Everton U21	2	4	2	2	0
22	Stoke City U21	1	3	3	3	0
23	Nottingham Forest U21	2	2	1	2	0
24	Derby County U21	1	2	2	0	2
25	Newcastle U21	1	2	2	0	2
26	Norwich City U21	2	1	0.5	0	1
27	Wolves U21	1	1	1	0	1
28	Reading U21	1	1	1	1	0

#	Team	MP	Goals Conceded	Avg. Home
1	Crewe Alexandra U21	14	34	2.43
2	Coventry City U21	14	32	2.29
3	Colchester United U21	14	30	2.14
4	Barnsley U21	14	30	2.14
5	Hull City U21	14	29	2.07
6	Sheffield Wednesday U21	14	29	2.07
7	Queens Park Rangers U21	14	29	2.07
8	Wigan Athletic U21	14	27	1.93
9	Fleetwood Town U21	14	27	1.93
10	Millwall U21	14	26	1.86
11	Bristol City U21	14	22	1.57
12	Watford U21	14	22	1.57
13	Sheffield United U21	15	22	1.47
14	Peterborough U21	15	22	1.47
15	Cardiff City U21	14	21	1.5
16	Huddersfield Town U21	15	20	1.33
17	Charlton Athletic U21	14	19	1.36
18	Swansea U21	15	18	1.2
19	Bournemouth U21	15	15	1
20	Brentford U21	15	14	0.93
21	Everton U21	2	4	2
22	Stoke City U21	1	3	3
23	Nottingham Forest U21	1	2	2
24	Reading U21	1	1	1
25	Derby County U21	0	0	0
26	Norwich City U21	1	0	0
27	Newcastle U21	0	0	0
28	Wolves U21	0	0	0

#	Team	MP	Goals Conceded	Avg. Away
1	Colchester United U21	14	47	3.36
2	Bournemouth U21	15	36	2.4
3	Fleetwood Town U21	14	36	2.57
4	Crewe Alexandra U21	14	35	2.5
5	Sheffield Wednesday U21	14	34	2.43
6	Watford U21	15	34	2.27
7	Charlton Athletic U21	15	33	2.2
8	Bristol City U21	14	32	2.29
9	Queens Park Rangers U21	14	32	2.29
10	Swansea U21	15	32	2.13
11	Peterborough U21	15	32	2.13
12	Huddersfield Town U21	15	31	2.07
13	Coventry City U21	14	31	2.21
14	Wigan Athletic U21	14	31	2.21
15	Barnsley U21	14	28	2
16	Millwall U21	14	26	1.86
17	Brentford U21	15	24	1.6
18	Hull City U21	14	23	1.64
19	Sheffield United U21	14	20	1.43
20	Cardiff City U21	14	18	1.29
21	Derby County U21	1	2	2
22	Newcastle U21	1	2	2
23	Norwich City U21	1	1	1
24	Wolves U21	1	1	1
25	Nottingham Forest U21	1	0	0
26	Everton U21	0	0	0
27	Reading U21	0	0	0
28	Stoke City U21	0	0	0

#	Team	MP
1	Bristol City U21	28
2	Cardiff City U21	28
3	Millwall U21	28
4	Hull City U21	28
5	Sheffield Wednesday U21	28
6	Watford U21	29
7	Queens Park Rangers U21	28
8	Nottingham Forest U21	2
9	Sheffield United U21	29
10	Charlton Athletic U21	29
11	Crewe Alexandra U21	28
12	Colchester United U21	28
13	Huddersfield Town U21	30
14	Coventry City U21	28
15	Brentford U21	30
16	Barnsley U21	28
17	Swansea U21	30
18	Derby County U21	1
19	Everton U21	2
20	Norwich City U21	2
21	Newcastle U21	1
22	Wolves U21	1
23	Reading U21	1
24	Stoke City U21	1
25	Peterborough U21	30
26	Bournemouth U21	30
27	Wigan Athletic U21	28
28	Fleetwood Town U21	28

#	Team	MP
1	Bristol City U21	28
2	Cardiff City U21	28
3	Millwall U21	28
4	Hull City U21	28
5	Sheffield Wednesday U21	28
6	Watford U21	29
7	Queens Park Rangers U21	28
8	Nottingham Forest U21	2
9	Sheffield United U21	29
10	Charlton Athletic U21	29
11	Crewe Alexandra U21	28
12	Colchester United U21	28
13	Huddersfield Town U21	30
14	Coventry City U21	28
15	Brentford U21	30
16	Barnsley U21	28
17	Swansea U21	30
18	Derby County U21	1
19	Everton U21	2
20	Norwich City U21	2
21	Newcastle U21	1
22	Wolves U21	1
23	Reading U21	1
24	Stoke City U21	1
25	Peterborough U21	30
26	Bournemouth U21	30
27	Wigan Athletic U21	28
28	Fleetwood Town U21	28

#	Team	MP
1	Bristol City U21	28
2	Cardiff City U21	28
3	Millwall U21	28
4	Hull City U21	28
5	Sheffield Wednesday U21	28
6	Watford U21	29
7	Queens Park Rangers U21	28
8	Nottingham Forest U21	2
9	Sheffield United U21	29
10	Charlton Athletic U21	29
11	Crewe Alexandra U21	28
12	Colchester United U21	28
13	Huddersfield Town U21	30
14	Coventry City U21	28
15	Brentford U21	30
16	Barnsley U21	28
17	Swansea U21	30
18	Derby County U21	1
19	Everton U21	2
20	Norwich City U21	2
21	Newcastle U21	1
22	Wolves U21	1
23	Reading U21	1
24	Stoke City U21	1
25	Peterborough U21	30
26	Bournemouth U21	30
27	Wigan Athletic U21	28
28	Fleetwood Town U21	28

Development League: Standings and Season Statistics 2025/26

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English Professional Development League: League Statistics and General Data

Number of matches played: 292/292
Total goals scored: 1119
Average goals per match: 3.83
Home wins: 133
Away wins: 100
Draws: 59
Matches with over 2.5 goals: 74%
Matches with under 2.5 goals: 26%
Most common scoreline: 2–2

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Offensive and Defensive Performance

Best attack: Swansea U21 - 69 goals scored
Worst attack: Fleetwood Town U21 - 36 goals scored
Best defense: Brentford U21 - 34 goals conceded
Worst defense: Colchester United U21 - 77 goals conceded

Results and Consistency

Team with the most wins: Brentford U21 - 18 wins
Team with the fewest wins: Fleetwood Town U21 - 5 wins
Team with the most draws: Watford U21 - 9 draws
Team with the fewest draws: Bournemouth U21 - 2 draws
Team with the most losses: Colchester United U21 - 17 losses
Team with the fewest losses: Brentford U21 - 6 losses

Home and Away Performance

Best home team: Bournemouth U21
Best away team: Brentford U21

Cards and Corners

Team with the highest average number of cards: Bristol City U21 - an average of 0 cards per match
Team with the highest average number of corners: Bournemouth U21 - an average of 10.86 corners per match

Individual Player Statistics

Top scorer in Development League: - 0 goals
Top assist provider: - 0 assists
Player with the highest goals-per-game average: - average of 0 goals per match
Most penalty goals: - 0 penalties scored
Player with the most yellow cards: - 0 yellow cards
Player with the most red cards: - 0 red cards
Goalkeeper who conceded the most goals: - 0 goals conceded

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