The Championship is renowned for how competitive it is – but what's the gap looking like between the top and the bottom of the league?
Well Fulham are looking comfortable at the top of the tree with a healthy cushion ahead of them and our Long Table shows that. By placing teams on the number of points that they have rather than their specific position in the table, we can see just how close everyone is in the league.
And it's very telling in the Championship this season.
| Row 0 - Cell 0 | Row 0 - Cell 1 |
| 60 | Row 1 - Cell 1 |
| 59 | Row 2 - Cell 1 |
| 58 | Fulham |
| 57 | Row 4 - Cell 1 |
| 56 | Row 5 - Cell 1 |
| 55 | Row 6 - Cell 1 |
| 54 | Row 7 - Cell 1 |
| 53 | Blackburn |
| 52 | Bournemouth |
| 51 | QPR |
| 50 | Row 11 - Cell 1 |
| 49 | Row 12 - Cell 1 |
| 48 | Row 13 - Cell 1 |
| 47 | Row 14 - Cell 1 |
| 46 | Row 15 - Cell 1 |
| 45 | West Brom, Middlesbrough, Huddersfield |
| 44 | Row 17 - Cell 1 |
| 43 | Nottingham Forest |
| 42 | Row 19 - Cell 1 |
| 41 | Row 20 - Cell 1 |
| 40 | Coventry |
| 39 | Luton, Stoke |
| 38 | Row 23 - Cell 1 |
| 37 | Preston, Blackpool |
| 36 | Sheffield United, Millwall |
| 35 | Row 26 - Cell 1 |
| 34 | Bristol City |
| 33 | Row 28 - Cell 1 |
| 32 | Swansea, Hull, Birmingham |
| 31 | Row 30 - Cell 1 |
| 30 | Row 31 - Cell 1 |
| 29 | Row 32 - Cell 1 |
| 28 | Row 33 - Cell 1 |
| 27 | Row 34 - Cell 1 |
| 26 | Row 35 - Cell 1 |
| 25 | Row 36 - Cell 1 |
| 24 | Row 37 - Cell 1 |
| 23 | Cardiff |
| 22 | Reading |
| 21 | Row 40 - Cell 1 |
| 20 | Peterborough |
| 19 | Row 42 - Cell 1 |
| 18 | Row 43 - Cell 1 |
| 17 | Row 44 - Cell 1 |
| 16 | Row 45 - Cell 1 |
| 15 | Row 46 - Cell 1 |
| 14 | Derby, Barnsley |
| 13 | Row 48 - Cell 1 |
| 12 | Row 49 - Cell 1 |
Fulham are top with a bit of a gap behind them, with Blackburn Rovers, Bournemouth and QPR all pushing for the second automatic place. Just behind them, West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough, Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest are all in contention for playoff places.
Midtable is sparsely spread out, with Barnsley and Derby bottom of the league – and adrift of Peterborough right now.
Will all that change in weeks to come? We will see…
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