Players with the most appearances in the history of the Championship

Albert Adomah holds the record for the most appearances in Championship history, a milestone he reached during a career that has taken in six different clubs since the division was rebranded in 2004. Very few players ever get close to these kinds of numbers, given how demanding a season in England's second tier can be.

Anyone checking Championship betting odds for this season is following a competition built on players like Adomah, who have made a career out of consistently turning up week after week in England's toughest domestic division.

Racking up hundreds of Championship appearances takes durability as much as talent, given the physical demands of a 46-game season played out over nine months, often with a midweek fixture squeezed in between weekend matches. Here are five of the players who have made the most of it.

Albert Adomah

Adomah made 526 Championship appearances across spells with Barnet, Bristol City, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Queens Park Rangers, moving to the top of the all-time list in 2024.

His best spell came at Aston Villa, where he scored 20 goals and added 22 assists across three seasons, helping the club win promotion via a play-off final victory over Derby County in 2019.

Lee Camp

Camp's total of 524 appearances makes him the most durable goalkeeper the division has ever seen, having represented Derby County, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Rotherham United, Sunderland and Birmingham City across a career that began in the mid-2000s and eventually wound down in the lower leagues.

For those looking at new customer betting offers around this season's goalkeeping markets, Camp's longevity is a reminder of how valuable a reliable last line of defence can be over a long campaign.

Dele Adebola

Adebola made 488 Championship appearances and scored 95 goals during a well-travelled career that took in eight different clubs. The striker was particularly effective for Crewe Alexandra and Birmingham City around the turn of the millennium, before spells at Crystal Palace, Burnley, Coventry City, Bristol City, Nottingham Forest and Hull City extended both his appearance and goal tallies well into his late 30s, a rare feat for a forward relying on physicality as much as pace.

Tom Lees

Lees's total of 485 appearances is the highest of any defender on the list, all of it with three Yorkshire clubs. He made his Championship debut for Leeds United in August 2011 and played more than 40 league games in each of his three seasons at Elland Road, before a seven-year spell at Sheffield Wednesday that brought 274 appearances.

Lukas Jutkiewicz

Jutkiewicz's 474 appearances came with Coventry City, Middlesbrough, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and Birmingham City, and he won the division with Burnley in 2015-16. His nine years at St Andrew's were the longest spell of his career, bringing 358 appearances, 69 goals and the club's Player of the Year award in 2020. Birmingham's relegation to League One in 2024 closed out his time in the second tier, and he retired a year later to move into the club's recruitment department.

Paul McKenna

McKenna spent the vast majority of his 469 Championship appearances with Preston North End, where a 13-year stay made him one of the most recognisable midfielders the club has ever had. He moved on to Nottingham Forest in 2009 and later Hull City, before retiring in 2013 with a record that few players from his era could match for consistency at a single club.

Between them, these six players represent almost 3,000 Championship appearances, a reminder of just how many careers have been built entirely within England's most competitive division, often away from the spotlight enjoyed by their Premier League counterparts.