All 24 EFL Championship stadiums ranked by how loud they are | OneFootball

Football League World ranks the current Championship stadiums based on atmosphere

It's no secret that a quality home atmosphere can be the difference between winning and losing games sometimes.

If a raucous crowd gets behind a side, they can truly push them on to grab that late equaliser, hold on to a point against strong opposition, or try to grab all three.

And therefore, the points that the '12th man' can bring could be the difference between finishing in the relegation zone, or not, the play-offs, or not, or even winning the title.

In the Championship, there are a plethora of loud, rowdy fanbases who make themselves known on a matchday, but whose stadium is the loudest? Football League World has decided to rank each stadium based on just that.

24 Kassam Stadium - Oxford United

Unfortunately, one team has to prop up this list, and in this case, it's Oxford United's Kassam Stadium.

And that's not to say that Yellows fans don't make noise. The Kassam Stadium is the smallest ground in the Championship, but when the Oxford fans get behind their side, you know about it.

Unfortunately, though, that noise is often inconsistent, due in part to the fact that the ground has just three stands, and it can be difficult to contain the sound when it is made.

Oxford will hopefully not have that issue soon, with their new 16,000 seater stadium granted planning permission in August 2025. But for now, it's a place at the bottom of the ranks.

23 Ewood Park - Blackburn Rovers

There have been attendance issues at Blackburn Rovers for quite some time now. Ewood Park can hold over 31,000, yet Valerien Ismael's side have struggled to hit even 60% capacity consistently over the course of a season.

The loudest days which come at Ewood Park are often when bigger clubs come to town, as they are capable of filling the near 7,000-capacity away end.

Granted, that makes for a big-match feel and a loud atmosphere at times, but it isn't consistent enough to place any higher than second-bottom here.

22 Racecourse Ground - Wrexham

Wrexham fans know how to make themselves heard. The atmosphere for their promotion-clinching home game against Charlton Athletic proved that massively.

But, like with Oxford before them, the three-sided Racecourse Ground can sometimes lead to that noise being lost in the atmosphere outside the stadium.

Plus, and whilst this isn't the fans' fault at all, Wrexham's ground is one of the smallest in the division, and thus averages the lowest attendance in the division. Naturally, other grounds will be louder.

Swansea City place just outside the bottom three on this list. Like with the three clubs which came before them, the Swansea.com Stadium doesn't pull in huge attendance figures in the Championship due to their ground being one of the smallest six in the division.

It's a long trip down to south Wales to take on Alan Sheehan's side too, and teams who are often struggling don't tend to travel the best there, with the plan to avoid a potential defeat after an already unenviable trip.

Ultimately, this list takes into account both home and away following, and therefore Swansea don't find themselves high on it.

Like Blackburn, Preston's away capacity can be extended, and sometimes that leads to games with big rowdy atmospheres from both home and away crowds.

Ultimately, that can also lead to inconsistent attendances and games that more often than not have a few thousand visable empty seats, which can dampen the mood somewhat.

Preston have been a formidable side at home as of late, however, so the noise that is created does help spur Paul Heckingbottom's side on, but ultimately, there are better atmospheres in the Championship.

19 Loftus Road - Queens Park Rangers

It's often the case that compact grounds which can properly get on top of you can generate some of the most hostile atmospheres for away sides, and when QPR are on form, Loftus Road can be a difficult place to go.

But equally, when things aren't going the Hoops' way, it can also seem a bit flat at times, and whilst QPR are good at selling a high percentage of their allocations, the ground is the third-smallest in the division.

Additionally, a small away allocation makes it more difficult to generate as much of a binary game day atmosphere compared to others on this list.

18 Hillsborough - Sheffield Wednesday

Unfortunately, Hillsborough is currently a tough one to place. Sheffield Wednesday fans are currently in the midst of a civil war with their own owner, and the atmosphere around the club isn't the best.

Especially at home, where many fans have been boycotting games and refusing to put money into Dejphon Chansiri's pockets.

The Owls have hovered around the 20,000 mark for league attendances in a stadium which currently holds just under 35,000, meaning plenty of empty seats and a sometimes flat-sounding atmosphere in a big ground.

As we head into the mid-table portion of the list, these grounds are certainly capable of creating some noise, but ultimately that emphasises the number of dedicated fans this division has.

At 17th is Charlton Athletic, a side plenty of second-tier fans are happy to see back in the Championship. Their historic ground has held host to plenty of memorable moments, and their late winner on their return to the division on the opening day of this season showed that their fans are still capable of making themselves heard.

They rank lower due to a need to keep this type of reaction consistent across their return to the second tier.

This past year's perhaps bumped Hull City down a few places, as it was a hugely disappointing campaign for the Tigers, who had the worst home form in the Championship.

However, when Hull are on it and are winning games, their fans are incredibly vocal and quick to remind their opponents about their 'maulings.'

If Sergej Jakirovic can bring that feeling back to the MKM Stadium, Hull may find themselves back near the top half in a revised list. For now though, 16th.

15 Vicarage Road - Watford

Watford's fanbase is incredibly solid, and whilst those die-hard fans are arguably enough to boost the Hornets further up this list, they too tend to have people who lose interest when the club's in a tough position, making for a hot and cold atmosphere.

You currently don't really know what you're going to get with Watford, and that resonates not only with on-field performances, but also the amount of noise which is made on a matchday.