| Competition: | EFL League One |
| Winners: | Sheffield United (1st divisional title) |
| Promoted: | Sheffield United Bolton Wanderers Millwall |
| Relegated: | Chesterfield Coventry City Swindon Town Port Vale |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1417 |
| League Topscorer: | Billy Sharp (30 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Bristol Rovers 5–0 Northampton Town Scunthorpe United 5–0 Gillingham |
| Biggest Away Win: | Bristol Rovers 1–5 Charlton Athletic |
| Longest Wins: | Sheffield United (7 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Fleetwood Town (18 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Bury (20 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Bury (13 matches) |
| Highest Attendance: | 31,003 (Sheffield United 3-2 Chesterfield, 30 April 2017) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,907 (Rochdale 4–0 Walsall) |
| Average Attendance: | 7,576 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Most Draws: | Bradford City (16 matches) |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Mark Howard (Bolton) 9 |
The 2016–17 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.[1]
Bolton and Oxford competed in the third tier for the first time under the League One name. AFC Wimbledon made their debut in the third tier.
Promoted from League Two
Relegated from Championship
Promoted to Championship
Relegated to League Two
| Team | Location | Stadium | data-sort-type="number" | Capacity[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London (Kingston upon Thames) | 4,850 (2,265 seated) | |||
| 28,723 | ||||
| 25,136 | ||||
| 12,011 | ||||
| 11,640 | ||||
| London (Charlton) | 27,111 | |||
| 10,400 | ||||
| 32,500 | ||||
| 5,311 (2,701 seated) | ||||
| 11,582 | ||||
| London (South Bermondsey) | 20,146 | |||
| 30,500 | ||||
| 7,798 | ||||
| 13,512 | ||||
| 12,500 | ||||
| 15,314 | ||||
| 18,947 | ||||
| 10,249 | ||||
| 9,088 | ||||
| 32,702 | ||||
| 9,875 | ||||
| 12,392 | ||||
| 15,728 | ||||
| 11,300 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Wanderers | Neil Lennon | Sacked | 15 March 2016[3] | Pre-season | Phil Parkinson | 10 June 2016[4] |
| Charlton Athletic |  Jose Riga | Resigned | 7 May 2016[5] | Russell Slade | 6 June 2016 | |
| Sheffield United | Nigel Adkins | Sacked | 12 May 2016[6] | Chris Wilder | 12 May 2016 | |
| Northampton Town | Chris Wilder | Signed by Sheffield United | 12 May 2016 | Rob Page | 19 May 2016[7] | |
| Port Vale | Rob Page | Signed by Northampton Town | 19 May 2016 | Bruno Ribeiro | 20 June 2016[8] | |
| Oldham Athletic |  John Sheridan | Signed by Notts County | 27 May 2016[9] | Steve Robinson | 9 July 2016 | |
| Bradford City | Phil Parkinson | Signed by Bolton Wanderers | 10 June 2016 | Stuart McCall | 20 June 2016[10] | |
| Fleetwood Town | Steven Pressley | Resigned | 26 July 2016[11] | Uwe Rösler | 30 July 2016[12] | |
| Coventry City | Tony Mowbray | Resigned | 29 September 2016[13] | 24th | Russell Slade | 21 December 2016 |
| Shrewsbury Town | Micky Mellon | Signed by Tranmere Rovers | 6 October 2016[14] | 21st | Paul Hurst | 24 October 2016[15] |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Karl Robinson | Sacked | 23 October 2016[16] | 19th | Robbie Neilson | 3 December 2016[17] |
| Charlton Athletic | Russell Slade | Sacked | 14 November 2016[18] | 15th | Karl Robinson | 24 November 2016[19] |
| Bury | David Flitcroft | Mutual consent | 16 November 2016[20] | 16th | Chris Brass | 14 December 2016 |
| Port Vale | Bruno Ribeiro | Resigned | 26 December 2016[21] | 17th | Michael Brown | 26 December 2016 |
| Gillingham | Justin Edinburgh | Sacked | 3 January 2017 | Adrian Pennock | 4 January 2017[22] | |
| Chesterfield | Danny Wilson | 8 January 2017 | 22nd | Gary Caldwell | 17 January 2017[23] | |
| Northampton Town | Rob Page | 9 January 2017 | 16th | Justin Edinburgh | 13 January 2017[24] | |
| Oldham Athletic | Steve Robinson | 12 January 2017[25] | 24th | John Sheridan | 12 January 2017 | |
| Bury | Chris Brass | 15 February 2017[26] | 20th | Lee Clark | 15 February 2017 | |
| Coventry City | Russell Slade | 5 March 2017[27] | 24th | Mark Robins | 6 March 2017[28] |
See also: 2017 English Football League play-offs.
Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000 in 2016–17 EFL League One season:
| Team | Home average |
|---|---|
| Sheffield United | 21,892 |
| Bradford City | 18,180 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 14,934 |
| Charlton Athletic | 11,162 |
| MK Dons | 10,307 |