| Continentalcup1: | New clubs in League |
| Nextseason: | 1951–52 |
The 1950–51 season was the 52nd completed season of The Football League.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.
| Competition: | First Division |
| Season: | 1950–51 |
| Winners: | Tottenham Hotspur 1st English title |
| Relegated: | Sheffield Wednesday Everton |
| League Topscorer: | Stan Mortensen (30 goals)[3] |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1413 |
| Prevseason: | 1949–50 |
| Nextseason: | 1951–52 |
Newly promoted Tottenham Hotspur won the First Division title for the first time in their history, and achieved the rare distinction of lifting the First Division title one season after promotion. They finished four points ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United.
Sheffield Wednesday and Everton were relegated to the Second Division, bracketed together at the bottom of the First Division on 32 points. Chelsea survived on goal average.
| Competition: | Second Division |
| Season: | 1950–51 |
| Winners: | Preston North End |
| Promoted: | Preston North End Manchester City |
| Relegated: | Chesterfield Grimsby Town |
| League Topscorer: | Cec McCormack (33 goals) |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1469 |
| Prevseason: | 1949–50 |
| Nextseason: | 1951–52 |
| Competition: | Football League Third Division North |
| Season: | 1950–51 |
| Winners: | Rotherham United (1st title) |
| League Topscorer: | Jack Shaw (Rotherham United), 37 |
| Continentalcup2: | Failed re-election |
| Continentalcup3: | New clubs in League |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1608 |
| Nextseason: | 1951–52 |
| Competition: | Football League Third Division South |
| Season: | 1950–51 |
| Winners: | Nottingham Forest (1st title) |
| League Topscorer: | Wally Ardron (Nottingham Forest), 36 |
| Continentalcup2: | Failed re-election |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | none |
| Continentalcup3: | New clubs in League |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1623 |
| Nextseason: | 1951–52 |