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Revealed: How much playing time each Championship club has given U23 players

The end of the Championship season is right around the corner and there is still plenty to be decided - although there is still lots that can be discussed.

Many clubs consider themselves to be a haven for young talent, providing opportunities to young players, and we can now reveal the numbers behind it all - showing which clubs are impressing in this aspect and which are falling short.

It varies from club-to-club, as expected, but Swansea City lead the way for handing opportunities to players aged 23 or under, accumulating over 390 hours of playing time for players in this bracket - which is remarkably 13 DAYS higher than Bolton Wanderers, bottom of the standings with just over 78 hours for these players.

Other clubs to impress include Brentford, Preston North End and Bristol City, while Stoke City and Sheffield United are among those that could do better.

Jack Clarke has broken into the Leeds side this term (Andrew Kearns/CameraSport)

You can see the full numbers below, along with which played aged 23 or under has featured the most this season.

1 - Swansea City

Total minutes: 23,448

Most minutes: Connor Roberts (3,686)

2 - Brentford

Total minutes: 19,390

Most minutes: Ezri Konsa (3,662)

3 - Preston North End

Total minutes: 18,051

Most minutes: Ben Davies (3,276)

4 - Bristol City

Total minutes: 15,464

Most minutes: Josh Brownhill (3,708)

5 - Blackburn Rovers

Total minutes: 15,245

Most minutes: David Raya (3,682)

Kalvin Phillips is one of Leeds' Academy graduates (Alex Dodd/CameraSport)

6 - Reading

Total minutes: 15,094

Most minutes: Yakou Meite (2,618)

7 - Derby County

Total minutes: 14,015

Most minutes: Fikayo Tomori (3,601)

8 - Norwich City

Total minutes: 13,679

Most minutes: Jamal Lewis (3,536)

9 - Wigan Athletic

Total minutes: 13,144

Most minutes: Reece James (3,882)

 

10 - Aston Villa

Total minutes: 12,838

Most minutes: John McGinn (3,374)

11 - Ipswich Town

Total minutes: 12,031

Most minutes: Trevoh Chalobah (3,100)

12 - Leeds United

Total minutes: 11,306

Most minutes: Kalvin Phillips (3,324)

13 - Hull City

Total minutes: 10,729

Most minutes: Jarrod Bowen (3,771)

14 - Rotherham United

Total minutes: 8,653

Most minutes: Marek Rodak (3,960)

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15 - QPR

Total minutes: 8,586

Most minutes: Joe Lumley (3,600)

16 - Nottingham Forest

Total minutes: 8,183

Most minutes: Joao Carvalho (2,392)

17 - Sheffield Wednesday

Total minutes: 8,078

Most minutes: Cameron Dawson (2,250)

18 - West Brom

Total minutes: 7,872

Most minutes: Harvey Barnes (2,225)

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19 - Birmingham City

Total minutes: 7,108

Most minutes: Che Adams (3,586)

20 - Millwall

Total minutes: 6,980

Most minutes: Jake Cooper (3,870)

21 - Middlesbrough

Total minutes: 6,607

Most minutes: Dael Fry (2,864)

22 - Sheffield United

Total minutes: 4,826

Most minutes: Dean Henderson (3,690)

23 - Stoke City

Total minutes: 4,758

Most minutes: Peter Etebo (2,372)

24 - Bolton Wanderers

Total minutes: 4,687

Most minutes: Joe Williams (2,527)

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