The 2025 / 26 League One Season came to a close on Saturday 2nd May 2026, with Lincoln City securing the title with 103 Points and playing in Second Tier for the first time in over 60 years, they will be joined by Cardiff City who finished second. Stockport County, Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers and Stevenage will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.
I am taking my annual in depth look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).
Overview of Kits Worn
Kit Stats
- 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
- 93 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
- Home Kits – 33% of Kit variations used
- 31 Home Kits worn in total
- 7 Home Kit variations worn
- Away Kits – 35% of variations used
- 32 Away Kits worn in total
- 8 Away Kit variations worn
- 3rd Kits – 30% of variations worn
- 28 3rd Kits worn in total
- 5 3rd Kit variations worn
- Special Kit – 2% of variations used
- 2 Special Kits worn
Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 23
Kit Log – Match 24 to Match 46
Kit Variations
Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the League One Teams
- Luton Town in 9 Kit Variations: Home x4, Away x3, 3rd x2
- 4 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
- Barnsley: Home, Away x3, 3rd x2
- Blackpool: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
- Exeter City: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Plymouth Argyle: Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
- 8 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
- Bolton Wanderers: Home x2, Away, 3rd
- Doncaster Rovers: Home, Away, 3rd, 4th
- Leyton Orient: Home, Away, 3rd x2
- Lincoln City: Home, Away, 3rd, Celebration Kit
- Mansfied Town: Home x2, Away, 3rd
- Peterborough United: Home, Away x2, 3rd
- Reading: Home, Away x2, 3rd
- Stevenage: Home, Away x2, 3rd
- 10 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations
- Port Vale wore just 2 Kit Variatons: Home and Away
- Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
- Luton Town
- Default Home
- Home with Away (orange) Socks
- Home with Away (white) shorts and Away (orange) socks
- Home with Away (white) shorts
- Luton Town
- Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
- Luton Town
- Default Away
- Away with Home (white) socks
- Away with 3rd (navy) socks
- Luton Town
- Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits (5 Teams)
- Barnsley
- Default 3rd
- 3rd with Away shorts & socks (white)
- Exeter City
- Default 3rd
- 3rd with Away (white) socks
- Leyton Orient
- Default 3rd
- 3rd with alternative teal socks
- Luton Town
- Default 3rd
- 3rd with Away (white) socks
- Plymouth Argyle
- Default 3rd
- 3rd with Away (black) socks
- Barnsley
- 12 Teams only used Kits with no variations
- Most worn Home Kit – 39, Cardiff City
- Most worn Away Kit – 17, Port Vale
- Most worn 3rd Kit – 13, Stockport County
Something that I like to share which is an overview of when each of the new kit looks were first worn, for example… Bolton Wanderers wore their 3rd Kit, Home Kit and then Away Kit in their first three games
Match 1 to Match 23
Match 24 to Match 46
Kit Grid
Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Socials.
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Kit Highlights and Summary
In 2025 / 26 League One season teams wore 93 Kits, this was a decrease in the number kits compared to last season where 95 Kits were worn.
The most worn Kit in the League was Cardiff City’s Home Kit, which was worn 39 times, including a run of 16 games in a row, which was also part of a run which saw the Bluebirds in their Home Kit 29 times in 30 games.
Port Vale were one of the four teams to be relegated, however they played in a pair of kits which were one of my favourite in all football this season. The Home and Away Kits were a celebration of the Club’s 150th Anniversary and took influence in their design from those worn in 1953/54 season. They were also the only team in League One to wear just Home and Away kits with no variation. (However they did wear plan black socks in their FA Cup game against Chelsea).
Luton Town wore the most Kit Variations in not only League One but the whole of the EFL. Their nine kit looks were made up of four different Home Kits, three Away and two 3rd Kits, each kit look was using the elements of their three kt designs, making them the “Mash Up” Kings of EFL.
Doncaster Rovers were the only team to use Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits this season. Their 4th Kit was worn at Home against Blackpool on
Mansfield Town continued their tradition in supporting World Down Syndrome Day, promoting the “Rock Your Socks” campaign, this season wearing their green 3rd Kit socks with their Home Kit.
Reading may now hold the record for the latest debut of a kit. Their 3rd Kit was launched in July 2025 and was finally worn on the pitch on 45th game of the season on 25th April, 9 months after it was released.
Lincoln City ended a remarkable season as runaway Champions of League One, their final Home game where they lifted the title, they wore a special kit which was a celebration of 50th Anniversary of Graham Taylor’s Division 4 title winning team, a team that won the title with 74 points, equivalent to 106 points in today’s system.
There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2025 / 26, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over on my Socials.
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