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It's an old adage that teams buy their success in football these days but a closer examination of the list of the EFL's richest owners suggest that is not always the case in 2018/19.

Of course just having a rich owner means very little if they are not willing to spend their millions on the club.

Parachute payments for clubs coming down from the Premier League to the Championship also distort the financial situation of a number of sides.

However the startling fact is that the sides at the top of the Championship - Norwich City, League One - Luton Town and League Two - Lincoln City, as it stands, are far from the richest in their divisions.

Perhaps there is some hope for the game at the lower levels yet.

Bristol Live have now compiled the ultimate list of EFL owners.

(Image: Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images)

The figures have been collected from a variety of sources including local news reports, Forbes and companycheck.co.uk.

So, without further ado, here's the complete list of money men and women...

Championship: Aston Villa - Dr. Tony Xia, Nassef Sawiris, Wesley Edens - current position - 5th

£8,100,000,000

League One: Barnsley - International Investment Consortium (Headed by Chien Lee) - current position - 3rd

£6,900,000,000

Championship: Stoke City - Coates family - current position - 15th

£3,100,000,000

Championship: West Brom - Guochuan Lai - current position - 4th

£2,800,000,000

Championship: Bristol City - Steve Lansdown - current position - 6th

£1,720,000,000

(Image: Rogan/JMP)

Championship: Preston North End - Trevor Hemmings - current position - 12th

£1,000,000,000

Championship: Ipswich - Marcus Evans - current position - 24th

£800,000,000

League One: Portsmouth - Michael Eisner - current position - 4th

£761,363,968

Championship: Reading - Dai Yongge and Dai Xiu Li - current position - 20

£700,000,000

Championship: Sheffield Wednesday - Dejphon Chansiri - current position - 10th

£520,000,000

Championship: Derby - Mel Morris - current position - 8th

£500,000,000

Championship: Nottingham Forest - Evangelos Marinakis - current position - 11th

£470,000,000

Championship: Leeds United - Andrea Radrizzani - current position - 2nd

£450,000,000

Championship: Birmingham City - Paul Suen (Trillion Trophy Asia) - current position - 17th

£450,000,000

League One: Bristol Rovers - Dwane Sports (Al-Qadi family) - current position - 16th

£400,000,000

Championship: QPR - Tony Fernandes, Lakshmi Mittal - current position - 18th

£345,000,000

League One: Scunthorpe United - Peter Swann (family) - current position - 18th

£340,000,000

Championship: Sheffield United - Kevin McCabe and Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - current position - 3rd

£260,000,000

Championship: Wigan Athletic - Dave Whelan

£250,000,000 - current position - 21st

Championship: Hull City - Assem Allam

£200,000,000 - current position - 9th

Championship: Middlesbrough - Steve Gibson

£195,000,000 - current position - 7th

Championship: Rotherham United - Tony Stewart and J Stewart - current position - 22nd

£180,000,000

Championship: Millwall - John Berylson, Richard Smith - current position - 19th

£175,000,000

League Two: Milton Keynes Dons - Pete Winkelman - current position - 3rd

£157,900,000

League Two: Forest Green Rovers - Dale Vince - current position - 6th

£107,000,000

League One: Bradford City - Stefan Rupp and Edin Rahic - current position - 24th

£100,000,000

League Two: Stevenage - Phil Wallace - current position - 12th

£70,000,000

League Two: Notts County - Alan Hardy - current position - 24th

£55,000,000

League Two: Swindon Town - Lee Power - current position - 10th

£45,000,000

League Two: Colchester United - Robbie Cowling - current position - 9th

£40,000,000

Championship: Norwich City - Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones - current position - 1st

£30,000,000

League Two: Carlisle United - CUFC Holdings Ltd - Lead shareholder Andrew Jenkins - 8th

£17,100,000

League Two: Crewe Alexandra - Mr Norman Hassall - current position - 15th

£14,400,000

League One: Shrewsbury Town - Roland Wycherley - current position - 14th

£14,300,000

League One: Sunderland - Stewart Donald - current position - 2nd

£8,400,000

League Two: Mansfield Town - John Radford - current position - 22nd

£7,100,000

League One: Walsall - Jeff Bonser - current position - 23rd

£3,300,000

Other clubs were either owned by supporters’ trusts or the owner’s estimated wealth could not be ascertained.

Championship: Bolton Ken Anderson Unknown

Championship: Brentford Matthew Benham Unknown

Championship: Swansea Stephen Kaplan and Jason Levien Unknown

Championship: Blackburn Balaji & Venkatesh Rao Unknown

League One: Accrington Stanley Andy Holt Unknown

League One: Blackpool - in receivership

League One: Burton Albion Ben Robinson Unknown

League One: Charlton Athletic Roland Duchâtelet Unknown

League One: Coventry City Otium Entertainment Group Unknown

League One: Doncaster Rovers Patienceform Limited Unknown

League One: Fleetwood Town Andrew Pilley Unknown

League One: Gillingham Paul Scally Unknown

League One: Luton Town Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd Unknown

League One: Oxford United Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth Unknown

League One: Peterborough United Darragh MacAnthony Unknown

League One: Plymouth Argyle Simon Hallett Unknown

League One: Rochdale Chris Dunphy Unknown

League One: Southend United Ron Martin Unknown

League Two: Bury Mederco (BFC) Ltd - Stewart Day Unknown

League Two: Cambridge United Paul Barry Unknown

League Two: Crawley Town Ziya Eren Unknown

League Two: Grimsby Town John Fenty Unknown

League Two: Macclesfield Town Amar Alkadhi Unknown

League Two: Morecambe Jason Whittingham and Colin Goldring Unknown

League Two: Northampton Town Northampton Town Ventures Limited - Kelvin Thomas, David Bower and David Bower Unknown

League Two: Oldham Athletic Abdallah Lemsagam Unknown

League Two: Port Vale Norman Smurthwaite Unknown

League Two: Tranmere Rovers Mark Palios Unknown

League Two: Yeovil Town John Fry Unknown

League One: AFC Wimbledon Supporters trust n/a

League One: Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Trust n/a

League Two: Cheltenham Town No outright owner n/a

League Two: Exeter City Exeter City Supporters' Trust n/a

League Two: Lincoln City Lincoln City Holdings Ltd n/a