| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 29 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 28 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 29 | 50 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 28 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 38 | |||
| 7 | Newcastle United | 29 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 28 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Burnley | 31 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Manchester City | 27 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 28 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 30 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 15 | Millwall | 28 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 16 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 28 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 27 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 45 | |||
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 44 | |||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 46 | |||