| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 87 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 37 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 39 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 37 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Hull City | 38 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 40 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 38 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 39 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 39 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 37 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 38 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 11 | 38 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 12 | Leicester City | 39 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 37 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 38 | 47 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 38 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 40 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 37 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 39 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 38 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 21 | 37 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | ||||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 38 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 36 | |||