| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Southampton | 19 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 21 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 20 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 21 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 21 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 20 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Swansea Town | 20 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 21 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 20 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 21 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 21 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||