| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 22 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 23 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Southampton | 21 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 23 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 23 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 22 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 22 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 23 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 22 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 21 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 23 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 22 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Coventry City | 21 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 23 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |||