| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 24 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 25 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 23 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 25 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 24 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 25 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 25 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 24 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 23 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 25 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 24 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 25 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 24 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 19 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | |||