| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 29 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 24 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 24 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 25 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 24 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 24 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 24 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 24 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Leicester City | 24 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 25 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 13 | Barnsley | 24 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 25 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 25 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 16 | West Ham United | 25 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 24 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 25 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 25 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 29 | |||