| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 33 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 29 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 30 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 29 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 29 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 29 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 30 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 29 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Everton | 30 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 30 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 30 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 38 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 29 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 30 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 39 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 29 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 17 | 30 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Swansea Town | 30 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Coventry City | 29 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 35 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 30 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 35 | |||