| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 33 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 33 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 40 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 32 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 32 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 33 | |||
| 5 | Swansea Town | 32 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 41 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 31 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 31 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 32 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 32 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 40 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 29 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 29 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 37 | |||
| 15 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 41 | ||||
| 16 | Barnsley | 33 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 17 | West Ham United | 29 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 29 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 33 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 49 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 33 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 46 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 30 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 44 | |||