| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 26 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Stoke City | 27 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 35 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 26 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 26 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 25 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 12 | Fulham | 27 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 26 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 41 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 26 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 26 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 26 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 26 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 40 | ||||
| 21 | Port Vale | 24 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 40 | |||