| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 21 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Stoke City | 22 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 21 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 21 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 21 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 20 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Derby County | 22 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Rotherham United | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 30 | |||