| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 38 | 72 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 37 | 67 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 38 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Hull City | 38 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 38 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Birmingham City | 38 | 60 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 37 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 39 | 59 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 39 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 38 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 38 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Oxford United | 38 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 37 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Orient | 38 | 42 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 38 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 38 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 38 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 37 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 39 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 38 | |||