| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 39 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 39 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 37 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Derby County | 38 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 38 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 37 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 39 | 56 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 39 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 39 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 39 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Leicester City | 39 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 38 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Arsenal | 39 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Newcastle United | 38 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 38 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 39 | |||
| 16 | West Ham United | 39 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 42 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 39 | 47 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 39 | 43 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 40 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 39 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 47 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 39 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 39 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 40 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield United | 38 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 47 | |||