| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 85 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 75 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 42 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Fulham | 42 | 69 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 61 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Leeds United | 42 | 60 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 59 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 42 | 57 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 57 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 42 | 51 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 43 | |||
| 13 | Derby County | 42 | 49 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 14 | 42 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 42 | ||||
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 55 | |||
| 17 | Chelsea | 42 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 44 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 41 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Rotherham United | 42 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 39 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 41 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 35 | |||