| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 23 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 23 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 23 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 23 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 23 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 23 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Chelsea | 23 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 23 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Derby County | 23 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||