| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 35 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 36 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 35 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 36 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 35 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 35 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 35 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Newcastle United | 35 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 36 | 51 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 41 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 36 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |||
| 14 | 36 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | Chelsea | 36 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 36 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 35 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 35 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 36 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 35 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 50 | |||
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 36 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 36 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 33 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 34 | |||