| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 39 | 83 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 39 | 80 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 38 | 69 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 39 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 39 | 63 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 39 | 58 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 39 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 39 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Wimbledon | 39 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 38 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 39 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 39 | 51 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 38 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 39 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 39 | 49 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Burnley | 38 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 38 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 39 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 38 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 39 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 39 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 40 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Stoke City | 39 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 40 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 42 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 37 | |||