| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 29 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 28 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Aston Villa | 28 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 28 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 28 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 28 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 28 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 28 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Preston North End | 28 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 28 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 28 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 29 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 29 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 28 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Sunderland | 28 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Birmingham City | 28 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Burton Albion | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||