| Team | PL | GD | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Leeds United Leeds United | 37 | 51 | 79 |
| 2 |  Sheffield United Sheffield United | 37 | 24 | 77 |
| 3 |  Burnley Burnley | 37 | 39 | 75 |
| 4 |  Sunderland Sunderland | 37 | 21 | 69 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich West Bromwich | 37 | 14 | 56 |
| 6 |  Coventry Coventry | 37 | 4 | 56 |
| 7 |  Bristol City Bristol City | 37 | 7 | 54 |
| 8 |  Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 37 | 9 | 53 |
| 9 |  Blackburn Blackburn | 37 | 3 | 52 |
| 10 |  Watford Watford | 37 | -3 | 52 |
| 11 |  Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday | 37 | -5 | 51 |
| 12 |  Norwich Norwich | 37 | 7 | 49 |
| 13 |  Millwall Millwall | 37 | -3 | 48 |
| 14 |  QPR QPR | 37 | -6 | 44 |
| 15 |  Preston Preston | 37 | -6 | 44 |
| 16 |  Swansea Swansea | 37 | -9 | 44 |
| 17 |  Portsmouth Portsmouth | 37 | -14 | 42 |
| 18 |  Hull Hull | 37 | -8 | 40 |
| 19 |  Stoke Stoke | 37 | -13 | 39 |
| 20 |  Oxford Oxford | 37 | -17 | 39 |
| 21 |  Cardiff Cardiff | 37 | -21 | 36 |
| 22 |  Derby Derby | 37 | -12 | 35 |
| 23 |  Luton Luton | 37 | -26 | 34 |
| 24 |  Plymouth Plymouth | 37 | -36 | 33 |