| Team | PL | GD | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sheffield United Sheffield United | 39 | 27 | 83 |
| 2 |  Leeds United Leeds United | 39 | 51 | 81 |
| 3 |  Burnley Burnley | 39 | 42 | 81 |
| 4 |  Sunderland Sunderland | 39 | 19 | 72 |
| 5 |  Coventry Coventry | 39 | 5 | 59 |
| 6 |  West Bromwich West Bromwich | 39 | 13 | 57 |
| 7 |  Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 39 | 10 | 57 |
| 8 |  Bristol City Bristol City | 39 | 7 | 57 |
| 9 |  Watford Watford | 39 | -4 | 53 |
| 10 |  Norwich Norwich | 39 | 7 | 52 |
| 11 |  Blackburn Blackburn | 39 | 1 | 52 |
| 12 |  Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | -6 | 52 |
| 13 |  Millwall Millwall | 39 | -3 | 51 |
| 14 |  Preston Preston | 39 | -7 | 47 |
| 15 |  QPR QPR | 39 | -8 | 45 |
| 16 |  Swansea Swansea | 39 | -11 | 45 |
| 17 |  Portsmouth Portsmouth | 39 | -14 | 45 |
| 18 |  Stoke Stoke | 39 | -12 | 42 |
| 19 |  Oxford Oxford | 39 | -17 | 42 |
| 20 |  Derby Derby | 39 | -9 | 41 |
| 21 |  Hull Hull | 39 | -9 | 41 |
| 22 |  Cardiff Cardiff | 39 | -20 | 40 |
| 23 |  Luton Luton | 39 | -25 | 38 |
| 24 |  Plymouth Plymouth | 39 | -37 | 34 |