| Team | PL | GD | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Burnley Burnley | 40 | 43 | 84 |
| 2 |  Sheffield United Sheffield United | 40 | 26 | 83 |
| 3 |  Leeds United Leeds United | 40 | 51 | 82 |
| 4 |  Sunderland Sunderland | 40 | 20 | 75 |
| 5 |  Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 40 | 12 | 60 |
| 6 |  Bristol City Bristol City | 40 | 8 | 60 |
| 7 |  Coventry Coventry | 40 | 4 | 59 |
| 8 |  West Bromwich West Bromwich | 40 | 12 | 57 |
| 9 |  Millwall Millwall | 40 | -2 | 54 |
| 10 |  Watford Watford | 40 | -5 | 53 |
| 11 |  Norwich Norwich | 40 | 6 | 52 |
| 12 |  Blackburn Blackburn | 40 | -1 | 52 |
| 13 |  Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday | 40 | -7 | 52 |
| 14 |  Preston Preston | 40 | -7 | 48 |
| 15 |  Swansea Swansea | 40 | -10 | 48 |
| 16 |  QPR QPR | 40 | -8 | 46 |
| 17 |  Portsmouth Portsmouth | 40 | -15 | 45 |
| 18 |  Oxford Oxford | 40 | -16 | 45 |
| 19 |  Hull Hull | 40 | -8 | 44 |
| 20 |  Stoke Stoke | 40 | -12 | 43 |
| 21 |  Derby Derby | 40 | -10 | 41 |
| 22 |  Cardiff Cardiff | 40 | -20 | 41 |
| 23 |  Luton Luton | 40 | -25 | 39 |
| 24 |  Plymouth Plymouth | 40 | -36 | 37 |