Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 43 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 26 | +42 | 86 (P) |
| 2 | Millwall | 43 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 22 | +11 | 76 |
| 3 | Ipswich | 41 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +29 | 75 |
| 4 | Southampton | 43 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 36 | +24 | 75 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 25 | +20 | 72 |
| 6 | Hull | 43 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 69 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 43 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +5 | 67 |
| 8 | Derby | 43 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +9 | 66 |
| 9 | Norwich | 43 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +7 | 61 |
| 10 | Bristol C | 43 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 58 |
| 11 | QPR | 43 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 33 | -7 | 58 |
| 12 | Sheff Utd | 43 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 32 | +2 | 57 |
| 13 | Birmingham | 43 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 33 | -1 | 57 |
| 14 | Watford | 43 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 30 | -1 | 57 |
| 15 | Swansea | 43 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 30 | -5 | 57 |
| 16 | Preston | 43 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 57 |
| 17 | Stoke | 43 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 26 | +1 | 55 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 43 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 35 | -13 | 51 |
| 19 | Charlton | 43 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -12 | 50 |
| 20 | West Brom | 43 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 49 |
| 21 | Blackburn | 44 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -15 | 49 |
| 22 | Oxford | 43 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 30 | -14 | 44 |
| 23 | Leicester | 43 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 34 | -11 | 41 * |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 43 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 40 | -57 | -3 (R)* |
