| Po | Team | Played | W | D | L | Goals | P |
| 1 | Manchester U | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 61-28 | 54 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 39-21 | 50 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 34-12 | 49 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 37-27 | 43 |
| 5 | Leeds | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 39-25 | 42 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 49-32 | 39 |
| 7 | Derby | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 25-24 | 37 |
| 8 | West Ham | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 29-38 | 37 |
| 9 | Wimbledon | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 29-35 | 35 |
| 10 | Newcastle | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34-35 | 34 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 33-36 | 33 |
| 12 | Sheffield W | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 31-24 | 32 |
| 13 | Tottenham | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 29-31 | 32 |
| 14 | Leicester | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25-34 | 30 |
| 15 | Everton | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 19-28 | 27 |
| 16 | Charlton | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31-37 | 26 |
| 17 | Blackburn | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27-36 | 26 |
| 18 | Coventry | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24-37 | 24 |
| 19 | Southampton | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 25-48 | 23 |
| 20 | Nottingham | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22-54 | 16 |