1982/83
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth (C) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 74 | 41 | 33 | 91 |
| 2 | Cardiff City (P) | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 76 | 50 | 26 | 86 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town (P) | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 84 | 49 | 35 | 82 |
| 4 | Newport County | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 76 | 54 | 22 | 78 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 71 | 53 | 18 | 78 |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 77 | 51 | 26 | 76 |
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 84 | 58 | 26 | 75 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 61 | 66 | -5 | 65 |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 88 | 77 | 11 | 64 |
| 10 | Walsall | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 64 | 63 | 1 | 64 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 62 | 64 | -2 | 64 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 69 | -1 | 61 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 59 | -1 | 61 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 68 | -9 | 61 |
| 15 | Southend United | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 66 | 65 | 1 | 59 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 60 | 69 | -9 | 58 |
| 17 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 64 | 77 | -13 | 55 |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 72 | -12 | 54 |
| 19 | Exeter City | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 81 | 104 | -23 | 54 |
| 20 | Orient | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 64 | 88 | -24 | 54 |
| 21 | Reading (R) | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 64 | 79 | -15 | 53 |
| 22 | Wrexham (R) | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 56 | 76 | -20 | 51 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 57 | 97 | -40 | 38 |
| 24 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 43 | 68 | -25 | 37 |
