A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division; B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division. |
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup; CWC Cup Winners' Cup; UEFA UEFA Cup; W Winner(s); F Finalist(s). |
| Position | Club | Points | History | Notes |
| Liverpool | UEFA-W | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | ||||
| Manchester United | FAC-F | |||
| Derby County | ||||
| Leeds United | ||||
| Ipswich Town | ||||
| Leicester City | ||||
| Manchester City | LC-W | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Norwich City | ||||
| Everton | ||||
| Stoke City | ||||
| Middlesbrough | ||||
| Coventry City | ||||
| Newcastle United | LC-F | |||
| Aston Villa | ||||
| Arsenal | ||||
| West Ham United | CWC-F | |||
| Birmingham City | ||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Burnley | ||||
| Sheffield United |
| League Cup Final | Manchester City 2 Newcastle United 1 |
| FA Cup Final | Southampton 1 Manchester United 0 |
Southampton win the FA Cup as a Second Division club only three seasons after Sunderland.