| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 490 | 1,335 | 2.72 | 229 | 46.73% | 125 | 25.51% | 136 | 27.76% |
| 2001/02 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 41 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 92 | 49 | +43 | 84 | XLWW | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 32 | ||
| 2 | Wolves | 41 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 79 | OLXX | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 20 | ||
| 3 | WBA | 41 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 76 | WWWX | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Burnley | 41 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 68 | LXWW | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | ||
| 5 | Coventry City | 41 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 66 | XLWW | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 27 | ||
| 6 | Millwall | 41 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 64 | LLLL | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 26 | ||
| 7 | Birmingham City | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 64 | XWWX | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Preston North End | 41 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 63 | WXLW | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 34 | |
| 9 | 1 | Norwich City | 41 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 62 | OWLL | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 35 | |
| 10 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 41 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 61 | WLLO | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 36 | |
| 11 | 1 | Wimbledon | 40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 58 | LWWO | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 34 | |
| 12 | 1 | Gillingham | 41 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 59 | -1 | 57 | WLWO | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 36 | |
| 13 | 1 | Sheffield United | 41 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 48 | +0 | 56 | WWLX | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |
| 14 | 2 | Watford | 41 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 55 | LWWX | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 24 | |
| 15 | 1 | Portsmouth | 41 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 64 | -7 | 51 | OXLW | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | |
| 16 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 41 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 50 | LLOX | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 25 | |
| 17 | Bradford City | 41 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 71 | -6 | 50 | WXXL | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 34 | ||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 41 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 46 | XXLO | 21 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | ||
| 19 | 2 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 63 | -18 | 45 | WWXL | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 36 | |
| 20 | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 41 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 44 | 63 | -19 | 45 | OWOL | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | |
| 21 | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 66 | -26 | 43 | LLXX | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | |
| 22 | 1 | Barnsley | 41 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 54 | 75 | -21 | 42 | WLXL | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 45 | |
| 23 | 1 | Walsall | 41 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 66 | -23 | 40 | LWXW | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 42 | |
| 24 | Stockport County | 41 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 94 | -57 | 20 | LWLL | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 52 | ||
| 26 | Shaun GOATER (Manchester City) | |
| 21 | +1 | Clinton MORRISON (Crystal Palace) |
| 20 | +1 | Dougie FREEDMAN (Crystal Palace, 3p) |
| 18 | Peter CROUCH (Portsmouth) | |
| Dean STURRIDGE (Wolves, 2p) | ||
| 17 | Stern JOHN (Birmingham City, 1p) | |
| David CONNOLLY (Wimbledon, 2p) | ||
| 16 | +1 | Marlon KING (Gillingham, 2p) |
| 15 | Steve CLARIDGE (Millwall, 3p) | |
| Gareth TAYLOR (Burnley, 2p) | ||
| Mark ROBINS (Rotherham United, 5p) | ||
| 14 | Richard SADLIER (Millwall) | |
| Lee HUGHES (Coventry City, 4p) | ||
| 13 | Iwan ROBERTS (Norwich City, 2p) | |
| Eoin JESS (Bradford City) | ||
| Tim CAHILL (Millwall) | ||
| Darren HUCKERBY (Manchester City, 1p) | ||
| MARCELO Cipriano (Walsall) | ||
| 12 | David THOMPSON (Coventry City) | |
| Tommy MOONEY (Birmingham City, 4p) | ||
| Paulo WANCHOPE (Manchester City, 3p) | ||
| +1 | Bruce DYER (Barnsley) |
| Friday, 22 March 2002 | |||||
| 41 | Nottingham Forest | 0-1 | WBA | ||
| 83 | Taylor | ||||
| Saturday, 23 March 2002 | |||||
| 41 | Barnsley | 2-0 | Watford | ||
| 33 | Dyer | ||||
| 47(p) | Barnard | ||||
| 41 | Bradford City | 2-0 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 22 | Wetherall | ||||
| 89 | McCall | ||||
| 41 | Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Walsall | ||
| 77 | Morrison | ||||
| 80(p) | Freedman | ||||
| 41 | Grimsby Town | 6-2 | Wimbledon | ||
| 31 | Boulding | 24 | Shipperley | ||
| 45 | Pouton | 42 | Agyemang | ||
| 72(p) | Pouton | ||||
| 85(p) | Pouton | ||||
| 85 | Boulding | ||||
| 87 | Boulding | ||||
| 41 | Portsmouth | 0-0 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 41 | Rotherham United | 1-1 | Manchester City | ||
| 45 | Lee | 60 | Benarbia | ||
| 41 | Sheffield United | 3-0 | Burnley | ||
| 19 | Jagielka | ||||
| 47 | D'Jaffo | ||||
| 88 | Jagielka | ||||
| 41 | Stockport County | 0-2 | Preston North End | ||
| 45 | McKenna | ||||
| 51 | Cresswell | ||||
| 41 | Wolves | 0-0 | Norwich City | ||
| Sunday, 24 March 2002 | |||||
| 41 | Coventry City | 1-1 | Birmingham City | ||
| 61 | Healy | 81 | Horsfield | ||
| 41 | Gillingham | 1-0 | Millwall | ||
| 69 | King | ||||
| Tuesday, 26 March 2002 | |||||
| 39 | WBA | 4-1 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 37 | Jordão | 39 | Ashton | ||
| 45 | Jordão | ||||
| 49 | Dichio | ||||
| 55 | Dobie | ||||