Division 1| 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 | ||||
| 552 | 1,512 | 2.73 | 247 | 44.75% | 143 | 25.91% | 162 | 29.35% |
| 2002/03 | 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 | Portsmouth | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 97 | 45 | +52 | 98 | WWWL | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 23 | ||
| 2 | Leicester City | 46 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 92 | XXLW | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 28 | ||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 80 | LWXW | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 29 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Reading | 46 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 79 | LWWL | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 25 | |
| 5 | 1 | Wolves | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 81 | 44 | +37 | 76 | XXWW | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 25 | |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 82 | 50 | +32 | 74 | XXWL | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 27 | ||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 80 | 64 | +16 | 70 | WLLW | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | ||
| 8 | Norwich City | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 69 | WXLO | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 32 | ||
| 9 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 69 | -10 | 66 | WXWL | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 37 | ||
| 10 | Wimbledon | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 76 | 73 | +3 | 65 | WWWL | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 45 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Gillingham | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 56 | 65 | -9 | 62 | WOWL | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 34 | |
| 12 | Preston North End | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 70 | -2 | 61 | LWLW | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 41 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Watford | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 70 | -16 | 60 | WLLW | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 44 | |
| 14 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 59 | LWLO | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 35 | |
| 15 | 4 | Rotherham United | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 62 | +0 | 59 | XLWO | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 37 | |
| 16 | Burnley | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 65 | 89 | -24 | 55 | LLLW | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 45 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Walsall | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 57 | 69 | -12 | 54 | LWWO | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 35 | |
| 18 | Derby County | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 55 | 74 | -19 | 52 | LLLW | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 42 | ||
| 19 | 2 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 51 | 73 | -22 | 52 | LLLL | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 38 | |
| 20 | Coventry City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 62 | -16 | 50 | LOLL | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | ||
| 21 | Stoke City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 69 | -24 | 50 | WLWW | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 44 | ||
| 22 | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 56 | 73 | -17 | 46 | WWXO | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 41 | |
| 23 | 1 | Brighton & HA | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 45 | XWXL | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 36 | |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 85 | -37 | 39 | XLLO | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 46 | ||
| Sunday, 4 May 2003 | ||||||
| 46 | Bradford City | 0-5 | Portsmouth | |||
| 46 | Gillingham | 2-1 | Crystal Palace | |||
| 46 | Millwall | 2-0 | Coventry City | |||
| 46 | Norwich City | 2-0 | Preston North End | |||
| 46 | Rotherham United | 2-2 | Nottingham Forest | |||
| 46 | Wimbledon | 2-1 | Burnley | |||
| 46 | Derby County | 1-4 | Ipswich Town | |||
| 46 | Grimsby Town | 2-2 | Brighton & HA | |||
| 46 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2-1 | Walsall | |||
| 46 | Stoke City | 1-0 | Reading | |||
| 46 | Watford | 2-0 | Sheffield United | |||
| 46 | Wolves | 1-1 | Leicester City | |||
| Play-offs | ||||||
| Saturday, 10 May 2003 | ||||||
| sfl1 | Nottingham Forest | 1-1 | Sheffield United | |||
| sfl1 | Wolves | 2-1 | Reading | |||
| Wednesday, 14 May 2003 | ||||||
| sfl2 | Reading | 0-1 | Wolves | 1-3 | ||
| Thursday, 15 May 2003 | ||||||
| sfl2 | Sheffield United | 4-3 | Nottingham Forest | 5-4, aet | ||
| Monday, 26 May 2003 | ||||||
| f | Sheffield United | 0-3 | Wolves | |||
| 26 | +3 | Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth, 1p) |
| 25 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest, 2p) | |
| 24 | +2 | David CONNOLLY (Wimbledon, 2p) |
| 20 | Marlon HAREWOOD (Nottingham Forest, 3p) | |
| Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 3p) | ||
| 19 | +1 | Kenny MILLER (Wolves, 1p) |
| 17 | Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 5p) | |
| +1 | Pablo COUÑAGO (Ipswich Town) | |
| 16 | +1 | Gareth TAYLOR (Burnley) |
| Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | ||
| Michael BROWN (Sheffield United, 5p) | ||
| Nicky FORSTER (Reading) | ||
| 15 | JÚNIOR (Walsall) | |
| Andy GRAY (Bradford City, 5p) | ||
| +1 | Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 3p) | |
| 14 | +1 | Bobby ZAMORA (Brighton & HA, 4p) |
| Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) | ||
| Steve KABBA (Sheffield United) | ||
| 13 | Robbie BLAKE (Burnley, 7p) | |
| Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | ||
| Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United, 1p) |
