| 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 | ||||
| 101 | 275 | 2.72 | 46 | 45.54% | 25 | 24.75% | 30 | 29.70% |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 25 | WWWW | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Leicester City | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 22 | WWWW | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Norwich City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 18 | WXLW | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 17 | WWWL | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Rotherham United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 15 | WLOL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |
| 6 | 1 | Coventry City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 14 | XWLL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 7 | Watford | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 14 | XWWL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | WLWW | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 9 | 3 | Gillingham | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 13 | LWLL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 10 | 6 | Derby County | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 12 | WLLW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| 11 | 2 | Bradford City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 12 | LWWW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 12 | 2 | Wolves | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 11 | LLXW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 13 | 1 | Reading | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 10 | LLOW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 14 | 1 | Wimbledon | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 10 | LWLW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 15 | 1 | Ipswich Town | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | XOLX | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 16 | 1 | Preston North End | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 9 | XXOX | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 17 | 2 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | +0 | 9 | LWOO | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 | Millwall | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 9 | XLWW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 3 | Stoke City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 8 | WLLX | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 20 | Burnley | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 8 | XWWO | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 7 | XXWX | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 22 | 3 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 7 | LLLL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 23 | Brighton & HA | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 4 | LLLL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 2 | LLLL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | +1 | Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) |
| 6 | Jamie CURETON (Reading) | |
| +2 | Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United) | |
| +2 | Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 1p) | |
| 5 | +1 | Brian DEANE (Leicester City) |
| +1 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest) | |
| +1 | Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 1p) | |
| 4 | Malcolm CHRISTIE (Derby County) | |
| +1 | Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | |
| +1 | Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 1p) | |
| Ricardo FULLER (Preston North End) | ||
| +1 | Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth) | |
| +1 | Phillip MULRYNE (Norwich City) | |
| Shefki KUQI (Sheffield Wednesday) | ||
| 3 | Nathan BLAKE (Wolves) | |
| Jason CROWE (Portsmouth) | ||
| +1 | Andy COOKE (Stoke City) | |
| +3 | Marlon HAREWOOD (Nottingham Forest, 1p) | |
| +1 | Michael TONGE (Sheffield United) | |
| Jay BOTHROYD (Coventry City) | ||
| +1 | Paul ROBINSON (Watford) | |
| Peter NDLOVU (Sheffield United) | ||
| Riccardo SCIMECA (Nottingham Forest) | ||
| Deon BURTON (Portsmouth) | ||
| Paul MERSON (Portsmouth, 1p) | ||
| Carl ASABA (Sheffield United, 1p) | ||
| Pablo COUÑAGO (Ipswich Town) | ||
| Adam BOLDER (Derby County) | ||
| Dougie FREEDMAN (Crystal Palace, 1p) | ||
| Paul SHAW (Gillingham) |
| Tuesday, 17 September 2002 | |||||
| 9 | Brighton & HA | 1-2 | Stoke City | ||
| 79 | Carpenter | 17(p) | Mooney | ||
| 76 | Cooke | ||||
| 9 | Burnley | 2-2 | Millwall | ||
| 18(p) | West | 31 | Livermore | ||
| 85 | Moore | 64 | Davies | ||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 0-1 | Derby County | ||
| 83 | Kinkladze | ||||
| 9 | Portsmouth | 4-1 | Wimbledon | ||
| 3 | Péricard | 11 | Shipperley | ||
| 31 | Todorov | ||||
| 39(og) | Williams | ||||
| 72 | Taylor | ||||
| 9 | Preston North End | 1-1 | Watford | ||
| 73 | Cresswell | 31 | Robinson | ||
| 9 | Leicester City | 4-0 | Bradford City | ||
| 27 | Deane | ||||
| 28 | Elliott | ||||
| 67(p) | Dickov | ||||
| 90 | Scowcroft | ||||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 2-1 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 82 | Allison | 8 | Robinson | ||
| 89 | Tonge | ||||
| 9 | Walsall | 3-4 | Rotherham United | ||
| 15 | Zdrilic | 14 | Byfield | ||
| 45 | Zdrilic | 23 | Byfield | ||
| 62 | Leitão | 30 | Lee | ||
| 78(p) | Lee | ||||
| Wednesday, 18 September 2002 | |||||
| 9 | Coventry City | 1-1 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 76 | Normann | 58 | Knight | ||
| 9 | Reading | 0-2 | Norwich City | ||
| 3 | McVeigh | ||||
| 5 | Mulryne | ||||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 4-1 | Gillingham | ||
| 4 | Harewood | 6 | Hessenthaler | ||
| 17(p) | Harewood | ||||
| 39 | Johnson | ||||
| 65 | Harewood | ||||