| 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 | ||||
| 129 | 344 | 2.66 | 55 | 42.64% | 34 | 26.36% | 40 | 31.01% |
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 28 | WLWW | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
| 2 | Leicester City | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 26 | WOWW | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Norwich City | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 24 | WWWX | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 20 | WXWW | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Rotherham United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 18 | LWWL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sheffield United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 18 | LXWW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
| 7 | 1 | Coventry City | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | +0 | 18 | LXWX | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 8 | Watford | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 18 | WXXW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Derby County | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 15 | WLWL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |
| 10 | 1 | Gillingham | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 15 | XXLW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| 11 | 2 | Wolves | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 14 | LWLL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
| 12 | Reading | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 14 | XWLL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Bradford City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 14 | LXXL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 14 | 1 | Stoke City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 13 | XXWW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 15 | 2 | Walsall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 13 | WWLL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | +0 | 12 | XOXL | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 3 | Preston North End | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 12 | LLWX | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 18 | 3 | Burnley | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 12 | WXXW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 19 | 3 | Millwall | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 12 | WLXL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 20 | 2 | Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 10 | LLLW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 21 | 2 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | LLXO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 22 | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 9 | LOOX | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 23 | 1 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 5 | WLLL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| 24 | 1 | Brighton & HA | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 4 | LLLL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
| 11 | +2 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest, 1p) |
| 8 | +1 | Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) |
| 7 | +1 | Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United) |
| Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 1p) | ||
| 6 | Jamie CURETON (Reading) | |
| 5 | Nathan BLAKE (Wolves) | |
| Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | ||
| Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | |
| +1 | Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 2p) | |
| 4 | Andy COOKE (Stoke City) | |
| Malcolm CHRISTIE (Derby County) | ||
| Jay BOTHROYD (Coventry City) | ||
| Ricardo FULLER (Preston North End) | ||
| Paul SHAW (Gillingham) | ||
| Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth) | ||
| Phillip MULRYNE (Norwich City) | ||
| Shefki KUQI (Sheffield Wednesday) |
| Saturday, 28 September 2002 | |||||
| 11 | Brighton & HA | 1-2 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 71 | Zamora | 2 | Barnard | ||
| 80 | Pouton | ||||
| 11 | Burnley | 1-0 | Wimbledon | ||
| 51 | Little | ||||
| 11 | Coventry City | 2-3 | Millwall | ||
| 31 | McSheffrey | 38 | Davies | ||
| 45 | Mills | 50 | Kinet | ||
| 85 | Harris | ||||
| 11 | Leicester City | 1-0 | Wolves | ||
| 6(p) | Dickov | ||||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 3-2 | Rotherham United | ||
| 3 | Johnson | 44 | Barker | ||
| 18 | Bopp | 59 | Byfield | ||
| 39 | Johnson | ||||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 3-0 | Bradford City | ||
| 17 | Quashie | ||||
| 21 | Péricard | ||||
| 58 | Quashie | ||||
| 11 | Preston North End | 1-2 | Norwich City | ||
| 52 | Cresswell | 35 | Nielsen | ||
| 54 | McVeigh | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 1-1 | Stoke City | ||
| 11 | Rougier | 39 | Vandeurzen | ||
| 11 | Walsall | 1-0 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 45 | Simpson | ||||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 1-2 | Watford | ||
| 10 | Allison | 36(p) | Cox | ||
| 37 | Helguson | ||||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 0-1 | Derby County | ||
| 45 | Carbonari | ||||
| Sunday, 29 September 2002 | |||||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 2-2 | Gillingham | ||
| 47 | Granville | 23 | Perpetuini | ||
| 70 | Routledge | 70(og) | Mullins | ||