| 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 | ||||
| 389 | 1,071 | 2.75 | 173 | 44.47% | 103 | 26.48% | 113 | 29.05% |
| 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 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 70 | WXWW | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 16 | ||
| 2 | Leicester City | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 68 | WXWW | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | ||
| 3 | Reading | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 58 | WWWW | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 54 | WWWX | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |
| 5 | 1 | Wolves | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 52 | OWWL | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | |
| 6 | 2 | Sheffield United | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 52 | LLLL | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Norwich City | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 49 | LWXX | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Rotherham United | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 47 | LWWL | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 29 | |
| 9 | Watford | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 49 | -12 | 46 | OLLW | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | ||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 45 | XLWL | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Gillingham | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 42 | -1 | 45 | WLWL | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |
| 12 | 4 | Burnley | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 55 | -9 | 44 | WWLX | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 30 | |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 43 | OLLX | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Coventry City | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 43 | LLLL | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |
| 15 | 3 | Millwall | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 48 | -9 | 43 | LLLW | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | |
| 16 | 1 | Derby County | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 49 | -7 | 42 | LXLW | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |
| 17 | Wimbledon | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 39 | LXWL | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 30 | ||
| 18 | Preston North End | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 52 | -5 | 38 | LWWX | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | ||
| 19 | Bradford City | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 52 | -13 | 38 | WLXW | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | ||
| 20 | Walsall | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 51 | -7 | 36 | LWLW | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 1 | Brighton & HA | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 51 | -17 | 29 | WWWL | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | |
| 22 | 1 | Grimsby Town | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 64 | -26 | 29 | XLWL | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 39 | |
| 23 | Stoke City | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 62 | -27 | 28 | WLLX | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 39 | ||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 33 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 56 | -25 | 26 | OXXL | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | ||
| 22 | +1 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest, 2p) |
| 16 | +3 | Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 5p) |
| David CONNOLLY (Wimbledon, 2p) | ||
| 15 | Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth) | |
| 14 | +4 | Marlon HAREWOOD (Nottingham Forest, 2p) |
| 13 | +1 | Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) |
| Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United, 1p) | ||
| 12 | +1 | Andy GRAY (Bradford City, 3p) |
| Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 2p) | ||
| Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 2p) | ||
| 11 | +1 | Kenny MILLER (Wolves) |
| Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | ||
| +1 | Nicky FORSTER (Reading) | |
| 10 | Bobby ZAMORA (Brighton & HA, 2p) | |
| +1 | Gareth TAYLOR (Burnley) | |
| Pablo COUÑAGO (Ipswich Town) | ||
| 9 | Nathan BLAKE (Wolves) | |
| +1 | Jorge LEITÃO (Walsall) | |
| +2 | Darren BENT (Ipswich Town) | |
| Andy JOHNSON (Crystal Palace, 2p) | ||
| +1 | JÚNIOR (Walsall) | |
| Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | ||
| Steve CLARIDGE (Millwall, 1p) | ||
| Steve KABBA (Sheffield United) | ||
| Ricardo FULLER (Preston North End) | ||
| James SCOWCROFT (Leicester City) |
| Saturday, 22 February 2003 | |||||
| 33 | Burnley | 2-0 | Derby County | ||
| 8 | Moore | ||||
| 23 | Taylor | ||||
| 33 | Coventry City | 0-2 | Bradford City | ||
| 22 | Gray | ||||
| 83 | Jørgensen | ||||
| 33 | Ipswich Town | 2-2 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 12 | Bent | 8 | Groves | ||
| 89 | Bent | 24 | Boulding | ||
| 33 | Leicester City | 4-0 | Wimbledon | ||
| 34(p) | Dickov | ||||
| 41(p) | Dickov | ||||
| 48 | Benjamin | ||||
| 90 | Dickov | ||||
| 33 | Nottingham Forest | 6-0 | Stoke City | ||
| 13 | Harewood | ||||
| 24 | Harewood | ||||
| 28 | Harewood | ||||
| 45(p) | Harewood | ||||
| 53 | Johnson | ||||
| 85 | Jess | ||||
| 33 | Portsmouth | 1-0 | Gillingham | ||
| 58 | De Zeeuw | ||||
| 33 | Preston North End | 0-2 | Wolves | ||
| 53 | Ndah | ||||
| 83 | Miller | ||||
| 33 | Reading | 3-0 | Rotherham United | ||
| 15 | Harper | ||||
| 32 | Hughes | ||||
| 40 | Forster | ||||
| 33 | Sheffield United | 0-1 | Norwich City | ||
| 69 | McVeigh | ||||
| 33 | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 33 | Walsall | 2-0 | Watford | ||
| 25 | Júnior | ||||
| 86 | Leitão | ||||
| 33 | Brighton & HA | 1-0 | Millwall | ||
| 65 | Rougier | ||||
| Tuesday, 25 February 2003 | |||||
| 32 | Wolves | 0-0 | Watford | ||
| 27 | Gillingham | 1-0 | Norwich City | ||
| 75 | Wallace | ||||
| Wednesday, 26 February 2003 | |||||
| 32 | Stoke City | 1-0 | Walsall | ||
| 19 | Mills | ||||