| 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 | ||||
| 462 | 1,260 | 2.72 | 202 | 43.72% | 122 | 26.41% | 138 | 29.87% |
| 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 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 82 | 37 | +45 | 83 | XWWW | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 19 | ||
| 2 | Leicester City | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 80 | WWWX | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 24 | ||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 68 | WWOW | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Reading | 39 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 67 | WLWL | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 21 | ||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 65 | WWLX | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | ||
| 6 | Wolves | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 63 | WOLW | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | ||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 39 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 58 | XWWX | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 19 | ||
| 8 | Norwich City | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 55 | LWWL | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | ||
| 9 | Wimbledon | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 53 | LWWX | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 37 | ||
| 10 | Gillingham | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 56 | -6 | 53 | LWXX | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Rotherham United | 39 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 52 | WLXL | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | |
| 12 | 1 | Preston North End | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 51 | XWLW | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | |
| 13 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 50 | WLLX | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | |
| 14 | 3 | Millwall | 39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 59 | -14 | 50 | WLLW | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 30 | |
| 15 | 2 | Burnley | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 66 | -12 | 49 | XLLL | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 38 | |
| 16 | 1 | Coventry City | 39 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 47 | LLLX | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |
| 17 | 1 | Watford | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 55 | -16 | 47 | LLLL | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |
| 18 | Bradford City | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 46 | LXWW | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | ||
| 19 | Walsall | 39 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 50 | 63 | -13 | 43 | LLWL | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 33 | ||
| 20 | Derby County | 39 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 62 | -16 | 43 | LLLL | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 2 | Stoke City | 39 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 64 | -26 | 37 | WOOO | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 40 | |
| 22 | 1 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 73 | -29 | 37 | XWWX | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 42 | |
| 23 | 1 | Brighton & HA | 39 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 59 | -19 | 36 | XLWW | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 64 | -26 | 31 | LXLX | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 37 | ||
| 22 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest, 2p) | |
| 19 | +1 | David CONNOLLY (Wimbledon, 2p) |
| 18 | +1 | Marlon HAREWOOD (Nottingham Forest, 3p) |
| Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth) | ||
| 17 | +2 | Kenny MILLER (Wolves, 1p) |
| Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 5p) | ||
| 15 | Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 3p) | |
| 14 | Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | |
| 13 | Andy GRAY (Bradford City, 4p) | |
| Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) | ||
| Michael BROWN (Sheffield United, 3p) | ||
| Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United, 1p) | ||
| Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 3p) | ||
| +1 | Nicky FORSTER (Reading) | |
| 12 | Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | |
| +1 | Steve KABBA (Sheffield United) | |
| 11 | Andy JOHNSON (Crystal Palace, 2p) | |
| Rod WALLACE (Gillingham) | ||
| Bobby ZAMORA (Brighton & HA, 2p) | ||
| Paul MERSON (Portsmouth, 4p) | ||
| Gareth TAYLOR (Burnley) |
| Saturday, 22 March 2003 | |||||
| 39 | Bradford City | 0-1 | Reading | ||
| 66 | Forster | ||||
| 39 | Burnley | 1-1 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 52 | Moore | 43 | Campbell | ||
| 39 | Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Walsall | ||
| 33(p) | Freedman | ||||
| 89 | Routledge | ||||
| 39 | Ipswich Town | 2-2 | Brighton & HA | ||
| 20 | Bent | 66(og) | Marshall | ||
| 85 | Reuser | 81 | Rougier | ||
| 39 | Millwall | 3-0 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 42 | Reid | ||||
| 45 | Reid | ||||
| 54 | Ifill | ||||
| 39 | Nottingham Forest | 4-0 | Norwich City | ||
| 11 | Huckerby | ||||
| 22 | Harewood | ||||
| 56 | Williams | ||||
| 82 | Brennan | ||||
| 39 | Preston North End | 1-1 | Portsmouth | ||
| 89 | McKenna | 5 | Yakubu | ||
| 39 | Rotherham United | 2-1 | Wimbledon | ||
| 19 | Robins | 59 | Connolly | ||
| 48 | Branston | ||||
| 39 | Sheffield United | 2-0 | Derby County | ||
| 18 | Tonge | ||||
| 55 | Kabba | ||||
| 39 | Watford | 1-2 | Stoke City | ||
| 67 | Helguson | 34(p) | Hoekstra | ||
| 49 | Hoekstra | ||||
| 39 | Wolves | 6-0 | Gillingham | ||
| 16 | Blake | ||||
| 22 | Cameron | ||||
| 37 | Kennedy | ||||
| 45 | Kennedy | ||||
| 45 | Miller | ||||
| 48 | Miller | ||||
| 39 | Coventry City | 1-2 | Leicester City | ||
| 71 | Jansen | 48 | McKinlay | ||
| 68 | Scowcroft | ||||