| 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 | ||||
| 502 | 1,374 | 2.73 | 216 | 43.03% | 132 | 26.29% | 154 | 30.68% |
| 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 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 89 | WLWX | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Leicester City | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 87 | XWWW | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 25 | ||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 41 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 73 | WLXX | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Reading | 41 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 70 | WLWL | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 21 | |
| 5 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 69 | LXLW | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 24 | |
| 6 | 1 | Wolves | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 68 | XWOW | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 22 | |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 64 | WLWX | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | ||
| 8 | Norwich City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 64 | WLWW | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 31 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Millwall | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 61 | -10 | 59 | WWWW | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 31 | |
| 10 | 1 | Wimbledon | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 66 | 69 | -3 | 56 | LWLL | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 42 | |
| 11 | 3 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 55 | WLXO | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 30 | |
| 12 | 3 | Preston North End | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 66 | -1 | 55 | LWLX | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 37 | |
| 13 | 3 | Gillingham | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 53 | 62 | -9 | 55 | LOLX | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 32 | |
| 14 | 2 | Rotherham United | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 56 | +0 | 54 | XLOW | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 34 | |
| 15 | 4 | Watford | 41 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 61 | -12 | 54 | WWXL | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 38 | |
| 16 | Burnley | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 60 | 78 | -18 | 52 | LLWL | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 41 | ||
| 17 | 1 | Coventry City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 46 | 58 | -12 | 49 | OLXL | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 28 | |
| 18 | 1 | Bradford City | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 62 | -13 | 49 | LLWL | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 33 | |
| 19 | Derby County | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 51 | 65 | -14 | 49 | LWWL | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 37 | ||
| 20 | Walsall | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 65 | -13 | 47 | OWLL | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | ||
| 21 | Stoke City | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 67 | -26 | 41 | LWOW | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 43 | ||
| 22 | Brighton & HA | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 42 | 62 | -20 | 40 | LWOX | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 69 | -23 | 38 | WWXL | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 38 | |
| 24 | 1 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 45 | 80 | -35 | 37 | LLLX | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 44 | |
| 23 | +1 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest, 2p) |
| 20 | Marlon HAREWOOD (Nottingham Forest, 3p) | |
| David CONNOLLY (Wimbledon, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth) | |
| 17 | Kenny MILLER (Wolves, 1p) | |
| Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 5p) | ||
| 16 | Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 3p) | |
| +1 | Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | |
| +3 | Nicky FORSTER (Reading) | |
| 14 | Andy GRAY (Bradford City, 4p) | |
| Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) | ||
| Gareth TAYLOR (Burnley) | ||
| Steve KABBA (Sheffield United) | ||
| +2 | Pablo COUÑAGO (Ipswich Town) | |
| +1 | Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 3p) | |
| 13 | Michael BROWN (Sheffield United, 3p) | |
| Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United, 1p) | ||
| 12 | +1 | Nathan BLAKE (Wolves) |
| Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | ||
| 11 | +1 | Jorge LEITÃO (Walsall) |
| Robbie BLAKE (Burnley, 6p) | ||
| Andy JOHNSON (Crystal Palace, 2p) | ||
| JÚNIOR (Walsall) | ||
| Rod WALLACE (Gillingham) | ||
| Bobby ZAMORA (Brighton & HA, 2p) | ||
| Paul MERSON (Portsmouth, 4p) | ||
| +2 | Marcus BENT (Ipswich Town) | |
| Paul SHAW (Gillingham) |
| Friday, 11 April 2003 | |||||
| 42 | Nottingham Forest | 2-2 | Wolves | ||
| 40 | Johnson | 9 | Blake | ||
| 74 | Dawson | 26 | Cameron | ||
| Saturday, 12 April 2003 | |||||
| 42 | Brighton & HA | 0-2 | Preston North End | ||
| 71 | Jackson | ||||
| 86 | Cresswell | ||||
| 42 | Grimsby Town | 1-4 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 48 | Chettle | 18 | Routledge | ||
| 34 | Whelan | ||||
| 35 | Gray | ||||
| 89 | Freedman | ||||
| 42 | Millwall | 3-1 | Stoke City | ||
| 19 | Harris | 73 | Shtaniuk | ||
| 49 | Roberts | ||||
| 55 | Livermore | ||||
| 42 | Portsmouth | 1-2 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 20 | Bradbury | 76 | Westwood | ||
| 90 | Reddy | ||||
| 42 | Rotherham United | 1-1 | Leicester City | ||
| 54 | Lee | 75 | Benjamin | ||
| 42 | Coventry City | 2-4 | Ipswich Town | ||
| 23 | Jansen | 51 | Bent | ||
| 44 | Gordon | 55 | Couñago | ||
| 65 | Couñago | ||||
| 68 | Bent | ||||
| 42 | Gillingham | 0-1 | Walsall | ||
| 49 | Leitão | ||||
| 42 | Norwich City | 2-0 | Burnley | ||
| 3 | Nedergaard | ||||
| 67 | Abbey | ||||
| 42 | Wimbledon | 0-2 | Derby County | ||
| 29 | Valakari | ||||
| 57 | Boertien | ||||
| Tuesday, 15 April 2003 | |||||
| 40 | Reading | 5-1 | Preston North End | ||
| 30 | Forster | 83 | Mears | ||
| 42 | Forster | ||||
| 57(p) | Shorey | ||||
| 58 | Forster | ||||
| 90 | Henderson | ||||
| 40 | Walsall | 0-0 | Coventry City | ||
| 32 | Sheffield United | 1-0 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 62 | Asaba | ||||
| 40 | Portsmouth | 1-0 | Burnley | ||
| 73 | Todorov | ||||
| Wednesday, 16 April 2003 | |||||
| 40 | Derby County | 1-2 | Millwall | ||
| 8 | Kinkladze | 6 | Harris | ||
| 63 | McCammon | ||||