| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Everton | 22 | 29 | 2.17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 17 | ||
| 2nonMover | Preston North End | 22 | 27 | 1.91 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||
| 3nonMover | Notts. County | 22 | 26 | 1.49 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | ||
| 4nonMover | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 26 | 0.78 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 42 | ||
| 5nonMover | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 24 | 1.27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 22 | ||
| 6nonMover | Sunderland * | 22 | 23 | 1.65 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | ||
| 7nonMover | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 23 | 1.32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | ||
| 8nonMover | Burnley | 22 | 21 | 0.83 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 39 | ||
| 9nonMover | Aston Villa | 22 | 18 | 0.78 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 40 | ||
| 10nonMover | Derby County | 22 | 15 | 0.58 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 53 | ||
| 11nonMover | Accrington | 21 | 14 | 0.54 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 31 | ||
| 12nonMover | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 12 | 0.61 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 30 | ||
| Points adjustments | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01/01/1891 | Sunderland | Deducted two points for fielding an unregistered player. |