| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| 1 | Linfield | 28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 59 | 20 | 64 |
| 2 | Portadown | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 29 | 60 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 66 | 45 | 58 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 51 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 39 | 46 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 36 | 43 |
| 7 | Donegal Celtic | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 53 | 32 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 60 | 26 |
| 9 | Lisburn Distillery | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 63 | 23 |
| 10 | Glenavon | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 52 | 21 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 51 | 20 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 66 | 20 |