| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| 1 | Linfield | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 49 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Larne | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 38 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 31 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 31 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 20 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 57 | 19 |
| 11 | Portadown | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 8 |