| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| 1 | Linfield | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Larne | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 36 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 33 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 32 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 27 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 24 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 23 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 17 |
| 10 | Portadown | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 12 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 12 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 12 |