| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| 1 | Larne | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 21 | 67 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 29 | 65 |
| 3 | Linfield | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 56 | 22 | 62 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 30 | 61 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 42 | 46 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 55 | 46 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 49 | 40 |
| 8 | Portadown | 32 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 36 | 57 | 35 |
| 9 | Bangor | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 57 | 33 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 47 | 30 |
| 11 | Crusaders | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 38 | 69 | 25 |
| 12 | Glenavon | 31 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 60 | 22 |