| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Volker Graul | Arminia Bielefeld | 30 | 8 |
| 2. | Gerd-Volker Schock | VfL Osnabrück | 26 | 1 |
| 3. | Rudiger Wenzel | FC St. Pauli | 24 | 0 |
| 4. | Peter Dahl | Hannover 96 | 23 | 0 |
| 5. | Gerd Kasperski | Hannover 96 | 20 | 0 |
| 5. | Rolf Kucharski | Alemannia Aachen | 20 | 1 |
| 7. | Wolf-Rudiger Krause | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | 6 |
| 7. | Wolfgang John | Wacker 04 Berlin | 19 | 2 |
| 7. | Roland Stegmayer | Hannover 96 | 19 | 1 |
| 10. | Hans Fritsche | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 18 | 0 |
| 11. | Jurgen Jendrossek | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 16 | 0 |
| 11. | Bernd Kipp | Preußen Münster | 16 | 0 |
| 11. | Heinz Rudloff | DJK Gütersloh | 16 | 0 |
| 14. | Hans-Werner Moors | Preußen Münster | 15 | 4 |
| 14. | Rolf Hofert | FC St. Pauli | 15 | 6 |
| 14. | Ewald Hammes | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 15 | 0 |
| 14. | Willi Gotz | Olympia Wilhelmshaven | 15 | 0 |
| 14. | Herbert Muhlenberg | VfL Osnabrück | 15 | 1 |
| 19. | Wolfgang Luttges | KFC Uerdingen | 14 | 0 |
| 19. | Burkhard Segler | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 0 |
| 21. | Rolf Blau | Preußen Münster | 13 | 3 |
| 21. | Friedhelm Funkel | KFC Uerdingen | 13 | 5 |
| 21. | Klaus Wolf | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 13 | 1 |
| 21. | Carlos Babington | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 13 | 8 |
| 21. | Peter Falter | KFC Uerdingen | 13 | 1 |
| 26. | Karl-Heinz Modrath | Fortuna Köln | 12 | 0 |
| 26. | Frank-Michael Schonert | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 12 | 0 |
| 26. | Horst Lunenburg | Wacker 04 Berlin | 12 | 0 |
| 29. | Eckhard Deterding | Preußen Münster | 11 | 0 |
| 29. | Hans-Peter Gummlich | Olympia Wilhelmshaven | 11 | 0 |
| 31. | Horst Koschmieder | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 10 | 4 |
| 31. | Rolf Kaemmer | Hannover 96 | 10 | 5 |
| 31. | Holger Trimhold | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 10 | 5 |
| 31. | Herbert Bals | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 10 | 0 |
| 31. | Egwin Wolf | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 0 |
| 31. | Rainer Struckmann | Olympia Wilhelmshaven | 10 | 6 |
| 37. | Karl-Heinz Struth | Fortuna Köln | 9 | 3 |
| 37. | Alfons Sikora | 1. FC Mülheim | 9 | 1 |
| 37. | Helmut Horsch | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 9 | 0 |
| 37. | Walter Krause | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 9 | 0 |
| 41. | Christoph Walter | Alemannia Aachen | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Helmut Schutt | Alemannia Aachen | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Ewald Lienen | Arminia Bielefeld | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Walter Plaggemeyer | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Ralf Kelm | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Heiko Mertes | 1. FC Mülheim | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Wolfgang Kulka | FC St. Pauli | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Lothar Huber | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 |
| 41. | Horst Neumann | FC St. Pauli | 8 | 0 |
| 41. | Wolfgang Rummenigge | DJK Gütersloh | 8 | 0 |