| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Franz Gerber | FC St. Pauli | 27 | 2 |
| 2. | Heinz-Josef Kehr | Alemannia Aachen | 23 | 1 |
| 2. | Gerd-Volker Schock | VfL Osnabrück | 23 | 0 |
| 4. | Rainer Budde | Wuppertaler SV | 22 | 1 |
| 5. | Klaus Wunder | Hannover 96 | 21 | 2 |
| 5. | Ewald Hammes | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 21 | 0 |
| 7. | Karl-Heinz Mrosko | Arminia Hanover | 19 | 6 |
| 8. | Wilfried Klinge | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 18 | 0 |
| 8. | Wolfgang Wallek | VfL Wolfsburg | 18 | 0 |
| 8. | Klaus Wolf | Preußen Münster | 18 | 0 |
| 11. | Friedhelm Funkel | KFC Uerdingen | 17 | 3 |
| 11. | Jurgen Milewski | Hannover 96 | 17 | 0 |
| 11. | Frank-Michael Schonert | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 0 |
| 14. | Jan Mattsson | KFC Uerdingen | 16 | 0 |
| 15. | Karl-Heinz Modrath | Fortuna Köln | 15 | 0 |
| 15. | Willi Gotz | Wuppertaler SV | 15 | 0 |
| 17. | Hans Fritsche | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 14 | 3 |
| 17. | Uwe Pallaks | SC Herford | 14 | 0 |
| 19. | Volker Graul | Preußen Münster | 13 | 1 |
| 19. | Heinz-Dieter Greif | VfL Osnabrück | 13 | 0 |
| 21. | Walter Hoffmann | Bonner SC | 12 | 1 |
| 21. | Gunter Propper | Wuppertaler SV | 12 | 1 |
| 21. | Mileta Rnic | Union Solingen | 12 | 0 |
| 21. | Soren Busk | Westfalia Herne | 12 | 0 |
| 25. | Hans-Joachim Abel | Westfalia Herne | 11 | 0 |
| 25. | Bernhard Ochmann | Westfalia Herne | 11 | 0 |
| 25. | Harry Erhart | Arminia Bielefeld | 11 | 0 |
| 28. | Otmar Ludwig | Fortuna Köln | 10 | 1 |
| 28. | Norbert Eilenfeldt | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 0 |
| 28. | Hartmut Sinnigen | Westfalia Herne | 10 | 0 |
| 28. | Wolfgang Flushoh | SC Herford | 10 | 0 |
| 28. | Hans-Jurgen Wloka | KFC Uerdingen | 10 | 2 |
| 28. | Carlos Babington | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 10 | 6 |
| 28. | Karl-Heinz Brucken | Westfalia Herne | 10 | 0 |
| 35. | Herbert Muhlenberg | VfL Osnabrück | 9 | 1 |
| 35. | Hans-Gunter Bruns | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 9 | 9 |
| 35. | Jonny Hey | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 4 |
| 35. | Manfred Wolf | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 0 |
| 35. | Rainer Fischer | Wacker 04 Berlin | 9 | 0 |
| 35. | Herbert Bals | Westfalia Herne | 9 | 0 |
| 35. | Benno Mohlmann | Preußen Münster | 9 | 1 |
| 35. | Ranko Petkovic | Preußen Münster | 9 | 1 |
| 35. | Herbert Zimmer | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 9 | 0 |
| 35. | Heiko Mertes | Alemannia Aachen | 9 | 0 |
| 35. | Alfred Hussner | VfL Osnabrück | 9 | 0 |
| 35. | Peter Hermann | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 0 |
| 47. | Uwe Reinders | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 8 | 0 |
| 47. | Rainer Liedtke | Wacker 04 Berlin | 8 | 0 |
| 47. | Michael Kruger | Arminia Hanover | 8 | 0 |
| 47. | Giesbert Klose | Arminia Hanover | 8 | 0 |