| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl-Heinz Modrath | Fortuna Köln | 28 | 0 |
| 2. | Gerd-Volker Schock | VfL Osnabrück | 23 | 3 |
| 2. | Dieter Schatzschneider | Hannover 96 | 23 | 3 |
| 2. | Winfried Stradt | Alemannia Aachen | 23 | 4 |
| 2. | Matthias Brucken | Bayer Leverkusen | 23 | 0 |
| 6. | Wolfgang Luttges | KFC Uerdingen | 22 | 1 |
| 7. | Elmar Jurgens | Preußen Münster | 21 | 0 |
| 8. | Klaus Beverungen | FC St. Pauli | 16 | 0 |
| 9. | Peter Szech | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | 0 |
| 9. | Norbert Lucke | DSC Wanne-Eickel | 15 | 0 |
| 9. | Frank Mill | Rot-Weiss Essen | 15 | 0 |
| 9. | Klaus Czizewski | Viktoria Köln | 15 | 1 |
| 13. | Andreas Wagner | VfL Osnabrück | 14 | 0 |
| 13. | Roland Stegmayer | Fortuna Köln | 14 | 1 |
| 13. | Jan Mattsson | KFC Uerdingen | 14 | 0 |
| 16. | Hans-Jurgen Offermanns | Rot-Weiss Lüdenscheid | 13 | 2 |
| 16. | Karl-Heinz Mrosko | Arminia Hanover | 13 | 1 |
| 16. | Klaus Bruckmann | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 2 |
| 19. | Roland Kosien | DSC Wanne-Eickel | 12 | 3 |
| 19. | Heinz-Josef Kehr | Alemannia Aachen | 12 | 1 |
| 19. | Rainer Liedtke | Wacker 04 Berlin | 12 | 1 |
| 19. | Jurgen Mauthe | DSC Wanne-Eickel | 12 | 0 |
| 19. | Peter Kunkel | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 12 | 1 |
| 19. | Karlheinz Meininger | Rot-Weiss Essen | 12 | 0 |
| 25. | Norbert Stolzenburg | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 11 | 0 |
| 25. | Friedhelm Funkel | KFC Uerdingen | 11 | 1 |
| 25. | Theodor Rielander | Hannover 96 | 11 | 1 |
| 25. | Ranko Petkovic | Preußen Münster | 11 | 0 |
| 25. | Antoine Fagot | Wuppertaler SV | 11 | 1 |
| 25. | Allan Hansen | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 11 | 1 |
| 25. | Hubert Clute-Simon | Alemannia Aachen | 11 | 0 |
| 25. | Peter Hayduk | Wuppertaler SV | 11 | 0 |
| 33. | Otmar Ludwig | Fortuna Köln | 10 | 0 |
| 33. | Horst Neumann | FC St. Pauli | 10 | 0 |
| 33. | Bernhard Ochmann | Westfalia Herne | 10 | 0 |
| 36. | Dieter Bartel | Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 | 2 |
| 36. | Kurt Pinkall | Viktoria Köln | 9 | 0 |
| 36. | Heinz Mostert | KFC Uerdingen | 9 | 0 |
| 39. | Norbert Bebensee | Arminia Hanover | 8 | 0 |
| 39. | Sieghard Heise | Union Solingen | 8 | 0 |
| 39. | Norbert Goscianiak | Rot-Weiss Lüdenscheid | 8 | 0 |
| 39. | Wolfgang Schilling | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 8 | 0 |
| 39. | Achim de Vries | Union Solingen | 8 | 0 |
| 39. | Peter Ehmke | Rot-Weiss Essen | 8 | 1 |
| 39. | Jurgen Gelsdorf | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 0 |
| 39. | Dieter Wendlandt | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 1 |
| 39. | Holger Haltenhof | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 0 |
| 48. | Harry Witt | Holstein Kiel | 7 | 2 |
| 48. | Wolfgang Wallek | Arminia Hanover | 7 | 0 |
| 48. | Wolfgang Schmitt | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 7 | 1 |