| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Frank Mill | Rot-Weiss Essen | 40 | 14 |
| 2. | Werner Killmaier | Hertha BSC | 36 | 0 |
| 3. | Horst Feilzer | VfL Osnabrück | 30 | 10 |
| 3. | Ronnie Worm | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 0 |
| 5. | Erwin Kostedde | Werder Bremen | 29 | 0 |
| 6. | Dieter Schatzschneider | Hannover 96 | 27 | 2 |
| 7. | Thomas Remark | Hertha BSC | 21 | 0 |
| 7. | Bernd Krumbein | Union Solingen | 21 | 0 |
| 9. | Werner Lenz | Union Solingen | 20 | 0 |
| 9. | Harald Snater | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 20 | 0 |
| 11. | Uwe Pallaks | SC Herford | 19 | 0 |
| 12. | Karl-Heinz Modrath | Fortuna Köln | 18 | 0 |
| 12. | Klaus Wolf | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 18 | 5 |
| 14. | Hubert Clute-Simon | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 0 |
| 15. | Helmut Reiners | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 16 | 6 |
| 15. | Peter Kunkel | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 16 | 1 |
| 15. | Norbert Meier | Werder Bremen | 16 | 0 |
| 15. | Uwe Reinders | Werder Bremen | 16 | 3 |
| 19. | Gerhard Drews | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 15 | 0 |
| 20. | Volker Ohling | VfB Oldenburg | 14 | 0 |
| 20. | Manfred Bockenfeld | 1. FC Bocholt | 14 | 0 |
| 20. | Wilfried Seegler | Union Solingen | 14 | 4 |
| 20. | Rainer Kunkel | Viktoria Köln | 14 | 1 |
| 20. | Norbert Runge | Alemannia Aachen | 14 | 1 |
| 20. | Norbert Stolzenburg | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 14 | 0 |
| 20. | Bernhard Ochmann | Viktoria Köln | 14 | 0 |
| 27. | Benno Mohlmann | Werder Bremen | 13 | 4 |
| 27. | Detlef Wolter | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 13 | 4 |
| 27. | Janus Gudlaugsson | Fortuna Köln | 13 | 0 |
| 30. | Wolfgang Grobe | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 4 |
| 30. | Gerhard Kleppinger | Hannover 96 | 12 | 7 |
| 30. | Uwe Helmes | Rot-Weiss Lüdenscheid | 12 | 0 |
| 33. | Wolfgang Pache | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 11 | 0 |
| 33. | Reinhard Majgl | 1. FC Bocholt | 11 | 1 |
| 33. | Matthias Herget | Rot-Weiss Essen | 11 | 4 |
| 36. | Lothar Wesseler | Hertha BSC | 10 | 4 |
| 36. | Horst Ehrmantraut | Hertha BSC | 10 | 0 |
| 36. | Reinhold Specht | VfB Oldenburg | 10 | 0 |
| 36. | Lars Ellmerich | Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | 0 |
| 36. | Pierre Dickert | Hertha BSC | 10 | 3 |
| 36. | Dieter Allig | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 10 | 0 |
| 42. | Manfred Mannebach | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 9 | 0 |
| 42. | Werner Bertrams | Alemannia Aachen | 9 | 0 |
| 42. | Jurgen Mohr | Hertha BSC | 9 | 0 |
| 42. | Matthias Brucken | Viktoria Köln | 9 | 2 |
| 42. | Ente Lippens | Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 | 0 |
| 42. | Detlef Olaidotter | VfL Osnabrück | 9 | 0 |
| 42. | Heinz-Josef Kehr | Alemannia Aachen | 9 | 0 |
| 42. | Jurgen Kaminsky | Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 | 1 |
| 42. | Heiner Pahl | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 | 0 |