| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dieter Schatzschneider | Hannover 96 | 31 | 4 |
| 2. | Fritz Walter | Waldhof Mannheim | 21 | 0 |
| 2. | Bodo Mattern | SV Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 1 |
| 4. | Klaus Tauber | Stuttgarter Kickers | 20 | 3 |
| 4. | Uwe Bein | Kickers Offenbach | 20 | 4 |
| 6. | Wolfgang Schafer | Union Solingen | 19 | 4 |
| 6. | Franz Michelberger | Kickers Offenbach | 19 | 0 |
| 8. | Uwe Dreher | Stuttgarter Kickers | 18 | 0 |
| 9. | Heinz Traser | Hessen Kassel | 17 | 0 |
| 9. | Wolfgang Metzler | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 6 |
| 11. | Jurgen Wegmann | Rot-Weiss Essen | 16 | 0 |
| 11. | Fred Schaub | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 16 | 2 |
| 11. | Paul Linz | Waldhof Mannheim | 16 | 0 |
| 11. | Dieter Dannenberg | SC Paderborn 07 | 16 | 6 |
| 11. | Ralf Lehmann | VfL Osnabrück | 16 | 3 |
| 11. | Bernd Grabosch | Fortuna Köln | 16 | 0 |
| 17. | Hans Hein | Waldhof Mannheim | 15 | 0 |
| 18. | Peter Kunkel | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 14 | 0 |
| 18. | Waldemar Steubing | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 14 | 1 |
| 20. | Werner Lenz | Union Solingen | 13 | 0 |
| 21. | Peter Cestonaro | Hessen Kassel | 12 | 2 |
| 21. | Bernd Vittinghoff | Fortuna Köln | 12 | 2 |
| 21. | Gunter Eymold | Hessen Kassel | 12 | 7 |
| 21. | Lothar Steinhauer | BV 08 Lüttringhausen | 12 | 0 |
| 21. | Wayne Thomas | Alemannia Aachen | 12 | 3 |
| 21. | Frank Hartmann | Hannover 96 | 12 | 0 |
| 21. | Erwin Kostedde | VfL Osnabrück | 12 | 0 |
| 21. | Uwe Helmes | MSV Duisburg | 12 | 1 |
| 29. | Kurt Balewski | BV 08 Lüttringhausen | 11 | 0 |
| 29. | Peter Loontiens | KFC Uerdingen | 11 | 0 |
| 29. | Norbert Hofmann | KFC Uerdingen | 11 | 0 |
| 29. | Alvarez | FSV Frankfurt | 11 | 0 |
| 33. | Hans Meisel | SC Freiburg | 10 | 0 |
| 34. | Uwe Hofer | Kickers Offenbach | 9 | 0 |
| 34. | Gunter Sebert | Waldhof Mannheim | 9 | 6 |
| 34. | Karl-Heinz Buhrer | Waldhof Mannheim | 9 | 0 |
| 34. | Manfred Dubski | MSV Duisburg | 9 | 5 |
| 34. | Zdenek Nehoda | SV Darmstadt 98 | 9 | 0 |
| 34. | Peter Hayduk | Hannover 96 | 9 | 0 |
| 34. | Detlef Olaidotter | VfL Osnabrück | 9 | 0 |
| 34. | Norbert Elgert | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 9 | 0 |
| 34. | Wolfgang Trapp | SV Darmstadt 98 | 9 | 4 |
| 34. | Herbert Demange | Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 | 1 |
| 34. | Dieter Lemke | Fortuna Köln | 9 | 0 |
| 45. | Wolfgang Schuler | SV Darmstadt 98 | 8 | 0 |
| 45. | Roland Wohlfarth | MSV Duisburg | 8 | 0 |
| 45. | Horst Feilzer | KFC Uerdingen | 8 | 4 |
| 45. | Jochen Goll | Hannover 96 | 8 | 0 |
| 45. | Walter Krause | Kickers Offenbach | 8 | 0 |
| 45. | Andreas Merkle | Stuttgarter Kickers | 8 | 0 |