| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Klaus Fischer | FC Schalke 04 | 29 | 1 |
| 2. | Erich Beer | Hertha BSC | 23 | 6 |
| 2. | Gerd Muller | Bayern München | 23 | 7 |
| 4. | Klaus Toppmoller | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 22 | 2 |
| 5. | Horst Hrubesch | Rot-Weiss Essen | 18 | 1 |
| 6. | Roland Sandberg | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 0 |
| 7. | Allan Simonsen | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 16 | 1 |
| 7. | Bernd Holzenbein | Eintracht Frankfurt | 16 | 0 |
| 7. | Wolfgang Frank | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 0 |
| 10. | Bernd Nickel | Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | 2 |
| 10. | Hannes Lohr | 1. FC Köln | 15 | 0 |
| 12. | Manfred Burgsmuller | Rot-Weiss Essen | 14 | 1 |
| 12. | Dieter Muller | 1. FC Köln | 14 | 0 |
| 12. | Erwin Kostedde | Hertha BSC | 14 | 0 |
| 15. | Bernd Gersdorff | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 | 6 |
| 15. | Rudiger Wenzel | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 0 |
| 17. | Jupp Kaczor | VfL Bochum | 12 | 0 |
| 17. | Ronnie Worm | MSV Duisburg | 12 | 0 |
| 17. | Jupp Heynckes | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 12 | 1 |
| 20. | Peter Hayduk | Hannover 96 | 11 | 0 |
| 20. | Henning Jensen | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 11 | 0 |
| 20. | Erwin Kremers | FC Schalke 04 | 11 | 0 |
| 23. | Ente Lippens | Rot-Weiss Essen | 10 | 0 |
| 23. | Jurgen Grabowski | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 1 |
| 23. | Jurgen Rober | Werder Bremen | 10 | 3 |
| 26. | Peter Nogly | Hamburger SV | 9 | 0 |
| 26. | Norbert Janzon | Kickers Offenbach | 9 | 0 |
| 26. | Dieter Herzog | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 9 | 0 |
| 29. | Theo Bucker | MSV Duisburg | 8 | 0 |
| 29. | Jan Mattsson | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 0 |
| 29. | Hannes Bongartz | FC Schalke 04 | 8 | 0 |
| 29. | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern München | 8 | 0 |
| 29. | Gerd Zimmermann | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 0 |
| 34. | Per Rontved | Werder Bremen | 7 | 0 |
| 34. | Caspar Memering | Hamburger SV | 7 | 0 |
| 34. | Bernard Dietz | MSV Duisburg | 7 | 1 |
| 34. | Josef Hickersberger | Kickers Offenbach | 7 | 3 |
| 34. | Wolfgang Luttges | Hannover 96 | 7 | 0 |
| 34. | Detlev Szymanek | Hertha BSC | 7 | 0 |
| 34. | Willi Reimann | Hamburger SV | 7 | 0 |
| 34. | Georg Volkert | Hamburger SV | 7 | 1 |
| 34. | Werner Lorant | Rot-Weiss Essen | 7 | 0 |
| 34. | Ole Bjornmose | Hamburger SV | 7 | 0 |
| 34. | Reiner Geye | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 | 0 |
| 45. | Werner Gorts | Werder Bremen | 6 | 0 |
| 45. | Dieter Bast | Rot-Weiss Essen | 6 | 1 |
| 45. | Helmut Kremers | FC Schalke 04 | 6 | 0 |
| 45. | Heinz-Werner Eggeling | VfL Bochum | 6 | 0 |
| 45. | Hans-Jurgen Wloka | KFC Uerdingen | 6 | 0 |
| 45. | Wolfgang Kraus | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 0 |