| Rank | Team | Pts. | Yellow cards | Second yellow cards | Straight red cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VfL Bochum | 52 | 39 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | SV Elversberg | 59 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Bonner SC | 64 | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1. FC Cologne | 67 | 46 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | FC Schalke 04 | 68 | 59 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 72 | 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 72 | 56 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 77 | 54 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 77 | 56 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 79 | 65 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | SC Verl | 79 | 63 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Preußen Münster | 81 | 62 | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 84 | 71 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 85 | 72 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 85 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Borussia Monchengladbach II | 86 | 67 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Wormatia Worms | 93 | 63 | 5 | 3 |
| 18 | Eintracht Trier | 117 | 82 | 5 | 4 |