| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Klaus Selignow | Fortuna Babelsberg | 12 | 0 |
| 2. | Gunter Schroter | BFC Dynamo | 11 | 0 |
| 3. | Willy Troger | Erzgebirge Aue | 9 | 1 |
| 3. | Rolf Fritzsche | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 9 | 2 |
| 3. | Arthur Bialas | Hansa Rostock | 9 | 0 |
| 6. | Siegfried Kaiser | FSV Zwickau | 8 | 0 |
| 7. | Hans Speth | Hansa Rostock | 7 | 0 |
| 7. | Werner Baumann | FSV Zwickau | 7 | 2 |
| 7. | Rainer Franz | FSV Zwickau | 7 | 0 |
| 7. | Karl Meyer | 1. FC Weissenfels | 7 | 0 |
| 7. | Erhard Meinhold | FSV Zwickau | 7 | 0 |
| 12. | Ralf Hubner | Chemnitzer FC | 6 | 0 |
| 12. | Heinz Schoppe | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 6 | 0 |
| 12. | Gunter Niewand | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 6 | 0 |
| 15. | Gunther Weidenborner | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 15. | Lothar Muller | SC unity Dresden | 5 | 0 |
| 15. | Felix Vogel | SC unity Dresden | 5 | 0 |
| 15. | Werner Giessler | Fortuna Babelsberg | 5 | 0 |
| 15. | Werner Pietrczak | Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg | 5 | 0 |
| 15. | Hans Schone | Fortuna Babelsberg | 5 | 0 |
| 15. | Horst Assmy | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 0 |
| 15. | Gunther Wirth | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 0 |
| 23. | Karl-Heinz Holze | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Armin Gunther | Erzgebirge Aue | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Heinz Jurek | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Johannes Matzen | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Gerhard Hansicke | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Lothar Weise | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Karl Schaffner | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Ernst Lindner | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Manfred Kaiser | Erzgebirge Aue | 4 | 0 |
| 23. | Walter Espig | FSV Zwickau | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Werner Schurrmann | Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Eberhard Petersohn | SC unity Dresden | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Werner Walther | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Erwin Giessler | Fortuna Babelsberg | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Siegfried Vollrath | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Franz Bialas | Hansa Rostock | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Kurt Viertel | Erzgebirge Aue | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Heinz Wroblewski | BFC Dynamo | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Alfred Reinhardt | 1. FC Weissenfels | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Dieter Gradetzki | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Siegfried Troger | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Werner Prenzel | SC unity Dresden | 3 | 0 |
| 33. | Rudolf Krause | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 3 | 0 |
| 46. | Helmuth Muthke | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 2 | 0 |
| 46. | Gerhard Matthaus | VfB Leipzig | 2 | 0 |
| 46. | Horst Zedel | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 0 |
| 46. | Heinz Nicklich | SC unity Dresden | 2 | 0 |
| 46. | Horst Karlsch | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 2 | 0 |