| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gerd Backhaus | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 15 | 4 |
| 2. | Peter Ducke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 13 | 2 |
| 2. | Dr. Bernd Bauchspiess | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 13 | 0 |
| 2. | Rolf Steinmann | Chemnitzer FC | 13 | 1 |
| 5. | Werner Drews | Hansa Rostock | 10 | 2 |
| 5. | Joachim Hall | BFC Dynamo | 10 | 0 |
| 5. | Helmut Muller | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 10 | 1 |
| 5. | Otto Frassdorf | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 10 | 0 |
| 5. | Gunther Queck | SV Steinach | 10 | 0 |
| 10. | Gerhard Vogt | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 9 | 0 |
| 10. | Heino Kleiminger | Hansa Rostock | 9 | 0 |
| 12. | Horst Jura | FSV Zwickau | 8 | 4 |
| 12. | Rainer Nachtigall | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Rainer Knobloch | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Dieter Scherbarth | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Wolfgang Behla | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 8 | 0 |
| 17. | Henning Frenzel | VfB Leipzig | 7 | 0 |
| 17. | Eberhard Vogel | Chemnitzer FC | 7 | 1 |
| 17. | Reinhard Trolitzsch | VfB Leipzig | 7 | 1 |
| 17. | Erwin Seifert | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 0 |
| 17. | Gunter Jacob | FSV Zwickau | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Ulli Sperrschneider | SV Steinach | 6 | 0 |
| 22. | Peter Henschel | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 0 |
| 22. | Helmut Stein | Hallescher FC | 6 | 1 |
| 22. | Dieter Karow | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 6 | 0 |
| 22. | Gerhard Korner | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 6 | 2 |
| 22. | Waldemar Muhlbacher | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 0 |
| 22. | Hermann Bley | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 0 |
| 22. | Rainer Franz | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 0 |
| 22. | Gerhard Elmecker | SV Steinach | 6 | 0 |
| 31. | Hans-Gunter Schroder | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Lothar Pacholski | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Jurgen Noldner | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Werner Lehrmann | Hallescher FC | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Hermann Stocker | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Wolfgang Barthels | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Hans-Joachim Walter | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Gunter Hirschmann | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 3 |
| 39. | Dieter Erler | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Helmut Hergesell | Hansa Rostock | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Hans Speth | FSV Zwickau | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Bernd Bransch | Hallescher FC | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Lothar Haack | Hansa Rostock | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Klaus Zink | Erzgebirge Aue | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Werner Gase | VfB Leipzig | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Manfred Gratz | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4 | 0 |
| 47. | Werner Krauss | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 3 | 0 |
| 47. | Rainer Geserich | BFC Dynamo | 3 | 0 |
| 47. | Siegfried Wachtel | Erzgebirge Aue | 3 | 0 |
| 47. | Siegfried Wolf | Erzgebirge Aue | 3 | 0 |