| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Henning Frenzel | VfB Leipzig | 22 | 0 |
| 2. | Horst Begerad | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 13 | 0 |
| 3. | Dr. Bernd Bauchspiess | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 12 | 1 |
| 4. | Gerd Backhaus | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 10 | 0 |
| 5. | Erwin Seifert | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 9 | 0 |
| 5. | Waldemar Muhlbacher | BFC Dynamo | 9 | 0 |
| 5. | Horst Walter | Hallescher FC | 9 | 1 |
| 8. | Eberhard Hartwig | Erzgebirge Aue | 8 | 0 |
| 8. | Klaus Engels | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 0 |
| 8. | Dr. Volker Franke | VfB Leipzig | 8 | 0 |
| 8. | Peter Henschel | FSV Zwickau | 8 | 0 |
| 8. | Dieter Karow | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 8 | 0 |
| 8. | Erhard Kochale | BFC Dynamo | 8 | 1 |
| 8. | Wolfgang Wruck | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 1 |
| 8. | Peter Rock | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 0 |
| 16. | Wolfgang Abraham | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 7 | 0 |
| 16. | Uwe Ziegler | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 0 |
| 16. | Werner Krauss | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 0 |
| 16. | Joachim Hall | BFC Dynamo | 7 | 0 |
| 16. | Dieter Lange | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 0 |
| 21. | Jurgen Piepenburg | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 6 | 0 |
| 21. | Wolfgang Behla | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 6 | 0 |
| 21. | Heinz Steinborn | Hallescher FC | 6 | 2 |
| 21. | Heino Kleiminger | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 1 |
| 21. | Manfred Lienemann | Chemnitzer FC | 6 | 0 |
| 21. | Wolfgang Barthels | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 0 |
| 21. | Hartmut Rentzsch | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 0 |
| 21. | Konrad Schaller | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 |
| 21. | Jurgen Noldner | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 6 | 0 |
| 21. | Siegfried Gumz | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 0 |
| 31. | Gunter Aedtner | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Peter Ducke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 1 |
| 31. | Werner Drews | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Jurgen Decker | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Friedrich-Wilhelm Gocke | Erzgebirge Aue | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Helmut Muller | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Hans-Bert Matoul | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Horst Jura | FSV Zwickau | 5 | 2 |
| 31. | Winfried Patzer | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Hans-Jurgen Naumann | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Rolf Steinmann | Chemnitzer FC | 5 | 2 |
| 31. | Klaus Lisiewicz | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Eberhard Vogel | Chemnitzer FC | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Hermann Bley | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Helmut Stein | Hallescher FC | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Reinhard Trolitzsch | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 3 |
| 31. | Jurgen Grossheim | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 0 |
| 48. | Rainer Knobloch | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4 | 0 |
| 48. | Helmut Schmidt | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 4 | 0 |
| 48. | Hans-Gunter Schroder | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4 | 0 |