| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hartmut Rentzsch | FSV Zwickau | 17 | 1 |
| 2. | Ernst Einsiedel | Erzgebirge Aue | 14 | 0 |
| 2. | Dr. Bernd Bauchspiess | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 14 | 0 |
| 4. | Henning Frenzel | VfB Leipzig | 13 | 0 |
| 4. | Gerd Backhaus | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 13 | 0 |
| 6. | Rolf Steinmann | Chemnitzer FC | 10 | 0 |
| 6. | Jurgen Noldner | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 10 | 0 |
| 8. | Horst Wruck | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 9 | 0 |
| 9. | Helmut Stein | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Werner Lehrmann | Hallescher FC | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Peter Gussau | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Joachim Ernst | 1. FC Union Berlin | 8 | 2 |
| 9. | Hans-Jurgen Naumann | VfB Leipzig | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Peter Richter | 1. SV Gera | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Hans-Jurgen Kreische | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 0 |
| 16. | Jurgen Piepenburg | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 7 | 0 |
| 16. | Eberhard Schuster | Chemnitzer FC | 7 | 0 |
| 16. | Konrad Schaller | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 0 |
| 16. | Manfred Lienemann | Chemnitzer FC | 7 | 0 |
| 20. | Bernd Donau | Hallescher FC | 6 | 0 |
| 20. | Klaus Zink | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 |
| 20. | Horst Jura | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 3 |
| 20. | Jurgen Decker | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 0 |
| 20. | Ralf Quest | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 0 |
| 20. | Uwe Ziegler | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 0 |
| 20. | Friedrich-Wilhelm Gocke | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 2 |
| 27. | Gerhard Korner | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 2 |
| 27. | Joachim Hall | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Siegfried Gumz | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Dieter Erler | Chemnitzer FC | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Rainer Langer | Hallescher FC | 5 | 2 |
| 27. | Peter Henschel | FSV Zwickau | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Eberhard Vogel | Chemnitzer FC | 5 | 1 |
| 27. | Peter Rock | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Manfred Felke | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Harald Irmscher | FSV Zwickau | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Klaus Engels | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 0 |
| 27. | Roland Ducke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 0 |
| 39. | Herbert Pankau | Hansa Rostock | 4 | 2 |
| 39. | Klaus Lisiewicz | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Joachim Posselt | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Dieter Karow | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Manfred Geisler | VfB Leipzig | 4 | 1 |
| 39. | Steffen Engelmohr | Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Bernd Bransch | Hallescher FC | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Hans-Bert Matoul | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Gunter Aedtner | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Meinhard Uentz | 1. FC Union Berlin | 4 | 0 |
| 39. | Reinhard Trolitzsch | VfB Leipzig | 4 | 1 |
| 39. | Erhard Kochale | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |