| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gerd Kostmann | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 2 |
| 2. | Klaus Zink | Erzgebirge Aue | 15 | 0 |
| 3. | Jurgen Piepenburg | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 12 | 0 |
| 4. | Meinhard Uentz | 1. FC Union Berlin | 11 | 2 |
| 4. | Eberhard Vogel | Chemnitzer FC | 11 | 0 |
| 4. | Peter Ducke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 11 | 0 |
| 4. | Jurgen Sparwasser | 1. FC Magdeburg | 11 | 0 |
| 8. | Horst Begerad | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 9 | 0 |
| 9. | Klaus-Dieter Boelssen | Hallescher FC | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Hans-Joachim Walter | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Reinhard Trolitzsch | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 2 |
| 12. | Ernst Einsiedel | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 0 |
| 12. | Helmut Schmidt | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 7 | 0 |
| 12. | Harald Irmscher | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 2 |
| 12. | Hans-Jurgen Albrecht | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 7 | 0 |
| 12. | Manfred Becker | BFC Dynamo | 7 | 3 |
| 12. | Gerd Stieler | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 7 | 0 |
| 12. | Dr. Bernd Bauchspiess | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 7 | 0 |
| 19. | Henning Frenzel | VfB Leipzig | 6 | 1 |
| 19. | Wolfgang Seguin | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 2 |
| 19. | Klaus Lehmann | BSG Stahl Riesa | 6 | 2 |
| 22. | Rainer Nachtigall | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Otto Skrowny | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 5 | 1 |
| 22. | Eberhard Schuster | Chemnitzer FC | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Gerd Beyer | Hallescher FC | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Werner Drews | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Dieter Scherbarth | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Wolfgang Barthels | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Erich Hamann | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Michael Strempel | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Harry Zedler | 1. FC Union Berlin | 5 | 0 |
| 22. | Wolfgang Abraham | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Rainer Schlutter | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Bernd Bransch | Hallescher FC | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Wolfgang Schroder | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Rolf Steinmann | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Konrad Schaller | Erzgebirge Aue | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Frieder Andrich | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Helmut Stein | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Harald Schutze | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Albert Beier | FSV Zwickau | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Hartmut Rentzsch | FSV Zwickau | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Kurt Habermann | Hansa Rostock | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Herbert Pankau | Hansa Rostock | 4 | 1 |
| 33. | Peter Schafer | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Gunter Aedtner | BFC Dynamo | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Jurgen Noldner | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 4 | 0 |
| 33. | Bernd Donau | Hallescher FC | 4 | 0 |
| 49. | Manfred Lienemann | Chemnitzer FC | 3 | 0 |
| 49. | Werner Krauss | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 3 | 3 |