| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hans-Jurgen Kreische | Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 1 |
| 2. | Wolfgang Abraham | 1. FC Magdeburg | 13 | 8 |
| 3. | Joachim Streich | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 1 |
| 4. | Rainer Sachse | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 0 |
| 5. | Norbert Johannsen | BFC Dynamo | 10 | 2 |
| 5. | Hartmut Rentzsch | FSV Zwickau | 10 | 2 |
| 7. | Peter Ducke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 1 |
| 7. | Frank Terletzki | BFC Dynamo | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Wolfgang Schmidt | Hallescher FC | 7 | 0 |
| 9. | Jurgen Sparwasser | 1. FC Magdeburg | 7 | 0 |
| 9. | Gert Heidler | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 0 |
| 9. | Dixie Dorner | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 4 |
| 9. | Eberhard Vogel | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 1 |
| 9. | Dieter Scheitler | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 0 |
| 9. | Reinhard Segger | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 7 | 0 |
| 9. | Hans-Heinrich Wolf | Chemnitzer FC | 7 | 4 |
| 17. | Roland Nowotny | Hallescher FC | 6 | 3 |
| 17. | Dietmar Labes | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 1 |
| 17. | Klaus-Dieter Boelssen | Hallescher FC | 6 | 0 |
| 17. | Lothar Paul | BSG Stahl Riesa | 6 | 0 |
| 17. | Meinhard Uentz | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 3 |
| 17. | Hans-Jurgen Hermann | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 0 |
| 17. | Bernd Bartsch | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 |
| 17. | Holger Erler | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 |
| 17. | Ernst Einsiedel | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 |
| 17. | Ralf Schulenberg | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 0 |
| 17. | Peter Brandel | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 2 |
| 17. | Axel Tyll | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 0 |
| 29. | Siegmund Mewes | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 0 |
| 29. | Wolf-Rudiger Netz | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 29. | Konrad Schaller | Erzgebirge Aue | 5 | 0 |
| 29. | Rainer Lisiewicz | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 29. | Werner Peter | Hallescher FC | 5 | 0 |
| 29. | Jurgen Decker | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 29. | Hans-Bert Matoul | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 36. | Jurgen Pfefferkorn | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Bernd Bransch | Hallescher FC | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Manfred Geisler | VfB Leipzig | 4 | 3 |
| 36. | Reinhard Hauptmann | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Frank Richter | Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Wolfram Meinert | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Harald Irmscher | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Peter Zierau | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Henning Frenzel | VfB Leipzig | 4 | 1 |
| 36. | Helmut Stein | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Karl-Heinz Zeidler | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Christoph Franke | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Ludwig Posorski | FC Pommern Stralsund | 4 | 0 |
| 36. | Wolfgang Juhrsch | 1. FC Union Berlin | 4 | 2 |
| 36. | Peter Rock | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |