| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Klaus Havenstein | FSV Boehlen | 15 | 4 |
| 2. | Rudiger Schnuphase | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 0 |
| 3. | Wolf-Rudiger Netz | BFC Dynamo | 13 | 0 |
| 3. | Joachim Streich | 1. FC Magdeburg | 13 | 1 |
| 5. | Eberhard Vogel | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 4 |
| 6. | Holger Krostitz | Hallescher FC | 11 | 3 |
| 6. | Dieter Kuhn | VfB Leipzig | 11 | 0 |
| 6. | Peter Kotte | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 3 |
| 9. | Manfred Vogel | Hallescher FC | 10 | 0 |
| 9. | Gerd Weber | Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 0 |
| 9. | Dixie Dorner | Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 0 |
| 9. | Hans-Jurgen Riediger | BFC Dynamo | 10 | 0 |
| 13. | Werner Peter | Hallescher FC | 9 | 0 |
| 13. | Udo Korn | 1. SV Gera | 9 | 0 |
| 15. | Hartmut Pelka | BFC Dynamo | 8 | 0 |
| 15. | Frank Terletzki | BFC Dynamo | 8 | 2 |
| 17. | Wolfram Lowe | VfB Leipzig | 7 | 0 |
| 17. | Rainer Rohde | 1. FC Union Berlin | 7 | 4 |
| 17. | Martin Hoffmann | 1. FC Magdeburg | 7 | 0 |
| 17. | Holger Erler | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 4 |
| 17. | Lutz Otto | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 7 | 1 |
| 17. | Rainer Sachse | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 0 |
| 23. | Bernd Hubert | FSV Boehlen | 6 | 0 |
| 23. | Jurgen Sparwasser | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 0 |
| 23. | Dieter Riedel | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 3 |
| 23. | Jurgen Pommerenke | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 0 |
| 23. | Jurgen Bahringer | Chemnitzer FC | 6 | 0 |
| 23. | Frank Uhlig | Chemnitzer FC | 6 | 0 |
| 23. | Hans-Gunter Schroder | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 6 | 0 |
| 23. | Ulrich Netz | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 0 |
| 31. | Joachim Schykowski | FSV Zwickau | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Konrad Schaller | Erzgebirge Aue | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Ralf Strasser | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Thomas Dennstedt | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Lutz Moldt | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 1 |
| 31. | Henning Frenzel | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Manfred Zaspel | FSV Boehlen | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Wolfgang Altmann | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 2 |
| 31. | Jurgen Raab | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Wolfgang Ihle | Chemnitzer FC | 5 | 0 |
| 31. | Reinhard Hafner | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 0 |
| 42. | Michael Paschek | 1. FC Union Berlin | 4 | 0 |
| 42. | Matthias Muller | Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 2 |
| 42. | Hans-Jurgen Kreische | Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 0 |
| 42. | Holger Dobbel | 1. FC Magdeburg | 4 | 0 |
| 42. | Lutz Lindemann | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |
| 42. | Frank Sorge | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 1 |
| 42. | Thomas Teubner | Erzgebirge Aue | 4 | 0 |
| 42. | Wolfgang Steinbach | 1. FC Magdeburg | 4 | 0 |
| 42. | Werner Brautigam | FSV Zwickau | 4 | 1 |