| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joachim Streich | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 0 |
| 2. | Klaus Havenstein | FSV Boehlen | 17 | 4 |
| 2. | Wolf-Rudiger Netz | BFC Dynamo | 17 | 0 |
| 4. | Rudiger Schnuphase | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 5 |
| 5. | Ralph Conrad | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 14 | 0 |
| 6. | Rainer Jarohs | Hansa Rostock | 13 | 3 |
| 6. | Bernd Schulz | BFC Dynamo | 13 | 0 |
| 8. | Holger Erler | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 | 7 |
| 8. | Holger Krostitz | Hallescher FC | 12 | 4 |
| 10. | Rainer Sachse | BSG Stahl Riesa | 11 | 4 |
| 10. | Jurgen Heun | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 11 | 0 |
| 12. | Siegmund Mewes | 1. FC Magdeburg | 10 | 0 |
| 12. | Hans Richter | Chemnitzer FC | 10 | 0 |
| 12. | Dieter Kuhn | VfB Leipzig | 10 | 1 |
| 15. | Andre Jarmuszkiewicz | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 9 | 3 |
| 15. | Martin Hoffmann | 1. FC Magdeburg | 9 | 0 |
| 15. | Eberhard Vogel | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 9 | 0 |
| 18. | Rainer Troppa | BFC Dynamo | 8 | 3 |
| 18. | Martin Busse | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 0 |
| 18. | Jurgen Raab | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 0 |
| 18. | Frieder Andrich | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 8 | 0 |
| 22. | Andreas Trautmann | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Thomas Dennstedt | VfB Leipzig | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Jurgen Pommerenke | 1. FC Magdeburg | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Andreas Langer | FSV Zwickau | 7 | 1 |
| 22. | Peter Kotte | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Hans-Jurgen Kinne | VfB Leipzig | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Frank Pastor | Hallescher FC | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Artur Ullrich | BFC Dynamo | 7 | 3 |
| 30. | Frank Uhlig | Chemnitzer FC | 6 | 0 |
| 30. | Hans-Uwe Pilz | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 2 |
| 30. | Ralf Strasser | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 0 |
| 30. | Werner Peter | Hallescher FC | 6 | 0 |
| 30. | Ralf Minge | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 0 |
| 30. | Wolfgang Korner | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 |
| 30. | Uwe Fuchs | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 3 |
| 30. | Gerd Weber | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 0 |
| 38. | Eberhard Lippmann | BSG Stahl Riesa | 5 | 0 |
| 38. | Volker Grossmann | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 38. | Hans-Jurgen Riediger | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 38. | Frank Sorge | Chemnitzer FC | 5 | 4 |
| 38. | Frank Terletzki | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 38. | Udo Schmuck | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 0 |
| 38. | Gerd Kische | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 1 |
| 38. | Andreas Winter | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 3 |
| 46. | Reinhard Hauptmann | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 0 |
| 46. | Dieter Strozniak | Hallescher FC | 4 | 1 |
| 46. | Rainer Pietsch | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 4 | 0 |
| 46. | Lutz Lindemann | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |
| 46. | Bernd Hubert | FSV Boehlen | 4 | 0 |