| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joachim Streich | 1. FC Magdeburg | 19 | 0 |
| 2. | Ralf Minge | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 0 |
| 3. | Frieder Andrich | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 16 | 8 |
| 3. | Hans-Jurgen Riediger | BFC Dynamo | 16 | 0 |
| 5. | Rudiger Schnuphase | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 13 | 2 |
| 5. | Klaus Havenstein | FSV Boehlen | 13 | 3 |
| 7. | Frank Pastor | Hallescher FC | 12 | 0 |
| 7. | Jurgen Heun | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 12 | 0 |
| 9. | Rainer Ernst | BFC Dynamo | 9 | 0 |
| 9. | Torsten Gutschow | Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 0 |
| 9. | Bernd Quade | 1. FC Union Berlin | 9 | 2 |
| 12. | Heiko Peschke | Hallescher FC | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Andreas Bielau | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Axel Schulz | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 5 |
| 12. | Uwe Zotzsche | VfB Leipzig | 8 | 7 |
| 12. | Harald Gramenz | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Harald Mothes | Erzgebirge Aue | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Hans Richter | Chemnitzer FC | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Ralf Strasser | BFC Dynamo | 8 | 0 |
| 12. | Wolfgang Steinbach | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 3 |
| 12. | Josef Vlay | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 0 |
| 22. | Martin Busse | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Jurgen Raab | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Andre Jarmuszkiewicz | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 7 | 0 |
| 22. | Andreas Trautmann | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 3 |
| 22. | Dieter Kuhn | VfB Leipzig | 7 | 0 |
| 27. | Jorg Burow | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 6 | 0 |
| 27. | Andreas Muller | Chemnitzer FC | 6 | 1 |
| 27. | Wolf-Rudiger Netz | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 0 |
| 27. | Rainer Jarohs | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 1 |
| 27. | Uwe Schulz | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 6 | 0 |
| 27. | Juri Schlunz | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 0 |
| 27. | Rainer Troppa | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 0 |
| 27. | Artur Ullrich | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 6 |
| 27. | Falko Gotz | BFC Dynamo | 6 | 0 |
| 27. | Bernd Wunderlich | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 6 | 0 |
| 37. | Thomas Dennstedt | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 37. | Burkhard Pingel | Hallescher FC | 5 | 3 |
| 37. | Andreas Zachhuber | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 37. | Jurgen Pommerenke | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 0 |
| 37. | Andreas Winter | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 4 |
| 37. | Klaus Bittner | FSV Boehlen | 5 | 0 |
| 43. | Lutz Hovest | 1. FC Union Berlin | 4 | 0 |
| 43. | Peter Schone | VfB Leipzig | 4 | 0 |
| 43. | Jurgen Bahringer | Chemnitzer FC | 4 | 1 |
| 43. | Jorg Hornik | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4 | 0 |
| 43. | Lutz Schulbe | Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 0 |
| 43. | Damian Halata | 1. FC Magdeburg | 4 | 0 |
| 43. | Siegmund Mewes | 1. FC Magdeburg | 4 | 0 |
| 43. | Lothar Hause | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 4 | 0 |