| Place | Player | Matches | Goals | Penalties | First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Streich | 98 | 53 | 2 | 1969-12-08 | 1984-10-20 |
| 2 | Eberhard Vogel | 71 | 24 | 2 | 1962-12-16 | 1976-04-21 |
| 3 | Hans-Jurgen Kreische | 46 | 22 | 0 | 1968-02-02 | 1975-07-31 |
| 4 | Rainer Ernst | 56 | 20 | 2 | 1981-11-11 | 1990-05-13 |
| 5 | Henning Frenzel | 56 | 19 | 0 | 1961-12-10 | 1974-02-28 |
| 6 | Jurgen Noldner | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1960-06-10 | 1969-03-29 |
| 6 | Martin Hoffmann | 66 | 16 | 0 | 1973-11-21 | 1981-05-19 |
| 6 | Andreas Thom | 51 | 16 | 0 | 1984-10-10 | 1990-03-28 |
| 9 | Peter Ducke | 63 | 15 | 0 | 1960-10-30 | 1975-11-19 |
| 10 | Ulf Kirsten | 49 | 14 | 0 | 1985-05-08 | 1990-05-13 |
| 10 | Jurgen Sparwasser | 49 | 14 | 0 | 1969-06-22 | 1977-11-16 |
| 12 | Gunter Schroter | 39 | 13 | 0 | 1952-09-21 | 1962-11-21 |
| 13 | Dieter Erler | 47 | 12 | 0 | 1959-06-28 | 1968-02-02 |
| 13 | Wolfram Lowe | 43 | 12 | 0 | 1967-05-17 | 1977-10-12 |
| 15 | Gunther Wirth | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1954-05-08 | 1962-10-14 |
| 16 | Willy Troger | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1954-10-24 | 1959-05-01 |
| 17 | Dixie Dorner | 100 | 9 | 2 | 1969-06-22 | 1985-05-18 |
| 18 | Ralf Minge | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1983-04-13 | 1989-04-12 |
| 19 | Thomas Doll | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1986-03-26 | 1990-05-13 |
| 20 | Rudiger Schnuphase | 45 | 6 | 2 | 1973-06-17 | 1983-10-12 |
| 20 | Matthias Sammer | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1986-11-19 | 1990-09-12 |
| 20 | Hans-Jurgen Riediger | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1975-03-26 | 1982-10-13 |
| 23 | Uwe Zotzsche | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1982-04-14 | 1988-03-30 |
| 23 | Dieter Kuhn | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1978-09-06 | 1983-03-30 |
| 23 | Reinhard Hafner | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1971-09-18 | 1984-09-12 |
| 23 | Gerd Weber | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1975-09-03 | 1980-11-19 |
| 23 | Helmut Muller | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1957-10-27 | 1962-10-14 |
| 23 | Heino Kleiminger | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1963-09-04 | 1964-02-23 |
| 23 | Hartmut Schade | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1975-10-12 | 1980-01-31 |
| 23 | Roland Ducke | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1958-09-14 | 1967-10-11 |
| 31 | Gerhard Korner | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1962-05-03 | 1969-12-19 |
| 31 | Hermann Stocker | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1963-09-04 | 1965-04-25 |
| 31 | Otto Frassdorf | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1963-09-04 | 1970-11-11 |
| 31 | Lothar Kurbjuweit | 63 | 4 | 0 | 1970-05-16 | 1981-10-10 |
| 31 | Horst Assmy | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1954-05-08 | 1959-06-21 |
| 31 | Herbert Pankau | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1962-12-09 | 1967-12-06 |
| 31 | Jurgen Heun | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1980-05-07 | 1985-11-16 |
| 31 | Hans Richter | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1982-11-17 | 1987-08-19 |
| 31 | Harald Irmscher | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1966-09-04 | 1974-10-30 |
| 40 | Matthias Liebers | 59 | 3 | 0 | 1980-10-08 | 1988-03-02 |
| 40 | Jurgen Pommerenke | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1972-05-31 | 1983-03-16 |
| 40 | Reinhard Lauck | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1973-05-16 | 1977-07-12 |
| 40 | Bernd Bransch | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1967-05-17 | 1976-07-31 |
| 40 | Rico Steinmann | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1986-11-19 | 1990-05-13 |
| 40 | Helmut Stein | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1962-12-09 | 1973-11-03 |
| 40 | Lutz Eigendorf | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1978-08-30 | 1979-02-11 |
| 40 | Peter Kotte | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1976-04-21 | 1980-11-19 |
| 48 | Gert Heidler | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1975-11-19 | 1978-04-19 |
| 48 | Markus Wuckel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1987-04-29 | 1990-01-26 |
| 48 | Dirk Stahmann | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1982-03-02 | 1989-11-15 |