| # | German Bundesliga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| - | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 86 | 40 | 50 | 46 | Champions | |
| - | Hertha BSC | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 43 | 44 | 18 | ||
| - | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 89 | 49 | 43 | 40 | ||
| - | Hamburger SV | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 43 | 17 | ||
| - | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 51 | 41 | 26 | ||
| - | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 55 | 41 | 11 | ||
| - | FC Schalke 04 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 37 | 39 | 15 | ||
| - | Kickers Offenbach | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 72 | 62 | 38 | 10 | ||
| - | TSV Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 42 | 36 | 10 | ||
| - | FC Bayern München | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 57 | 63 | 34 | -6 | ||
| - | VfL Bochum | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 53 | 33 | 0 | ||
| - | SC Rot-Weiß Essen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 68 | 32 | -12 | ||
| - | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 56 | 55 | 31 | 1 | ||
| - | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 77 | 30 | -18 | ||
| - | Werder Bremen | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 69 | 25 | -24 | ||
| * | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 79 | 24 | -29 | Relegated | |
| * | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 38 | 89 | 16 | -51 | Relegated | |
| * | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 86 | 12 | -54 | Relegated |