| # | Soviet Supreme League | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| - | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk* | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 46 | 26 | Champions | |
| - | Dynamo Kyiv* | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 43 | 24 | ||
| - | Torpedo Moskva* | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 42 | 16 | ||
| - | Spartak Moskva* | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 39 | 14 | ||
| - | Žalgiris Vilnius* | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 4 | ||
| - | Zenit Leningrad* | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 1 | ||
| - | Lokomotiv Moskva* | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 30 | 6 | ||
| - | Shakhtar Donetsk* | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 2 | ||
| - | Ararat Yerevan* | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 27 | -7 | ||
| - | Dinamo Moskva* | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 38 | 26 | -6 | ||
| - | Metalist Kharkiv* | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 26 | -7 | ||
| - | Dynama Minsk* | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 25 | -5 | ||
| - | Chornomorets Odesa* | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 37 | 24 | -13 | ||
| - | Dinamo Tbilisi* | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 37 | 23 | -9 | ||
| * | Neftçi Baku* | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 17 | -18 | Relegated | |
| * | Qayrat Almati* | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 53 | 16 | -28 | Relegated |