| # | Soviet Supreme League | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| - | Dynamo Kyiv* | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 34 | 24 | Champions | |
| - | CSKA Moskva* | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 31 | 17 | ||
| - | Dinamo Moskva* | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 3 | ||
| - | Torpedo Moskva* | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 4 | ||
| - | Spartak Moskva* | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 29 | 13 | ||
| - | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk* | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 28 | 13 | ||
| - | Ararat Yerevan* | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 2 | ||
| - | Shakhtar Donetsk* | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 22 | -8 | ||
| - | Chornomorets Odesa* | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 19 | -6 | ||
| - | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe* | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 34 | 18 | -8 | ||
| - | Metalist Kharkiv* | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 18 | -15 | ||
| - | Dynama Minsk* | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 34 | 15 | -14 | ||
| * | Rotor Volgograd* | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 14 | -25 | Relegated |