| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Schalke FC Schalke 04 | 26 | 20-4-2 20 | 4 | 2 | 74:17 | 57 | 64 | |
| 2 |
 |
Köln (P) 1. FC Köln (P) | 26 | 15-7-4 15 | 7 | 4 | 71:25 | 46 | 52 | |
| 3 |
 |
Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 26 | 15-6-5 15 | 6 | 5 | 52:33 | 19 | 51 | |
| 4 |
 |
Dortmund Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 13-7-6 13 | 7 | 6 | 55:36 | 19 | 46 | |
| 5 |
 |
Bochum VfL Bochum | 26 | 14-4-8 14 | 4 | 8 | 51:34 | 17 | 46 | |
| 6 |
 |
Gladbach Bor. Mönchengladbach | 26 | 11-7-8 11 | 7 | 8 | 52:34 | 18 | 40 | |
| 7 |
 |
Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 11-4-11 11 | 4 | 11 | 36:43 | -7 | 37 | |
| 8 |
 |
Wuppertal (N) Wuppertaler SV (N) | 26 | 9-8-9 9 | 8 | 9 | 31:35 | -4 | 35 | |
| 9 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 26 | 9-7-10 9 | 7 | 10 | 51:56 | -5 | 34 | |
| 10 |
 |
Bonn (N) Bonner SC (N) | 26 | 9-3-14 9 | 3 | 14 | 36:50 | -14 | 30 | |
| 11 |
 |
Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 9-1-16 9 | 1 | 16 | 36:54 | -18 | 28 | |
| 12 |
 |
RW Essen Rot-Weiss Essen | 26 | 6-8-12 6 | 8 | 12 | 32:43 | -11 | 26 | |
| 13 |
 |
RW Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 26 | 4-2-20 4 | 2 | 20 | 22:66 | -44 | 14 | |
| 14 |
 |
VfL Theesen (N) VfL Theesen (N) | 26 | 3-0-23 3 | 0 | 23 | 22:95 | -73 | 9 |