| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 23 | 21-1-1 21 | 1 | 1 | 72:19 | 53 | 64 | |
| 2 |
 |
Schalke FC Schalke 04 | 23 | 16-4-3 16 | 4 | 3 | 64:21 | 43 | 52 | |
| 3 |
 |
Gladbach Bor. Mönchengladbach | 23 | 12-4-7 12 | 4 | 7 | 43:28 | 15 | 40 | |
| 4 |
 |
Köln 1. FC Köln | 23 | 11-3-9 11 | 3 | 9 | 41:39 | 2 | 36 | |
| 5 |
 |
Bochum VfL Bochum | 23 | 10-5-8 10 | 5 | 8 | 35:23 | 12 | 35 | |
| 6 |
 |
Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf | 23 | 8-10-5 8 | 10 | 5 | 30:26 | 4 | 34 | |
| 7 |
 |
Dortmund Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 10-3-10 10 | 3 | 10 | 44:51 | -7 | 33 | |
| 8 |
 |
Bonn Bonner SC | 23 | 7-11-5 7 | 11 | 5 | 33:37 | -4 | 32 | |
| 9 |
 |
Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen | 22 | 8-3-11 8 | 3 | 11 | 33:49 | -16 | 27 | |
| 10 |
 |
Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 6-8-8 6 | 8 | 8 | 41:35 | 6 | 26 | |
| 11 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 23 | 8-1-14 8 | 1 | 14 | 38:49 | -11 | 25 | |
| 12 |
 |
Wuppertal Wuppertaler SV | 23 | 6-5-12 6 | 5 | 12 | 25:38 | -13 | 23 | |
| 13 |
 |
Wattenscheid SG Wattenscheid 09 | 23 | 2-6-15 2 | 6 | 15 | 29:70 | -41 | 12 | |
| 14 |
 |
Erkenschwick SpVgg Erkenschwick | 23 | 1-4-18 1 | 4 | 18 | 18:61 | -43 | 7 |