| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 33:18 | 15 | 27 | |
| 2. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 44:21 | 23 | 25 | |
| 3. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36:13 | 23 | 25 | |
| 4. | Werder Bremen | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32:14 | 18 | 25 | |
| 5. | Bayern Munich | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 46:19 | 27 | 23 | |
| 6. | B. Monchengladbach | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 25:16 | 9 | 22 | |
| 7. | Stuttgart | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 34:24 | 10 | 21 | |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31:22 | 9 | 21 | |
| 9. | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 29:23 | 6 | 21 | |
| 10. | FC Koln | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25:23 | 2 | 21 | |
| 11. | St. Pauli | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 19:18 | 1 | 18 | |
| 12. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26:25 | 1 | 17 | |
| 13. | SG Wattenscheid | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19:21 | -2 | 17 | |
| 14. | Bochum | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19:16 | 3 | 16 | |
| 15. | Nurnberg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27:30 | -3 | 16 | |
| 16. | Dortmund | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22:27 | -5 | 15 | |
| 17. | Uerdingen | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20:27 | -7 | 13 | |
| 18. | Hertha Berlin | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14:28 | -14 | 9 |