1952 Soviet Top League
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14 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spartak Moscow | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 20 |
| 2. | Dynamo Kiev | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 17 |
| 3. | Dynamo Moscow | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 17 |
| 4. | Dynamo Tbilisi | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 16 |
| 5. | Dynamo Leningrad | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| 6. | Kalinin | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 14 |
| 7. | Zenit Leningrad | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 14 |
| 8. | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
| 9. | Lokomotiv Moscow | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 12 |
| 10. | Torpedo Moscow | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
| 11. | VVS Moscow | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| 12. | Daugava Riga | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
| 13. | Shakhtyor Stalino | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 8 |
| 14. | Dinamo Minsk | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 5 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Top scorers
- 11 goals
- Andrei Zazroyev (Dynamo Kiev)
- 8 goals
- Vladimir Ilyin (Dynamo Moscow)
- Aleksei Paramonov (Spartak Moscow)
- 7 goals
- Avtandil Chkuaseli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 5 goals
- Vladimir Bogdanovich (Dynamo Kiev)
- Yuri Fetiskin (Kalinin)
- Vasili Fomin (Dynamo Leningrad)
- Aleksandr Ivanov (Zenit Leningrad)
- Aleksei Kolobov (Dynamo Leningrad)
- Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)
- Vladimir Tsvetkov (Dynamo Leningrad)