1971 Soviet Top League

The 1971 season of the Soviet Top League saw Dynamo Kyiv clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan from the Armenian SSR took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo Tbilisi.

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Dynamo Kyiv	30	17	10	3	41	17	+24	44
2	Ararat Yerevan	30	13	11	6	37	28	+9	37
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	14	8	8	33	33	0	36
4	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	30	11	11	8	29	23	+6	33
5	Dynamo Moscow	30	9	13	8	35	22	+13	31
6	Spartak Moscow	30	9	13	8	35	31	+4	31
7	Torpedo Moscow	30	4	20	6	27	27	0	28
8	Kairat Almaty	30	9	10	11	36	40	-4	28
9	Neftchi Baku	30	9	10	11	30	34	-4	28
10	Karpaty Lviv	30	5	18	7	30	35	-5	28
11	Dinamo Minsk	30	8	12	10	36	43	-7	28
12	CSKA Moscow	30	7	12	11	34	36	-2	26
13	Zenit Leningrad	30	8	10	12	29	32	-3	26
14	SKA Rostov-on-Don	30	9	8	13	35	43	-8	26
15	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	8	10	12	29	46	-17	26
16	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	10	4	16	31	37	-6	24

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top scorers

16 goals

• Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

14 goals

• Eduard Markarov (Ararat)

10 goals

• Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi)
• Viktor Kolotov (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Vitaliy Shevchenko (Neftchi)

9 goals

• Valery Yaremchenko (Shakhtar)
• Aleksei Yeskov (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

8 goals

• Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor)
• Anzor Chikhladze (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
• Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
• Eduard Kozinkevich (Shakhtar)
• Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Pavel Sadyrin (Zenit)