1952 Soviet Top League
14 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spartak Moscow (C)
|
13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 20 | League champions |
| 2 |  Dynamo Kiev
|
13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 17 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow
|
13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 17 | |
| 4 |  Dynamo Tbilisi
|
13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 16 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Leningrad
|
13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| 6 | Kalinin
|
13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 14 | |
| 7 | Zenit Leningrad
|
13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 14 | |
| 8 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
|
13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 13 | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moscow
|
13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 12 | |
| 10 | Torpedo Moscow
|
13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 11 | VVS Moscow (R)
|
13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | Relegation to Class B |
| 12 |  Daugava Riga (R)
|
13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 9 | |
| 13 | Shakhtyor Stalino (R)
|
13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 8 | |
| 14 |  Dinamo Minsk (R)
|
13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 5 |
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)