1960 Soviet Top League
22 teams took part in the league with FC Torpedo Moscow winning the championship.
Round 1
Subgroup 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Torpedo Moscow
|
20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 31 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 2 | SKA Rostov-on-Don
|
20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 25 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow
|
20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 24 | |
| 4 |  Dynamo Tbilisi
|
20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 24 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 5 |  Daugava Riga
|
20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 23 | |
| 6 |  Ararat Yerevan
|
20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 23 | |
| 7 | Zenit Leningrad
|
20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 22 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 8 |  Pakhtakor Tashkent
|
20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 18 | |
| 9 |  Avangard Kharkiv
|
20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 14 | |
| 10 |  Moldova Kishinyov
|
20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 13 | Qualification for Places 19–22 group |
| 11 |  Kalev Tallinn
|
20 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 61 | −48 | 3 |
Source: rsssf.com
Subgroup 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kiev
|
20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 28 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow
|
20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 27 | |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow
|
20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 25 | |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow
|
20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 24 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 5 | Admiralteyets Leningrad
|
20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 23 | |
| 6 |  Belarus Minsk
|
20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
|
20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 18 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 8 | Shakhtyor Stalino
|
20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 16 | |
| 9 |  Kairat Alma-Ata
|
20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 16 | |
| 10 |  Neftyanik Baku
|
20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 14 | Qualification for Places 19–22 group |
| 11 |  Spartak Vilnius
|
20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 39 | −27 | 7 |
Source: rsssf.com
Round 2
Places 1–6
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torpedo Moscow (C)
|
10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 14 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev
|
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 11 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow
|
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 |
| 4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don
|
10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 10 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 7 |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 7 |
Places 7–12
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Spartak Moscow
|
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 13 |
| 8 | Dynamo Tbilisi
|
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 12 |
| 9 | Ararat Yerevan
|
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 11 |
| 10 | Admiralteyets Leningrad
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 9 |
| 11 | Belarus Minsk
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 |
| 12 | Daugava Riga
|
10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 |
Source: rsssf.com
Places 13–18
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Avangard Kharkiv
|
10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | |
| 14 | Pakhtakor Tashkent
|
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | |
| 15 | Zenit Leningrad
|
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 11 | |
| 16 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev[a] (R)
|
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 10 | Relegation to Class B |
| 17 | Shakhtyor Stalino[b] (O)
|
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 18 | Kairat Almaty
|
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 6 |
- ^ Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.
- ^ Shakhtyor Stalino were played a relegation play-out match because were been a worst ranked team from Ukraine.
Places 19–22
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Kalev Tallinn
|
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 |
| 20 | Spartak Vilnius
|
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Neftyanik Baku
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 22 | Moldova Kishinyov
|
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 5 |
Source: rsssf.com
Top scorers
- 20 goals
- Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 19 goals
- Gennady Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
- 17 goals
- Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- 13 goals
- Anatoli Ilyin (Spartak Moscow)
- Tengiz Melashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 12 goals
- Feliks Arutyunyan (Spartak Yerevan)
- Igor Chislenko (Dinamo Moscow)
- Gennadi Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)
- Aleksei Levchenko (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
- Valery Lobanovsky (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Vladimir Streshny (CSKA Moscow)
- Anatoli Vasilyev (Admiralteyets Leningrad)
Promotion/Relegation play-off
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakhtyor Stalino | 2–1 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 2–0 | 0–1 |