| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 62 | 37 | 25 | 64 |
| 2 | St Pauli | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 63 |
| 3 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 37 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 42 | 18 | 55 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 46 | 18 | 52 |
| 6 | Hannover | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | Greuther Furth | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 49 | -1 | 46 |
| 8 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 46 |
| 9 | Hertha Berlin | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 56 | 9 | 45 |
| 10 | Elversberg | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 57 | -8 | 43 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 51 | -7 | 37 |
| 12 | Schalke 04Schalke | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 57 | -10 | 37 |
| 13 | Nuremberg | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 60 | -21 | 37 |
| 14 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 61 | -8 | 36 |
| 15 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 48 | -12 | 35 |
| 16 | Wehen WiesbadenWiesbaden | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 47 | -12 | 32 |
| 17 | Hansa RostockHansa Rostock | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 53 | -25 | 31 |
| 18 | VfL OsnabruckOsnabruck | 31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 61 | -33 | 25 |
