| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | St Pauli | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 33 | 24 | 63 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 37 | 24 | 61 |
| 3 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 36 | 29 | 56 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 42 | 17 | 52 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 45 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Hannover | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 39 | 14 | 46 |
| 7 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 50 | -1 | 46 |
| 8 | Hertha Berlin | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 52 | 11 | 45 |
| 9 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Elversberg | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 37 |
| 12 | Schalke 04Schalke | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 57 | -10 | 37 |
| 13 | Nuremberg | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 57 | -19 | 37 |
| 14 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 45 | -12 | 34 |
| 15 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 33 |
| 16 | Wehen WiesbadenWiesbaden | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 32 |
| 17 | Hansa RostockHansa Rostock | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 51 | -24 | 31 |
| 18 | VfL OsnabruckOsnabruck | 31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 61 | -33 | 25 |
