| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Holstein Kiel | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 34 | 25 | 58 |
| 2 | St Pauli | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 54 | 32 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 35 | 28 | 52 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 41 | 14 | 49 |
| 5 | Hannover | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 45 |
| 6 | Hertha Berlin | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 44 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 43 | 15 | 43 |
| 8 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 43 |
| 9 | Greuther Furth | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 42 |
| 10 | Elversberg | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 52 | -8 | 40 |
| 11 | Nuremberg | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 56 | -18 | 37 |
| 12 | Schalke 04Schalke | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 56 | -10 | 36 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 46 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Wehen WiesbadenWiesbaden | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 31 |
| 15 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 41 | -11 | 31 |
| 16 | Hansa RostockHansa Rostock | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 48 | -21 | 31 |
| 17 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 29 |
| 18 | VfL OsnabruckOsnabruck | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 57 | -30 | 24 |
