1956 Soviet Top League

12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.

Top scorers

 * 17 goals
 * Vasily Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk)


 * 16 goals
 * Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)


 * 15 goals
 * Yuri Belyayev (CDSA Moscow)


 * 14 goals
 * Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)


 * 13 goals
 * Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)


 * 12 goals
 * Alakbar Mammadov (Dynamo Moscow)
 * Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)


 * 11 goals
 * Avtandil Chkuaseli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 * Ivan Mozer (Spartak Moscow)


 * 9 goals
 * Boris Khasaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 * Pyotr Ponomarenko (Shakhtyor Stalino)
 * Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * Vitali Vatskevich (Burevestnik Kishinyov)