1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class A

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

Top scorers

 * 16 goals
 * Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)


 * 14 goals
 * Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)


 * 11 goals
 * Tengiz Melashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)


 * 10 goals
 * Valentin Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moscow)


 * 9 goals
 * German Apukhtin (CSK MO Moscow)
 * Yuri Korotkov (Moldova Kishinyov)
 * Viktor Ponedelnik (SKVO Rostov-on-Don)


 * 8 goals
 * Genrikh Fedosov (Dynamo Moscow)
 * Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)
 * Dmitri Shapovalov (Dynamo Moscow)