1978 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1978 season.

Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.

Introduction of draw limit, a number of games tied during a season.

Top scorers

 * 19 goals
 * Georgi Yartsev (Spartak Moscow)


 * 15 goals
 * Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)


 * 13 goals
 * Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)


 * 11 goals
 * Nikolai Latysh (Shakhtar)


 * 10 goals
 * Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)


 * 9 goals
 * Nikolai Kolesov (Dynamo Moscow)


 * 8 goals
 * Aleksei Belenkov (CSKA Moscow)
 * Vakhtang Koridze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 * Viktor Kuznetsov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)


 * 7 goals
 * Konstantin Bakanov (Pakhtakor)
 * Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi)
 * Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
 * Vladimir Fyodorov (Pakhtakor)
 * Yevgeni Khrabrostin (Torpedo Moscow)
 * David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 * Aleksandr Maksimenkov (Dynamo Moscow)
 * Vladimir Onischenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
 * Vladimir Ploskina (Chornomorets)
 * Andrei Redkous (Zenit)
 * Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
 * Vitaliy Shevchenko (Chornomorets)
 * Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)