1981 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1981 season.

Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

Top scorers

 * 23 goals
 * Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)


 * 21 goals
 * Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow)


 * 19 goals
 * Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)


 * 16 goals
 * Vladimir Kazachyonok (Zenit)


 * 15 goals
 * Valery Gazzaev (Dynamo Moscow)


 * 14 goals
 * Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
 * Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk)


 * 13 goals
 * Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor)


 * 12 goals
 * Viktor Grachyov (Shakhtar)
 * Aleksandr Pogorelov (Dnipro)

Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)