1983 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1983 season.

Promoted teams

 * Zhalgiris Vilnius – champion (returning after 21 seasons)
 * Nistru Kishinev – 2nd place (returning after nine seasons)

Top scorers

 * 18 goals
 * Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow)


 * 17 goals
 * Igor Gurinovich (Dinamo Minsk)


 * 15 goals
 * Volodymyr Fink (Chornomorets)
 * Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
 * Mykhaylo Sokolovsky (Shakhtar)
 * Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor)


 * 14 goals
 * Sigitas Jakubauskas (Žalgiris)


 * 13 goals
 * Viktor Kolyadko (CSKA Moscow)
 * Oleh Taran (Dnipro)


 * 11 goals
 * Valery Gazzaev (Dynamo Moscow)
 * Valeriy Petrakov (Torpedo Moscow)
 * Igor Ponomaryov (Neftchi)
 * Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 * Aleksandr Tarkhanov (CSKA Moscow)
 * Vadym Yevtushenko (Dynamo Kyiv)

Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)