1987 Soviet Top League

In the 1987 season, the Soviet Top League – the top tier of football in the Soviet Union – was won by Spartak Moscow interrupting the two year championship run of the Kyiv's team. Dynamo Kyiv, the defending 12-times champions, placed sixth and failed to qualify for the European competitions, while their rivals Dynamo Moscow placed only 10th.

This season CSKA Moscow were relegated on additional criteria when they tied on points with Zenit Leningrad at the final standing.

Promoted teams

 * FC CSKA Moscow – champion (returning after two seasons)
 * FC Guria Lanchkhuti – 2nd place (debut)

Final standings
Promotion
 * Lokomotiv Moscow ( Russian SFSR)
 * Chornomorets Odessa ( Ukrainian SSR)

Top scorers

 * 18 goals
 * Oleh Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)


 * 16 goals
 * Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)


 * 12 goals
 * Fyodor Cherenkov (Spartak Moscow)
 * Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)


 * 10 goals
 * Georgi Kondratyev (Dinamo Minsk)
 * Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)


 * 9 goals
 * Alexei Mikhailichenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
 * Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi (Kairat)
 * Ramaz Shengelia (Dynamo Tbilisi)


 * 8 goals
 * Ihor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv)

Clean sheets

 * 15 matches
 * Andrei Satsunkevich (Dinamo Minsk)


 * 14 matches
 * Rinat Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)


 * 10 matches
 * Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)


 * 6 matches
 * Vyacheslav Chanov (CSKA Moscow)


 * 4 matches
 * Dmitri Kharine (Dynamo Moscow)


 * 3 matches
 * Aleksandr Zhidkov (Neftchi Baku)
 * Jurkus Vatslovas (Zalgiris Vilnius)
 * Serhiy Zolotnytskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)