The table has been assembled using material contributed by the RSSSF website. Additional clarifications, especially regarding namechanges, mergers and such have been contributed by the foot.dk website. Thanks to Mr. Hunjak of Varazdin Croatia who helped with the 1962 relegation group, that was previously missing. The table was updated in June 2010 with that group. A huge thank you goes to the contributors without whom I could not possibly have constructed the table.
Team S GP W D L GF GA GD P 1. Spartak Moskva 52 1483 731 398 354 2528 1498 1030 2591 2. Dinamo Moskva 52 1491 712 405 374 2454 1470 984 2541 3. Dinamo Kiev 52 1483 680 457 346 2299 1560 739 2497 4. Dinamo Tbilisi 50 1424 621 406 397 2176 1674 502 2269 5. Torpedo Moskva 50 1452 600 431 421 2058 1656 402 2231 6. CSKA Moskva 46 1323 587 358 378 2036 1453 583 2119 7. Zenit Leningrad 45 1322 438 386 498 1610 1788 -178 1700 8. Shahkter Donetsk 43 1277 421 382 474 1518 1644 -126 1645 9. Dinamo Minsk 38 1143 367 340 436 1239 1412 -173 1441 10. Ararat Jerevan 32 1026 352 280 394 1140 1306 -166 1336 11. Lokomotiv Moskva 36 1001 303 289 409 1218 1431 -213 1198 12. Neftchi Baku 27 884 255 270 359 911 1137 -226 1035 13. Chernomorets Odessa 22 706 236 207 263 752 846 -94 915 14. Kairat Alma-Ata 24 780 226 234 320 736 977 -241 912 15. Pahtakor Tasjkent 22 722 213 216 293 810 1036 -226 855 16. SKA Rostov-na-Donu 21 680 218 191 271 831 907 -76 845 17. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 18 554 227 154 173 729 644 85 835 18. Krylja Sovetov Kujbyshev 24 695 175 211 309 638 957 -319 736 19. Metallist Charkov 18 552 167 147 238 525 706 -181 648 20. Dinamo Leningrad 20 465 151 125 189 671 762 -91 578 21. Zarja Voroshilovgrad 13 412 125 135 152 416 469 -53 510 22. Torpedo Kutaisi 13 435 104 127 204 395 655 -260 439 23. Zalgiris Vilnius 11 330 107 93 130 349 463 -114 414 24. Rotor Volgograd 10 269 87 60 122 338 449 -111 321 25. Nistru Kishinev 11 316 73 84 159 312 533 -221 303 26. Karpaty Lvov 8 244 68 85 91 250 301 -51 289 27. VVS Moskva 6 161 58 32 71 235 270 -35 206 28. Daugava Riga 7 203 51 48 102 198 311 -113 201 29. Krylja Sovetov Moskva 7 173 42 47 84 182 298 -116 173 30. Metallurg Moskva 4 91 40 17 34 173 170 3 137 31. Kuban Krasnodar 3 102 29 26 47 111 145 -34 113 32. Admiralteyez Leningrad 3 84 26 17 41 122 149 -27 95 33. Pamir Dushanbe 3 84 21 27 36 74 104 -30 90 34. Fakel Voronezh 2 66 20 17 29 63 83 -20 77 35. Spartak Tbilisi 2 64 21 11 32 82 109 -27 74 36. Spartak Vladikavkaz 2 62 16 16 30 64 89 -25 64 37. Dinamo Odessa 2 51 16 13 22 64 102 -38 61 38. Stalinez Leningrad 2 51 14 17 20 68 103 -35 59 39. Elektrik Leningrad 2 51 14 13 24 74 93 -19 55 40. Torpedo Gorkij 2 52 7 14 31 37 101 -64 35 41. Metallurg Zaporozhe 1 30 9 7 14 27 38 -11 34 42. Volga Gorkij 1 33 7 13 13 21 42 -21 34 43. SKA Odessa 2 68 4 19 45 38 121 -83 31 44. Selmash Charkov 1 25 8 6 11 34 45 -11 30 45. VMS Moskva 1 28 7 9 12 30 50 -20 30 46. Stalinez Moskva 1 25 8 5 12 36 44 -8 29 47. Uralmash Sverdlovsk 1 34 7 8 19 19 39 -20 29 48. Lokomotiv Kiev 1 25 8 5 12 43 64 -21 29 49. Krylja Zaria Leningrad 2 29 8 5 16 38 70 -32 29 50. Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu 1 25 7 6 12 39 43 -4 27 51. Shinnik Jaroslavl 1 32 6 9 17 20 48 -28 27 52. Temp Baku 1 25 6 8 11 33 40 -7 26 53. Spartak Leningrad 1 25 6 8 11 30 39 -9 26 54. Tavria Simferopol 1 34 7 5 22 34 58 -24 26 55. Dinamo Kirovobad 1 38 5 9 24 25 58 -33 24 56. Guria Lanchhuti 1 30 5 8 17 18 38 -20 23 57. Kalev Tallinn 2 58 3 14 41 46 146 -100 23 58. ODO Sverdlovsk 1 22 6 4 12 31 45 -14 22 59. Spartak Charkov 1 25 5 7 13 43 63 -20 22 60. Pischevik Moskva 1 25 5 6 14 25 53 -28 21 61. Lokomotiv Tbilisi 1 25 5 5 15 44 62 -18 20 62. Kalinin (Kaliningrad) 1 13 5 4 4 19 19 0 19 63. Burevestnik Moskva 1 25 4 4 17 28 87 -59 16General notes
1940: Lokomotiv Tbilisi withdrew. 1941: Not played through because of the German invasion and therefore not counted in the totals. Table at stand off: 1. Dinamo Moskva 10 6 3 1 28-12 15, 2. Dinamo Leningrad 10 5 4 1 18-8 14, 3. Dinamo Tbilisi 9 5 3 1 21-11 13, 4. Stahanovez Stalino 10 6 0 4 11-10 12, 5. Traktor Stalingrad 11 3 6 2 13-13 12, 6. CDKA Moskva 9 5 1 3 15-13 11, 7. Spartak Moskva 9 4 2 3 17-12 10, 8. Dinamo Kiev 9 4 2 3 16-14 10, 9. Profsojuz-2 Moskva 9 3 3 3 11-12 9, 10. Zenit Leningrad 8 2 3 3 12-14 7, 11. Spartak Odessa 10 3 1 6 15-22 7, 12. Spartak Leningrad 9 1 4 4 8-16 6, 13. Dinamo Minsk 10 3 0 7 10-21 6, 14. Spartak Charkov 9 2 1 6 7-19 5, 15. Profsojuz-1 Moskva 9 1 2 6 10-15 4. 1942-44: Not played because of WWII. 1952: CDSA Moskva witndrew. 1964: As the two top teams ended on equal points a championship decider was necessary (Dinamo Tbilisi - Torpedo Moskva 4-1 (aet). This is counted in the table; as is the relegation decider between Torpedo Kutaisi & SK Volga Gorkij (4-2). The latter was necessary for the same reason as the championship decider. 1970: A championship deciding game (with replay) had to be played as the top teams ended on equal points. The games are counted in the table. 1973: All drawn matches were decided by penalties wherebye the winning team received one and the loosing team no points. I have, however, counted all drawn games as such and giving each team one point. 1978-88: A limit on the number of pointgiving draws was in effect. Eight 1978 & 79, ten 1980-88. I've counted all draws as pointgiving though.Notes on namechanges and such
CSKA Moskva previously CDKA Moskva, CDSA Moskva & CSK MO Moskva. Zenit Leningrad now Zenit St. Petersburg. Shahkter Donetsk previously Stahanovez Stalino & Shahkter Stalino. Dinamo Minsk previously Belarus Minsk & Spartak Minsk. Ararat Jerevan previously Dinamo Jerevan & Spartak Jerevan. Neftchi Baku previously SK Neftiannik Baku. SKA Rostov-na-Donu previously SKVO Rostov-na-Donu. Metallist Charkov previously Lokomotiv Charkov & Avangard Charkov. Now Metalist Kharkiv. Dinamo Leningrad previously Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad. Zalgiris Vilnius previously Spartak Vilnius. Rotor Volgograd previously Traktor Stalingrad & Torpedo Stalingrad. Nistru Kishinev previously Burevestnik Kishinev & Moldova Kishinev. Fakel Voronezh previously Trud Voronezh. Spartak Tbilisi: NOT the same as the present Spartaki Tbilisi. The latter were called Lazika Zugdidi before. Spartak Vladikavkaz previously Spartak Ordzhonikidze. Volga Gorkij: merger of Torpedo Gorkij & Raketa Gorkij.