The 1971 season of the Soviet Top League saw Dynamo Kyiv clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan from the Armenian SSR took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo Tbilisi.
Final league table
Results
Top scorers 16 goals Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
14 goals Eduard Markarov (Ararat)
10 goals Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi) Viktor Kolotov (Dynamo Kyiv) Vitaliy Shevchenko (Neftchi)
9 goals Valery Yaremchenko (Shakhtar) Aleksei Yeskov (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
8 goals Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor) Anzor Chikhladze (SKA Rostov-on-Don) Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow) Eduard Kozinkevich (Shakhtar) Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv) Pavel Sadyrin (Zenit)
Attendances
References
Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)