Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1972 season.
| Season | 1972 |
|---|---|
← 1971 1973 → | |
Sixteen (16) teams competed for the championships, and Zarya Voroshilovgrad won the championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zarya Voroshilovgrad (C)
|
30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv
|
30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 |  Dinamo Tbilisi
|
30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 35 | |
| 4 |  Ararat Yerevan
|
30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 34 | |
| 5 |  CSKA Moscow
|
30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 34 | |
| 6 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
|
30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 34 | |
| 7 | Zenit Leningrad
|
30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 33 | |
| 8 |  Dinamo Minsk
|
30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 31 | |
| 9 | Torpedo Moscow
|
30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Dynamo Moscow
|
30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 30 | |
| 11 | Spartak Moscow
|
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 26 | |
| 12 | SKA Rostov-on-Don
|
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 26 | |
| 13 |  Kairat Alma-Ata
|
30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 26 | |
| 14 | Karpaty Lviv
|
30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 24 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow (R)
|
30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 21 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 |  Neftchi Baku (R)
|
30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 20 |
| Home \ Away | ARA | CSK | DNI | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KAR | LOK | NEF | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | |
| Neftçi Baku | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
| Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |