1959 Soviet Top League

12 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Moscow winning the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Dynamo Moscow	22	13	5	4	42	21	21	31
2.	Lokomotiv Moscow	22	12	5	5	42	25	17	29
3.	Dynamo Tbilisi	22	12	3	7	48	33	15	27
4.	SKA Rostov-on-Don	22	11	4	7	37	31	6	26
5.	Torpedo Moscow	22	11	3	8	27	23	4	25
6.	Spartak Moscow	22	8	8	6	32	28	4	24
7.	Dynamo Kiev	22	6	8	8	26	33	-7	20
8.	Zenit Leningrad	22	8	4	10	29	38	-9	20
9.	CSK MO Moscow	22	8	3	11	29	27	2	19
10.	Moldova Kishinyov	22	6	5	11	22	45	-23	17
11.	Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev	22	6	1	15	26	37	-11	13
12.	Shakhtyor Stalino	22	4	5	13	24	43	-19	13

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top scorers

16 goals

• Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)

14 goals

• Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

11 goals

• Tengiz Melashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)

10 goals

• Valentin Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moscow)

9 goals

• German Apukhtin (CSK MO Moscow)
• Yuri Korotkov (Moldova Kishinyov)
• Viktor Ponedelnik (SKVO Rostov-on-Don)

8 goals

• Genrikh Fedosov (Dynamo Moscow)
• Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)
• Dmitri Shapovalov (Dynamo Moscow)