1964 Soviet Top League

• 17 teams took part in the league with FC Dinamo Tbilisi winning the championship.
• FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for CWC 1965-66 by winning the national cup this year.
• According to the rules, if two teams had the equal number of points the winner was decided by the final match between them. The game took part in Tashkent, Uzbekistan SSR with FC Dinamo Tbilisi winning 4-1 after extra time.

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	32	18	10	4	48	30	46
2.	FC Torpedo Moscow	32	19	8	5	52	19	46
3.	PFC CSKA Moscow	32	16	11	5	49	23	43
4.	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	32	16	6	10	40	28	38
5.	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	32	13	11	8	35	26	37
6.	FC Dynamo Kyiv	32	10	16	6	42	29	36
7.	FC Dynamo Moscow	32	12	10	10	33	31	34
8.	FC Spartak Moscow	32	12	8	12	34	32	32
9.	FC Dinamo Minsk	32	7	17	8	24	21	31
10.	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	32	7	14	11	24	35	28
11.	Zenit Leningrad	32	9	9	14	30	35	27
12.	PFC Neftchi Baku	32	8	11	13	25	30	27
13.	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	32	10	7	15	20	37	27
14.	Volga Gorkiy	32	7	13	12	19	38	27
15.	Kairat Alma-Ata	32	8	10	14	23	27	26
16.	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	32	6	9	17	20	48	21
17.	Moldova Chisinau	32	6	6	20	15	44	18

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

Top scorers

16 goals

• Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA Moscow)

15 goals

• Viktor Kanevskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)

14 goals

• Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)

13 goals

• Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)

12 goals

• Slava Metreveli (Dinamo Tbilisi)

10 goals

• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
• Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
• Viktor Ponedelnik (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
• Oleg Sergeyev (Torpedo Moscow)

9 goals

• Yuri Ananchenko (Shakhtar)
• Vladimir Barkaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Igor Chislenko (Dynamo Moscow)
• Valeryan Chkhartishvili (Torpedo Kutaisi)
• Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)