1965 Soviet Top League

• 17 teams took part in the league with FC Torpedo Moscow winning the championship.
• FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for Champions Cup 1966-67 and FC Spartak Moscow qualified for CWC 1966-67.

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	FC Torpedo Moscow	32	22	7	3	55	21	51
2.	FC Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	6	4	58	22	50
3.	PFC CSKA Moscow	32	14	10	8	38	24	38
4.	FC Dinamo Minsk	32	14	9	9	37	27	37
5.	FC Dynamo Moscow	32	11	14	7	38	24	36
6.	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	32	12	12	8	37	30	36
7.	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	32	10	14	8	42	35	34
8.	FC Spartak Moscow	32	10	12	10	28	26	32
9.	Zenit Leningrad	32	10	12	10	32	32	32
10.	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	32	10	12	10	34	40	32
11.	PFC Neftchi Baku	32	11	8	13	32	33	30
12.	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	32	7	14	11	29	34	28
13.	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	32	9	9	14	34	44	27
14.	FC Chornomorets Odessa	32	9	8	15	35	43	26
15.	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	32	8	8	16	37	48	24
16.	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	32	8	3	21	29	69	19
17.	SK Odessa	32	3	6	23	22	65	12

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

Top scorers

18 goals

• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

17 goals

• Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

15 goals

• Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)

13 goals

• Lev Gorshkov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor)

12 goals

• Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)

11 goals

• Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk)
• Viktor Serebryannikov (Dynamo Kyiv)

10 goals

• Andriy Biba (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Dzhumber Khazhaliya (Torpedo Kutaisi)
• Vitaly Khmelnitsky (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Valeri Lobanovsky (Chornomorets)
• Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik)
• Ishtvan Sekech (SKA Odessa)