| 1 | SC Freiburg | 46 27 11 08 102 - 57 65-27 |
| 2 | MSV 02 Duisburg | 46 23 14 09 065 - 40 60-32 |
| 3 | VfB Leipzig | 46 22 14 10 066 - 45 58-34 |
| 4 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 46 21 13 12 066 - 53 55-37 |
| 5 | Hertha BSC Berlin 1892 | 46 19 15 12 082 - 55 53-39 |
| 6 | SC Fortuna Köln | 46 19 12 15 056 - 44 50-42 |
| 7 | Chemnitzer FC | 46 19 12 15 064 - 56 50-42 |
| 8 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 46 19 12 15 066 - 59 50-42 |
| 9 | Hannoverscher SV 96 | 46 16 16 14 060 - 60 48-44 |
| 10 | SV Meppen 1912 | 46 15 17 14 041 - 43 47-45 |
| 11 | FC Hansa Rostock | 46 17 12 17 054 - 52 46-46 |
| 12 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 46 17 12 17 054 - 58 46-46 |
| 13 | Wuppertaler SV | 46 16 13 17 055 - 50 45-47 |
| 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 46 16 13 17 065 - 69 45-47 |
| 15 | SV Stuttgarter Kickers | 46 15 13 18 060 - 59 43-49 |
| 16 | FC 08 Homburg / Saar | 46 13 17 16 050 - 53 43-49 |
| 17 | FC St. Pauli 1910 | 46 12 19 15 047 - 52 43-49 |
| 18 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 46 15 12 19 058 - 67 42-50 |
| 19 | Braunschweiger TSV Eintracht 1895 | 46 15 11 20 065 - 73 41-51 |
| 20 | VfL 1899 Osnabrück | 46 14 13 19 063 - 72 41-51 |
| 21 | Düsseldorfer TSV Fortuna 95 | 46 11 12 23 045 - 65 34-58 |
| 22 | VfB Oldenburg 1897 | 46 12 10 24 057 - 90 34-58 |
| 23 | FC Remscheid | 46 09 15 22 050 - 83 33-59 |
| 24 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 46 09 14 23 043 - 79 32-60 |