1963 Soviet Top League

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

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	FC Dynamo Moscow	38	21	13	4	47	14	55
2.	FC Spartak Moscow	38	22	8	8	65	33	52
3.	FC Dinamo Minsk	38	18	12	8	47	27	48
4.	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	38	20	7	11	73	40	47
5.	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	38	17	13	8	56	42	47
6.	Zenit Leningrad	38	14	17	7	45	32	45
7.	PFC CSKA Moscow	38	14	17	7	39	27	45
8.	PFC Neftchi Baku	38	18	9	11	48	44	45
9.	FC Dynamo Kyiv	38	16	12	10	68	48	44
10.	FC Torpedo Moscow	38	12	16	10	46	41	40
11.	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	38	11	14	13	29	33	36
12.	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	38	6	21	11	22	37	33
13.	Moldova Chisinau	38	8	16	14	27	43	32
14.	Kairat Almaty	38	10	12	16	28	47	32
15.	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	38	11	7	20	45	53	29
16.	Dynamo Leningrad	38	7	15	16	37	51	29
17.	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	38	5	19	14	37	54	29
18.	FC Ararat Yerevan	38	9	8	21	34	57	26
19.	Avandard Kharkov	38	6	13	19	25	56	25
20.	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	38	4	13	21	44	83	21

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

Top scorers

27 goals

• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

21 goals

• Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

17 goals

• Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)

16 goals

• Boris Kazakov (Krylia Sovetov)

15 goals

• Vladimir Barkaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Yuri Sevidov (Spartak Moscow)

14 goals

• Oleh Bazilevich (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Viktor Kanevski (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor)
• Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)