| POSITION | TEAM | PLAYED | WIN | DRAW | LOST | POINTS | GOALS FOR | GOALS AGAINST |
| 1 | Ajax Amsterdam | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 79 | 25 |
| 2 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 65 | 30 |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 72 | 37 |
| 4 | DWS Amsterdam | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 48 | 30 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Deventer | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 49 | 33 |
| 6 | GVAV Groningen | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 43 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 53 | 51 |
| 8 | PSV Eindhoven | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 57 | 53 |
| 9 | Fortuna '54 Galeen | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 54 |
| 10 | Willem II Tilburg | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 42 | 59 |
| 11 | FC Twente Enschede (fusion of SC Enschede and Enschedese Boys Enschede) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 43 | 61 |
| 12 | DOS Utrecht | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 48 | 72 |
| 13 | Telstar Velsen | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 37 | 64 |
| 14 | Elinkwijk Utrecht | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 64 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 56 |
| 16 | Heracles Almelo | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 32 | 59 |