| Competition: | Liga |
| Season: | 1951 |
| Winners: | Ruch Chorzów (6th title; declared the Polish champion)[1] Wisła Kraków (declared the league champion)[2] |
| Relegated: | Garbarnia Kraków Arkonia Szczecin |
| League Topscorer: | Teodor Anioła (20 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1950 |
| Nextseason: | 1952 |
Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1951 season.
12 teams played in the league and Wisła Kraków finished in the first position and became the league champion. In the 1951 season, the Ekstraklasa was not a competition for the title of the Polish Champion. Before the season Polish Football Association decided that Champion of Poland title will be awarded to the winner of the Polish Cup, which was later Ruch Chorzów.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Teodor Anioła | Lech Poznań | 20 |
| 2 | Gerard Cieślik | Ruch Chorzów | 19 |
| 3 | Mieczysław Gracz | Wisła Kraków | 16 |
| 4 | Marian Łącz | Polonia Warsaw | 14 |
| 5 | Henryk Spodzieja | AKS Chorzów | 12 |
| 6 | Henryk Bożek | Garbarnia Kraków | 11 |
| 7 | Józef Kohut | Wisła Kraków | 10 |
| 8 | Tadeusz Hogendorf | ŁKS Łódź | 9 |
| 9 | Zdzisław Mordarski | Wisła Kraków | 8 |
| Mieczysław Nowak | Garbarnia Kraków | 8 |