| Season: | 1976 |
| Nextseason: | 1977 |
The 1976 Soviet First League was the sixth season of the Soviet First League and the 36th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
| Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elbrus Abbasov | Neftçi Baku | 28 |
| 2 | Vitaly Razdayev | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 19 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Novikov | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 16 |
| Vladimir Fyodorov | Pahtakor Tashkent | 16 | |
| 4 | Nikolai Smolnikov | Neftçi Baku | 14 |
| Alexander Ploshnik | Kuban Krasnodar | 14 | |
| Sergei Gorohovodatsky | Kairat Alma-Ata | 14 | |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Piunovskiy | Nistru Chișinău | 13 |
| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Zvezda Perm, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Terek Grozny, Rubin Kazan, Kuban Krasnodar, Elbrus Nalchik | |
| 2 | 3 | Tavria Simferopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk | |
| 3 | 1 | Kairat Alma-Ata | |
| Neftchi Baku | |||
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | |||
| Nistru Kishinev | |||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | |||
| Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | |||
| Pamir Dushanbe | |||
| Daugave Riga | |||