| Season: | 1987 |
| Nextseason: | 1988 |
The 1987 Soviet First League was the 48th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.
| Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Pimushin | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 23 (3) | |
| 2 | Serhiy N. Morozov | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 22 (5) | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Azimov | Pamir Dushanbe | 21 (8) | |
| 4 | Jevgeņijs Miļevskis | Daugava Riga | 19 (3) | |
| 5 | Mykola Fedorenko | Kolos Nikopol | 18 (5) | |
| Seyran Osipov | Dynamo Stavropol | 18 (5) | ||
| 7 | Aleksandrs Starkovs | Daugava Riga | 16 (1) | |
| Marat Kabayev | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 16 (5) | ||
| 9 | Sergei Borisov | Rotor Volgograd | 14 | |
| 10 | Aleksandr Kalashnikov | Lokomotiv Moscow | 13 |
| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Geolog Tyumen, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Dinamo Stavropol, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Fakel Voronezh, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev | |
| 2 | 5 | Chernomorets Odessa, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad | |
| 3 | 2 | Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi | |
| 4 | 1 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | |
| Daugava Riga | |||
| Pamir Dushanbe | |||
| Kotaik Abovian | |||