| Competition: | Soviet Top League |
| Season: | 1979 |
| Winners: | Spartak Moscow |
| Relegated: | Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Spartak Moscow |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Dinamo Moscow Dinamo Kiev Shakhter Donetsk |
| League Topscorer: | (26) Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhter) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 758 |
| Prevseason: | 1978 |
| Nextseason: | 1980 |
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1979 season.
1979 Top League was composed of 18 teams, the championship was won by Spartak Moscow.
On 11 August 1979, a mid-air collision killed virtually the entire FC Pakhtakor Tashkent team. The Top League ordered all the other teams to make three players available for a draft to restock the team, and Pakhtakor was given exemption from relegation for the next three years.