| M | Team | AND | AT | N | P | Balls | ± | ABOUT | Notes |
|---|
| one | Crvena Star | 34 | 20 | 6 | eight | 67 - 37 | +30 | 46 | First round of the 1970/71 Champions Cup |
| 2 | Partizan Belgrade | 34 | sixteen | 12 | 6 | 47 - 27 | +20 | 44 | First round of the Fairs Cup 1970/71 |
| 3 | Velezh Mostar | 34 | 17 | 9 | eight | 64 - 44 | +20 | 43 |
| four | Zheleznichar Sarajevo | 34 | 17 | 9 | eight | 52 - 33 | +19 | 43 | First round of the Fairs Cup 1970/71 |
| five | OFC | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 53 - 32 | +21 | 38 |
| 6 | Dynamo Zagreb | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 - 42 | +5 | 38 | First round of the Fairs Cup 1970/71 |
| 7 | Hajduk Split | 34 | sixteen | five | 13 | 51 - 37 | +14 | 37 |
| eight | Radnichki Nish | 34 | 14 | 9 | eleven | 36 - 33 | +3 | 37 |
| 9 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | eleven | 13 | ten | 35 - 34 | +1 | 35 |
| ten | Maribor | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 40 - 51 | −11 | 33 |
| eleven | Vojvodina | 34 | eleven | ten | 13 | 38 - 42 | −4 | 32 |
| 12 | Sarajevo | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 32 - 42 | −10 | thirty |
| 13 | Celik Zenica | 34 | ten | ten | 14 | 35 - 48 | −13 | thirty |
| 14 | Boron | 34 | 6 | sixteen | 12 | 32 - 47 | −15 | 28 |
| 15 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 34 | eleven | five | 18 | 34 - 42 | −8 | 27 |
| sixteen | Olympia Ljubljana | 34 | 13 | four | 17 | 43 - 52 | −9 | thirty | First round of the 1970/71 Cup |
| 17 | Wardar | 34 | 9 | eight | 17 | 25 - 46 | −21 | 26 | Departure to the Second League 1970/71 |
| 18 | Zagreb | 34 | four | 7 | 23 | 22 - 64 | −42 | 15 |
And - games, B - wins, N - draws, P - losses, Goals - goals scored and goals conceded, ± - goal difference, O - points
Crvena Star (10th time)
Partizan Belgrade
Velezh Mostar
Slobodan Santrach ( OFK )