1980-81 Soviet League season standings
1. CSKA Moscow 44 36 5 3 268: 98 77 2. Spartak Moscow 44 30 6 8 220:124 66 3. Dinamo Moscow 44 25 8 11 192:114 58 4. Traktor Čeljabinsk 44 21 5 18 167:148 47 5. Dynamo Riga 44 20 6 18 148:138 46 6. Sokol Kyiv 44 20 5 19 151:152 45 7. Krilja Sovetov 44 19 7 18 143:146 45 8. Torpedo Gorkij 44 19 7 18 137:153 45 9. Chimik Voskressensk 44 18 2 24 154:169 38 10. SKA Leningrad 44 15 4 25 122:205 34 11. Salavat Ulaev Ufa 44 6 3 15 110:226 15 12. Dinamo Minsk 44 3 6 35 89:228 12 GP W T L GF:GA PTS 1. CSKA Moscow 49 40 6 3 299:113 86 2. Spartak Moscow 49 32 6 11 240:141 70 3. Dinamo Moscow 49 27 8 14 215:134 62 4. Traktor Čeljabinsk 49 23 6 20 177:172 52 5. Dynamo Riga 49 22 6 21 163:157 50 6. Sokol Kyiv 49 22 5 22 167:173 49 GP W T L GF:GA PTS 7. Torpedo Gorkij 56 28 9 19 207:193 65 8. Chimik Voskressensk 56 27 2 27 218:207 56 9. Krilja Sovetov 56 24 7 25 203:203 55 10. SKA Leningrad 56 25 5 26 201:229 55 11. Salavat Ulaev Ufa 56 11 7 38 170:269 29 12. Dinamo Minsk 56 10 7 39 148:267 27 Teams from 1st league GP W T L GF:GA PTS 1. Ižstal Iževsk 72 58 5 9 439:209 121 2. Kristall Saratov 72 48 7 17 369:193 103 3. SK Urickogo Kazan 72 39 8 25 309:279 86 4. Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk 72 38 2 32 294:253 78 5. Dizelist Penza 72 33 9 30 292:292 75 6. Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 72 35 4 33 324:302 74