| Season | 1948 |
|---|---|
← 1947 1949 → | |
14 teams took part in the league with CSKA Moscow winning the championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CDKA Moscow | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 30 | +52 | 41 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 85 | 28 | +57 | 40 |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 37 |
| 4 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 33 |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 33 |
| 6 | Dynamo Leningrad | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 25 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 24 |
| 8 | Torpedo Stalingrad | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 21 |
| 9 | VVS Moscow | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 21 |
| 10 | Dynamo Kiev | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 20 |
| 11 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 19 |
| 12 | Dynamo Minsk | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 18 |
| 13 | Zenit Leningrad | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 17 |
| 14 | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 15 |