Ranking Bundesliga 1996 1997
Team | Total | 1 | X | 2 | + | - | ||||
| Bayern Munchen | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 71 | 68 | - | 34 | 34 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 69 | - | 41 | 28 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 63 | - | 41 | 22 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 78 | - | 40 | 38 | |
| VfL Bochum | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 54 | - | 51 | 3 | |
| Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 55 | - | 44 | 11 | |
| 1860 Munchen | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 56 | - | 56 | 0 | |
| Werder Bremen | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 53 | - | 52 | 1 | |
| MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 44 | - | 49 | -5 | |
| 1.FC Koln | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 62 | - | 62 | 0 | |
| Borussia M'Gladbach | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 46 | - | 48 | -2 | |
| Schalke'04 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 36 | - | 40 | -4 | |
| Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 47 | - | 60 | -13 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 46 | - | 54 | -8 | |
| Hansa Rostock | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 35 | - | 47 | -12 | |
| Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 26 | - | 57 | -31 | |
| SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 29 | 43 | - | 67 | -24 | |
| Sankt Pauli | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 32 | - | 70 | -38 |