The league was contested by 19 teams and BSG Turbine Halle won the championship, the club's second one after 1949.
[3][4] Rudolf Krause of BSG Chemie Leipzig and Kurt Weißenfels of Lokomotive Stendal were the league's joint top scorer with 27 goals each.
[2] The 1951–52 season saw the highest spectator number of any DDR-Oberliga season with a total of 3,620,000, in line with the record number of season games played, 342.
[2] The 1951–52 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Wismut Aue and Motor Wismar while SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig was newly formed and admitted to the league.
[6] SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig would change its name to SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig later in the season.