[1] The season was contested by 15 teams, as the 2020–21 DEL2 champion SC Bietigheim Steelers received a license.
[2][3][4] In February 2022, the DEL announced that only one team would be relegated, after only the Löwen Frankfurt applied for a license.
The pre-playoffs were played between 5 and 8 April 2022 in a best-of-three mode.
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
[7] Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.