1985 Soviet First League
The 1985 Soviet First League was a fifteenth season of the Soviet First League.
Transitional tournaments
Higher League Promotion
Promotion tournament took place in Moscow on 27 November — 15 December 1985.Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Valeri Shmarov | CSKA Moscow | 29 |
| 2 | Aleksandrs Starkovs | Daugava Riga | 25 |
| 3 | Avtandil Gorgiladze | Dinamo Batumi | 23 |
| 3 | Jevgeņijs Miļevskis | Daugava Riga | 23 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Nikitin | Rotor Volgograd | 22 |
| 6 | Sergei Berezin | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 |
| 7 | Heorhiy Kolyadyuk | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 18 |
| 8 | Viktor Rafalchuk | SKA Karpaty Lviv | 16 |
| 9 | Eduard Veranyan | FC Kotayk | 15 |
| 9 | Vitaly Razdayev | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 15 |