| Player | Club | Goals | |
| Paul Chow | Jarrow Roofing BCA | 35 | |
| John Milner | Bedlington Terriers | 35 | |
| Roy Allen | Bedlington Terriers | 29 | (including 15 for West Auckland Town) |
| Carl Chillingsworth | Billingham Town | 27 | |
| Lee Ellison | Shildon | 19 | |
| Craig Skelton | Billingham Town | 18 | |
| Lee Alexander | Marske United | 17 | |
| Lee Ludlow | Whitley Bay | 17 | (including 1 for Durham City) |
| Micky Dunwell | Durham City | 16 | |
| Lee Flanagan | Billingham Synthonia | 16 | |
| Gary Messer | Esh Winning | 16 | |
| Craig Nelson | Jarrow Roofing BCA | 16 | |
| Ben Chambers | Washington | 15 | |
| Colin Lawton | Morpeth Town | 15 | |
| Colin McLeod | Consett | 15 | |
| Lee O'Donovan | Durham City | 15 | (including 6 for Whitley Bay) |
| Paul Beavers | Morpeth Town | 13 | |
| Andy McKenna | Tow Law Town | 13 | |
| Scott Nicholson | Tow Law Town | 13 | |
| Tony Wood | Billingham Synthonia | 13 | |
| Andrew Fletcher | Bedlington Terriers | 12 | |
| Robbie Marsden | Brandon United | 12 | |
| David Bayles | Shildon | 11 | |
| Steve Cuggy | Chester-le-Street | 11 | |
| David Mawson | Esh Winning | 11 | |
| Jonathan Milroy | West Auckland Town | 11 | |
| Darren Mowbray | Guisborough | 11 | |
| Paul Rowntree | Durham City | 11 | (including 2 for Billingham Town) |
| Ben Thompson | Dunston Federation | 11 | |
| David Turner | Billingham Town | 11 | |
| Graeme Baverstock | Billingham Town | 10 | |
| Martin Bowes | Chester-le-Street | 10 | |
| Stephen Burns | Esh Winning | 10 | |
| Michael Carter | West Auckland Town | 10 | |
| Robbie Cockburn | Bedlington Terriers | 10 | |
| Wayne Edgcumbe | Prudhoe Town | 10 | |
| Phil McGuire | West Auckland Town | 10 | |
| Andy Hay | Whitley Bay | 9 | |
| Tony Healer | Durham City | 9 | |
| Shaun Howes | Marske United | 9 | |
| Steve Huggins | Brandon United | 9 | |
| James Lang | West Auckland Town | 9 | |
| Paul Stout | West Auckland Town | 9 | |