The 2000 Tippeligaen was the 56th completed season of top division football in Norway.
Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.
Teams and locations
:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! Team
!<!--Begins with 1937–38 season. Abandoned 1939–40 season does not count.-->
! Location
! Stadium
|-
| Bodø/Glimt
| align="center"| 12
| Bodø
| Aspmyra Stadion
|-
| Brann
| align="center"| 44
| Bergen
| Brann Stadion
|-
| Bryne
| align="center"| 14
| Bryne
| Bryne Stadion
|-
| Haugesund
| align="center"| 3
| Haugesund
| Haugesund Stadion
|-
| Lillestrøm
| align="center"| 37
| Lillestrøm
| Åråsen Stadion
|-
| Molde
| align="center"| 25
| Molde
| Molde Stadion
|-
| Moss
| align="center"| 20
| Moss
| Melløs Stadion
|-
| Odd Grenland
| align="center"| 20
| Skien
| Odd Stadion
|-
| Rosenborg
| align="center"| 37
| Trondheim
| Lerkendal Stadion
|-
| Stabæk
| align="center"| 6
| Bærum
| Nadderud Stadion
|-
| Start
| align="center"| 29
| Kristiansand
| Kristiansand Stadion
|-
| Tromsø
| align="center"| 15
| Tromsø
| Alfheim Stadion
|-
| Vålerenga
| align="center"| 41
| Oslo
| Ullevaal Stadion
|-
| Viking
| align="center"| 51
| Stavanger
| Stavanger Stadion
|}
League table
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Relegation play-offs
Sogndal won the play-offs against Vålerenga. The score ended 3–3 on aggregate, Sogndal won on the away goals rule and Vålerenga were relegated to 1. divisjon.
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Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"| Thorstein Helstad
|align="left"|Brann
|18
|-
|rowspan="3"|2
|align="left"| Ríkharður Daðason
|align="left"|Viking
|15
|-
|align="left"| Tryggvi Gudmundsson
|align="left"|Tromsø
|15
|-
|align="left"| Magne Hoseth
|align="left"|Molde
|15
|-
|rowspan="3"|5
|align="left"| Tommy Bergersen
|align="left"|Bodø/Glimt
|13
|-
|align="left"| Erik Nevland
|align="left"|Viking
|13
|-
|align="left"| Bengt Sæternes
|align="left"|Bodø/Glimt
|13
|-
|8
|align="left"| Frode Johnsen
|align="left"|Rosenborg
|12
|-
|rowspan="3"|9
|align="left"| Hans Berggren
|align="left"|Haugesund
|11
|-
|align="left"| Christian Michelsen
|align="left"|Stabæk
|11
|-
|align="left"| Andreas Ottosson
|align="left"|Start
|11
|}
<small>Source: altomfotball.no</small>