| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 57 |
| 2 | FC Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 56 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 53 |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 50 |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 48 |
| 7 | Rostov | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 42 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 35 |
| 11 | Fakel | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | FC Orenburg | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 31 |
| 13 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 30 |
| 14 | Ural | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -16 | 30 |
| 15 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 16 | PFC Sochi | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
- Qualification for relegation play-offs
- Russia - 1. Division