| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Krasnodar | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 39 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | FK Baltika Kaliningrad | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 35 |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 23 |
| 8 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Dinamo Moscow | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Rostov | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -13 | 17 |
| 13 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -13 | 15 |
| 14 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 14 |
| 15 | FC Orenburg | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | PFC Sochi | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -25 | 9 |