| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Krasnodar | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 67 |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 66 |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 59 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 57 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 56 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 53 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 45 |
| 8 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 35 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 31 |
| 11 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | FK Khimki | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -21 | 29 |
| 13 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -27 | 27 |
| 14 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -21 | 25 |
| 15 | FC Orenburg | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -28 | 19 |
| 16 | Fakel | 30 | 2 | 12 | 16 | -28 | 18 |
