| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lokomotive Moscow | 30 | 60 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 6 |
| 2. | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 58 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 6 |
| 3. | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 56 | 51 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
| 4. | FK Krasnodar | 30 | 54 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 8 |
| 5. | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 53 | 46 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| 6. | FK Ufa | 30 | 43 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| 7. | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 42 | 35 | 41 | -6 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
| 8. | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 40 | 29 | 30 | -1 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 9. | Achmat Grosny | 30 | 39 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| 10. | Rubin Kasan | 30 | 38 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| 11. | Ural Jekaterinburg | 30 | 37 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| 12. | FK Rostow | 30 | 37 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 13. | Amkar Perm | 30 | 35 | 20 | 30 | -10 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| 14. | Anschi Machatschkala | 30 | 24 | 31 | 55 | -24 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 15. | FK Tosno | 30 | 24 | 23 | 54 | -31 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 16. | SKA-Energija Chabarowsk | 30 | 13 | 16 | 55 | -39 | 2 | 7 | 21 |