| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 75:24 | 51 | 72 | |
| 2. | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 62:30 | 32 | 65 | |
| 3. | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 56:29 | 27 | 55 | |
| 4. | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 38:33 | 5 | 50 | |
| 5. | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44:41 | 3 | 44 | |
| 6. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 54:45 | 9 | 43 | |
| 7. | FK Rostov | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32:38 | -6 | 41 | |
| 8. | Zenit | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36:34 | 2 | 39 | |
| 9. | FK Elista | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27:34 | -7 | 36 | |
| 10. | Saturn Ramenskoye | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30:38 | -8 | 34 | |
| 11. | Lokomotiv N. Novgorod | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33:48 | -15 | 33 | |
| 12. | Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 39:49 | -10 | 31 | |
| 13. | R. Volgograd | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 36:51 | -15 | 31 | |
| 14. | Chernomorets Novorossijsk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31:49 | -18 | 29 | |
| 15. | Zhemchuzhina | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 29:55 | -26 | 26 | |
| 16. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21:45 | -24 | 24 |