| Clubs | P | W | D | L | FA | Point | |
| 1 | Rubin | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 35-16 | 51 |
| 2 | CSKA | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 38-19 | 44 |
| 3 | Dinamo | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 34-25 | 43 |
| 4 | Amkar | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24-16 | 40 |
| 5 | Zenit | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 48-29 | 37 |
| 6 | Kr. Sovetov | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35-21 | 37 |
| 7 | Spartak | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 36-32 | 36 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28-26 | 34 |
| 9 | FC Moscow | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26-27 | 32 |
| 10 | Spartak Nalchik | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24-29 | 29 |
| 11 | Terek | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 20-33 | 29 |
| 12 | Saturn | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21-25 | 25 |
| 13 | Tom | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 20-33 | 25 |
| 14 | Luch-Energia | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21-42 | 19 |
| 15 | Khimki | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25-47 | 17 |
| 16 | Shinnik | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22-37 | 15 |