| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 69 | LWWWW |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 62 | WWWWL |
| 3 | Zenit | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 61 | WWWLW |
| 4 | FC Krasnodar | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 49 | WLDLD |
| 5 | Akhmat | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 48 | WLWWW |
| 6 | FC Rostov | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 48 | LWWLW |
| 7 | FC UFA | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 43 | WDWLW |
| 8 | Lokomotiv | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 42 | LWWDL |
| 9 | Rubin | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 38 | WLLWW |
| 10 | Amkar | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 35 | LDLLL |
| 11 | Ural | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 44 | -20 | 30 | LLDLL |
| 12 | Anzhi | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 30 | LLLDD |
| 13 | FC Orenburg | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 30 | WDLWD |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 40 | -22 | 28 | WDLWL |
| 15 | Krylia Sovetov | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 39 | -8 | 28 | LWLWD |
| 16 | TOM Tomsk | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 64 | -47 | 14 | LLLLL |
Player stats
Russian Premier League match stats only.
FC Rostov finished 6th in the Russian Premier League in 2016/17 with 48 points (13W 9D 8L). They scored 36 and conceded 18, a goal difference of +18. Sardar Azmoun and Dmitri Poloz top-scored with 7 each and Timofey Kalachev led the assists with 10 assists. The final table, every result and the season's team statistics are below.
