Premjer-Liga Top scorers - Russia 2016/2017

The winning top scorer in Premjer-Liga/Russian Premier League (RPL), Russia during the season 2016/2017 was Fedor Smolov with 17 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Timofey Kalachyov. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

This league has a break between two seasons right now. The next season is planned to start on 19 July 2025.

Russian Premier League best goal scorers 2016/2017

Below is the final top scorer list for the Premjer-Liga 2016/2017, including the 33 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
1. Fedor Smolov
Krasnodar
Russia
27 42.5%
17
2. Artem Dzyuba
Zenit St.Petersburg
Russia
28 26.0%
13
3. Quincy Promes
Spartak Moscow
Netherlands
25 26.1%
12
4. Ari
Krasnodar/​Lokomotiv Moscow
Russia
31 -
10
5. Bekim Balaj
Akhmat Groznyi
Albania
26 23.7%
9
  Jonathas
Rubin Kazan
Brazil
28 30.0%
9
7. Denis Glushakov
Spartak Moscow
Russia
30 17.4%
8
  Giuliano
Zenit St.Petersburg
Brazil
26 16.0%
8
  Sergei Kornilenko
Krylia Sovetov
Belarus
Belarus
33 25.8%
8
10. Ablaye Mbengue
Akhmat Groznyi
Senegal
25 18.4%
7
  Aleksandr Samedov
Spartak Moscow/​Lokomotiv Moscow
Russia
32 -
7
  Dmitry Poloz
Rostov
Russia
25 19.4%
7
  Maksim Kanunnikov
Rubin Kazan
Russia
25 23.3%
7
  Manuel Fernandes
Lokomotiv Moscow
Portugal
31 17.9%
7
  Sardar Azmoun
Rostov
Iran
22 19.4%
7
16. Aleksandr Bukharov
Rostov
Russia
32 16.7%
6
  Bibars Natcho
CSKA Moscow
Israel
29 12.8%
6
  Blagoy Georgiev
Orenburg
Bulgaria
35 24.0%
6
  Federico Rasic
Arsenal Tula
Argentina
25 33.3%
6
  Fyodor Chalov
CSKA Moscow
Russia
19 12.8%
6
  Kehinde Fatai
Ufa
Nigeria
27 27.3%
6
  Vitinho
CSKA Moscow
Brazil
23 12.8%
6
  Yohan Mollo
Zenit St.Petersburg/​Krylia Sovetov
France
27 -
6
24. Aleksandr Kokorin
Zenit St.Petersburg
Russia
26 10.0%
5
  Arsen Khubulov
Anzhi Makhachkala
Russia
26 20.8%
5
  Cristian Pasquato
Krylia Sovetov
Italy
27 16.1%
5
  Darko Bodul
Amkar Perm
Austria
28 20.0%
5
  Eric Bicfalvi
Tom Tomsk/​FC Ural
Romania
29 -
5
  Gheorghe Grozav
Akhmat Groznyi
Romania
26 13.2%
5
  Gianni Bruno
Krylia Sovetov
Belgium
25 16.1%
5
  Lacina Traoré
CSKA Moscow
Ivory Coast
27 10.6%
5
  Maicon Marques
Lokomotiv Moscow
Brazil
27 12.8%
5
  Ze Luis
Spartak Moscow
Cape Verde
26 10.9%
5
The age of the players is when the season ended at 21 May 2017

Most assists in the Premjer-Liga 2016/2017

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the Premjer-Liga during the 2016/2017 season.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Timofey Kalachyov
Rostov
Belarus
Belarus
36
10
2. Quincy Promes
Spartak Moscow
Netherlands
25
9
  Manuel Fernandes
Lokomotiv Moscow
Portugal
31
9
4. Giuliano
Zenit St.Petersburg
Brazil
26
7
  Cristian Pasquato
Krylia Sovetov
Italy
27
7
6. Ze Luis
Spartak Moscow
Cape Verde
26
6
  Oleg Shatov
Zenit St.Petersburg
Russia
26
6
8. Oleg Ivanov
Akhmat Groznyi
Russia
30
5
  Bibars Natcho
CSKA Moscow
Israel
29
5
  Dmitry Poloz
Rostov
Russia
25
5
  Vitinho
CSKA Moscow
Brazil
23
5
  Aleksei Miranchuk
Lokomotiv Moscow
Russia
21
5

Scored hat-tricks in Premjer-Liga, season 2016/2017

In total there were 2 scored hat-tricks during the season 2016/2017 in Premjer-Liga, Russia. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Arsen Khubulov
Anzhi Makhachkala
Anzhi Makhachkala - Tom Tomsk 3-3
Thu 27 april 2017
3
29', 51', 90+7'
Belarus
Pavel Nekhaychik
Orenburg
Orenburg - Tom Tomsk 3-1
Sun 16 october 2016
3
12', 42', 90+2'

The season start for Premjer-Liga 2016/2017 was 30 July 2016, the finishing round was being played 21 May 2017. More information and the winning top scorers in Premjer-Liga between the seasons 2000-2024/2025 here.