Best players from Russia

The highest-potential players from Russia, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Safonov of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across players from Russia, with a Field Insider Rating of 61.5, and V. Rakov has been the form player this season, grading 61.3, and A. Batrakov leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Rakov has improved his Season rating most, up +51.9 on last season, while E. Prutsev's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Zakharyan of Real Sociedad is the most valuable name in this group at 74.2.

FK Crvena Zvezda · 21/22→25/26

Most improved

V. Rakov+51.9SsN

Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Safonov Goalkeeper	Paris Saint Germain	27	52979.2%	628.9%
2	A. Golovin Attacking midfielder	Monaco	30	4254.2%	4710.8%
3	D. Khudyakov Goalkeeper	Sturm Graz	22	1279.7%	4228.4%
4	A. Batrakov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv	21	584.5%	423.5%
5	M. Kislyak Defensive midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	4886.9%	4116.6%
6	A. Martynov Centre-back	Serik Spor	22	27	39
7	K. Glebov Central midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	41529.2%	3915.6%
8	E. Prutsev Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	23	17	3833.7%
9	V. Rakov Centre-forward	Krylia Sovetov	21	61552.1%	3715.4%
10	D. Pestryakov Full-back	Akron	19	1228.3%	3715.3%
11	S. Varatynov Centre-back	Baltika	23	5168%	3729.3%
12	M. Suleymanov Winger	Sporting Kansas City	26	19311.1%	366.7%
13	R. Litvinov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Moscow	24	35189.9%	3610.4%
14	M. Petrov Central midfielder	Baltika	25	44204.9%	3634.7%
15	S. Agkatsev Goalkeeper	FC Krasnodar	24	4823.8%	366.8%
16	I. Rozhkov Full-back	Rubin	21	4965.9%	36±0%
17	K. Tyukavin Centre-forward	Dynamo	24	4350.9%	35±0%
18	V. Melekhin Full-back	FC Rostov	22	33193.8%	3515.4%
19	D. Denisov Full-back	Spartak Moscow	23	2743.7%	35±0%
20	V. Saus Defensive midfielder	Baltika	22	28	3522.8%
21	T. Sundukov Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	3225.1%	356.4%
22	M. Glushenkov Attacking midfielder	Zenit	26	4954.7%	353.9%
23	A. Karpukas Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv	24	3335.8%	353%
24	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	303.3%	350.9%
25	E. Teslenko Centre-back	Rubin	25	5276.4%	344.7%
26	K. Shchetinin Central midfielder	FC Rostov	24	3537.9%	342.7%
27	L. Klassen Attacking midfielder	Grazer AK	26	961.4%	3421.2%
28	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Rostov	25	3129.2%	340.6%
29	I. Dmitriev Attacking midfielder	Spartak Moscow	21	176%	343.7%
30	N. Krivtsov Attacking midfielder	FC Krasnodar	23	2853.6%	343.2%
31	I. Belikov Central midfielder	Baltika	21	23	34
32	M. Lukin Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	22	2380%	342.1%
33	I. Diveev Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	26	3821.3%	3310.2%
34	D. Khotulev Centre-back	FC Orenburg	23	17115.2%	3313.7%
35	T. Musaev Centre-forward	CSKA Moscow	24	2129.7%	337.3%
36	N. Umyarov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Moscow	26	3417%	337.8%
37	F. Chalov Centre-forward	Kayserispor	28	21130.1%	336.5%
38	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	2549.1%	3310.5%
39	E. Morozov Centre-back	Lokomotiv	25	18134.7%	336.9%
40	S. Babkin Defensive midfielder	Krylia Sovetov	23	2819%	334.4%
41	I. Berkovskiy Attacking midfielder	Serik Spor	26	21173.3%	3216.1%
42	S. Pryakhin Defensive midfielder	Akhmat	23	2525.3%	326.2%
43	N. Titkov Central midfielder	Baltika	25	29123.4%	3227.7%
44	N. Lobov Full-back	Rubin	20	19	32
45	M. Boldyrev Winger	Akron	22	165166.7%	3217.6%
46	I. Sadygov Centre-forward	Serik Spor	25	8245.5%	3220.7%
47	D. Prutsev Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv	26	33184.5%	320.9%
48	D. Semenchuk Full-back	FC Rostov	21	1515.6%	3221.5%
49	M. Shnaptsev Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	22	19377.5%	328.6%
50	D. Vasiljev Central midfielder	FC Sochi	22	31	3210.9%