| R. KulAttacking midfielder | FC Orenburg | 🇷🇺Russia | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4.3 | 24▲731% | 30▲27.7% |
| R. FernándezFull-back | Akron | 🇧🇴Bolivia | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 | 14▼41.6% | 26▼7.3% |
| R. FernándezCentre-back | Dynamo | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 16▲98.8% | 30▲16.3% |
| R. EzhovCentral midfielder | FC Sochi | 🇷🇺Russia | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 6▼59.6%↩ | 16▼41.6%↩ |
| R. EvgenjevCentre-back | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 19▲69.3%↩ | 25▼15.7%↩ |
| R. CephasCentre-forward | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇯🇲Jamaica | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 19 |
| R. BezrukovCentral midfielder | Rubin | 🇷🇺Russia | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7▼69.7% | 29▼7.4% |
| R. BartCentral midfielder | FC Sochi | 🇷🇺Russia | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1▼90.9% | 24▼12.2% |
| Pedro HenriqueAttacking midfielder | Zenit | 🇧🇷Brazil | 20 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4.2 | 27▼18.5% | 35▼8.5% |
| P. SolariCentral midfielder | Spartak Moscow | 🇦🇷Argentina | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4.9 | 28▼11.9% | 33▼3.5% |
| P. PolekhWinger | Spartak Moscow | 🏳️ | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29±0% |
| P. MeleshinCentre-forward | FC Sochi | 🇷🇺Russia | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0▼100% | 22▼21.4% |
| P. GorelovDefensive midfielder | FC Orenburg | 🇦🇲Armenia | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 2▼89.5%↩ | 27▼7%↩ |
| P. GadioDefensive midfielder | Akhmat | 🇸🇳Senegal | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 9 | 28 |
| Osman MinatulaevCentre-forward | FC Orenburg | 🇷🇺Russia | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| O. SakoCentre-back | FC Rostov | 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 18▼21.7% | 18▼0.5% |
| O. OlusegunWinger | FC Rostov | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 | 13▼53.3%↩ | 30▼8.5%↩ |
| O. NdongCentre-back | Akhmat | 🇸🇳Senegal | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 7▼68.8% | 22▼15.2% |
| O. MinatulaevDefensive midfielder | FC Orenburg | 🏳️ | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1 | 28 |
| O. KozhemyakinCentre-back | FC Sochi | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0▼100%↩ | 8▼61.2%↩ |
| NinoCentre-back | Zenit | 🇧🇷Brazil | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 18▼63.8% | 19▼23.5% |
| Nikolay BarovskiyGoalkeeper | CSKA Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 29 |
| Nikola ČavlinaCentre-back | Zenit | 🇭🇷Croatia | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 26 |
| Nikita VoroninCentral midfielder | Dinamo Makhachkala | 🏳️ | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 28 |
| Nikita MassalygaAttacking midfielder | Spartak Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 31▲8.8% |
| N. UmyarovDefensive midfielder | Spartak Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 19▼43.8% | 30▼9.5% |
| N. TitkovCentral midfielder | Lokomotiv | 🇷🇺Russia | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 | 9▼42.9%↩ | 25▼15.5%↩ |
| N. StojićCentre-back | FC Sochi | 🇷🇸Serbia | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 10 | 19 |
| N. ShershovCentre-forward | Akron | 🇷🇺Russia | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 26 |
| N. SaltykovCentral midfielder | Krylia Sovetov | 🇷🇺Russia | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5▲6.7%↩ | 28▼5%↩ |
| N. RasskazovCentral midfielder | Krylia Sovetov | 🇷🇺Russia | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 12▼8.3% | 22▼9.3% |
| N. PokidyshevCentre-back | Rotor Volgograd | 🇷🇺Russia | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 9▼66.7%↩ | 13▼41.9%↩ |
| N. PlotnikovCentral midfielder | Rotor Volgograd | 🇷🇺Russia | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 21▼12.9%↩ |
| N. MorozovDefensive midfielder | Ural | 🇷🇺Russia | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 23▼1.3% |
| N. MedvedevGoalkeeper | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 8▼28.2% | 17▼28.9% |
| N. MarichalCentre-back | Dynamo | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8▼72.2% | 28▼16.7% |
| N. LobovCentre-back | Rubin | 🇷🇺Russia | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 5▼67.5% | 30▼2.9% |
| N. KrivtsovAttacking midfielder | FC Krasnodar | 🇷🇺Russia | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.8 | 21▼22% | 33▼3.8% |
| N. KoserikCentre-back | FC Orenburg | 🇷🇺Russia | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 2 | 28 |
| N. KomlichenkoCentre-forward | Lokomotiv | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1.1 | 20▼20.7% | 13▼16% |
| N. KokarevGoalkeeper | Krylia Sovetov | 🇷🇺Russia | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 6▼17.9%↩ | 28▼15.9%↩ |
| N. KarabashevGoalkeeper | Dinamo Makhachkala | 🇷🇺Russia | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0▼100% | 26▼3% |
| N. KarabashevGoalkeeper | Dinamo Makhachkala | 🏳️ | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 29 |
| N. KalinskiyCentral midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4▼83.9% | 7▼62.4% |
| N. KakkoevFull-back | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 24▼17.1% | 23▼27.1% |
| N. IshchenkoCentre-forward | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 21 |
| N. GripshiCentre-forward | Rubin | 🇦🇱Albania | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0▼100% | 17▼7.9% |
| N. GlushkovAttacking midfielder | Dinamo Makhachkala | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 26▲11.6% | 28▲1.1% |
| N. GeneralovGoalkeeper | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 23 |
| N. GeneralovGoalkeeper | Nizhny Novgorod | 🏳️ | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 23 |
| N. GassamaFull-back | Baltika | 🇫🇷France | 25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4.9 | 28▼31.9% | 33▼1.8% |
| N. ErmakovCentral midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 9▼33.1% | 25▼16.3% |
| N. ChernovCentre-back | Krylia Sovetov | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 18▲31.4% | 18▲5.2% |
| N. ChagrovGoalkeeper | Rotor Volgograd | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 8▼79.6% | 9▼50.5% |
| N. BazilevskiyCentral midfielder | Akron | 🇷🇺Russia | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1▼54.8% | 27▼8.5% |
| N. BabakinCentre-back | FC Rostov | 🏳️ | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 27 |
| N. AlipCentre-back | Zenit | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 20▲18.7% | 27▼2.2% |
| MoisésFull-back | CSKA Moscow | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 7▼46.2% | 13▼23.5% |
| MiroCentre-forward | Dinamo Makhachkala | 🇦🇴Angola | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 16▲76.4% | 31▲7.6% |
| Mehdi AghamohamadiWinger | Dinamo Makhachkala | 🇮🇷Iran | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 28 |
| Matvey FedorovCentre-forward | Nizhny Novgorod | 🏳️ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 10 |
| Matheus ReisCentre-back | CSKA Moscow | 🇧🇷Brazil | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 10▲57.1% | 12±0% |
| Matheus MartinsWinger | Dynamo | 🇧🇷Brazil | 23 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22▲348%↩ | 35▼42.6%↩ |
| Matheus AlvesAttacking midfielder | CSKA Moscow | 🇧🇷Brazil | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3.2 | 12▼25.5% | 34▼1.8% |
| MarquinhosAttacking midfielder | Spartak Moscow | 🇧🇷Brazil | 27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4.8 | 27▼17.6% | 30▼6.2% |
| Marcelo AlvesCentre-back | FC Sochi | 🇧🇷Brazil | 28 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 17▲130.6% | 22▲3.3% |
| Manuel KelianoAttacking midfielder | Akhmat | 🇦🇴Angola | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7▼69.6% | 28▼9% |
| Maksym VoronovCentre-forward | CSKA Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0▼100%↩ | 30▲11.8%↩ |
| Maksim KondakovCentre-back | Akron | 🏳️ | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 27 |
| Magomedov Yahya ValidovichGoalkeeper | Akhmat | 🇷🇺Russia | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 28 |
| M. ZeaCentre-back | CSKA Moscow | 🇬🇹Guatemala | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 23 | 39▲21.7% |
| M. VityugovCentral midfielder | Krylia Sovetov | 🇷🇺Russia | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 26▲67.7% | 24▲10.1% |
| M. VidosavljevićWinger | Akron | 🇷🇸Serbia | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0▼100%↩ | 24▼40.5%↩ |
| M. UgaldeCentre-forward | Spartak Moscow | 🇨🇷Costa Rica | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 28▲3% | 34▼4.3% |
| M. SyshchenkoCentre-back | FC Orenburg | 🇷🇺Russia | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 27 |
| M. SivisFull-back | FC Orenburg | 🇫🇷France | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2.6 | 29▲3.9%↩ | 25▼1.6%↩ |
| M. SidorovFull-back | Akhmat | 🇷🇺Russia | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1▼93.3% | 18▼26.8% |
| M. ShnaptsevFull-back | Baltika | 🇷🇺Russia | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13▼27.2%↩ | 29▼8.9%↩ |
| M. ShchetininCentral midfielder | Lokomotiv | 🇷🇺Russia | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0▼100%↩ | 26▼9.7%↩ |
| M. SekulićCentre-forward | Ural | 🇭🇷Croatia | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0▼100% | 17▼36.5% |
| M. SaveljevCentre-forward | FC Orenburg | 🇷🇺Russia | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0▼100% | 26▼13.4% |
| M. SamorodovCentral midfielder | Akhmat | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | 12▼59.9% | 30▼13.2% |
| M. RyadnoFull-back | Baltika | 🇷🇺Russia | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3▼71.9% | 28▼9.2% |
| M. RudakovGoalkeeper | FC Orenburg | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 13▲6.6%↩ |
| M. RodríguezCentre-back | FC Krasnodar | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0▼100%↩ | 27▼44.6%↩ |
| M. RadchenkoCentre-back | FC Rostov | 🏳️ | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 27 |
| M. PykhcheevCentral midfielder | FC Orenburg | 🏳️ | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1 | 28 |
| M. PopovicCentral midfielder | CSKA Moscow | 🏳️ | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.8 | 8▲36.4% | 32▲2.9% |
| M. PopoviÄCentral midfielder | CSKA Moscow | 🇷🇸Serbia | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 29 |
| M. PetrovCentral midfielder | Baltika | 🇷🇺Russia | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | 20▼39.2% | 31▼11.4% |
| M. OzdoevCentral midfielder | FC Krasnodar | 🇷🇺Russia | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2▼95.1%↩ | 7▼56.1%↩ |
| M. OsipenkoFull-back | Dynamo | 🇷🇺Russia | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 42▲82.2% | 16▲5.3% |
| M. NosatiyCentral midfielder | FC Sochi | 🏳️ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 23 |
| M. NenakhovFull-back | Lokomotiv | 🇷🇺Russia | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | 11▼11.6% | 23▼11.8% |
| M. MukhinCentre-forward | FC Rostov | 🇷🇺Russia | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0▼100%↩ | 27▼8.9%↩ |
| M. MajstorovićCentre-back | Dynamo | 🇷🇸Serbia | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 1▼92.4% | 29▼10.5% |
| M. MaigaDefensive midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺Russia | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 11▲60.6% | 12▼28.5% |
| M. LukinFull-back | CSKA Moscow | 🇷🇺Russia | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0▼97.9% | 29▼12% |
| M. KuzminDefensive midfielder | FC Sochi | 🇷🇺Russia | 30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17▼34%↩ | 16▼32.1%↩ |
| M. KramaričAttacking midfielder | Krylia Sovetov | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 | 20±0% | 23▲6.9%↩ |