Central defender Yegor Pogostnov at the age of 19 became the main one in Lokomotiv. Forwards Dmitry Vorobyov and Ilya Stefanovich scored 11 goals for Orenburg and Torpedo.

Goalkeeper Ilya Svinov helped Fakel avoid direct relegation and turned out to be one of the best in terms of the number of clean sheets in the RPL. Midfielder Sergei Babkin in the "Wings of the Soviets" hit the gates of "Zenith"