Five Zenit players make the list of the 33 best players of the season

On 22 May the executive committee of the RFU approved the list of the 33 best players in the Russian Rosgosstrakh-Championship during the 2016/17 season.
Artem Dzyuba, Igor Smolnikov, Domenico Criscito, Yuri Zhirkov and Oleg Shatov all made the list of the 33 best players of the season. 

In total, and including the 2016/17 season, 68 Zenit players have made the list on 157 occasions. 

The club record for most nominations are Alexander Anyukov and Alexander Kerzhakov - both making the list eight times.