| Competition: | Kazakhstan Premier League |
| Season: | 2002 |
| Winners: | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Atyrau Zhenis Astana |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Tobol |
| League Topscorer: | Yevgeniy Lunyov (16) |
| Prevseason: | 2001 |
| Nextseason: | 2003 |
The 2002 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 11th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 28 April and 24 October.[1]
No teams were promoted from the Kazakhstan First Division, and with Ekibastuzets-NK, Zhetysu, Taraz, Dostyk and Mangystau relegated the previous season the league was reduced to 12 teams. Before the start of the season Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet were renamed Shakhter Karagandy.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe-Lento | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 | |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 | |
| Esil | Kokshetau | Okzhetpes Stadium | 4,158 | |
| Esil Bogatyr | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 | |
| Irtysh | Pavlodar | Central Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 | |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gany Muratbayev Stadium | 7,500 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Karagandy | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium | 8,323 | |
| Vostok Altyn | Oskemen | Vostok Stadium | 8,500 | |
| Yelimay | Semey | Spartak Stadium | ||
| Zhenis Astana | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 12,350 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yevgeniy Lunyov | Shakhter | 16 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Shatskikh | Irtysh | 13 |
| Murat Tleshev | Shakhter | ||
| Alibek Buleshev | Kairat | ||
| 5 | Oleg Litvinenko | Zhenis/Elimay | 11 |
| 6 | Dmitriy Byakov | Kairat | 11 |
| Vitaliy Kitsak | Atyrau | ||
| 8 | Sergei Kondratskiy | Esil Bogatyr | 10 |
| 9 |  Mendes | Zhenis | 9 |
| Nurken Mazbaev | Tobol | ||
| Dmitriy Yurist | Aktobe-Lento | ||
| Sergei Kalabukhin | Irtysh |