| Competition: | Russian National Football League |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Dynamo Moscow |
| Promoted: | Dynamo Moscow Tosno SKA-Khabarovsk |
| Relegated: | Neftekhimik Spartak Nalchik Sokol Saratov Mordovia Saransk |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 828 |
| Biggest Home Win: | 5 goals: TYU 5–0 KHI (6 August 2016) DYN 5–0 VOL (6 August 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | 4 goals: YEN 0–4 SP2 (17 August 2016) ZEN 0–4 KUB (22 October 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | 6 goals: TOS 4–2 NEF (15 October 2016) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Updated: | 31 May 2017 |
The 2016–17 Russian National Football League was the 25th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 11 July 2016 and ended on 19 May 2017.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow | 24 | |
| 2 |  Khasan Mamtov | Tyumen | 23 |
| 3 | Anton Zabolotny | Tosno | 16 |
| 4 | Denis Davydov | Spartak-2 | 13 |
| 5 |  Ruslan Koryan | SKA-Khabarovsk | 12 |
| 6 | Georgi Melkadze | Spartak-2 | 11 |
| 7 | Spartak Gogniyev | Kuban | 10 |
| Artyom Fedchuk | Spartak-2 | ||
| Sergey Samodin | Yenisey | ||
| 10 |  Fatos Bećiraj | Dynamo Moscow | 9 |
 Eugeniu Cebotaru | Sibir | ||
| Danil Klenkin | Tyumen | ||
| Aleksei Sutormin | Volgar |
Last updated: 21 May 2017[1]
Ihor Zakhariak