| Competition: | Kazakhstan Top Division |
| Season: | 1997 |
| Winners: | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| Relegated: | Aktobe Ulytau |
| Continentalcup1: | Asian Club Championship |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| Continentalcup2: | Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Kaisar-Hurricane |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 462 |
| League Topscorer: | Nurken Mazbaev (16) |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
The 1997 Kazakhstan Top Division was the sixth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.[1] [2]
Following the conclusion of the previous season, no teams were promoted or relegated. However Tobol, Munaishy, Kainar and SKIF-Ordabasy all withdrew from the league prior to the start of the season due to financial reasons.
Before the 1997 season started, Kokshe became Avtomobilist, Metallist became Ulytau, Aktobemunai became Aktobe, Tselinnik Akmola became Astana, Shakhter Karagandy became Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet and Vostok became Vostok Adil. Kaisar-Munai became Kaisar-Hurricane half-way through the season, in July.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nurken Mazbaev | Taraz | 16 |
| 2 | Vladimir Loginov | Kaisar-Hurricane | 12 |
| 3 | Viktor Zubarev | Irtysh | 10 |
| Ruslan Duzmambetov | Vostok-Adil | ||
| 5 | Bolat Esmagambetov | Yelimay/Irtysh | 9 |
| 6 | Ruslan Imankulov | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 8 |
| Oleg Litvinenko | Yelimay | ||
| Faizulla Ordabaev | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | ||
| 9 | Eduard Glazunov | Batyr | 7 |
| Yuri Zvonarenko | Batyr | ||