Standings, 1998-99
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnitogorsk | 42 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 80 | 75 | WOWWW |
| 2 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 42 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 137 | 64 | 66 | WWWWL |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 42 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 127 | 63 | 64 | LWWOO |
| 4 | Avangard Omsk | 42 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 118 | 71 | 64 | WWWOW |
| 5 | SKA St. Petersburg | 64 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 168 | 159 | 63 | OLWLO |
| 6 | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 42 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 104 | 61 | 59 | WLOLW |
| 7 | Tractor Chelyabinsk | 64 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 137 | 175 | 55 | LLWLO |
| 8 | Spartak Moscow | 62 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 137 | 180 | 53 | WOLLW |
| 9 | Lada | 42 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 122 | 83 | 52 | OWOOW |
| 10 | Bars Kazan | 42 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 105 | 75 | 50 | LOLWW |
| 11 | Krylia Sovietov Moscou | 63 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 121 | 191 | 44 | OLLWO |
| 12 | Molot-Prikamie Perm | 42 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 110 | 102 | 42 | LLOOW |
| 13 | Salavat Ufa | 42 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 102 | 116 | 40 | WOLLL |
| 14 | CSKA Moscow | 42 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 91 | 85 | 39 | OOLWW |
| 15 | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 42 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 98 | 117 | 39 | OWWWW |
| 16 | Rubin Tioumen | 64 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 143 | 229 | 39 | LLLOL |
| 17 | Cherepovets | 42 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 98 | 116 | 38 | OLOWL |
| 18 | HK Lipetsk | 42 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 82 | 120 | 38 | OOOWL |
| 19 | Niznekamsk | 42 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 109 | 122 | 37 | WWLWW |
| 20 | Khabarovsk | 41 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 85 | 100 | 37 | OWLOL |
| 21 | CSK VVS Samara | 42 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 85 | 114 | 36 | LWOWL |
| 22 | Khimik Voskresensk | 63 | 15 | 42 | 1 | 109 | 190 | 36 | LWLLO |
| 23 | Dynamo-Energiya Ekaterinbourg | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 39 | 33 | |
| 24 | Kristall Elektrostal | 22 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 46 | 28 | |
| 25 | Torpedo Nijni-Novgorod | 22 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 44 | 27 | |
| 26 | Novosibirsk | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 45 | 24 | |
| 27 | Neftyanik Almetievsk | 22 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 51 | 69 | 18 | |
| 28 | HK CSKA Moscou | 21 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 64 | 12 |
Built from the results, with the league's own points