We continue to summarize the results of the past season. You can read about the team statistics here, and today we'll talk about the individual performance of the players based on the data of the company RuStat.
This season, three graduates of the Lev Yashin Academy made their debuts in Dynamo's main squad: Kurban Rasulov, Timofey Marinkin, and Maxim Balakhonov. A total of 14 Dynamo graduates made appearances throughout the season (the same number as the previous season).
Kurban Rasulov started in Dynamo's starting lineup with three consecutive clean sheets in the Russian Cup. It's worth noting that Igor Leshchuk had a similarly successful debut before him.
Marinkin and Balakhonov also provided assists in their first matches.
Ulvi Babayev's hat-trick in the 4-0 cup match against Krylia Sovetov was Dynamo's first at VTB Arena. The last Dynamo player to score three times at Petrovsky Park (before the reconstruction of Dynamo Stadium) was Derlei in July 2005.
Nicolas Marichal, who had never scored a goal in his professional career, showed remarkable results, but scored six times last season!
Juan Caceres (8) also set his personal season scoring record, and Bitello tied his (16).
Konstantin Tyukavin surpassed Kevin Kuranyi to become Dynamo's top scorer in the 21st century. His 61 goals put him 13th on the club's all-time scoring list. His 11 goals in the Russian Cup put him behind only Konstantin Beskov (21) and Sergei Soloviev (17).
Nicolas Ngamaleu, Marichal, Roberto Fernandez, and Bitello all played their 100th matches for Dynamo last season, while Daniil Fomin and Dmitry Skopintsev played their 200th.
The following are statistics on the season of the Russian Premier League
The league's top 10 scorers included Tyukavin (5th-8th place with 10 goals) and Ivan Sergeev (9th-11th place with 9 goals).
Sergeev ranked 9th in scoring chances (34) and second in expected goals (12.13), while Tyukavin ranked 12th in xG (9.11).
Dynamo players also ranked among the league's top 10 assist providers: Bitello (4th with 8 assists) and Cáceres (5th-9th with 7 assists). They also tied for 10th place in accurate key passes (13).
And with Ezequiel Barco, our number 10 player tied for 4th place in scoring chances created (33) and 3rd in fouls drawn (69). Furthermore, the Brazilian led the league in accurate shots from outside the penalty area (15), third in advancement into the final third (49), and was among the top five in scoring attacks (27), assists for shots (52), and accurate passes into the penalty area (127).
Cáceres trailed only Danilo Krugovoi in accurate crosses (31) and tied for 5th-6th with Rubens in tackles (63).
Marichal had his best season in Russia, scoring four goals out of seven headers (all of which were accurate), putting him among the RPL leaders in this regard, along with Alexei Batrakov, Jhon Cordoba, and Alexander Sobolev (4).
The Uruguayan defender won 71% of his duels – among those who have engaged in more than 100 duels, only Nader Gandry (72) and Nino (74) have a higher percentage. He also won 74% of his aerial duels – among those who have engaged in more than 50 such duels, only Valentin Paltsev (75) and Marat Bokoev (77) have a higher percentage. Niko also finished 11th in the league for interceptions (207).
Osipenko tied with Douglas Santos for the lead in accurate progressive passes (265), and also finished in the top 10 in rebounds (188) and final third entries via passes (94). Maxim was fifth in accurate long passes (79), Caceres was ninth (72), and both tied for 4th-6th with Sven Karic in super-long passes (13).
Andrei Lunev tied for 10th-12th place with two Army goalies in passing accuracy (86%) and, along with Sergei Pesyakov and Evgeny Staver, led the league in successful cover passes (17). He also made no mistakes on short passes (24).
Rasulov completed 100% of his handballs (43) and had a 96% accuracy rate on his mid-range passes, while Leschuk led the league in save percentage with a successful rebound (55%).
Top 5 Dynamo players in the 2025/26 season (RPL + Russian Cup) according to various indicators
games: Sergeev – 40, Fomin – 38, Bitello – 37, Marichal and Skopintsev – 36;
minutes: Bitello – 3209, Fomin – 3125, Marichal – 2840, Caceres – 2824, Skopintsev – 2486;
goals: Tyukavin – 13, Sergeev – 12, Bitello, Marichal and Ngamaleu – 6;
assists: Bitello – 10, Caceres – 7, Tyukavin – 5, Skopintsev – 4, Ngamaleu – 3;
goal+pass: Tyukavin – 18, Bitello – 16, Sergeev – 14, Ngamaleu – 9, Caceres – 8;
yellow and red cards: Caceres – 9+0, Rubens – 7+1, Fomin – 8+0, Marichal – 7+0, Viktor Okishor, Skopintsev, Sergeev and Osipenko – 4+0.
Goalkeepers' performance
Andrey Lunev: 18 matches, 5 dry, 21 goals conceded, 40 deflected shots, 17 key saves
Kurban Rasulov: 14 matches, 6 dry, 15 goals conceded, 30 deflected shots, 9 key saves
Igor Leshchuk: 10 matches, 2 dry, 15 goals conceded, 19 deflected shots, 15 key saves