Top 33 players year-end list: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960.
International career
Apukhtin made his debut for USSR on 1 June 1957 in a friendly against Romania. He played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was selected for the squad for the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions, but did not play in any games at the tournament.