Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan ya dauki lambar tagulla a gasar CS Finlandia Trophy ta 2016, Kovtun ya gama na bakwai a duka ayyukansa na Grand Prix, 2016 Skate America da 2016 Cup of China. A cikin
2017 Gasar Rasha, ya sami lambar tagulla, bayan ya gama na uku ga Mikhail Kolyada da Alexander Samarin. Ya ce ya soma zuwa wurin likitan tunani. Ya lashe lambar azurfa a Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 2017, yana samun sabbin abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a cikin gajeren shirin, kyauta kyauta da kuma gaba ɗaya. Ya kasance na goma sha ɗaya a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2017.