[2] In July 2011 he signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year with CSKA Moscow.

[6] On December 31, 2014 he left Krasny Oktyabr and signed a three-year deal with UNICS Kazan.

[8] On July 17, 2019, he signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.

On October 7, 2021, he signed with Nazm Avaran Sirjan of the Iranian Basketball Super League.

[12] Ponkrashov is also a member of the senior Russian national basketball team.