Cristiano Ronaldo AU$5,670,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema AU$1,566,810/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané AU$1,181,250/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix AU$1,096,200/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé AU$939,330/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly AU$939,330/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio AU$892,080/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland AU$850,500/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen AU$824,040/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski AU$816,480/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala AU$782,460/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves AU$782,460/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman AU$782,460/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah AU$756,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane AU$720,090/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic AU$697,410/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every Chinese Super League club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Cryzan of Shandong Taishan leads on AU$81,270 a week. At the other end, Qingdao Hainiu pays its own best paid player, Yaw Yeboah, AU$11,907 — a gap of 6.8×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$81k Cryzan · Shandong Taishan
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$12k Yaw Yeboah · Qingdao Hainiu
TOP TO BOTTOM 6.8× Shandong Taishan over Qingdao Hainiu
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 38% Henan FC's bill taken by Gustavo
Chinese Super League top 100 Chinese Super League wage bills All leagues

The best paid at each club

Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most

Cryzan Shandong Taishan AU$81k Ibrahim Amadou Shanghai Shenhua AU$79k Robert Beric Changchun Yatai AU$62k Gustavo Henan FC AU$55k Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) Shanghai Port AU$53k Matheus Jussa (Matheus Isaias dos Santos) Chengdu Rongcheng AU$51k Andrei Burcă Yunnan Yukun AU$47k Park Jin-Seob Zhejiang FC AU$47k Nicolae Stanciu Dalian Yingbo AU$45k Albion Ademi Shenzhen Peng City AU$38k Fábio Abreu Beijing Guo'an AU$36k Davidson Qingdao West Coast AU$36k

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages

Henan FC Gustavo 38% Shandong Taishan Cryzan 30% Changchun Yatai Robert Beric 30% Shanghai Shenhua Ibrahim Amadou 26% Dalian Yingbo Nicolae Stanciu 25% Zhejiang FC Park Jin-Seob 25% Wuhan Three Towns Gustavo Sauer 20% Chengdu Rongcheng Matheus Jussa (Matheus Isaias dos Santos) 20% Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Alberto Quiles 20% Shanghai Port Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) 14% Yunnan Yukun Andrei Burcă 14% Beijing Guo'an Fábio Abreu 10%

Every club's top earner

All 15 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL WAGES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 Shandong Taishan Cryzan
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 29 AM RLC, F C AU$271k 36/48
02 Shanghai Shenhua Ibrahim Amadou
AU$79,380
AU$4,127,760 32 DM AU$310k 27/30
03 Changchun Yatai Robert Beric
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 34 AM RL, ST AU$210k 34/40
04 Henan FC Gustavo
AU$54,810
AU$2,850,120 31 ST AU$144k 30/37
05 Shanghai Port Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza)
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 28 ST AU$374k 37/44
06 Chengdu Rongcheng Matheus Jussa (Matheus Isaias dos Santos)
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 29 D C, DM AU$255k 12/31
07 Yunnan Yukun Andrei Burcă
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 32 D C AU$347k 17/31
08 Zhejiang FC Park Jin-Seob
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 29 D C, DM AU$190k 11/29
09 Dalian Yingbo Nicolae Stanciu
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 32 AM LC AU$180k 9/36
10 Shenzhen Peng City Albion Ademi
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 26 AM RL AU$128k 7/29
11 Beijing Guo'an Fábio Abreu
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 32 ST AU$347k 37/42
12 Qingdao West Coast Davidson
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 34 AM L AU$76k 6/26
13 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Alberto Quiles
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 30 AM RL, ST AU$152k 23/26
14 Wuhan Three Towns Gustavo Sauer
AU$13,608
AU$707,616 32 AM RLC, F C AU$67k 8/42
15 Qingdao Hainiu Yaw Yeboah
AU$11,907
AU$619,164 28 WB L, AM RL AU$38k 5/33
A club's weekly bill is the wages we hold for its squad, so WAGES HELD is what that figure and the share beside it are taken over.

Frequently asked questions

Chinese Super League club top earners

Which Chinese Super League club pays the biggest single wage?

Shandong Taishan. Cryzan earns AU$81,270 per week there, AU$4,226,040 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which Chinese Super League club has the lowest paid top earner?

Qingdao Hainiu, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Yaw Yeboah on AU$11,907 per week. Shandong Taishan pays 6.8 times that for its own top earner.

Which Chinese Super League club leans hardest on one player?

Henan FC. Gustavo takes 38% of the AU$143,665 a week the club pays across the 30 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many Chinese Super League clubs are on this list?

All 15 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.