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Russian Premier League player wages

The 17 clubs we track in Russian Premier League pay a combined AU$5,769,408 a week. Wílmar Barrios is the best paid, on AU$134,190 a week.

WEEKLY WAGE BILLAU$5.8m
YEARLY WAGE BILLAU$300m
AVERAGE WEEKLY AU$27k
CLUBS TRACKED17
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Wage bill by club

Total weekly spend on player wages

Top club spends 125.8× the bottom club
Zenit St. Petersburg
AU$1.2m Spartak Moscow
AU$998k Dinamo Moscow
AU$632k CSKA Moscow
AU$606k FC Krasnodar
AU$574k Lokomotiv Moscow
AU$423k Rubin Kazan
AU$356k FC Rostov
AU$301k FC Sochi
AU$263k Akhmat Grozny
AU$223k Akron Togliatti
AU$47k Fakel Voronezh
AU$42k Krylja Sovetov Samara
AU$31k Rodina Moscow
AU$21k Dinamo Makhachkala
AU$16k Baltika Kaliningrad
AU$14k FC Orenburg
AU$10k

Highest paid in Russian Premier League

Top 10 earners take 19% of the league's wage bill

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01 Wílmar Barrios Zenit St. Petersburg
AU$134,190
02 Wendel Zenit St. Petersburg
AU$134,190
03 Jhon Córdoba FC Krasnodar
AU$124,740
04 Luiz Henrique Zenit St. Petersburg
AU$119,070
05 Gedson Fernandes Spartak Moscow
AU$115,290
06 Matheus Reis CSKA Moscow
AU$107,730
07 Mirlind Daku Spartak Moscow
AU$92,610
08 Esequiel Barco Spartak Moscow
AU$81,270
09 Douglas Santos Zenit St. Petersburg
AU$81,270
10 Maxim Glushenkov Zenit St. Petersburg
AU$77,490
11 Roman Zobnin Spartak Moscow
AU$73,710
12 Alexandr Sobolev Zenit St. Petersburg
AU$68,040
13 Pablo Solari Spartak Moscow
AU$64,260
14 Nail Umyarov Spartak Moscow
AU$60,480
15 Bitello Dinamo Moscow
AU$56,700
16 Dmitry Barinov CSKA Moscow
AU$54,810
17 Igor Akinfeev CSKA Moscow
AU$52,920
18 Alexandr Maximenko Spartak Moscow
AU$52,920
19 Daniil Khlusevich Spartak Moscow
AU$47,250
20 Diego Costa FC Krasnodar
AU$45,360

What a Russian Premier League player actually earns

Weekly wage across the 200 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for, of the 559 in the squad lists

Under AU$2k
4% 8 players
AU$2k-AU$4k
4% 8 players
AU$4k-AU$9k
11% 22 players
AU$9k-AU$19k
24% 48 players
AU$19k-AU$47k
48% 95 players MEDIAN AVERAGE
AU$47k-AU$189k
10% 19 players

Median AU$22,680 a week against an average of AU$26,711, across the 200 players this covers.

What each position earns

Average weekly wage, and share of the wage bill, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers
AU$19,790 · 8%
Defenders
AU$24,139 · 31%
Midfielders
AU$31,495 · 21%
Attackers
AU$31,034 · 40%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$612 16-19
AU$6k 20-22
AU$15k 23-25
AU$18k 26-28
AU$20k 29-31
AU$22k 32-34
AU$15k 35+

Where Russian Premier League players come from

Ten most common nationalities in the league

Russia
401 players Brazil
34 players Serbia
10 players Argentina
8 players Colombia
6 players Bosnia & Herzegovina
6 players
Armenia
5 players
Belarus
5 players
Albania
4 players Angola
4 players

Every Russian Premier League club

Wage bill, squad size and top earner. Click a heading to sort.

Every Russian Premier League club, with its weekly and yearly wage bill, squad size, average senior wage and highest earner.
CLUB WEEKLY BILL YEARLY BILL AVERAGE 22+ SQUAD HIGHEST EARNER ON
Zenit St. Petersburg AU$1,212,435 AU$63,046,620AU$63m AU$51,841 33 Wílmar Barrios AU$134,190
Spartak Moscow AU$998,213 AU$51,907,073AU$51.9m AU$44,973 36 Gedson Fernandes AU$115,290
Dinamo Moscow AU$631,956 AU$32,861,687AU$32.9m AU$29,015 33 Bitello AU$56,700
CSKA Moscow AU$606,284 AU$31,526,750AU$31.5m AU$37,350 36 Matheus Reis AU$107,730
FC Krasnodar AU$573,606 AU$29,827,489AU$29.8m AU$28,577 44 Jhon Córdoba AU$124,740
Lokomotiv Moscow AU$423,228 AU$22,007,840AU$22m AU$26,660 39 César Montes AU$39,690
Rubin Kazan AU$355,539 AU$18,488,040AU$18.5m AU$14,906 29 Alexandr Lomovitskiy AU$35,910
FC Rostov AU$301,294 AU$15,667,306AU$15.7m AU$17,399 31 Dmitry Chistyakov AU$28,350
FC Sochi AU$263,122 AU$13,682,345AU$13.7m AU$16,006 23 Alexandr Soldatenkov AU$32,130
Akhmat Grozny AU$223,137 AU$11,603,133AU$11.6m AU$11,302 35 Arsen Adamov AU$30,240
Akron Togliatti AU$47,250 AU$2,457,000AU$2.5m - 26 Artem Dzyuba AU$26,460
Fakel Voronezh AU$41,778 AU$2,172,479AU$2.2m - 31 Clayton AU$41,580
Krylja Sovetov Samara AU$30,807 AU$1,601,964AU$1.6m - 29 Martin Kramarič AU$17,010
Rodina Moscow AU$21,215 AU$1,103,193AU$1.1m AU$4,243 47 Andrey Yegorychev AU$8,505
Dinamo Makhachkala AU$15,541 AU$808,156AU$808k - 24 Houssem Mrezigue AU$13,608
Baltika Kaliningrad AU$14,364 AU$746,928AU$747k - 33 Stefan Kovač AU$14,364
FC Orenburg AU$9,639 AU$501,228AU$501k - 30 Ivan Ignatjev AU$9,639

Frequently asked questions

Russian Premier League wages

What is the total Russian Premier League wage bill?

The 17 clubs we track in Russian Premier League pay a combined AU$5,769,408 per week, or AU$300,009,233 per year, across 559 players.

Who is the highest paid player in Russian Premier League?

Wílmar Barrios of Zenit St. Petersburg, on AU$134,190 per week — AU$6,977,880 a year.

Which Russian Premier League club has the biggest wage bill?

Zenit St. Petersburg, at AU$1,212,435 per week across 33 players.

What is the average Russian Premier League salary?

AU$26,711 a week across the 200 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for. The median is AU$22,680.

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