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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RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE · TOP 100

Highest paid Russian Premier League players

Wendel leads on AU$134,190 per week. These 100 players take AU$4,235,490 a week between them - 73% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 262 of the 569 players in Russian Premier League.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$4.2m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL73%
MEDIAN AGE27
MOST IN THE LIST20 Zenit St. Petersburg
Russian Premier League league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Zenit St. Petersburg 20 AU$1.1m Spartak Moscow 18 AU$911k FC Krasnodar 13 AU$516k Dinamo Moscow 14 AU$495k CSKA Moscow 11 AU$486k Lokomotiv Moscow 11 AU$348k FC Sochi 4 AU$108k FC Rostov 3 AU$79k Rubin Kazan 2 AU$62k Akhmat Grozny 2 AU$55k Krylja Sovetov Samara 1 AU$49k Akron Togliatti 1 AU$26k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 8 AU$249k
23-26 36 AU$1.5m
27-30 44 AU$1.8m
Over 30 12 AU$680k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$134k #10 AU$77k #100 AU$25k

Wendel earns 1.7× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 5.5× the 100th. Half of the AU$4.2m a week on this page goes to the first 32 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Wendel
AU$134,190
AU$6,977,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 27 DM, AM C
02 Wílmar Barrios
AU$134,190
AU$6,977,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Colombia 31 DM
03 Jhon Córdoba
AU$124,740
AU$6,486,480 FC Krasnodar Colombia 32 ST
04 Luiz Henrique
AU$119,070
AU$6,191,640 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 24 AM RL
05 Gedson Fernandes
AU$115,290
AU$5,995,080 Spartak Moscow Portugal 26 DM, AM C
06 Matheus Reis
AU$107,730
AU$5,601,960 CSKA Moscow Brazil 30 D LC
07 Mirlind Daku
AU$92,610
AU$4,815,720 Spartak Moscow Albania 27 ST
08 Esequiel Barco
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 Spartak Moscow Argentina 26 AM LC
09 Douglas Santos
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 31 D LC, DM
10 Maxim Glushenkov
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 25 AM RC
11 Roman Zobnin
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 Spartak Moscow Russia 31 D R, DM
12 Alexandr Sobolev
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 28 ST
13 Pablo Solari
AU$64,260
AU$3,341,520 Spartak Moscow Argentina 24 AM RL
14 Nail Umyarov
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Spartak Moscow Russia 25 DM
15 Bitello
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Dinamo Moscow Brazil 25 AM LC
16 Dmitry Barinov
AU$54,810
AU$2,850,120 CSKA Moscow Russia 28 DM
17 Igor Akinfeev
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 CSKA Moscow Russia 39 GK
18 Alexandr Maximenko
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Spartak Moscow Russia 27 GK
19 Ilzat Akhmetov
AU$49,140
AU$2,555,280 Krylja Sovetov Samara Russia 27 AM RLC
20 Daniil Khlusevich
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 Spartak Moscow Russia 24 D/WB/M R
21 Diego Costa
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 FC Krasnodar Brazil 25 D C
22 Alexander Djiku
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 Spartak Moscow Ghana 30 D C
23 Anton Miranchuk
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Dinamo Moscow Russia 29 AM LC
24 Felipe Augusto
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 21 AM RLC, F C
25 Ivan Oblyakov
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 CSKA Moscow Russia 27 WB L, DM, AM C
26 Arthur Gomes
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Dinamo Moscow Brazil 27 AM RLC, F C
27 Luis Chávez
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Dinamo Moscow Mexico 29 DM
28 Danil Glebov
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Dinamo Moscow Russia 25 DM
29 Batxi
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 FC Krasnodar Angola 27 AM RL
30 Artem Karpukas
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 23 DM
31 Gustavo Mantuan
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 24 D/WB R, AM RL
32 Nino
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 28 D C
33 Alerrandro
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 CSKA Moscow Brazil 25 ST
34 Luciano Gondou
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 CSKA Moscow Argentina 24 AM R, ST
35 Ivan Sergeev
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Dinamo Moscow Russia 30 ST
36 César Montes
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Lokomotiv Moscow Mexico 28 D C
37 Christopher Martins Pereira
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Spartak Moscow Luxembourg 28 DM
38 Igor Diveev
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 25 D C
39 Andrey Mostovoy
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 27 AM RL
40 Jhonatan (Jhonatan dos Santos Rosa)
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 22 AM LC
41 Douglas Augusto
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 FC Krasnodar Brazil 28 DM, AM C
42 Alexandr Yerokhin
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 35 AM/F C
43 Danil Krugovoy
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 CSKA Moscow Russia 27 D/WB L, AM R
44 Ilja Lantratov
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 29 GK
45 Alexandr Lomovitskiy
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Rubin Kazan Russia 27 AM RLC
46 Baqtiiar Zainutdinov
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Dinamo Moscow Kazakhstan 27 D LC, DM, M LC
47 Andrey Lunev
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Dinamo Moscow Russia 33 GK
48 Alexandr Chernikov
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 FC Krasnodar Russia 25 DM
49 Marquinhos
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Spartak Moscow Brazil 25 AM L
50 João Victor
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 CSKA Moscow Brazil 26 D RC
51 Magomed Ozdoev
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Krasnodar Russia 32 DM
52 Stanislav Agkatsev
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Krasnodar Russia 23 GK
53 Nikita Krivtsov
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Krasnodar Russia 22 DM, AM C
54 Alexandr Soldatenkov
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Sochi Russia 28 D C
55 Cristian Ramírez
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Lokomotiv Moscow Ecuador 30 D/WB L
56 Dmitry Vorobjov
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 27 ST
57 Srđan Babić
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Spartak Moscow Serbia 29 D C
58 Robert Renan
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 21 D C
59 Arsen Adamov
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Akhmat Grozny Russia 25 D RC
60 Moisés
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 CSKA Moscow Brazil 30 D LC
61 Tormena
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 FC Krasnodar Brazil 29 D C
62 Gerzino Nyamsi
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Lokomotiv Moscow Cameroon 28 D C
63 Manfred Ugalde
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Spartak Moscow Costa Rica 23 ST
64 Anton Zinkovskiy
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Spartak Moscow Russia 29 AM L
65 Nüraly Älip
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Zenit St. Petersburg Kazakhstan 25 D LC
66 Vyacheslav Karavaev
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 30 D RC
67 Alexandr Kutitskiy
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Dinamo Moscow Russia 23 D RLC, DM
68 Dmitry Skopintsev
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Dinamo Moscow Russia 28 D/WB/M L
69 Daniil Fomin
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Dinamo Moscow Russia 28 DM
70 Jubal
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 FC Krasnodar Brazil 31 D C
71 Dmitry Chistyakov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 FC Rostov Russia 31 D C
72 Fasson
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Lokomotiv Moscow Brazil 24 D LC
73 Alexandr Siljanov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 24 D RL
74 Nikolay Komlichenko
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 30 ST
75 Ilja Pomazun
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Spartak Moscow Russia 28 GK
76 Christopher Wooh
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Spartak Moscow Cameroon 23 D C
77 Ilja Samoshnikov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Spartak Moscow Russia 27 D RL, AM R
78 Yury Gorshkov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 26 D L
79 Denis Adamov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 27 GK
80 Artem Dzyuba
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Akron Togliatti Russia 36 ST
81 Henrique
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 CSKA Moscow Brazil 18 AM RL
82 Rubens
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Dinamo Moscow Brazil 24 D/WB L, DM, M LC
83 Maxim Osipenko
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Dinamo Moscow Russia 31 D C
84 Kevin Pina
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 FC Krasnodar Cape Verde 28 DM
85 Lucas Olaza
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 FC Krasnodar Uruguay 30 D/WB L
86 Alexey Mironov
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 FC Rostov Russia 25 DM
87 François Kamano
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 FC Sochi Guinea 29 AM RL, ST
88 Anton Mitryushkin
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 29 GK
89 Anderson Arroyo
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Rubin Kazan Colombia 25 D RLC
90 Danil Prutsev
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Spartak Moscow Russia 25 DM
91 Pedro
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 19 AM RLC
92 Evgeny Latyshonok
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 27 GK
93 Egas Cacintura
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Akhmat Grozny Angola 27 AM RLC, F C
94 Ramiro Di Luciano
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 CSKA Moscow Argentina 21 D R
95 Juan Cáceres
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Dinamo Moscow Paraguay 25 D/WB R
96 Juan Manuel Boselli
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Krasnodar Uruguay 25 AM RLC, F C
97 Ronaldo
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Rostov Brazil 24 WB/AM R
98 Alexandr Kovalenko
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Sochi Russia 21 DM, AM C
99 Gustavo Furtado
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Sochi Brazil 24 AM RL, ST
100 Alexandr Rudenko
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 26 AM RL, ST

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Russian Premier League?

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

How much do the top 100 Russian Premier League players earn between them?

AU$4,235,490 per week and AU$220,245,480 per year, which is 73% of the entire Russian Premier League wage bill.

Which Russian Premier League club has the most players in the top 100?

Zenit St. Petersburg, with 20 of them, paying AU$1,099,980 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$24,570 per week — that is what Alexandr Rudenko earns in 100th place.