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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$4,226,040 a week between them - 73% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 260 of the 559 players in Russian Premier League.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$4.2m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL73%
MEDIAN AGE27
MOST IN THE LIST21 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 21 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 10 AU$306k Rubin Kazan 3 AU$87k FC Sochi 3 AU$81k FC Rostov 3 AU$79k Akhmat Grozny 2 AU$55k Fakel Voronezh 1 AU$42k 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 38 AU$1.6m
27-30 42 AU$1.7m
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 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
02 Wílmar Barrios
AU$134,190
AU$6,977,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Colombia 31 Defensive midfielder
03 Jhon Córdoba
AU$124,740
AU$6,486,480 FC Krasnodar Colombia 32 Striker
04 Luiz Henrique
AU$119,070
AU$6,191,640 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 24 Winger
05 Gedson Fernandes
AU$115,290
AU$5,995,080 Spartak Moscow Portugal 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
06 Matheus Reis
AU$107,730
AU$5,601,960 CSKA Moscow Brazil 30 Centre-back
07 Mirlind Daku
AU$92,610
AU$4,815,720 Spartak Moscow Albania 27 Striker
08 Esequiel Barco
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 Spartak Moscow Argentina 26 Attacking midfielder
09 Douglas Santos
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 31 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
10 Maxim Glushenkov
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 25 Attacking midfielder
11 Roman Zobnin
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 Spartak Moscow Russia 31 Right-back, defensive midfielder
12 Alexandr Sobolev
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 28 Striker
13 Pablo Solari
AU$64,260
AU$3,341,520 Spartak Moscow Argentina 24 Winger
14 Nail Umyarov
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Spartak Moscow Russia 25 Defensive midfielder
15 Bitello
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Dinamo Moscow Brazil 25 Attacking midfielder
16 Dmitry Barinov
AU$54,810
AU$2,850,120 CSKA Moscow Russia 28 Defensive midfielder
17 Igor Akinfeev
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 CSKA Moscow Russia 39 Goalkeeper
18 Alexandr Maximenko
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Spartak Moscow Russia 27 Goalkeeper
19 Daniil Khlusevich
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 Spartak Moscow Russia 24 Right-back, right midfielder
20 Diego Costa
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 FC Krasnodar Brazil 25 Centre-back
21 Alexander Djiku
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 Spartak Moscow Ghana 30 Centre-back
22 Anton Miranchuk
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Dinamo Moscow Russia 29 Attacking midfielder
23 Felipe Augusto
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 21 Attacking midfielder, striker
24 Ivan Oblyakov
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 CSKA Moscow Russia 27 Left wing-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
25 Luis Chávez
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Dinamo Moscow Mexico 29 Defensive midfielder
26 Arthur Gomes
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Dinamo Moscow Brazil 27 Attacking midfielder, striker
27 Danil Glebov
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Dinamo Moscow Russia 25 Defensive midfielder
28 Clayton
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Fakel Voronezh Brazil 26 Striker
29 Batxi
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 FC Krasnodar Angola 27 Winger
30 Gustavo Mantuan
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 24 Right-back, winger
31 Artem Karpukas
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 23 Defensive midfielder
32 Nino
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 28 Centre-back
33 Luciano Gondou
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 CSKA Moscow Argentina 24 Right winger, striker
34 Alerrandro
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 CSKA Moscow Brazil 25 Striker
35 Ivan Sergeev
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Dinamo Moscow Russia 30 Striker
36 César Montes
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Lokomotiv Moscow Mexico 28 Centre-back
37 Christopher Martins Pereira
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Spartak Moscow Luxembourg 28 Defensive midfielder
38 Igor Diveev
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 25 Centre-back
39 Jhonatan (Jhonatan dos Santos Rosa)
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 22 Attacking midfielder
40 Andrey Mostovoy
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 27 Winger
41 Douglas Augusto
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 FC Krasnodar Brazil 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
42 Alexandr Yerokhin
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 35 Attacking midfielder, striker
43 Danil Krugovoy
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 CSKA Moscow Russia 27 Left-back, right winger
44 Ilja Lantratov
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 29 Goalkeeper
45 Alexandr Lomovitskiy
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Rubin Kazan Russia 27 Attacking midfielder
46 Baqtiiar Zainutdinov
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Dinamo Moscow Kazakhstan 27 Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder
47 Andrey Lunev
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Dinamo Moscow Russia 33 Goalkeeper
48 Alexandr Chernikov
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 FC Krasnodar Russia 25 Defensive midfielder
49 Marquinhos
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Spartak Moscow Brazil 25 Left winger
50 João Victor
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 CSKA Moscow Brazil 26 Centre-back
51 Stanislav Agkatsev
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Krasnodar Russia 23 Goalkeeper
52 Magomed Ozdoev
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Krasnodar Russia 32 Defensive midfielder
53 Nikita Krivtsov
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Krasnodar Russia 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
54 Alexandr Soldatenkov
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 FC Sochi Russia 28 Centre-back
55 Cristian Ramírez
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Lokomotiv Moscow Ecuador 30 Left-back
56 Dmitry Vorobjov
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 27 Striker
57 Srđan Babić
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Spartak Moscow Serbia 29 Centre-back
58 Robert Renan
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 21 Centre-back
59 Arsen Adamov
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Akhmat Grozny Russia 25 Centre-back
60 Moisés
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 CSKA Moscow Brazil 30 Centre-back
61 Tormena
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 FC Krasnodar Brazil 29 Centre-back
62 Gerzino Nyamsi
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Lokomotiv Moscow Cameroon 28 Centre-back
63 Manfred Ugalde
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Spartak Moscow Costa Rica 23 Striker
64 Anton Zinkovskiy
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Spartak Moscow Russia 29 Left winger
65 Nüraly Älip
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Zenit St. Petersburg Kazakhstan 25 Centre-back
66 Vyacheslav Karavaev
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 30 Centre-back
67 Daniil Fomin
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Dinamo Moscow Russia 28 Defensive midfielder
68 Alexandr Kutitskiy
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Dinamo Moscow Russia 23 Defender, defensive midfielder
69 Dmitry Skopintsev
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Dinamo Moscow Russia 28 Left-back, left midfielder
70 Jubal
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 FC Krasnodar Brazil 31 Centre-back
71 Dmitry Chistyakov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 FC Rostov Russia 31 Centre-back
72 Nikolay Komlichenko
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 30 Striker
73 Fasson
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Lokomotiv Moscow Brazil 24 Centre-back
74 Alexandr Siljanov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 24 Full-back
75 Christopher Wooh
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Spartak Moscow Cameroon 23 Centre-back
76 Ilja Samoshnikov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Spartak Moscow Russia 27 Full-back, right winger
77 Ilja Pomazun
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Spartak Moscow Russia 28 Goalkeeper
78 Yury Gorshkov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 26 Left-back
79 Denis Adamov
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 27 Goalkeeper
80 Artem Dzyuba
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Akron Togliatti Russia 36 Striker
81 Henrique
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 CSKA Moscow Brazil 18 Winger
82 Maxim Osipenko
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Dinamo Moscow Russia 31 Centre-back
83 Rubens
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Dinamo Moscow Brazil 24 Left-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder
84 Lucas Olaza
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 FC Krasnodar Uruguay 30 Left-back
85 Kevin Pina
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 FC Krasnodar Cape Verde 28 Defensive midfielder
86 Alexey Mironov
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 FC Rostov Russia 25 Defensive midfielder
87 Anton Mitryushkin
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 29 Goalkeeper
88 Anderson Arroyo
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Rubin Kazan Colombia 25 Defender
89 Danil Prutsev
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Spartak Moscow Russia 25 Defensive midfielder
90 Evgeny Latyshonok
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 27 Goalkeeper
91 Pedro
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Zenit St. Petersburg Brazil 19 Attacking midfielder
92 Egas Cacintura
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Akhmat Grozny Angola 27 Attacking midfielder, striker
93 Ramiro Di Luciano
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 CSKA Moscow Argentina 21 Right-back
94 Juan Cáceres
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Dinamo Moscow Paraguay 25 Right-back
95 Juan Manuel Boselli
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Krasnodar Uruguay 25 Attacking midfielder, striker
96 Ronaldo
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Rostov Brazil 24 Right wing-back, right winger
97 Gustavo Furtado
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Sochi Brazil 24 Winger, striker
98 Alexandr Kovalenko
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Sochi Russia 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
99 Alexandr Rudenko
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 26 Winger, striker
100 Aleksandar Jukić
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Rubin Kazan Austria 24 Attacking midfielder

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$4,226,040 per week and AU$219,754,080 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 21 of them, paying AU$1,141,560 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

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