Highest paid player at every Russian Premier League club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Wílmar Barrios of Zenit St. Petersburg leads on $95,850 a week. At the other end, Fakel Voronezh pays its own best paid player, Maxim Turischev, $142 — a gap of 676×.
The best paid at each club
Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most
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
Every club's top earner
16 of the 17 clubs we track are ranked, one row each. We hold no wage for any player at the other one, so it sits under the table rather than being ranked on a figure we do not have. Tap a column heading to re-rank
| # | CLUB | TOP EARNER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | CLUB WEEKLY BILL | WAGES HELD | SHARE OF BILL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  | Wílmar Barrios | $95,850 | $4,984,200 | 31 | DM | $836k | 25/33 | 11% |
| 02 |  | Jhon Córdoba | $89,100 | $4,633,200 | 32 | ST | $410k | 22/45 | 22% |
| 03 |  | Gedson Fernandes | $82,350 | $4,282,200 | 26 | DM, AM C | $713k | 25/36 | 12% |
| 04 |  | Matheus Reis | $76,950 | $4,001,400 | 30 | D LC | $433k | 26/36 | 18% |
| 05 |  | Bitello | $40,500 | $2,106,000 | 25 | AM LC | $451k | 28/33 | 9% |
| 06 | Krylja Sovetov Samara | Ilzat Akhmetov | $35,100 | $1,825,200 | 27 | AM RLC | $41k | 3/30 | 86% |
| 07 |  | Artem Karpukas | $29,700 | $1,544,400 | 23 | DM | $332k | 26/39 | 9% |
| 08 |  | Alexandr Lomovitskiy | $25,650 | $1,333,800 | 27 | AM RLC | $266k | 27/30 | 10% |
| 09 |  | Alexandr Soldatenkov | $22,950 | $1,193,400 | 28 | D C | $253k | 26/28 | 9% |
| 10 |  | Arsen Adamov | $21,600 | $1,123,200 | 25 | D RC | $159k | 22/35 | 14% |
| 11 |  | Dmitry Chistyakov | $20,250 | $1,053,000 | 31 | D C | $215k | 22/31 | 9% |
| 12 | Akron Togliatti | Artem Dzyuba | $18,900 | $982,800 | 36 | ST | $28k | 2/24 | 66% |
| 13 | Baltika Kaliningrad | Stefan Kovač | $10,260 | $533,520 | 26 | DM, AM C | $10k | 1/34 | 100% |
| 14 | Dinamo Makhachkala | Houssem Mrezigue | $9,720 | $505,440 | 25 | DM | $11k | 2/25 | 88% |
| 15 | Rodina Moscow | Andrey Yegorychev | $6,075 | $315,900 | 32 | AM RC | $11k | 4/48 | 56% |
| 16 | Fakel Voronezh | Maxim Turischev | $142 | $7,371 | 23 | ST | $142 | 1/30 | 100% |
Clubs with no wage on record
1 club here has no player we hold a wage for, so it has no top earner to rank. Squads, and any wage we do add, show on the club pages.
Frequently asked questions
Russian Premier League club top earners
Which Russian Premier League club pays the biggest single wage?
Zenit St. Petersburg. Wílmar Barrios earns $95,850 per week there, $4,984,200 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which Russian Premier League club has the lowest paid top earner?
Fakel Voronezh, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Maxim Turischev on $142 per week. Zenit St. Petersburg pays 676 times that for its own top earner.
Which Russian Premier League club leans hardest on one player?
FC Krasnodar. Jhon Córdoba takes 22% of the $409,718 a week the club pays across the 22 squad members we hold a wage for.
How many Russian Premier League clubs are on this list?
16 of the 17 clubs we track are ranked, one row each. We hold no wage for any player at the other one, so it sits under the table rather than being ranked on a figure we do not have.