BRASILEIRÃO SÉRIE A · 2019/20 · ARCHIVE
Santos 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Carlos Sánchez on £73,000 per week · see the current Santos wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £302k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £16m
SQUAD SIZE77
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £10k
Then and now
Santos pay £164,935 a week in 2026/27 — 45% lower than the £302,030 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Sánchez | £73,000 | £3,796,000 | 34 | Attacking midfielder | Uruguay | JUL 2021 | ||
| Bryan Ruíz | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 33 | Attacking midfielder | Costa Rica | DEC 2020 | ||
| Fernando Uribe | £19,000 | £988,000 | 31 | Striker | Colombia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Eduardo Sasha | £15,000 | £780,000 | 27 | Left winger, striker | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Lucas Veríssimo (Lucas Veríssimo da Silva) | £11,000 | £572,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Diego Pituca (Diego Cristiano Evaristo) | £9,400 | £488,800 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | MAY 2023 | ||
| Felipe Aguilar | £9,300 | £483,600 | 26 | Centre-back | Colombia | JAN 2021 | ||
| Luiz Felipe | £9,000 | £468,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Madson | £9,000 | £468,000 | 27 | Right-back, right winger | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Marinho (Mário Sérgio Santos Costa) | £9,000 | £468,000 | 29 | Winger, striker | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Pará | £8,800 | £457,600 | 33 | Full-back | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Alison | £7,500 | £390,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Daniel Guedes | £7,400 | £384,800 | 25 | Right-back | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jean Mota (Jean Mota Oliveira de Sousa) | £7,100 | £369,200 | 25 | Left-back, attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Yeferson Soteldo | £7,000 | £364,000 | 22 | Winger, striker | Venezuela | DEC 2023 | ||
| Luan Peres | £7,000 | £364,000 | 24 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Raniel | £6,700 | £348,400 | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Felipe Jonatan | £6,300 | £327,600 | 21 | Left-back | Brazil | FEB 2024 | ||
| Evandro | £6,300 | £327,600 | 32 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Vladimir | £5,500 | £286,000 | 29 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Everson | £4,300 | £223,600 | 28 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Jobson | £4,100 | £213,200 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | APR 2024 | ||
| Alan Cardoso | £3,500 | £182,000 | 21 | Left-back, left winger | Brazil | FEB 2021 | ||
| Diogo Vítor | £3,400 | £176,800 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | FEB 2021 | ||
| Jackson Porozo | £3,100 | £161,200 | 18 | Centre-back | Ecuador | AUG 2020 | ||
| Kaio Jorge | £3,000 | £156,000 | 17 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| Lucas Venuto | £3,000 | £156,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Guilherme Nunes | £2,200 | £114,400 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | APR 2023 | ||
| João Paulo | £2,100 | £109,200 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | SEP 2021 | ||
| Yuri Alberto (Yuri Alberto Monteiro da Silva) | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | Right winger, striker | Brazil | JUL 2020 | ||
| Allanzinho | £990 | £51,480 | 19 | Left winger | Brazil | - | ||
| Donizete | £960 | £49,920 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Cadu | £720 | £37,440 | 17 | Right-back | Brazil | SEP 2021 | ||
| Victor Yan | £640 | £33,280 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | AUG 2022 | ||
| Gabriel Oliveira | £520 | £27,040 | 20 | Centre-back | Brazil | FEB 2021 | ||
| Matheus Moraes | £520 | £27,040 | 19 | Striker | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alexandre Tam | £480 | £24,960 | 20 | Right winger, striker | Brazil | APR 2022 | ||
| Gabriel Pirani | £470 | £24,440 | 17 | Left winger | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Sandry | £460 | £23,920 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUL 2022 | ||
| Tailson | £450 | £23,400 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUL 2024 | ||
| Arthur Gomes | £440 | £22,880 | 20 | Winger | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| John | £440 | £22,880 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Marcos Leonardo | £410 | £21,320 | 16 | Left winger, striker | Brazil | OCT 2022 | ||
| Ivonei | £400 | £20,800 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | SEP 2021 | ||
| Bruno Marques | £390 | £20,280 | 20 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Vinicius Balieiro | £320 | £16,640 | 20 | Right-back | Brazil | APR 2022 | ||
| Wagner Leonardo | £310 | £16,120 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Sandro Perpétuo | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | NOV 2022 | ||
| Well | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Lucas Lourenço | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | SEP 2022 | ||
| Lucas Sena | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | MAY 2021 | ||
| Matheus Saldanha | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Pedro Scaramussa | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left-back | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Lucas Barbosa | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JAN 2020 | ||
| Jhonnathan | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Centre-back | Brazil | SEP 2021 | ||
| Mikael Doquinha | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Right-back | Brazil | SEP 2021 | ||
| Heron | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Centre-back | Brazil | MAY 2021 | ||
| Alex Negueba | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| Fernando | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Full-back | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| Lucas Milton | £220 | £11,440 | 20 | Right-back | Brazil | MAY 2022 | ||
| Felipe Carvalho | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Derick | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | Centre-back | Brazil | SEP 2021 | ||
| Alex | £210 | £10,920 | 20 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Paulo | £170 | £8,840 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | SEP 2020 | ||
| Anderson Ceará | £130 | £6,760 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Athos | £130 | £6,760 | 20 | Central midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Gustavo Vilar | £130 | £6,760 | 19 | Centre-back | Brazil | MAR 2020 | ||
| Caio Mota | £130 | £6,760 | 17 | Right winger, striker | Brazil | MAR 2021 | ||
| Robson Reis | £130 | £6,760 | 19 | Centre-back | Brazil | JAN 2021 | ||
| Lucas Yanase | £100 | £5,200 | 23 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Gabriel | £70 | £3,640 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Arthur | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | Left wing-back, attacking midfielder | Brazil | AUG 2022 | ||
| Brayan | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Striker | Brazil | JAN 2022 | ||
| Antônio Gamaroni | £40 | £2,080 | 19 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Breno | £40 | £2,080 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Renyer | £40 | £2,080 | 15 | Right winger | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Giovanni | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | JAN 2020 | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
£73k £48k £24k 0
1722273136
AGE
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
47 Under £1k 5%
1 £1k-£2k 0%
9 £2k-£5k 10%
15 £5k-£10k 38%
3 £10k-£25k 15%
2 £25k-£100k 32%
Top 5 earners took 47% of the squad wage bill, across the 77 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Santos wages, 2019/20
What was Santos' wage bill in 2019/20?
Santos paid £302,030 a week in 2019/20 - £15,705,560 across the year - spread over a squad of 77. We hold a wage for all 77 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Santos player in 2019/20?
Carlos Sánchez was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £73,000 a week, 7x the 22+ squad average of £10,363.
What was the average Santos salary in 2019/20?
The average Santos player aged 22 or over earned £10,363 a week in 2019/20, across the 26 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 77. The top five earners took 47% of the bill between them.
How do Santos' 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Santos pay £164,935 a week in 2026/27, 45% lower than the £302,030 of 2019/20. The current squad is 64 players against 77 then.