CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE · 2020/21 · ARCHIVE
Changchun Yatai 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Serginho on £78,000 per week · see the current Changchun Yatai wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £405k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £21m
SQUAD SIZE73
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £8k
Then and now
Changchun Yatai pay £110,949 a week in 2026/27 — 73% lower than the £404,796 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 23 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serginho | £78,000 | £4,056,000 | 25 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Richairo Zivkovic | £78,000 | £4,056,000 | 23 | Left winger, striker | Holland | DEC 2021 | ||
| Lucas Souza | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 30 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| Jores Okore | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 27 | Centre-back | Denmark | DEC 2023 | ||
| Junior Negao (Gleidionor Figueiredo Pinto Junior) | £14,000 | £728,000 | 33 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| Chen Po-liang (Po-liang Chen) | £12,000 | £624,000 | 32 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Chinese Taipei (China PR) | - | ||
| Jiang Zhe | £11,000 | £572,000 | 31 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | China | JAN 2022 | ||
| Li Xiaoming | £10,000 | £520,000 | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Shi Xiaotian | £9,000 | £468,000 | 30 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Rao Weihui (Weihui Rao) | £8,700 | £452,400 | 31 | Left-back, left midfielder | China | - | ||
| Sun Jun | £8,000 | £416,000 | 27 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Nan Song | £7,900 | £410,800 | 23 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Xue Ya'nan | £7,400 | £384,800 | 30 | Defender, defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Zhou Dadi | £7,000 | £364,000 | 24 | Wide midfielder, winger | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Wang Peng (Peng Wang) | £7,000 | £364,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, striker | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Zhang Li | £7,000 | £364,000 | 30 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Yang Chaosheng | £7,000 | £364,000 | 27 | Winger, striker | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Tan Tiancheng | £6,600 | £343,200 | 28 | Central midfielder, striker | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Erik | £6,300 | £327,600 | 26 | Winger | Brazil | - | ||
| Yan Zhiyu | £6,300 | £327,600 | 27 | Full-back | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Tan Long | £5,600 | £291,200 | 32 | Winger, striker | China | - | ||
| Wang Jie (Jie Wang) | £5,400 | £280,800 | 31 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Mao Kaiyu (Kaiyu Mao) | £4,900 | £254,800 | 29 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Sun Jie | £2,600 | £135,200 | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Dong Yifan | £2,400 | £124,800 | 28 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Cheng Changcheng | £2,400 | £124,800 | 29 | Striker | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Dilyimit | £2,400 | £124,800 | 21 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | China | DEC 2024 | ||
| Cui Qi | £2,400 | £124,800 | 22 | Right-back, right midfielder | China | JUL 2022 | ||
| Guan Hao | £2,200 | £114,400 | 25 | Central midfielder | China | APR 2022 | ||
| Zhao Mingyu | £2,000 | £104,000 | 23 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Li Jiachen | £2,000 | £104,000 | 24 | Centre-back, striker | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Liu Yu | £2,000 | £104,000 | 25 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Zuo Yiteng | £2,000 | £104,000 | 25 | Right-back | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Li Guangwen | £2,000 | £104,000 | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Wu Yake | £1,400 | £72,800 | 29 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Wang Jinliang | £1,400 | £72,800 | 26 | Right winger | China | JUL 2022 | ||
| Xiao Yufeng | £1,400 | £72,800 | 25 | Centre-back | China | FEB 2021 | ||
| Xu Xiao | £1,400 | £72,800 | 21 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Han Zilong | £1,200 | £62,400 | 26 | Left midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Zhu Mingxin | £1,000 | £52,000 | 21 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Li Shangwen | £1,000 | £52,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Han Tianlin | £829 | £43,108 | 23 | Central midfielder | China | JUL 2023 | ||
| Zhang Zijian | £659 | £34,268 | 23 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Feng Shuaihang | £654 | £34,008 | 19 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Cao Ziheng | £627 | £32,604 | 25 | Striker | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Chen Zhenlong | £605 | £31,460 | 19 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Cui Jingming | £553 | £28,756 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | China | MAY 2022 | ||
| Fang Liang | £523 | £27,196 | 23 | Full-back | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Chen Kaijun | £500 | £26,000 | 22 | Goalkeeper | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Zhang Wenjun | £473 | £24,596 | 22 | Left-back | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Feng Wenjun | £470 | £24,440 | 22 | Right midfielder | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| He Wei | £463 | £24,076 | 22 | Right-back, right midfielder | China | FEB 2022 | ||
| Gao Yuqin | £434 | £22,568 | 20 | Goalkeeper | China | FEB 2023 | ||
| Jin Chenglong | £430 | £22,360 | 23 | Centre-back | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Zhang Hengyuan | £420 | £21,840 | 23 | Striker | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Zhang Yusheng | £420 | £21,840 | 23 | Centre-back | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| An Kang | £415 | £21,580 | 20 | Left-back | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Bai Xuesong | £411 | £21,372 | 18 | Striker | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Shi Yuan | £314 | £16,328 | 20 | Goalkeeper | China | AUG 2022 | ||
| Zhang Le | £262 | £13,624 | 22 | Striker | China | FEB 2023 | ||
| Yang Shukai | £254 | £13,208 | 20 | Striker | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Yang Jingfan | £254 | £13,208 | 20 | Left-back, left midfielder, left winger | China | DEC 2023 | ||
| Memet-Ali | £236 | £12,272 | 19 | Striker | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Azmat | £236 | £12,272 | 21 | Left-back | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Azmat | £236 | £12,272 | 20 | Centre-back | China | JUN 2022 | ||
| Yan Xu | £208 | £10,816 | 25 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | APR 2022 | ||
| Zhao Hanyu | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Ci Henglong (Henglong Ci) | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| Li Jiaqi | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | China | - | ||
| Zhu Lei | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | - | ||
| Zhang Jiashuo | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Right winger, striker | China | - | ||
| Fan Chao (Chao Fan) | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | Striker | China | - | ||
| Shi Lishan | £55 | £2,860 | 17 | Left-back | China | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
32 Under £1k 3%
7 £1k-£2k 2%
12 £2k-£5k 7%
14 £5k-£10k 25%
4 £10k-£25k 12%
4 £25k-£100k 52%
Top 5 earners took 55% of the squad wage bill, across the 73 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Changchun Yatai wages, 2020/21
What was Changchun Yatai's wage bill in 2020/21?
Changchun Yatai paid £404,796 a week in 2020/21 - £21,049,392 across the year - spread over a squad of 73. We hold a wage for all 73 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Changchun Yatai player in 2020/21?
Serginho was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £78,000 a week, 10.3x the 22+ squad average of £7,603.
What was the average Changchun Yatai salary in 2020/21?
The average Changchun Yatai player aged 22 or over earned £7,603 a week in 2020/21, across the 52 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 73. The top five earners took 55% of the bill between them.
How do Changchun Yatai's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Changchun Yatai pay £110,949 a week in 2026/27, 73% lower than the £404,796 of 2020/21. The current squad is 40 players against 73 then.