Highest paid player at every Chinese Super League club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Cryzan of Shandong Taishan leads on £43,000 a week. At the other end, Qingdao Hainiu pays its own best paid player, Yaw Yeboah, £6,300 — a gap of 6.8×.
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
All 15 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank
| # | CLUB | TOP EARNER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | CLUB WEEKLY BILL | WAGES HELD | SHARE OF BILL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  | Cryzan | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 29 | AM RLC, F C | £144k | 36/48 | 30% |
| 02 |  | Ibrahim Amadou | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 32 | DM | £164k | 27/30 | 26% |
| 03 |  | Robert Beric | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 34 | AM RL, ST | £111k | 34/40 | 30% |
| 04 |  | Gustavo | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 31 | ST | £76k | 30/37 | 38% |
| 05 |  | Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 28 | ST | £198k | 37/44 | 14% |
| 06 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Matheus Jussa (Matheus Isaias dos Santos) | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 29 | D C, DM | £135k | 12/31 | 20% |
| 07 | Yunnan Yukun | Andrei Burcă | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 32 | D C | £184k | 17/31 | 14% |
| 08 | Zhejiang FC | Park Jin-Seob | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 29 | D C, DM | £100k | 11/29 | 25% |
| 09 | Dalian Yingbo | Nicolae Stanciu | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 32 | AM LC | £95k | 9/36 | 25% |
| 10 | Shenzhen Peng City | Albion Ademi | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 26 | AM RL | £68k | 7/29 | 29% |
| 11 |  | Fábio Abreu | £19,000 | £988,000 | 32 | ST | £184k | 37/42 | 10% |
| 12 | Qingdao West Coast | Davidson | £19,000 | £988,000 | 34 | AM L | £40k | 6/26 | 47% |
| 13 |  | Alberto Quiles | £16,000 | £832,000 | 30 | AM RL, ST | £81k | 23/26 | 20% |
| 14 | Wuhan Three Towns | Gustavo Sauer | £7,200 | £374,400 | 32 | AM RLC, F C | £35k | 8/42 | 20% |
| 15 | Qingdao Hainiu | Yaw Yeboah | £6,300 | £327,600 | 28 | WB L, AM RL | £20k | 5/33 | 32% |
Frequently asked questions
Chinese Super League club top earners
Which Chinese Super League club pays the biggest single wage?
Shandong Taishan. Cryzan earns £43,000 per week there, £2,236,000 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which Chinese Super League club has the lowest paid top earner?
Qingdao Hainiu, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Yaw Yeboah on £6,300 per week. Shandong Taishan pays 6.8 times that for its own top earner.
Which Chinese Super League club leans hardest on one player?
Henan FC. Gustavo takes 38% of the £76,013 a week the club pays across the 30 squad members we hold a wage for.
How many Chinese Super League clubs are on this list?
All 15 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.