CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE · TOP 100
Highest paid Chinese Super League players
Cryzan leads on £43,000 per week. These 100 players take £1,257,600 a week between them - 76% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 300 of the 524 players in the Chinese Super League.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £1.3m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL76%
MEDIAN AGE30
MOST IN THE LIST15 Shanghai Port
Where the top 100 play
Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes
Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rank #1 £43k #10 £22k #100 £6k
Cryzan earns 2× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 7.2× the 100th. Half of the £1.3m a week on this page goes to the first 29 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Cryzan | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | Shandong Taishan | Brazil | 29 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 02 | Ibrahim Amadou | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | France | 32 | Defensive midfielder |
| 03 | Robert Beric | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Changchun Yatai | Slovenia | 34 | Winger, striker |
| 04 | Gustavo | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Henan FC | Brazil | 31 | Striker |
| 05 | Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Shanghai Port | Brazil | 28 | Striker |
| 06 | Matheus Jussa (Matheus Isaias dos Santos) | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Brazil | 29 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 07 | Andrei Burcă | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Yunnan Yukun | Romania | 32 | Centre-back |
| 08 | Park Jin-Seob | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Zhejiang FC | South Korea | 29 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 09 | Nicolae Stanciu | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Dalian Yingbo | Romania | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 10 | Valeri Qazaishvili | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Shandong Taishan | Georgia | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 11 | Alexandru Ioniţă | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Yunnan Yukun | Romania | 30 | Attacking midfielder |
| 12 | Albion Ademi | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Shenzhen Peng City | Albania | 26 | Winger |
| 13 | Fábio Abreu | £19,000 | £988,000 | Beijing Guo'an | Angola | 32 | Striker |
| 14 | Wellington Silva | £19,000 | £988,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Brazil | 32 | Winger, striker |
| 15 | Cephas Malele | £19,000 | £988,000 | Dalian Yingbo | Switzerland | 31 | Striker |
| 16 | Frank Acheampong | £19,000 | £988,000 | Dalian Yingbo | Ghana | 31 | Winger, striker |
| 17 | Davidson | £19,000 | £988,000 | Qingdao West Coast | Brazil | 34 | Left winger |
| 18 | Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere | £19,000 | £988,000 | Shenzhen Peng City | Netherlands | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 19 | João Carlos Teixeira | £17,000 | £884,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | Portugal | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 20 | Óscar Melendo | £17,000 | £884,000 | Shanghai Port | Spain | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 21 | Lucas Possignolo | £17,000 | £884,000 | Zhejiang FC | Brazil | 31 | Centre-back |
| 22 | Dawhan | £16,000 | £832,000 | Beijing Guo'an | Brazil | 29 | Defensive midfielder |
| 23 | Felipe Silva | £16,000 | £832,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Brazil | 33 | Striker |
| 24 | Alberto Quiles | £16,000 | £832,000 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Spain | 30 | Winger, striker |
| 25 | Aitor Córdoba | £16,000 | £832,000 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Spain | 30 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 26 | Cléber (Cléber Bomfim de Jesus) | £16,000 | £832,000 | Yunnan Yukun | Brazil | 28 | Striker |
| 27 | Caio Vinícius | £16,000 | £832,000 | Yunnan Yukun | Brazil | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 28 | Béni Nkololo | £15,000 | £780,000 | Beijing Guo'an | France | 28 | Winger |
| 29 | Bruno Viana | £15,000 | £780,000 | Qingdao West Coast | Brazil | 30 | Centre-back |
| 30 | Uroš Spajic | £14,000 | £728,000 | Beijing Guo'an | Serbia | 32 | Centre-back |
| 31 | Zeca | £14,000 | £728,000 | Shandong Taishan | Brazil | 28 | Striker |
| 32 | Abdulhamit | £13,000 | £676,000 | Beijing Guo'an | China PR | 27 | Defender |
| 33 | Wylan Cyprien | £13,000 | £676,000 | Changchun Yatai | France | 30 | Defensive midfielder |
| 34 | Baihlam | £13,000 | £676,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | China PR | 22 | Winger, striker |
| 35 | Wilson Manafá | £13,000 | £676,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | Portugal | 30 | Full-back, right winger |
| 36 | Gabrielzinho | £13,000 | £676,000 | Shanghai Port | Brazil | 29 | Winger |
| 37 | Bao Yaxiong | £13,000 | £676,000 | Yunnan Yukun | China PR | 28 | Goalkeeper |
| 38 | Qian Jiegei | £13,000 | £676,000 | Zhejiang FC | Gabon | 33 | Defensive midfielder |
| 39 | Romulo | £12,000 | £624,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Brazil | 29 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 40 | Jaume Grau | £12,000 | £624,000 | Shanghai Port | Spain | 28 | Defensive midfielder |
| 41 | Dai Wai Tsun | £12,000 | £624,000 | Shenzhen Peng City | China PR | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 42 | Deng Hanwen | £12,000 | £624,000 | Yunnan Yukun | China PR | 30 | Right-back, right midfielder |
| 43 | Fang Hao (Hao Fang) | £12,000 | £624,000 | Zhejiang FC | China PR | 25 | Right-back, winger |
| 44 | Han Jiaqi (Jiaqi Han) | £11,000 | £572,000 | Beijing Guo'an | China PR | 26 | Goalkeeper |
| 45 | He Yiran | £11,000 | £572,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | China PR | 20 | Defender |
| 46 | Huang Zichang | £11,000 | £572,000 | Yunnan Yukun | China PR | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 47 | Marko Tolić | £11,000 | £572,000 | Zhejiang FC | Croatia | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 48 | Zhang Yuning | £10,000 | £520,000 | Beijing Guo'an | China PR | 28 | Striker |
| 49 | Zou Dehai | £10,000 | £520,000 | Changchun Yatai | China PR | 32 | Goalkeeper |
| 50 | Liu Dianzuo | £10,000 | £520,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | China PR | 35 | Goalkeeper |
| 51 | Li Ang (Ang Li) | £10,000 | £520,000 | Dalian Yingbo | China PR | 31 | Centre-back |
| 52 | Zhu Chenjie | £10,000 | £520,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | China PR | 24 | Centre-back |
| 53 | Zhang Yuan (Yuan Zhang) | £10,000 | £520,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 28 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 54 | Li Shuai | £10,000 | £520,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 29 | Full-back |
| 55 | Lu Yongtao | £10,000 | £520,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker |
| 56 | Zhang Linpeng | £10,000 | £520,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 36 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 57 | Zhao Yuhao | £10,000 | £520,000 | Yunnan Yukun | China PR | 32 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 58 | John Hou Sæter | £10,000 | £520,000 | Yunnan Yukun | China PR | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 59 | Nico Yennaris | £9,000 | £468,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | China PR | 32 | Right-back, defensive midfielder |
| 60 | Makhtar Guèye | £9,000 | £468,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | Senegal | 27 | Striker |
| 61 | Guilherme Schettine | £9,000 | £468,000 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Brazil | 29 | Striker |
| 62 | Oscar Maritu | £9,000 | £468,000 | Yunnan Yukun | Congo - Kinshasa | 25 | Right winger, striker |
| 63 | Bruno Nazário | £8,500 | £442,000 | Henan FC | Brazil | 30 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 64 | Guilherme Ramos | £8,200 | £426,400 | Beijing Guo'an | Portugal | 27 | Centre-back |
| 65 | Jiang Shenglong | £8,100 | £421,200 | Shanghai Shenhua | China PR | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 66 | Serginho | £8,000 | £416,000 | Beijing Guo'an | China PR | 30 | Attacking midfielder |
| 67 | Stoppila Sunzu | £8,000 | £416,000 | Changchun Yatai | Zambia | 36 | Centre-back |
| 68 | Shi Ke (Ke Shi) | £8,000 | £416,000 | Yunnan Yukun | China PR | 32 | Centre-back |
| 69 | Ohi Omoijuanfo | £7,800 | £405,600 | Changchun Yatai | Norway | 31 | Winger, striker |
| 70 | Rafael Ratão | £7,700 | £400,400 | Shanghai Shenhua | Brazil | 29 | Winger, striker |
| 71 | Samir Memisevic | £7,600 | £395,200 | Qingdao West Coast | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 31 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 72 | Yegor Sorokin | £7,300 | £379,600 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Russia | 29 | Centre-back |
| 73 | Gao Zhunyi | £7,200 | £374,400 | Shandong Taishan | China PR | 29 | Defender, defensive midfielder |
| 74 | Gustavo Sauer | £7,200 | £374,400 | Wuhan Three Towns | Brazil | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 75 | Juan Camilo Salazar | £7,100 | £369,200 | Changchun Yatai | Colombia | 28 | Winger |
| 76 | Tan Long | £7,000 | £364,000 | Changchun Yatai | China PR | 37 | Winger, striker |
| 77 | Tyias Browning | £7,000 | £364,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 31 | Centre-back |
| 78 | Tang Miao (Miao Tang) | £7,000 | £364,000 | Yunnan Yukun | China PR | 34 | Right-back |
| 79 | Tao Qianglong | £7,000 | £364,000 | Zhejiang FC | China PR | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 80 | Mateus Vital (Mateus da Silva Vital Assunção) | £6,900 | £358,800 | Shanghai Port | Brazil | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 81 | Pedro Álvaro | £6,800 | £353,600 | Shandong Taishan | Portugal | 25 | Centre-back |
| 82 | Saulo Mineiro | £6,600 | £343,200 | Shanghai Shenhua | Brazil | 28 | Right winger, striker |
| 83 | Aziz Yakubu | £6,500 | £338,000 | Qingdao West Coast | Ghana | 26 | Striker |
| 84 | Chi Zhongguo | £6,400 | £332,800 | Beijing Guo'an | China PR | 35 | Defensive midfielder |
| 85 | Feng Jin | £6,300 | £327,600 | Dalian Yingbo | China PR | 31 | Winger |
| 86 | Yaw Yeboah | £6,300 | £327,600 | Qingdao Hainiu | Ghana | 28 | Left wing-back, winger |
| 87 | Jhonder Cádiz | £6,100 | £317,200 | Wuhan Three Towns | Venezuela | 29 | Striker |
| 88 | Zhang Xizhe | £6,000 | £312,000 | Beijing Guo'an | China PR | 34 | Attacking midfielder |
| 89 | Liao Lisheng | £6,000 | £312,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | China PR | 32 | Defensive midfielder |
| 90 | Wei Shihao | £6,000 | £312,000 | Chengdu Rongcheng | China PR | 30 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 91 | Luo Jing (Jing Luo) | £6,000 | £312,000 | Dalian Yingbo | China PR | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 92 | Wang Dalei | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shandong Taishan | China PR | 36 | Goalkeeper |
| 93 | Xie Pengfei | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | China PR | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 94 | Yang Shuai | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | China PR | 28 | Centre-back |
| 95 | Wu Xi (Xi Wu) | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Shenhua | China PR | 36 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 96 | Álex Yang | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 20 | Centre-back |
| 97 | Yue Xin | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 29 | Left-back, left winger |
| 98 | Li Shenglong | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 32 | Winger, striker |
| 99 | Wu Lei | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 33 | Winger, striker |
| 100 | Wang Zhen'ao | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shanghai Port | China PR | 25 | Full-back, winger |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the Chinese Super League?
Cryzan of Shandong Taishan, on £43,000 per week — £2,236,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Chinese Super League players earn between them?
£1,257,600 per week and £65,395,200 per year, which is 76% of the entire Chinese Super League wage bill.
Which Chinese Super League club has the most players in the top 100?
Yunnan Yukun, with 12 of them, paying £158,000 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£6,000 per week — that is what Wang Zhen'ao earns in 100th place.
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