CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE · ATTACKERS · 2026/27
Highest paid Chinese Super League attackers
Cryzan is the best-paid attacker in the Chinese Super League, on £43,000 a week at Shandong Taishan, or £2,236,000 a year. Robert Beric is next on £33,000 at Changchun Yatai. We hold wages for 144 Chinese Super League attackers in 2026/27.
BEST PAID £43k
AVERAGE WAGE £7,644
SHARE OF WAGE BILL51%
TOP 10 A WEEK £258k
WAGES HELD144
The 50 best-paid Chinese Super League attackers
Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | CLUB | AGE | POSITION | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cryzan | £43,000£43k | £2,236,000£2.2m | Shandong Taishan | 29 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil |
| 2 | Robert Beric | £33,000£33k | £1,716,000£1.7m | Changchun Yatai | 34 | Winger, striker | Slovenia |
| 3 | Gustavo | £29,000£29k | £1,508,000£1.5m | Henan FC | 31 | Striker | Brazil |
| 4 | Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) | £28,000£28k | £1,456,000£1.5m | Shanghai Port | 28 | Striker | Brazil |
| 5 | Nicolae Stanciu | £24,000£24k | £1,248,000£1.2m | Dalian Yingbo | 32 | Attacking midfielder | Romania |
| 6 | Valeri Qazaishvili | £22,000£22k | £1,144,000£1.1m | Shandong Taishan | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Georgia |
| 7 | Alexandru Ioniţă | £21,000£21k | £1,092,000£1.1m | Yunnan Yukun | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Romania |
| 8 | Albion Ademi | £20,000£20k | £1,040,000£1.0m | Shenzhen Peng City | 26 | Winger | Albania |
| 9 | Fábio Abreu | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Beijing Guo'an | 32 | Striker | Angola |
| 10 | Wellington Silva | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Chengdu Rongcheng | 32 | Winger, striker | Brazil |
| 11 | Cephas Malele | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Dalian Yingbo | 31 | Striker | Switzerland |
| 12 | Frank Acheampong | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Dalian Yingbo | 31 | Winger, striker | Ghana |
| 13 | Davidson | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Qingdao West Coast | 34 | Left winger | Brazil |
| 14 | Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Shenzhen Peng City | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Netherlands |
| 15 | João Carlos Teixeira | £17,000£17k | £884,000£884k | Shanghai Shenhua | 32 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal |
| 16 | Óscar Melendo | £17,000£17k | £884,000£884k | Shanghai Port | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Spain |
| 17 | Felipe Silva | £16,000£16k | £832,000£832k | Chengdu Rongcheng | 33 | Striker | Brazil |
| 18 | Alberto Quiles | £16,000£16k | £832,000£832k | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 30 | Winger, striker | Spain |
| 19 | Cléber (Cléber Bomfim de Jesus) | £16,000£16k | £832,000£832k | Yunnan Yukun | 28 | Striker | Brazil |
| 20 | Béni Nkololo | £15,000£15k | £780,000£780k | Beijing Guo'an | 28 | Winger | France |
| 21 | Zeca | £14,000£14k | £728,000£728k | Shandong Taishan | 28 | Striker | Brazil |
| 22 | Baihlam | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Chengdu Rongcheng | 22 | Winger, striker | China PR |
| 23 | Wilson Manafá | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | Full-back, right winger | Portugal |
| 24 | Gabrielzinho | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Shanghai Port | 29 | Winger | Brazil |
| 25 | Romulo | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Chengdu Rongcheng | 29 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil |
| 26 | Dai Wai Tsun | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Shenzhen Peng City | 25 | Attacking midfielder | China PR |
| 27 | Fang Hao (Hao Fang) | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Zhejiang FC | 25 | Right-back, winger | China PR |
| 28 | Huang Zichang | £11,000£11k | £572,000£572k | Yunnan Yukun | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China PR |
| 29 | Marko Tolić | £11,000£11k | £572,000£572k | Zhejiang FC | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Croatia |
| 30 | Zhang Yuning | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Beijing Guo'an | 28 | Striker | China PR |
| 31 | Zhang Yuan (Yuan Zhang) | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Shanghai Port | 28 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | China PR |
| 32 | Lu Yongtao | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Shanghai Port | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | China PR |
| 33 | John Hou Sæter | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Yunnan Yukun | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | China PR |
| 34 | Makhtar Guèye | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | Shanghai Shenhua | 27 | Striker | Senegal |
| 35 | Guilherme Schettine | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 29 | Striker | Brazil |
| 36 | Oscar Maritu | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | Yunnan Yukun | 25 | Right winger, striker | Congo - Kinshasa |
| 37 | Bruno Nazário | £8,500£9k | £442,000£442k | Henan FC | 30 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil |
| 38 | Serginho | £8,000£8k | £416,000£416k | Beijing Guo'an | 30 | Attacking midfielder | China PR |
| 39 | Ohi Omoijuanfo | £7,800£8k | £405,600£406k | Changchun Yatai | 31 | Winger, striker | Norway |
| 40 | Rafael Ratão | £7,700£8k | £400,400£400k | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | Winger, striker | Brazil |
| 41 | Gustavo Sauer | £7,200£7k | £374,400£374k | Wuhan Three Towns | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil |
| 42 | Juan Camilo Salazar | £7,100£7k | £369,200£369k | Changchun Yatai | 28 | Winger | Colombia |
| 43 | Tan Long | £7,000£7k | £364,000£364k | Changchun Yatai | 37 | Winger, striker | China PR |
| 44 | Tao Qianglong | £7,000£7k | £364,000£364k | Zhejiang FC | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China PR |
| 45 | Mateus Vital (Mateus da Silva Vital Assunção) | £6,900£7k | £358,800£359k | Shanghai Port | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil |
| 46 | Saulo Mineiro | £6,600£7k | £343,200£343k | Shanghai Shenhua | 28 | Right winger, striker | Brazil |
| 47 | Aziz Yakubu | £6,500£7k | £338,000£338k | Qingdao West Coast | 26 | Striker | Ghana |
| 48 | Feng Jin | £6,300£6k | £327,600£328k | Dalian Yingbo | 31 | Winger | China PR |
| 49 | Yaw Yeboah | £6,300£6k | £327,600£328k | Qingdao Hainiu | 28 | Left wing-back, winger | Ghana |
| 50 | Jhonder Cádiz | £6,100£6k | £317,200£317k | Wuhan Three Towns | 29 | Striker | Venezuela |
What each position earns in the Chinese Super League
Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for
Attackers take 51% of what the Chinese Super League pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.
The clubs that pay their attackers the most
Every attacker wage we hold at each Chinese Super League club, added together, a week
Shanghai Port pay 19 attackers £121,193 a week between them, and Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) takes 23% of it.
The best-paid attacker at every Chinese Super League club
15 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers
| CLUB | PLAYER | WEEKLY | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shandong Taishan | Cryzan | £43,000£43k | 1 |
| Changchun Yatai | Robert Beric | £33,000£33k | 2 |
| Henan FC | Gustavo | £29,000£29k | 3 |
| Shanghai Port | Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) | £28,000£28k | 4 |
| Dalian Yingbo | Nicolae Stanciu | £24,000£24k | 5 |
| Yunnan Yukun | Alexandru Ioniţă | £21,000£21k | 7 |
| Shenzhen Peng City | Albion Ademi | £20,000£20k | 8 |
| Beijing Guo'an | Fábio Abreu | £19,000£19k | 9 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Wellington Silva | £19,000£19k | 10 |
| Qingdao West Coast | Davidson | £19,000£19k | 13 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | João Carlos Teixeira | £17,000£17k | 15 |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Alberto Quiles | £16,000£16k | 18 |
| Zhejiang FC | Fang Hao (Hao Fang) | £12,000£12k | 27 |
| Wuhan Three Towns | Gustavo Sauer | £7,200£7k | 41 |
| Qingdao Hainiu | Yaw Yeboah | £6,300£6k | 49 |
The best-paid attacker in every men's league
43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Chinese Super League ranks 25th.
| LEAGUE | BEST PAID | WEEKLY | AVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Pro League | Cristiano Ronaldo | £3,000,000£3.0m | £99,591£100k |
| La Liga | Kylian Mbappé | £497,000£497k | £44,024£44k |
| Premier League | Erling Haaland | £450,000£450k | £92,799£93k |
| Süper Lig | Victor Osimhen | £436,000£436k | £28,205£28k |
| Major League Soccer | Robert Lewandowski | £432,000£432k | £22,732£23k |
| Bundesliga | Jamal Musiala | £414,000£414k | £50,516£51k |
| Ligue 1 | Ousmane Dembélé | £332,000£332k | £29,142£29k |
| Primeira Liga | Jhon Durán | £300,000£300k | £8,858£9k |
| Serie A | Lautaro Martínez | £277,000£277k | £42,915£43k |
| La Liga 2 | Álvaro Morata | £138,000£138k | £6,395£6k |
| Championship | James Ward-Prowse | £125,000£125k | £18,757£19k |
| Eredivisie | Julian Brandt | £124,000£124k | £9,719£10k |
| Super Liga | Thiago Almada | £123,000£123k | £5,256£5k |
| Serie B | Lorenzo Insigne | £92,000£92k | £8,599£9k |
| Brasileirão Série A | Fred | £85,000£85k | £12,689£13k |
| Russian Premier League | Wendel | £71,000£71k | £16,420£16k |
| Belgian Pro League | Hans Vanaken | £70,000£70k | £8,070£8k |
| Superleague Greece | Ayoub El Kaabi | £64,000£64k | £13,954£14k |
| Liga MX | Julián Carranza | £62,000£62k | £9,234£9k |
| Ekstraklasa | Mateusz Klich | £61,000£61k | £3,685£4k |
| 2. Bundesliga | Christian Eriksen | £60,000£60k | £9,170£9k |
| Austrian Bundesliga | Saša Kalajdžic | £53,000£53k | £5,308£5k |
| Croatian First League | Iker Almena | £52,000£52k | £2,068£2k |
| League One | Bobby De Cordova-Reid | £48,000£48k | £5,492£5k |
| Chinese Super League | Cryzan | £43,000£43k | £7,644£8k |
| Scottish Premiership | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | £43,000£43k | £5,076£5k |
| Ligue 2 | Téji Savanier | £39,000£39k | £4,021£4k |
| Danish Superliga | Mohamed Elyounoussi | £37,000£37k | £6,453£6k |
| J1 League | Erik | £36,000£36k | £5,315£5k |
| Czech First League | Muhammed-Cham Saracevic | £26,000£26k | £2,047£2k |
| Categoría Primera A | Luis Muriel | £21,000£21k | £4,564£5k |
| Belgian Challenger Pro League | Alexis Flips | £20,000£20k | £1,862£2k |
| Thai League | Bissoli | £17,000£17k | £2,563£3k |
| A-League | Chris Ikonomidis | £17,000£17k | £1,642£2k |
| League Two | Andreas Weimann | £16,000£16k | £2,954£3k |
| Indian Super League | Dimitri Petratos | £13,000£13k | £985£985 |
| Eliteserien | Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson | £10,000£10k | £1,789£2k |
| Veikkausliiga | Otto Ruoppi | £9,000£9k | £670£670 |
| Scottish Championship | Adam Montgomery | £5,500£6k | £928£928 |
| I-League | Blair Spittal | £4,500£5k | £459£459 |
| National League | James Berry | £4,100£4k | £1,397£1k |
| Meistriliiga | Rauno Sappinen | £1,700£2k | £242£242 |
| Canadian Premier League | Ballou Tabla | £839£839 | £491£491 |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid attacker in the Chinese Super League?
Cryzan of Shandong Taishan, on £43,000 a week in 2026/27, or £2,236,000 a year. Robert Beric of Changchun Yatai is second on £33,000 a week.
How much do Chinese Super League attackers earn?
The average Chinese Super League attacker aged 22 or over earns £7,644 a week, and the median one £6,000. Attackers take 51% of what the Chinese Super League pays its players of that age.
Which Chinese Super League club pays its attackers the most?
Shanghai Port, £121,193 a week across the 19 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza) on £28,000.
Who is the highest paid attacker in football?
Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the Chinese Super League ranks 25th of the 43 leagues on that measure.
Where to next
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See the highest paid Chinese Super League players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Chinese Super League players are paid at every age, or the Chinese Super League wage bill, club by club.