CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE · 2016/17 · ARCHIVE
Shanghai Port 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Oscar on £400,000 per week · see the current Shanghai Port wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £863k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £45m
SQUAD SIZE82
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £30k
Then and now
Shanghai Port pay £197,701 a week in 2026/27 — 77% lower than the £862,700 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar | £400,000 | £20,800,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Hulk | £172,000 | £8,944,000 | 29 | Winger | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Elkeson | £132,000 | £6,864,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | DEC 2019 | ||
| Odil Ahmedov | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | Uzbekistan | DEC 2019 | ||
| Ricardo Carvalho | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 38 | Centre-back | Portugal | DEC 2017 | ||
| Wu Lei | £18,000 | £936,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | China | JAN 2021 | ||
| Cai Huikang | £12,000 | £624,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Yu Hai | £8,300 | £431,600 | 29 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Sun Xiang | £6,600 | £343,200 | 34 | Left-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Lyu Wenjun | £6,000 | £312,000 | 27 | Winger, striker | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Shi Ke (Ke Shi) | £5,600 | £291,200 | 23 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2018 | ||
| Yan Junling | £5,300 | £275,600 | 25 | Goalkeeper | China | JAN 2019 | ||
| Wang Shenchao | £4,400 | £228,800 | 27 | Defender | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Fu Huan | £4,300 | £223,600 | 22 | Defender | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Wang Jiajie | £3,400 | £176,800 | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Lin Chuangyi | £3,000 | £156,000 | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| He Guan | £2,200 | £114,400 | 23 | Centre-back | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Li Shenglong | £2,000 | £104,000 | 23 | Striker | China | DEC 2016 | ||
| Zhu Zhengrong | £2,000 | £104,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Li Haowen | £2,000 | £104,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Sun Le | £1,600 | £83,200 | 26 | Goalkeeper | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Wang Jiayu | £1,400 | £72,800 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Yang Boyu (Boyu Yang) | £1,300 | £67,600 | 27 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zhang Wei | £1,000 | £52,000 | 23 | Full-back | China | JAN 2018 | ||
| Zhang Yi | £1,000 | £52,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Jia Tianzi | £800 | £41,600 | 22 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Zheng Zhiyun | £580 | £30,160 | 21 | Winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Wu Hang | £400 | £20,800 | 23 | Winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Li Jiawei | £230 | £11,960 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2016 | ||
| Wu Haitian | £150 | £7,800 | 22 | Centre-back, right winger | China | DEC 2016 | ||
| Hu Jinghang | £150 | £7,800 | 19 | Striker | China | MAR 2018 | ||
| Sun Jungang | £130 | £6,760 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Liu Xiangcheng | £120 | £6,240 | 21 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Shi Xiaodong | £120 | £6,240 | 19 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2019 | ||
| Chen Sichao | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Wu Qinjun | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zhang Jiaxin | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Lyu Kunpeng | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Striker | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Gao Zhijie | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Striker | China | DEC 2019 | ||
| Lin Yitao | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zheng Zelong | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Jiang Feng | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Striker | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zhang Enge | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Ye Shanqing | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Right winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Xiao Mingjie | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Chen Binbin | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Left winger, striker | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Nie Meng | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Chen Chunxin | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Wei Zhen | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2019 | ||
| Chen Wei | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Xiao Taixi | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Wei Lai | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Left-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Hu Huijun | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Left winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Gong Chunjie | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Chen Zhe | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Liu Jiawei | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Left midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zheng Huangkai | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zhang Dawei | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zheng Haoqian | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Striker | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Yu Hao | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2019 | ||
| Shang Wenjie | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Right winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zhou Zheng | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zhang Huachen | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Lei Wenjie | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Striker | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Gao Haisheng | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Wan Guiwen | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Lu Xiaorui | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | China | DEC 2017 | |||
| Wu Jian | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Left-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Yang Fan | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Right-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Li Shenyuan | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Left-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Ren Wei (Wei Ren) | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Chen Fujun | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Left-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Zhang Jinxin | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Liao Junjie | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Right-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Lyu Jie | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Striker | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Chen Kejiang | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Right-back | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Jiang Zilei | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Right winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Chen Minghui | £80 | £4,160 | 19 | Left winger | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Sun Enming | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2016 | ||
| Cheng Shuai | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Striker | China | DEC 2016 | ||
| Wu Qibiao | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2017 | ||
| Li Yang | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2016 | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
57 Under £1k 1%
5 £1k-£2k 1%
8 £2k-£5k 3%
5 £5k-£10k 4%
3 £10k-£25k 6%
1 £25k-£100k 4%
3 £100k+
82%
Top 5 earners took 89% of the squad wage bill, across the 82 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Shanghai Port wages, 2016/17
What was Shanghai Port's wage bill in 2016/17?
Shanghai Port paid £862,700 a week in 2016/17 - £44,860,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 82. We hold a wage for all 82 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Shanghai Port player in 2016/17?
Oscar was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £400,000 a week, 13.5x the 22+ squad average of £29,551.
What was the average Shanghai Port salary in 2016/17?
The average Shanghai Port player aged 22 or over earned £29,551 a week in 2016/17, across the 29 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 82. The top five earners took 89% of the bill between them.
How do Shanghai Port's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Shanghai Port pay £197,701 a week in 2026/27, 77% lower than the £862,700 of 2016/17. The current squad is 44 players against 82 then.