CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE · 2019/20 · ARCHIVE
Shanghai Port 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Oscar on £540,000 per week · see the current Shanghai Port wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.8m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £94m
SQUAD SIZE85
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £45k
Then and now
Shanghai Port pay £197,701 a week in 2026/27 — 89% lower than the £1,807,380 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar | £540,000 | £28,080,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Hulk | £450,000 | £23,400,000 | 32 | Winger | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Marko Arnautovic | £280,000 | £14,560,000 | 30 | Winger, striker | Austria | DEC 2022 | ||
| Odil Ahmedov | £180,000 | £9,360,000 | 31 | Defensive midfielder | Uzbekistan | DEC 2020 | ||
| Ricardo Lopes | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 28 | Winger | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Murehmaitjan | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Cai Huikang | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 29 | Defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Yan Junling | £19,000 | £988,000 | 28 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| He Guan | £19,000 | £988,000 | 26 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Lyu Wenjun | £17,000 | £884,000 | 30 | Winger, striker | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Shi Ke (Ke Shi) | £17,000 | £884,000 | 26 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Yu Hai | £16,000 | £832,000 | 32 | Centre-back, attacking midfielder | China | - | ||
| Wang Shenchao | £14,000 | £728,000 | 30 | Defender | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Fu Huan | £14,000 | £728,000 | 25 | Full-back | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Li Shenglong | £12,000 | £624,000 | 26 | Right winger, striker | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Zhang Wei | £11,000 | £572,000 | 26 | Full-back | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Zhang Wei | £11,000 | £572,000 | 26 | Full-back | China PR | DEC 2020 | ||
| Lin Chuangyi | £10,000 | £520,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Chen Binbin | £8,400 | £436,800 | 21 | Left winger | China PR | DEC 2021 | ||
| Chen Binbin | £8,400 | £436,800 | 21 | Left winger | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Yang Shiyuan | £8,000 | £416,000 | 25 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Zhang Yi | £7,000 | £364,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Sun Le | £6,600 | £343,200 | 29 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Chen Wei | £6,400 | £332,800 | 21 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2019 | ||
| Wei Zhen | £6,000 | £312,000 | 22 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Yu Rui | £6,000 | £312,000 | 26 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Lei Wenjie | £5,000 | £260,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Li Haowen | £4,000 | £208,000 | 25 | Striker | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Wang Jiajie | £3,400 | £176,800 | 30 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Zhang Huachen | £3,000 | £156,000 | 21 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Li Shenyuan | £3,000 | £156,000 | 21 | Right-back | China | - | ||
| Sun Jungang | £2,600 | £135,200 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Xiao Mingjie | £2,400 | £124,800 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Yu Hao | £2,300 | £119,600 | 21 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Gao Haisheng | £2,200 | £114,400 | 22 | Central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Huang Wenzhuo | £2,200 | £114,400 | 20 | Central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Huang Junyi | £2,200 | £114,400 | 24 | Striker | China | - | ||
| Huang Zhenfei | £2,200 | £114,400 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | China | JUN 2023 | ||
| Zhang Enge | £2,000 | £104,000 | 22 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Nie Meng | £1,900 | £98,800 | 21 | Left-back, left winger | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Shi Xiaodong | £1,600 | £83,200 | 22 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Dai Jianjun | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | Right-back | China | - | ||
| Ye Shanqing | £1,300 | £67,600 | 21 | Right winger, striker | China | - | ||
| Zhang Yunkai | £1,000 | £52,000 | 22 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Zhou Zheng | £1,000 | £52,000 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | China | - | ||
| Zhu Jiayi | £1,000 | £52,000 | 20 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Liu Zhurun | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | Left winger | China | - | ||
| Guo Tong | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| Chen Chunxin | £960 | £49,920 | 21 | Central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Mao Rui | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Sun Guan'ou | £880 | £45,760 | 19 | Right midfielder | China | - | ||
| Shi Jian | £880 | £45,760 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | China | - | ||
| Xue-Zhi Chenghong | £830 | £43,160 | 19 | Left midfielder | China | - | ||
| Jia Tianzi | £760 | £39,520 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Sun Jiazheng | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| Sun Enming | £600 | £31,200 | 21 | Defensive midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Shang Wenjie | £600 | £31,200 | 21 | Right winger | China | - | ||
| Zhang Weiyi | £570 | £29,640 | 20 | Left-back | China | - | ||
| Zhang Zhen | £570 | £29,640 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Shang Jinglin | £490 | £25,480 | 20 | Striker | China | - | ||
| Tian Hubo | £480 | £24,960 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Wu Hang | £400 | £20,800 | 26 | Winger | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Wei Lai | £400 | £20,800 | 22 | Left-back | China | - | ||
| Yang Fan | £260 | £13,520 | 24 | Right-back | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Wan Guiwen | £180 | £9,360 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Ren Lihao | £180 | £9,360 | 18 | Striker | China | - | ||
| Hou Shen | £180 | £9,360 | 19 | Left-back | China | - | ||
| Zheng Zhi | £180 | £9,360 | 20 | Striker | China | - | ||
| Yang Maoshi | £140 | £7,280 | 19 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Zheng Zelong | £140 | £7,280 | 21 | Central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Yan Changcheng | £140 | £7,280 | 18 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| Fu Wenhao | £140 | £7,280 | 18 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Hu Xiaodong | £140 | £7,280 | 19 | Left-back | China | - | ||
| Wu Zhengchao | £140 | £7,280 | 21 | Left wing-back | China | - | ||
| Li Mengqi (Mengqi Li) | £140 | £7,280 | 19 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Zhang Muzi (Muzi Zhang) | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Right midfielder | China | - | ||
| Wu Hao | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Left midfielder | China | - | ||
| Zhu Yijiang | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| Chen Huihong | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Zhou Huayi | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right winger | China | - | ||
| Chen Jihao | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Right midfielder | China | - | ||
| Liu Changsheng | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Striker | China | - | ||
| Liu Jiawei | £100 | £5,200 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Zhang Dawei | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Lyu Kunpeng | £100 | £5,200 | 22 | Striker | China | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
37 Under £1k 1%
9 £1k-£2k 1%
12 £2k-£5k 2%
9 £5k-£10k 3%
13 £10k-£25k 11%
1 £25k-£100k 2%
4 £100k+
80%
Top 5 earners took 82% of the squad wage bill, across the 85 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Shanghai Port wages, 2019/20
What was Shanghai Port's wage bill in 2019/20?
Shanghai Port paid £1,807,380 a week in 2019/20 - £93,983,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 85. We hold a wage for all 85 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Shanghai Port player in 2019/20?
Oscar was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £540,000 a week, 12x the 22+ squad average of £44,924.
What was the average Shanghai Port salary in 2019/20?
The average Shanghai Port player aged 22 or over earned £44,924 a week in 2019/20, across the 39 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 85. The top five earners took 82% of the bill between them.
How do Shanghai Port's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Shanghai Port pay £197,701 a week in 2026/27, 89% lower than the £1,807,380 of 2019/20. The current squad is 44 players against 85 then.