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Chongqing 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Alan Kardec on £99,000 per week · see the current Chongqing wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £289k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £15m
SQUAD SIZE52
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £8k
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 18 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Kardec | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | 31 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2020 | ||
| Fernandinho | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 34 | Wide midfielder, winger | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| Marcelo Cirino | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | DEC 2022 | ||
| Marcinho | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 25 | Right midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Dostonbek Tursunov | £18,000 | £936,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Uzbekistan | - | ||
| Feng Jin | £13,000 | £676,000 | 26 | Wide midfielder, winger | China | - | ||
| Chen Lei | £8,400 | £436,800 | 34 | Full-back | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Sui Weijie | £7,600 | £395,200 | 37 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| Deng Xiaofei | £7,400 | £384,800 | 37 | Goalkeeper | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Chen Jie | £6,400 | £332,800 | 30 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2023 | ||
| Yuan Mincheng | £6,000 | £312,000 | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | China | - | ||
| Dong Honglin | £5,400 | £280,800 | 24 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | - | ||
| Liu Le | £5,000 | £260,000 | 31 | Full-back, left midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Wu Qing | £4,400 | £228,800 | 39 | Left wing-back, left midfielder, winger, striker | China | - | ||
| Xu Wu | £4,400 | £228,800 | 27 | Centre-back | China | JUN 2021 | ||
| Cui Yongzhe | £3,400 | £176,800 | 33 | Right-back, central midfielder, winger | China | - | ||
| Huang Xiyang (Xiyang Huang) | £3,200 | £166,400 | 35 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | - | ||
| Yerjet | £2,300 | £119,600 | 27 | Goalkeeper | China | FEB 2022 | ||
| Luo Hao | £2,000 | £104,000 | 25 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Wang Weicheng | £1,400 | £72,800 | 28 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Wang Min | £811 | £42,172 | 25 | Goalkeeper | China | JAN 2021 | ||
| Baxtiyar | £749 | £38,948 | 21 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Cao Dong | £739 | £38,428 | 22 | Centre-back, striker | China | - | ||
| Erpanjan (Erpanjan Aniwar) | £719 | £37,388 | 22 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Chen Kejiang | £613 | £31,876 | 23 | Right-back, central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Chen Tao | £548 | £28,496 | 22 | Right-back, right midfielder, right winger | China | - | ||
| Wen Tianpeng | £539 | £28,028 | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Yin Congyao | £519 | £26,988 | 23 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Yang Shuai | £519 | £26,988 | 23 | Centre-back | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Pan Long | £418 | £21,736 | 20 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| He Jiantao | £276 | £14,352 | 24 | Wide midfielder, winger | China | JAN 2022 | ||
| Wang Shiwei | £149 | £7,748 | 21 | Right-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | China | - | ||
| Hu Xingyu (Xingyu Hu) | £141 | £7,332 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | China | - | ||
| Zhang Cheng | £141 | £7,332 | 27 | Right winger, striker | China | DEC 2020 | ||
| Shang Shiqi | £104 | £5,408 | 23 | Goalkeeper | China | - | ||
| Deng Jiaxing (Jiaxing Deng) | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Striker | China | - | ||
| Zhang Haoyang | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Striker | China | AUG 2021 | ||
| Lei Shengting | £100 | £5,200 | 22 | Left-back, left midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Li Rui | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Centre-back | China | - | ||
| Huang Jiahao | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | Striker | China | MAR 2022 | ||
| Ma Defu | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Left-back | China | - | ||
| Kong Longxing | £100 | £5,200 | 22 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | China | - | ||
| Jiang Yu | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | China | FEB 2021 | ||
| Xrzat | £100 | £5,200 | 23 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | China | - | ||
| Man Yuan | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Left wing-back | China | - | ||
| Wen Haitao | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | China | FEB 2022 | ||
| Chen Pengyu | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | Left wing-back | China | FEB 2022 | ||
| Fan Weixiang | £100 | £5,200 | 23 | Goalkeeper | China | AUG 2021 | ||
| Zhang-Yan Duke | £100 | £5,200 | 22 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2021 | ||
| Zhang Mengxuan (Mengxuan Zhang) | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Left-back | China | - | ||
| Zhao Boyuan | £100 | £5,200 | 21 | Central midfielder | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Huang Lei (Lei Huang) | £55 | £2,860 | 17 | Striker | China | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
32 Under £1k 3%
1 £1k-£2k 0%
6 £2k-£5k 7%
7 £5k-£10k 16%
3 £10k-£25k 19%
3 £25k-£100k 55%
Top 5 earners took 69% of the squad wage bill, across the 52 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Chongqing wages, 2020/21
What was Chongqing's wage bill in 2020/21?
Chongqing paid £288,940 a week in 2020/21 - £15,024,880 across the year - spread over a squad of 52. We hold a wage for all 52 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Chongqing player in 2020/21?
Alan Kardec was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £99,000 a week, 12.4x the 22+ squad average of £7,954.
What was the average Chongqing salary in 2020/21?
The average Chongqing player aged 22 or over earned £7,954 a week in 2020/21, across the 36 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 52. The top five earners took 69% of the bill between them.