Chongqing 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Adrian Mierzejewski on £16,000 per week · see the current Chongqing wage bill
We hold a wage for all 43 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 32 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Mierzejewski | £16,000 | £832,000 | 34 | AM LC | Poland | ||
| Fernandinho | £15,000 | £780,000 | 35 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Dostonbek Tursunov | £8,400 | £436,800 | 26 | D C | Uzbekistan | ||
| Jiang Zhe | £5,100 | £265,200 | 32 | D/WB R, DM, M R | China | ||
| Feng Jin | £4,300 | £223,600 | 27 | AM RL | China | ||
| Deng Xiaofei | £3,400 | £176,800 | 38 | GK | China | ||
| Chen Jie | £3,400 | £176,800 | 31 | AM RC | China | ||
| Yang Shuai | £3,300 | £171,600 | 24 | D C | China | ||
| Liu Le | £3,000 | £156,000 | 32 | D RL, M L | China | ||
| Sun Kai | £2,600 | £135,200 | 30 | D/WB L | China | ||
| Dong Honglin | £2,400 | £124,800 | 25 | AM RC, F C | China | ||
| Yin Congyao | £2,300 | £119,600 | 24 | DM, AM C | China | ||
| Huang Xiyang (Xiyang Huang) | £2,200 | £114,400 | 36 | DM, AM C | China | ||
| Zhang Xiao (Xiao Zhang) | £2,000 | £104,000 | 32 | ST | China | ||
| Zhang Xingbo (Xingbo Zhang) | £2,000 | £104,000 | 27 | AM LC | China | ||
| Wang Fan (Fan Wang) | £1,400 | £72,800 | 34 | D/AM RL | China | ||
| Wu Qing | £1,400 | £72,800 | 40 | WB L, AM RL, ST | China | ||
| Chen Zhao | £1,400 | £72,800 | 24 | GK | China | ||
| Xu Wu | £1,400 | £72,800 | 28 | D C | China | ||
| Yerjet | £1,300 | £67,600 | 28 | GK | China | ||
| Luo Hao | £1,000 | £52,000 | 26 | D C | China | ||
| Baxtiyar | £980 | £50,960 | 22 | DM | China | ||
| Cao Dong | £720 | £37,440 | 23 | D C, ST | China | ||
| Wen Tianpeng | £520 | £27,040 | 24 | AM/F C | China | ||
| Chen Kejiang | £500 | £26,000 | 24 | D R, M C | China | ||
| Sun Xuelong (Xuelong Sun) | £480 | £24,960 | 22 | AM C | China | ||
| Chen Qi (Qi Chen) | £400 | £20,800 | 30 | China | |||
| Pan Long | £270 | £14,040 | 21 | GK | China | ||
| Yang Rui (Rui Yang) | £210 | £10,920 | 32 | China | |||
| He Jiantao | £200 | £10,400 | 25 | AM RL | China | ||
| Huang Jiahao | £170 | £8,840 | 21 | ST | China | ||
| Zhang Xiang | £170 | £8,840 | 20 | D C | China | ||
| Wen Haitao | £170 | £8,840 | 21 | M L | China | ||
| Chen Pengyu | £170 | £8,840 | 21 | WB L | China | ||
| Zhao Boyuan | £170 | £8,840 | 22 | M C | China | ||
| Fan Weixiang | £170 | £8,840 | 24 | GK | China | ||
| Deng Jiaxing (Jiaxing Deng) | £170 | £8,840 | 20 | ST | China | ||
| Hu Xingyu (Xingyu Hu) | £170 | £8,840 | 19 | AM/F C | China | ||
| Li Mengqi (Mengqi Li) | £170 | £8,840 | 21 | D C | China | ||
| Long Zewen (Zewen Long) | £170 | £8,840 | 19 | AM C | China | ||
| Man Yuan | £170 | £8,840 | 21 | WB L | China | ||
| Li Rui | £170 | £8,840 | 22 | D C | China | ||
| Huang Lei (Lei Huang) | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | ST | China | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 54% of the squad wage bill, across the 43 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Chongqing wages, 2021/22
What was Chongqing's wage bill in 2021/22?
Chongqing paid £89,680 a week in 2021/22 - £4,663,360 across the year - spread over a squad of 43. We hold a wage for all 43 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Chongqing player in 2021/22?
Adrian Mierzejewski was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £16,000 a week, 5.8x the 22+ squad average of £2,744.
What was the average Chongqing salary in 2021/22?
The average Chongqing player aged 22 or over earned £2,744 a week in 2021/22, across the 32 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 43. The top five earners took 54% of the bill between them.