OTHER CLUBS · 2021/22 · ARCHIVE
GZ City 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Mousa Dembélé on £81,000 per week · see the current GZ City wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £181k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £9.4m
SQUAD SIZE60
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £6k
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mousa Dembélé | £81,000 | £4,212,000 | 33 | DM | Belgium | DEC 2022 | ||
| Guilherme | £19,000 | £988,000 | 30 | AM RLC | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Jown Cardona | £16,000 | £832,000 | 26 | AM LC, F C | Colombia | DEC 2023 | ||
| Li Tixiang (Tixiang Li) | £11,000 | £572,000 | 31 | DM, AM C | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Gui Hong (Hong Gui) | £6,200 | £322,400 | 26 | ST | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Chang Feiya | £5,400 | £280,800 | 28 | AM RLC | China | - | ||
| Cheng Yuelei (Yuelei Cheng) | £4,400 | £228,800 | 33 | GK | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Fan Yunlong (Yunlong Fan) | £3,300 | £171,600 | 32 | AM LC | China | DEC 2023 | ||
| Yang Xiaotian (Xiaotian Yang) | £3,300 | £171,600 | 31 | D/WB/M L | China | - | ||
| Ye Chugui (Chugui Ye) | £3,300 | £171,600 | 26 | AM/F C | China | - | ||
| Yi Teng | £3,300 | £171,600 | 31 | D C, DM | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Zeng Chao (Chao Zeng) | £3,000 | £156,000 | 28 | D/AM L | China | - | ||
| Tan Chun Lok (Chun Lok Tan) | £2,600 | £135,200 | 25 | DM, AM C | Hong Kong (China PR) | DEC 2022 | ||
| Han Jiaqi (Jiaqi Han) | £2,200 | £114,400 | 22 | GK | China | DEC 2023 | ||
| Huang Zhengyu | £2,200 | £114,400 | 24 | D C, DM | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Jin Bo (Bo Jin) | £2,100 | £109,200 | 28 | AM RL, ST | China | DEC 2023 | ||
| Zhang Zhiquan (Zhiquan Zhang) | £1,000 | £52,000 | 28 | AM R, ST | China | - | ||
| Zhou Yùchen | £1,000 | £52,000 | 26 | GK | China | - | ||
| Ning An (An Ning) | £900 | £46,800 | 25 | AM C | China | - | ||
| Wu Wei'an | £650 | £33,800 | 39 | AM LC | China | - | ||
| Li Bin (Bin Li) | £490 | £25,480 | 30 | D RC, DM | China | - | ||
| Qin Wanchun (Wanchun Qin) | £440 | £22,880 | 18 | DM | China | - | ||
| Wang Peng (Peng Wang) | £400 | £20,800 | 23 | AM/F C | China | - | ||
| Zhang Jinliang (Jinliang Zhang) | £320 | £16,640 | 22 | D C | China | - | ||
| Wang Huapeng | £300 | £15,600 | 21 | D R | China | - | ||
| Zhang Jiajie (Jiajie Zhang) | £290 | £15,080 | 24 | ST | China | DEC 2022 | ||
| Tan Jiajun | £290 | £15,080 | 27 | AM RLC, ST | China | - | ||
| Chen Siwei (Siwei Chen) | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | D C, DM | China | - | ||
| Du Zhiqiang (Zhiqiang Du) | £240 | £12,480 | 35 | AM L, ST | China | - | ||
| Li Ming (Ming Li) | £210 | £10,920 | 21 | AM C | China | - | ||
| Che Xumin (Xumin Che) | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | D R | China | - | ||
| Cao Jinlong (Jinlong Cao) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | ST | China | - | ||
| Liang Zheng (Zheng Liang) | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | ST | China | - | ||
| Zhang Chaoqun (Chaoqun Zhang) | £210 | £10,920 | 22 | M C | China | - | ||
| Zhang Fushun (Fushun Zhang) | £210 | £10,920 | 19 | ST | China | - | ||
| Zhang Sijie (Sijie Zhang) | £210 | £10,920 | 20 | D C | China | - | ||
| Yang Yang (Yang Yang) | £210 | £10,920 | 19 | ST | China | - | ||
| Huang Ziyuan (Ziyuan Huang) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | D C | China | - | ||
| Liu Jiqiang (Jiqiang Liu) | £210 | £10,920 | 21 | DM | China | - | ||
| Liu Jiale (Jiale Liu) | £210 | £10,920 | 20 | D R | China | - | ||
| Wen Yongjun (Yongjun Wen) | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | AM RL | China | - | ||
| Fu Yuncheng (Yuncheng Fu) | £210 | £10,920 | 22 | D C | China | DEC 2023 | ||
| Wu Chengru (Chengru Wu) | £210 | £10,920 | 20 | ST | China | - | ||
| Xie Jian (Jian Xie) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | M LC | China | - | ||
| Deng Ziran (Ziran Deng) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | GK | China | - | ||
| Mirzat (Mirzat Ali) | £210 | £10,920 | 16 | ST | China | - | ||
| Diao Jiahao (Jiahao Diao) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | D/WB/M R | China | - | ||
| Liu Ximin (Ximin LIu) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | D C | China | - | ||
| Xue Yuewei (Yuewei Xue) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | AM R | China | - | ||
| Huang Peizhao (Peizhao Huang) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | AM RLC, F C | China | - | ||
| Sun Xiangyi (Xiangyi Sun) | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | GK | China | - | ||
| He Jiaxing (Jiaxing He) | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | D C | China | - | ||
| Ye Shuwen (Shuwen Ye) | £210 | £10,920 | 25 | D/M L | China | - | ||
| Zhong Weihong (Weihong Zhong) | £210 | £10,920 | 17 | DM | China | - | ||
| Liao Jiajun (Jiajun Liao) | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | WB L | China | - | ||
| Pan Weiming (Weiming Pan) | £210 | £10,920 | 42 | GK | China | - | ||
| Tang Zhaoshuang (Zhaoshuang Tang) | £210 | £10,920 | 24 | GK | China | - | ||
| Jin Liangkuan (Liangkuan Jin) | £210 | £10,920 | 19 | D C | China | - | ||
| Ling Chuanbin | £210 | £10,920 | 16 | DM | China | - | ||
| Yu Kunyi (Kunyi Yu) | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | D C | China | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
42 Under £1k 6%
2 £1k-£2k 1%
10 £2k-£5k 16%
2 £5k-£10k 6%
3 £10k-£25k 25%
1 £25k-£100k 45%
Top 5 earners took 73% of the squad wage bill, across the 60 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
GZ City wages, 2021/22
What was GZ City's wage bill in 2021/22?
GZ City paid £181,240 a week in 2021/22 - £9,424,480 across the year - spread over a squad of 60. We hold a wage for all 60 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid GZ City player in 2021/22?
Mousa Dembélé was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £81,000 a week, 14.4x the 22+ squad average of £5,643.
What was the average GZ City salary in 2021/22?
The average GZ City player aged 22 or over earned £5,643 a week in 2021/22, across the 31 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 60. The top five earners took 73% of the bill between them.