RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE · ATTACKERS · 2026/27
Highest paid Russian Premier League attackers
Wendel is the best-paid attacker in the Russian Premier League, on £71,000 a week at Zenit St. Petersburg, or £3,692,000 a year. Jhon Córdoba is next on £66,000 at FC Krasnodar. We hold wages for 107 Russian Premier League attackers in 2026/27.
BEST PAID £71k
AVERAGE WAGE £16,420
SHARE OF WAGE BILL40%
TOP 10 A WEEK £494k
WAGES HELD107
The 50 best-paid Russian Premier League attackers
Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | CLUB | AGE | POSITION | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wendel | £71,000£71k | £3,692,000£3.7m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil |
| 2 | Jhon Córdoba | £66,000£66k | £3,432,000£3.4m | FC Krasnodar | 32 | Striker | Colombia |
| 3 | Luiz Henrique | £63,000£63k | £3,276,000£3.3m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 24 | Winger | Brazil |
| 4 | Gedson Fernandes | £61,000£61k | £3,172,000£3.2m | Spartak Moscow | 26 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Portugal |
| 5 | Mirlind Daku | £49,000£49k | £2,548,000£2.5m | Spartak Moscow | 27 | Striker | Albania |
| 6 | Esequiel Barco | £43,000£43k | £2,236,000£2.2m | Spartak Moscow | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina |
| 7 | Maxim Glushenkov | £41,000£41k | £2,132,000£2.1m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Russia |
| 8 | Alexandr Sobolev | £36,000£36k | £1,872,000£1.9m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 28 | Striker | Russia |
| 9 | Pablo Solari | £34,000£34k | £1,768,000£1.8m | Spartak Moscow | 24 | Winger | Argentina |
| 10 | Bitello | £30,000£30k | £1,560,000£1.6m | Dinamo Moscow | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil |
| 11 | Anton Miranchuk | £23,000£23k | £1,196,000£1.2m | Dinamo Moscow | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Russia |
| 12 | Felipe Augusto | £23,000£23k | £1,196,000£1.2m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 21 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil |
| 13 | Ivan Oblyakov | £22,000£22k | £1,144,000£1.1m | CSKA Moscow | 27 | Left wing-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia |
| 14 | Arthur Gomes | £22,000£22k | £1,144,000£1.1m | Dinamo Moscow | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil |
| 15 | Clayton | £22,000£22k | £1,144,000£1.1m | Fakel Voronezh | 26 | Striker | Brazil |
| 16 | Batxi | £22,000£22k | £1,144,000£1.1m | FC Krasnodar | 27 | Winger | Angola |
| 17 | Gustavo Mantuan | £22,000£22k | £1,144,000£1.1m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 24 | Right-back, winger | Brazil |
| 18 | Luciano Gondou | £21,000£21k | £1,092,000£1.1m | CSKA Moscow | 24 | Right winger, striker | Argentina |
| 19 | Alerrandro | £21,000£21k | £1,092,000£1.1m | CSKA Moscow | 25 | Striker | Brazil |
| 20 | Ivan Sergeev | £21,000£21k | £1,092,000£1.1m | Dinamo Moscow | 30 | Striker | Russia |
| 21 | Jhonatan (Jhonatan dos Santos Rosa) | £21,000£21k | £1,092,000£1.1m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil |
| 22 | Andrey Mostovoy | £21,000£21k | £1,092,000£1.1m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 27 | Winger | Russia |
| 23 | Douglas Augusto | £20,000£20k | £1,040,000£1.0m | FC Krasnodar | 28 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil |
| 24 | Alexandr Yerokhin | £20,000£20k | £1,040,000£1.0m | Zenit St. Petersburg | 35 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Russia |
| 25 | Danil Krugovoy | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | CSKA Moscow | 27 | Left-back, right winger | Russia |
| 26 | Alexandr Lomovitskiy | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Rubin Kazan | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Russia |
| 27 | Marquinhos | £18,000£18k | £936,000£936k | Spartak Moscow | 25 | Left winger | Brazil |
| 28 | Nikita Krivtsov | £17,000£17k | £884,000£884k | FC Krasnodar | 22 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia |
| 29 | Dmitry Vorobjov | £17,000£17k | £884,000£884k | Lokomotiv Moscow | 27 | Striker | Russia |
| 30 | Manfred Ugalde | £16,000£16k | £832,000£832k | Spartak Moscow | 23 | Striker | Costa Rica |
| 31 | Anton Zinkovskiy | £16,000£16k | £832,000£832k | Spartak Moscow | 29 | Left winger | Russia |
| 32 | Nikolay Komlichenko | £15,000£15k | £780,000£780k | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | Striker | Russia |
| 33 | Ilja Samoshnikov | £15,000£15k | £780,000£780k | Spartak Moscow | 27 | Full-back, right winger | Russia |
| 34 | Artem Dzyuba | £14,000£14k | £728,000£728k | Akron Togliatti | 36 | Striker | Russia |
| 35 | Henrique | £14,000£14k | £728,000£728k | CSKA Moscow | 18 | Winger | Brazil |
| 36 | Pedro | £14,000£14k | £728,000£728k | Zenit St. Petersburg | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil |
| 37 | Egas Cacintura | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Akhmat Grozny | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Angola |
| 38 | Juan Manuel Boselli | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | FC Krasnodar | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Uruguay |
| 39 | Ronaldo | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | FC Rostov | 24 | Right wing-back, right winger | Brazil |
| 40 | Gustavo Furtado | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | FC Sochi | 24 | Winger, striker | Brazil |
| 41 | Alexandr Kovalenko | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | FC Sochi | 21 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia |
| 42 | Alexandr Rudenko | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Lokomotiv Moscow | 26 | Winger, striker | Russia |
| 43 | Aleksandar Jukić | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Rubin Kazan | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Austria |
| 44 | Anton Zabolotny | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Spartak Moscow | 34 | Striker | Russia |
| 45 | Maksim Samorodov | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Akhmat Grozny | 23 | Winger, striker | Kazakhstan |
| 46 | Georgy Melkadze | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Akhmat Grozny | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Russia |
| 47 | Zelimkhan Bakaev | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Lokomotiv Moscow | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Russia |
| 48 | Lucas Vera | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Lokomotiv Moscow | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina |
| 49 | Matheus Alves | £11,000£11k | £572,000£572k | CSKA Moscow | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil |
| 50 | Konstantin Kuchaev | £11,000£11k | £572,000£572k | FC Rostov | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Russia |
What each position earns in the Russian Premier League
Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for
Attackers take 40% of what the Russian Premier League pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.
The clubs that pay their attackers the most
Every attacker wage we hold at each Russian Premier League club, added together, a week
Zenit St. Petersburg pay 10 attackers £332,000 a week between them, and Wendel takes 21% of it.
The best-paid attacker at every Russian Premier League club
17 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers
| CLUB | PLAYER | WEEKLY | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit St. Petersburg | Wendel | £71,000£71k | 1 |
| FC Krasnodar | Jhon Córdoba | £66,000£66k | 2 |
| Spartak Moscow | Gedson Fernandes | £61,000£61k | 4 |
| Dinamo Moscow | Bitello | £30,000£30k | 10 |
| CSKA Moscow | Ivan Oblyakov | £22,000£22k | 13 |
| Fakel Voronezh | Clayton | £22,000£22k | 15 |
| Rubin Kazan | Alexandr Lomovitskiy | £19,000£19k | 26 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | Dmitry Vorobjov | £17,000£17k | 29 |
| Akron Togliatti | Artem Dzyuba | £14,000£14k | 34 |
| Akhmat Grozny | Egas Cacintura | £13,000£13k | 37 |
| FC Sochi | Gustavo Furtado | £13,000£13k | 40 |
| FC Rostov | Ronaldo | £13,000£13k | 39 |
| Krylja Sovetov Samara | Martin Kramarič | £9,000£9k | 57 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | Stefan Kovač | £7,600£8k | 65 |
| FC Orenburg | Ivan Ignatjev | £5,100£5k | 76 |
| Rodina Moscow | Andrey Yegorychev | £4,500£5k | 77 |
| Dinamo Makhachkala | No wage held | - | - |
The best-paid attacker in every men's league
43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Russian Premier League ranks 16th.
| LEAGUE | BEST PAID | WEEKLY | AVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Pro League | Cristiano Ronaldo | £3,000,000£3.0m | £99,591£100k |
| La Liga | Kylian Mbappé | £497,000£497k | £44,024£44k |
| Premier League | Erling Haaland | £450,000£450k | £92,799£93k |
| Süper Lig | Victor Osimhen | £436,000£436k | £28,205£28k |
| Major League Soccer | Robert Lewandowski | £432,000£432k | £22,732£23k |
| Bundesliga | Jamal Musiala | £414,000£414k | £50,516£51k |
| Ligue 1 | Ousmane Dembélé | £332,000£332k | £29,142£29k |
| Primeira Liga | Jhon Durán | £300,000£300k | £8,858£9k |
| Serie A | Lautaro Martínez | £277,000£277k | £42,915£43k |
| La Liga 2 | Álvaro Morata | £138,000£138k | £6,395£6k |
| Championship | James Ward-Prowse | £125,000£125k | £18,757£19k |
| Eredivisie | Julian Brandt | £124,000£124k | £9,719£10k |
| Super Liga | Thiago Almada | £123,000£123k | £5,256£5k |
| Serie B | Lorenzo Insigne | £92,000£92k | £8,599£9k |
| Brasileirão Série A | Fred | £85,000£85k | £12,689£13k |
| Russian Premier League | Wendel | £71,000£71k | £16,420£16k |
| Belgian Pro League | Hans Vanaken | £70,000£70k | £8,070£8k |
| Superleague Greece | Ayoub El Kaabi | £64,000£64k | £13,954£14k |
| Liga MX | Julián Carranza | £62,000£62k | £9,234£9k |
| Ekstraklasa | Mateusz Klich | £61,000£61k | £3,685£4k |
| 2. Bundesliga | Christian Eriksen | £60,000£60k | £9,170£9k |
| Austrian Bundesliga | Saša Kalajdžic | £53,000£53k | £5,308£5k |
| Croatian First League | Iker Almena | £52,000£52k | £2,068£2k |
| League One | Bobby De Cordova-Reid | £48,000£48k | £5,492£5k |
| Chinese Super League | Cryzan | £43,000£43k | £7,644£8k |
| Scottish Premiership | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | £43,000£43k | £5,076£5k |
| Ligue 2 | Téji Savanier | £39,000£39k | £4,021£4k |
| Danish Superliga | Mohamed Elyounoussi | £37,000£37k | £6,453£6k |
| J1 League | Erik | £36,000£36k | £5,315£5k |
| Czech First League | Muhammed-Cham Saracevic | £26,000£26k | £2,047£2k |
| Categoría Primera A | Luis Muriel | £21,000£21k | £4,564£5k |
| Belgian Challenger Pro League | Alexis Flips | £20,000£20k | £1,862£2k |
| Thai League | Bissoli | £17,000£17k | £2,563£3k |
| A-League | Chris Ikonomidis | £17,000£17k | £1,642£2k |
| League Two | Andreas Weimann | £16,000£16k | £2,954£3k |
| Indian Super League | Dimitri Petratos | £13,000£13k | £985£985 |
| Eliteserien | Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson | £10,000£10k | £1,789£2k |
| Veikkausliiga | Otto Ruoppi | £9,000£9k | £670£670 |
| Scottish Championship | Adam Montgomery | £5,500£6k | £928£928 |
| I-League | Blair Spittal | £4,500£5k | £459£459 |
| National League | James Berry | £4,100£4k | £1,397£1k |
| Meistriliiga | Rauno Sappinen | £1,700£2k | £242£242 |
| Canadian Premier League | Ballou Tabla | £839£839 | £491£491 |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid attacker in the Russian Premier League?
Wendel of Zenit St. Petersburg, on £71,000 a week in 2026/27, or £3,692,000 a year. Jhon Córdoba of FC Krasnodar is second on £66,000 a week.
How much do Russian Premier League attackers earn?
The average Russian Premier League attacker aged 22 or over earns £16,420 a week, and the median one £13,000. Attackers take 40% of what the Russian Premier League pays its players of that age.
Which Russian Premier League club pays its attackers the most?
Zenit St. Petersburg, £332,000 a week across the 10 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Wendel on £71,000.
Who is the highest paid attacker in football?
Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the Russian Premier League ranks 16th of the 43 leagues on that measure.
Where to next
The same Russian Premier League squads, cut a different way
See the highest paid Russian Premier League players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Russian Premier League players are paid at every age, or the Russian Premier League wage bill, club by club.