Zenit St. Petersburg 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Javi García on £80,000 per week · see the current Zenit St. Petersburg wage bill
We hold a wage for all 80 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 38 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £619,500 a week in 2026/27 — 37% lower than the £984,820 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 9 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javi García | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 29 | DM | Spain | ||
| Javi García | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 29 | DM | Spain | ||
| Branislav Ivanović | £63,000 | £3,276,000 | 32 | D RC | Serbia | ||
| Alexandr Kokorin | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 25 | AM RLC, F C | Russia | ||
| Artem Dzyuba | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 27 | ST | Russia | ||
| Danny | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 32 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| Oleg Shatov | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Ryazantsev | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 29 | AM RC | Russia | ||
| Domenico Criscito | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 29 | D/WB L | Italy | ||
| Igor Smolnikov | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 27 | D/WB R | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Anyukov | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 33 | D RL | Russia | ||
| Giuliano (Giuliano Victor de Paula) | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 26 | AM RC | Brazil | ||
| Alexandr Kerzhakov | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 33 | ST | Russia | ||
| Victor Faizulin | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 30 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Luís Neto | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 28 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Nicolas Lombaerts | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 31 | D C | Belgium | ||
| Artur Yusupov | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 26 | DM | Russia | ||
| Yury Zhirkov | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 32 | D/AM L | Russia | ||
| Yohan Mollo | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 26 | AM LC, F C | France | ||
| Hernâni | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 22 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Róbert Mak | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 25 | AM RL, ST | Slovakia | ||
| Maurício (Maurício José da Silveira Júnior) | £16,000 | £832,000 | 27 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Maurício | £16,000 | £832,000 | 27 | DM | Paraguay | ||
| Yury Lodygin | £16,000 | £832,000 | 26 | GK | Russia | ||
| Ibragim Tsallagov | £9,100 | £473,200 | 25 | D/WB RL, DM | Russia | ||
| Ivan Novoseltsev | £8,100 | £421,200 | 24 | D LC | Russia | ||
| Luka Djordjevic | £7,000 | £364,000 | 21 | AM L, ST | Montenegro | ||
| Pavel Mogilevets | £6,800 | £353,600 | 23 | DM | Russia | ||
| Alexey Gasilin | £3,500 | £182,000 | 20 | AM L, ST | Russia | ||
| Andrey Lunev | £3,500 | £182,000 | 24 | GK | Russia | ||
| Sergey Zuikov | £1,600 | £83,200 | 22 | D RL | Russia | ||
| Artem Vyatkin | £910 | £47,320 | 20 | D C | Russia | ||
| Danila Yaschuk | £880 | £45,760 | 21 | AM RL, ST | Russia | ||
| David Mildzikhov | £880 | £45,760 | 22 | D/WB R, AM RL | Russia | ||
| Evgeny Chernov | £870 | £45,240 | 23 | D/WB L | Russia | ||
| Ilja Zuev | £830 | £43,160 | 22 | D C | Russia | ||
| Maximilian Pronichev | £810 | £42,120 | 18 | AM/F C | Russia | ||
| Leon Musaev | £800 | £41,600 | 17 | DM | Russia | ||
| Maxim Karpov | £790 | £41,080 | 21 | D C | Russia | ||
| Mikhail Kizeev | £790 | £41,080 | 19 | GK | Russia | ||
| Nikita Goilo | £780 | £40,560 | 17 | GK | Russia | ||
| Alexey Yevseev | £770 | £40,040 | 22 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Daniil Lesovoy | £770 | £40,040 | 18 | M C | Ukraine | ||
| Temur Mustafin | £720 | £37,440 | 21 | D L | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Pletnev | £710 | £36,920 | 18 | AM R | Russia | ||
| Danil Krugovoy | £710 | £36,920 | 18 | D L | Russia | ||
| Igor Obukhov | £690 | £35,880 | 20 | GK | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Kirillov | £680 | £35,360 | 18 | AM LC | Russia | ||
| Konstantin Lobov | £670 | £34,840 | 35 | D C | Russia | ||
| Yury Bavin | £670 | £34,840 | 22 | DM | Russia | ||
| Yegor Baburin | £670 | £34,840 | 22 | GK | Russia | ||
| Ilja Kamyshev | £660 | £34,320 | 18 | D RC, DM | Russia | ||
| Alexey Isaev | £640 | £33,280 | 20 | AM RC | Russia | ||
| Daniil Penchikov | £620 | £32,240 | 18 | D R | Russia | ||
| Felix Shalimov | £610 | £31,720 | 19 | D C | Russia | ||
| Konstantin Kotov | £610 | £31,720 | 18 | D R, DM | Russia | ||
| Kirill Makeev | £590 | £30,680 | 18 | AM L | Russia | ||
| Kirill Kostin | £550 | £28,600 | 22 | D/WB R | Russia | ||
| Ilja Ivanov | £530 | £27,560 | 19 | DM | Russia | ||
| Stanislav Mareev | £520 | £27,040 | 20 | D C | Russia | ||
| Sergey Bugriev | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | D C | Russia | ||
| Yegor Denisov | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Vladislav Nikitin | £490 | £25,480 | 19 | D C | Russia | ||
| Anton Zinkovskiy | £430 | £22,360 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Russia | ||
| Stanislav Krapukhin | £340 | £17,680 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Vitaly Gorulev | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | DM | Russia | ||
| Ivan Ivanchenko | £200 | £10,400 | 17 | ST | Russia | ||
| Konstantin Zyryanov | £180 | £9,360 | 38 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Samir Bairamov | £180 | £9,360 | 17 | D R | Russia | ||
| Yury Kozlov | £180 | £9,360 | 17 | AM R | Russia | ||
| Yefrem Vartanyan | £170 | £8,840 | 17 | ST | Russia | ||
| Nikita Kakkoev | £160 | £8,320 | 16 | D C | Russia | ||
| Vasily Zapryagaev | £160 | £8,320 | 17 | D/M L | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Nekrasov | £150 | £7,800 | 17 | ST | Russia | ||
| Maxim Levin | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Mikhail Ponomarenko | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | GK | Russia | ||
| Yefim Boitsov | £110 | £5,720 | 17 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Nikolay Rybikov | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | GK | Russia | ||
| Amir Fattakhov | £80 | £4,160 | 16 | GK | Russia | ||
| Nikita Koldunov | £80 | £4,160 | 16 | AM C | Russia | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 35% of the squad wage bill, across the 80 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Zenit St. Petersburg wages, 2016/17
What was Zenit St. Petersburg's wage bill in 2016/17?
Zenit St. Petersburg paid £984,820 a week in 2016/17 - £51,210,640 across the year - spread over a squad of 80. We hold a wage for all 80 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Zenit St. Petersburg player in 2016/17?
Javi García was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £80,000 a week, 3.2x the 22+ squad average of £25,137.
What was the average Zenit St. Petersburg salary in 2016/17?
The average Zenit St. Petersburg player aged 22 or over earned £25,137 a week in 2016/17, across the 38 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 80. The top five earners took 35% of the bill between them.
How do Zenit St. Petersburg's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £619,500 a week in 2026/27, 37% lower than the £984,820 of 2016/17. The current squad is 33 players against 80 then.