Zenit St. Petersburg 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Branislav Ivanović on £65,000 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 27 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 — 1% higher than the £612,750 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branislav Ivanović | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | 33 | D RC | Serbia | ||
| Alexandr Kokorin | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | Russia | ||
| Domenico Criscito | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 30 | D LC | Italy | ||
| Igor Smolnikov | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 28 | D/WB R | Russia | ||
| Emiliano Rigoni | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 24 | AM RL | Argentina | ||
| Victor Faizulin | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 31 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Sebastián Driussi | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 21 | AM L, ST | Argentina | ||
| Yury Zhirkov | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 33 | D/AM L | Russia | ||
| Matías Kranevitter | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 24 | DM | Argentina | ||
| Emanuel Mammana | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 21 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Alexandr Yerokhin | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 27 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Poloz | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 25 | AM L, ST | Russia | ||
| Daler Kuzyaev | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 24 | DM, M RC | Russia | ||
| Leandro Paredes | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 22 | DM | Argentina | ||
| Andrey Lunev | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 25 | GK | Russia | ||
| Yury Lodygin | £17,000 | £884,000 | 27 | GK | Russia | ||
| Miha Mevlja | £16,000 | £832,000 | 27 | D C | Slovenia | ||
| Anton Zabolotny | £13,000 | £676,000 | 26 | ST | Russia | ||
| Mikhail Kerzhakov | £9,000 | £468,000 | 30 | GK | Russia | ||
| Magomed Ozdoev | £8,900 | £462,800 | 24 | DM | Russia | ||
| Denis Terentjev | £8,400 | £436,800 | 24 | D/WB RL | Russia | ||
| Elmir Nabiullin | £3,300 | £171,600 | 22 | D/WB L | Russia | ||
| Vladislav Sirotov | £2,500 | £130,000 | 25 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Andrey Panyukov | £1,500 | £78,000 | 22 | ST | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Vasyutin | £850 | £44,200 | 22 | GK | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Yelovskikh | £780 | £40,560 | 18 | AM R | Russia | ||
| Ilja Zuev | £770 | £40,040 | 23 | D C | Russia | ||
| Ilja Kamyshev | £750 | £39,000 | 19 | D R, DM | Russia | ||
| Leon Musaev | £740 | £38,480 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Daniil Penchikov | £730 | £37,960 | 19 | D R | Russia | ||
| Mikhail Kizeev | £730 | £37,960 | 20 | GK | Russia | ||
| Nikita Goilo | £720 | £37,440 | 18 | GK | Russia | ||
| Nikolay Prudnikov | £690 | £35,880 | 19 | AM RC, F C | Russia | ||
| Alexey Plotnikov | £680 | £35,360 | 18 | D C | Russia | ||
| Sergey Ivanov | £670 | £34,840 | 20 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Anton Sinyak | £670 | £34,840 | 18 | D L | Russia | ||
| Daniil Lesovoy | £640 | £33,280 | 19 | AM LC | Russia | ||
| Kirill Makeev | £620 | £32,240 | 19 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Kirill Kaplenko | £620 | £32,240 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Yegor Baburin | £610 | £31,720 | 23 | GK | Russia | ||
| Tomas Rukas | £600 | £31,200 | 20 | D LC | Russia | ||
| Danil Krugovoy | £590 | £30,680 | 19 | D L | Russia | ||
| Jacob Gardiner-Smith | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | DM | England | ||
| Kirill Aloyan | £560 | £29,120 | 18 | D C | Russia | ||
| Ruslan Kazakov | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Nikita Andreev | £550 | £28,600 | 19 | AM RC, F C | Russia | ||
| Nikita Povarov | £520 | £27,040 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Pletnev | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | AM RC | Russia | ||
| Stanislav Krapukhin | £500 | £26,000 | 19 | ST | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Nekrasov | £490 | £25,480 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Nikita Kakkoev | £480 | £24,960 | 17 | D C, DM | Russia | ||
| Vladislavs Soloveiciks | £470 | £24,440 | 18 | DM | Latvia | ||
| Alexandr Anyukov | £440 | £22,880 | 34 | D RL | Russia | ||
| Konstantin Kotov | £280 | £14,560 | 19 | D R, DM | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Kirillov | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | AM LC | Russia | ||
| Sergey Bugriev | £250 | £13,000 | 19 | D C | Russia | ||
| Vasily Zapryagaev | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | D L | Russia | ||
| Samir Bairamov | £240 | £12,480 | 18 | D R | Russia | ||
| Ilja Skrobotov | £240 | £12,480 | 16 | D C | Russia | ||
| Maxim Levin | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Vitaly Gorulev | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Yefim Boitsov | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | DM | Russia | ||
| Stanislav Utkin | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | D R | Russia | ||
| Ilja Vorobjov | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | AM R | Russia | ||
| Andrey Anisimov | £200 | £10,400 | 17 | D C | Russia | ||
| Yegor Denisov | £200 | £10,400 | 19 | ST | Russia | ||
| Daniil Kultinov | £200 | £10,400 | 17 | ST | Russia | ||
| Ivan Tarasov | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Russia | ||
| Yury Pershin | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Yury Kozlov | £180 | £9,360 | 18 | AM R | Russia | ||
| Nikolay Rybikov | £160 | £8,320 | 17 | GK | Russia | ||
| Konstantin Zyryanov | £160 | £8,320 | 39 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Maxim Bachinskiy | £150 | £7,800 | 17 | AM R, ST | Russia | ||
| Nikita Koldunov | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Ivan Andreev | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | M C | Russia | ||
| Maxim Smirnov | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | D R | Russia | ||
| Mikhail Ponomarenko | £120 | £6,240 | 18 | GK | Russia | ||
| Nodari Kalichava | £80 | £4,160 | 16 | GK | Russia | ||
| Amir Fattakhov | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | GK | Russia | ||
| Pavel Korkin | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D C | Russia | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 40% of the squad wage bill, across the 80 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Zenit St. Petersburg wages, 2017/18
What was Zenit St. Petersburg's wage bill in 2017/18?
Zenit St. Petersburg paid £612,750 a week in 2017/18 - £31,863,000 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 2017/18?
Branislav Ivanović was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £65,000 a week, 3.3x the 22+ squad average of £19,831.
What was the average Zenit St. Petersburg salary in 2017/18?
The average Zenit St. Petersburg player aged 22 or over earned £19,831 a week in 2017/18, across the 27 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 80. The top five earners took 40% of the bill between them.
How do Zenit St. Petersburg's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £619,500 a week in 2026/27, 1% higher than the £612,750 of 2017/18. The current squad is 33 players against 80 then.