RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE · 2018/19 · ARCHIVE
Zenit St. Petersburg 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Branislav Ivanović on £65,000 per week · see the current Zenit St. Petersburg wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £979k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £51m
SQUAD SIZE87
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £31k
Then and now
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £641,500 a week in 2026/27 — 34% lower than the £979,380 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branislav Ivanović | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | 34 | Centre-back | Serbia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Claudio Marchisio | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | 32 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alexandr Kokorin | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 27 | Winger, striker | Russia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Artem Dzyuba | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 29 | Striker | Russia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Sebastián Driussi | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Emanuel Mammana | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 22 | Centre-back | Argentina | JUN 2022 | ||
| Matías Kranevitter | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Oleg Shatov | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Igor Smolnikov | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 29 | Right-back | Russia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Yaroslav Rakitskyi | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Ukraine | JUN 2021 | ||
| Christian Noboa | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 33 | Defensive midfielder | Ecuador | JUN 2020 | ||
| Luís Neto | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alexandr Yerokhin | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Magomed Ozdoev | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Elmir Nabiullin | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 23 | Left-back | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Yury Zhirkov | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 34 | Left-back, left winger | Russia | MAY 2019 | ||
| Daler Kuzyaev | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Sardar Azmoun | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 23 | Striker | Iran | JUN 2022 | ||
| Emiliano Rigoni | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Hernâni | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2021 | ||
| Anton Zabolotny | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 27 | Striker | Russia | MAY 2021 | ||
| Andrey Lunev | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 26 | Goalkeeper | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Róbert Mak | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 27 | Winger | Slovakia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Wílmar Barrios | £19,000 | £988,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | Colombia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Miha Mevlja | £16,000 | £832,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Slovenia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alexandr Anyukov | £9,500 | £494,000 | 35 | Right-back | Russia | MAY 2019 | ||
| Mikhail Kerzhakov | £9,000 | £468,000 | 31 | Goalkeeper | Russia | MAY 2019 | ||
| Denis Terentjev | £8,400 | £436,800 | 25 | Full-back | Russia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Dmitry Bogaev | £3,400 | £176,800 | 24 | Full-back, winger | Russia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nikolay Prudnikov | £1,900 | £98,800 | 20 | Right winger, striker | Russia | - | ||
| Tomas Rukas | £1,600 | £83,200 | 21 | Centre-back | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Daniil Penchikov | £850 | £44,200 | 20 | Right-back | Russia | - | ||
| Dmitry Pletnev | £810 | £42,120 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Skrobotov | £810 | £42,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Artem Vyatkin | £800 | £41,600 | 22 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Evgeny Chernov | £760 | £39,520 | 25 | Left-back | Russia | DEC 2018 | ||
| Dmitry Kirillov | £740 | £38,480 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Alexandr Nekrasov | £730 | £37,960 | 19 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Kamyshev | £700 | £36,400 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Kakkoev | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Leon Musaev | £690 | £35,880 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kirill Kaplenko | £690 | £35,880 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Anton Sinyak | £680 | £35,360 | 19 | Left-back | Russia | - | ||
| Mikhail Kizeev | £680 | £35,360 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Goilo | £670 | £34,840 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Alexandr Yelovskikh | £630 | £32,760 | 19 | Right winger | Russia | - | ||
| Sergey Ivanov | £620 | £32,240 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Alexey Plotnikov | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Sergey Bugriev | £600 | £31,200 | 20 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Kirill Makeev | £570 | £29,640 | 20 | Left winger | Russia | - | ||
| Ruslan Kazakov | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Olishevskiy | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | Left-back | Russia | - | ||
| Ivan Tarasov | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | Winger, striker | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Vorobjov | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | Right winger | Russia | - | ||
| Vladislavs Soloveiciks | £530 | £27,560 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Latvia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Maxim Bachinskiy | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
| Andrey Anisimov | £480 | £24,960 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Dmitry Sergeev | £470 | £24,440 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Maxim Levin | £450 | £23,400 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Samir Bairamov | £420 | £21,840 | 19 | Right-back | Russia | - | ||
| Kirill Aloyan | £420 | £21,840 | 19 | Centre-back | Russia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Vasily Zapryagaev | £370 | £19,240 | 19 | Left-back | Russia | - | ||
| Ivan Andreev | £290 | £15,080 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Koldunov | £280 | £14,560 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Nikolay Rybikov | £280 | £14,560 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Maxim Smirnov | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | Right-back | Russia | - | ||
| Alexey Smirnov | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | Left winger | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Simdyankin | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Right winger, striker | Russia | - | ||
| Daniil Shamkin | £210 | £10,920 | 16 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
| Alexandr Korotkov | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | Right-back | Russia | - | ||
| Vadim Simutenkov | £200 | £10,400 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | JUL 2018 | ||
| Ilja Vakhania | £200 | £10,400 | 17 | Left-back | Russia | - | ||
| Vladislav Molchan | £200 | £10,400 | 17 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Yury Pershin | £190 | £9,880 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Yury Kozlov | £190 | £9,880 | 19 | Right winger | Russia | - | ||
| Mikhail Ponomarenko | £170 | £8,840 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Grishchenko | £170 | £8,840 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Russia | - | ||
| Artem Djakonov | £160 | £8,320 | 18 | Winger | Russia | - | ||
| Danila Prokhin | £160 | £8,320 | 17 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Artur Mulyukov | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | Winger | Russia | - | ||
| Ivan Kulev | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Winger, striker | Russia | - | ||
| Nodari Kalichava | £90 | £4,680 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Maxim Timofeev | £80 | £4,160 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Igor Vorobjov | £80 | £4,160 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Miroshnichenko | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Central midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Daniil Knyazev | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | Central midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Roman Nogtev | £70 | £3,640 | 16 | Winger | Russia | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
56 Under £1k 2%
2 £1k-£2k 0%
1 £2k-£5k 0%
3 £5k-£10k 3%
5 £10k-£25k 11%
20 £25k-£100k 83%
Top 5 earners took 30% of the squad wage bill, across the 87 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Zenit St. Petersburg wages, 2018/19
What was Zenit St. Petersburg's wage bill in 2018/19?
Zenit St. Petersburg paid £979,380 a week in 2018/19 - £50,927,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 87. We hold a wage for all 87 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Zenit St. Petersburg player in 2018/19?
Branislav Ivanović was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £65,000 a week, 2.1x the 22+ squad average of £30,770.
What was the average Zenit St. Petersburg salary in 2018/19?
The average Zenit St. Petersburg player aged 22 or over earned £30,770 a week in 2018/19, across the 31 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 87. The top five earners took 30% of the bill between them.
How do Zenit St. Petersburg's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £641,500 a week in 2026/27, 34% lower than the £979,380 of 2018/19. The current squad is 33 players against 87 then.