RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE · 2020/21 · ARCHIVE
Zenit St. Petersburg 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Malcom on £114,000 per week · see the current Zenit St. Petersburg wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £730k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £38m
SQUAD SIZE71
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £28k
Then and now
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £641,500 a week in 2026/27 — 12% lower than the £730,128 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 17 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcom | £114,000 | £5,928,000 | 23 | Left midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Dejan Lovren | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 31 | Centre-back | Croatia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Artem Dzyuba | £59,000 | £3,068,000 | 31 | Striker | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sebastián Driussi | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 24 | Left midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Sardar Azmoun | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 25 | Striker | Iran | JUN 2022 | ||
| Yaroslav Rakitskyi | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Ukraine | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alexandr Yerokhin | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 30 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Magomed Ozdoev | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Douglas Santos | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 26 | Left-back, defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Yury Zhirkov | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 36 | Left-back, left midfielder, left winger | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Andrey Lunev | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 28 | Goalkeeper | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Daler Kuzyaev | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Russia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Wendel | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 22 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Wílmar Barrios | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Colombia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Vyacheslav Karavaev | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 25 | Right-back | Russia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alexey Sutormin | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 26 | Right wing-back, wide midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mikhail Kerzhakov | £17,000 | £884,000 | 33 | Goalkeeper | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dmitry Chistyakov | £16,000 | £832,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Russia | MAY 2023 | ||
| Danil Krugovoy | £2,400 | £124,800 | 22 | Left-back | Russia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Daniil Shamkin | £905 | £47,060 | 18 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Pavel Dolgov | £785 | £40,820 | 23 | Striker | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Andrey Mostovoy | £695 | £36,140 | 22 | Wide midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kirill Kravtsov | £668 | £34,736 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Anton Sinyak | £562 | £29,224 | 21 | Full-back | Russia | JUL 2021 | ||
| Georgy Chelidze | £541 | £28,132 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Skrobotov | £521 | £27,092 | 20 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Alexandr Yelovskikh | £517 | £26,884 | 21 | Right midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Ivan Tarasov | £437 | £22,724 | 20 | Winger, striker | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Stanislav Krapukhin | £421 | £21,892 | 22 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
| Daniil Odoevskiy | £403 | £20,956 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Daniil Makeev | £403 | £20,956 | 21 | Striker | Russia | MAY 2021 | ||
| Dmitry Sergeev | £403 | £20,956 | 20 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Mikhail Pogorelov | £397 | £20,644 | 21 | Winger | Russia | - | ||
| Maxim Levin | £397 | £20,644 | 21 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Vladislav Masalskiy | £391 | £20,332 | 22 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Nikolay Tarasov | £387 | £20,124 | 22 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Nikolay Rybikov | £387 | £20,124 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Vakhania | £353 | £18,356 | 19 | Full-back | Russia | - | ||
| Kirill Makeev | £333 | £17,316 | 22 | Left midfielder, left winger | Russia | - | ||
| Vasily Zapryagaev | £307 | £15,964 | 21 | Left-back | Russia | - | ||
| Danila Khotulev | £250 | £13,000 | 17 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Daniil Knyazev | £250 | £13,000 | 19 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Simdyankin | £250 | £13,000 | 19 | Winger | Russia | - | ||
| Sergey Chibisov | £250 | £13,000 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Islam Zhilov | £209 | £10,868 | 22 | Full-back | Russia | - | ||
| Nikita Tereschuk | £165 | £8,580 | 17 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
| Vadim Simutenkov | £165 | £8,580 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Alexandr Sandrachuk | £165 | £8,580 | 18 | Right-back | Russia | - | ||
| Georgy Karginov | £165 | £8,580 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Saba Sazonov | £165 | £8,580 | 18 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Yegor Shapovalov | £132 | £6,864 | 18 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
| Roman Nogtev | £132 | £6,864 | 18 | Right winger | Russia | - | ||
| Danila Varichev | £132 | £6,864 | 19 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| David Byazrov | £132 | £6,864 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Yaroslav Mikhailov | £99 | £5,148 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Evgeny Kim | £81 | £4,212 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Maxim Timofeev | £81 | £4,212 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Ivan Bychkov | £81 | £4,212 | 18 | Full-back | Russia | - | ||
| Anton Bugorskiy | £61 | £3,172 | 18 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
| Igor Vorobjov | £61 | £3,172 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Kirill Fateev | £61 | £3,172 | 18 | Left winger | Russia | - | ||
| Daniil Kuznetsov | £61 | £3,172 | 17 | Winger | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Khatuntsev | £61 | £3,172 | 18 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Arseny Zigangirov | £51 | £2,652 | 18 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Kirill Schetinin | £45 | £2,340 | 18 | Central midfielder, left winger | Russia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Roman Galkin | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Victor Kovrizhnikov | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | Centre-back | Russia | - | ||
| Ilja Rodionov | £40 | £2,080 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Alexandr Shipilov | £30 | £1,560 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Russia | - | ||
| Evgeny Panteleichuk | £30 | £1,560 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Russia | - | ||
| Yegor Krupenin | £30 | £1,560 | 17 | Striker | Russia | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
52 Under £1k 2%
£1k-£2k
1 £2k-£5k 0%
£5k-£10k
4 £10k-£25k 10%
12 £25k-£100k 58%
2 £100k+
29%
Top 5 earners took 50% of the squad wage bill, across the 71 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Zenit St. Petersburg wages, 2020/21
What was Zenit St. Petersburg's wage bill in 2020/21?
Zenit St. Petersburg paid £730,128 a week in 2020/21 - £37,966,656 across the year - spread over a squad of 71. We hold a wage for all 71 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Zenit St. Petersburg player in 2020/21?
Malcom was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £114,000 a week, 4.1x the 22+ squad average of £27,678.
What was the average Zenit St. Petersburg salary in 2020/21?
The average Zenit St. Petersburg player aged 22 or over earned £27,678 a week in 2020/21, across the 26 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 71. The top five earners took 50% of the bill between them.
How do Zenit St. Petersburg's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Zenit St. Petersburg pay £641,500 a week in 2026/27, 12% lower than the £730,128 of 2020/21. The current squad is 33 players against 71 then.