China Sports Wealth List released, Li Na topped the list, Zheng Zhi, 4th Evergrande, 7 finalists
ChinaSportsWealthListreleased,LiNatoppedthelist,ZhengZhi,4thEvergrande,7finalists
TheChinesesportsmedia”SportsWeekly”publishedthe2013Chinesesportswealthlist.LiNatoppedthelistwith12.45millionyuan,andGuangzhouEvergrandehad7playerswhoenteredthe”Millionaire”club. Inthe2012FortuneList,tennisplayerLiNascored1.Theannualrevenueof1.2billionyuanranksfirst.AmongallChinesefootballplayers,thehighestrankedisZhengZhiofGuangzhouHengda,whoranked9thintheoverallrankingwith11million.Andthe2012ranking,thegeneralincomeofChinesesportsprofessionalsin2013increased.LiNatoppedthelistwith12.45millionyuan,andthepeoplebehindhercouldonlycompetewithNaNa’sodds. Itisworthmentioningthatinthelistof2012,ZhengZhiwasonlyafootballplayer,butayearlater,atotalof7playersenteredthelist,andallfromthe”localtyrants”clubGuangzhouEvergrande,ZhengZhiistheonlycontinuousFour-yearfinalistfootballplayer.ZhengZhihasanannualincomeof19millionyuan,rankingfourthoverall,secondonlytoLiNa,LinDanandSunYang. FengXiaotingis16millionyuan,rankinghigherthanPengShuaiandYiJianlian.ZengChengandHuangBowenareall15millionyuanandYiJianlianarethesame,GaoLin14.8millionyuan,SunXiang14millionyuan,ZhangLinpeng13.8millionyuan.ThesesevenplayersaretheabsolutemainforceofEvergrande.Themainincomeistwoparts,oneisafixedannualsalary,andtheotherisabonus. Lastseason,EvergrandewontheAFCChampionsLeaguewithatotalprizemoneyofmorethan1.600millionyuan.Inaddition,theSuperLeaguewonthechampionship,andEvergrandealsoreleasedatotalof69millionbonuses,plustheFACuptothesemi-finals,etc.,sothatthemainplayersinthebonusincomeisveryconsiderable,thisisalso7EvergrandeplayersintothewealthlistImportantreason. However,Evergrande’sbonushasshrunkdramaticallyinthenewseason.Inthelatestbonusdistributionplanin2014,theAFCChampionsAwardandpromotionawardhaveshrunkfrom6millionto3million.TheChineseSuperLeaguewinningawardhasshrunkfrom3millionyuanto1millionyuan,andtheFACupwinningawardhasshrunkfrom600,000yuanto300,000yuan.ItisforeseeablethattheincomeofEvergrandeplayersthisyearwillbemuchlowerthanbefore.SportsFortuneList2013: