English Premier League - Teams & Player Salaries

Rank	Team	Wage Bill	Highest Paid Player	Salary
1	Manchester City	£230 million	Erling Haaland	£26.0 million
2	Liverpool	£182.9 million	Mohamed Salah	£20.8 million
3	Manchester United	£178.4 million	Marcus Rashford	£16.9 million
4	Arsenal	£177 million	Kai Havertz	£13.2 million
5	Chelsea	£175.6 million	Raheem Sterling	£16.9 million
6	Aston Villa	£120.7 million	Emiliano Martínez	£7.8 million
7	Tottenham Hotspurs	£103 million	Son Heung-min	£9.9 million
8	Newcastle United	£95 million	Joelinton	£7.8 million
9	West Ham	£82.6 million	Jarrod Bowen	£7.8 million
10	Everton	£48.5 million	Jack Grealish	£15.6 million
11	Brighton Hove Albion	£71.2 million	Ferdi Kadıoğlu	£4.6 million
12	Crystal Palace	£70.6 million	Eberechi Eze	£5.2 million
13	Nottingham Forest	£67.2 Million	Nikola Milenković	£5.5 million
14	Fulham	£63.3 million	Bernd Leno	£6.8 million
15	AFC Bournemouth	£57.7 million	Antoine Semenyo	£3.9 million
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£50.4 million	Bernd Leno	£6.8 million
17	Brentford	£41.7 million	Aaron Hickey	£3.6 million
18	Leeds United	£42.5 million	Jack Harrison	£4.7 million
19	Burnley FC	£32.2 million	Kyle Walker	£3.6 million
20	Sunderland	£30.5 million	Granit Xhaka	£4.7 million

Highest Paid Players in English Premier League

Rank	Player	Team	Weekly	Yearly	Age	Contract Years
1	Erling Haaland		£ 500k	£ 26m	25	2034
2	Mohamed Salah		£ 400k	£ 20.8m	33	2027
3	Virgil van Dijk		£ 350k	£ 18.2m	34	2027
4	Marcus Rashford		£ 325k	£ 16.9m	28	2028
5	Raheem Sterling		£ 325k	£ 16.9m	31	2027
6	Bernardo Silva		£ 300k	£ 15.6m	31	2026
7	Casemiro		£ 300k	£ 15.6m	33	2026
8	Bruno Fernandes		£ 300k	£ 15.6m	31	2027
9	Jack Grealish		£ 300k	£ 15.6m	30	2026
10	Omar Marmoush		£ 265k	£ 13.4m	26	2029
11	Kai Havertz		£ 275k	£ 13.2m	26	2028
12	John Stones		£ 250k	£ 13m	31	2026
13	João Cancelo		£ 250k	£ 13m	31	2027
14	Reece James		£ 250k	£ 13m	26	2028
15	İlkay Gündoğan		£ 230k	£ 12m	35	2026
16	Wesley Fofana		£ 230k	£ 12m	25	2029
17	Phil Foden		£ 225k	£ 11.8m	25	2027
18	Rodri		£ 220k	£ 11.4m	29	2027
19	Declan Rice		£ 225k	£ 10.8m	26	2028
20	Gabriel Jesus		£ 220k	£ 10.5m	28	2027
21	Martin Ødegaard		£ 220k	£ 10.5m	27	2028
22	Florian Wirtz		£ 200k	£ 10.4m	22	2030
23	Hugo Ekitiké		£ 200k	£ 10.4m	23	2031
24	Mason Mount		£ 200k	£ 10.4m	26	2028
25	Viktor Gyökeres		£ 200k	£ 10.4m	27	2030

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Premier League Ranking According To Wage Bill:

Manchester City has the highest wage bill in Premier League with £224.7 million spent on player salaries in 2024/25 season. While Manchester United has managed to reduce their wage bill from over £200 million to £172.4 million which is closer to other big clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. Ipswich Town has the lowest wage bill in Premier League which is around £40 million however that is more then 60% of the teams from other top 5 european leagues. Which goes to show how competitive Premier League has become not only on the pitch but in terms of financial muscle as well.

*That is one of the reason that average football salary in premier league is highest compared to all other top european leagues. In 2025, average salary of a premier league football is around £80,000 per week while average salary in top 6 clubs in the league jumps to £110,000 per week. We breakdown each of 20 premier league squads and how much each player is earning from their professional contracts with premier league clubs.

See Also: Highest Paid Premier League Players In Every Season