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Highest paid players from India

Lalengmawia is the best paid player from India at AU$10,560 a week. We hold a wage for 453 of the 460 players in the squads we track who give India, and they earn AU$261,548 a week between them, across 3 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$262k
COMBINED YEARLYAU$13.6m
AVERAGE WEEKLY AU$708
MEDIAN WEEKLY AU$326
PLAYERS IN SQUADS460
MOST AT ONE CLUB43 Kerala FC

The best-paid XI from India

The eleven highest-paid players from India that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.

  1. GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu AU$6,144 Bengaluru
  2. D Akash Mishra AU$8,640 Mumbai
  3. D Anwar Ali AU$8,640 Bengal
  4. D Abhishek Singh AU$6,720 Kolkata
  5. D Ashique Kuruniyan AU$4,800 Bengaluru
  6. M Anirudh Thapa AU$10,560 Kolkata
  7. M Lalengmawia AU$10,560 Kolkata
  8. M Jeakson Singh AU$7,872 Bengal
  9. A Sahal Abdul Samad AU$6,912 Kolkata
  10. A Ryan Williams AU$5,184 Bengaluru
  11. A Sunil Chhetri AU$4,992 Bengaluru

Combined AU$81,024 per week · AU$4,213,248 per year

Highest paid from India

Top 50 by weekly wage, 56% of every India wage we hold. Sortable.

The 50 highest paid footballers from India. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
# PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY CLUB LEAGUE AGE POSITION
01 Lalengmawia
AU$10,560
AU$549,120 Kolkata Indian Super League 24 DM
02 Anirudh Thapa
AU$10,560
AU$549,120 Kolkata Indian Super League 27 DM, AM C
03 Anwar Ali
AU$8,640
AU$449,280 Bengal Indian Super League 24 D C
04 Akash Mishra
AU$8,640
AU$449,280 Mumbai Indian Super League 23 D/WB L
05 Jeakson Singh
AU$7,872
AU$409,344 Bengal Indian Super League 24 DM
06 Sahal Abdul Samad
AU$6,912
AU$359,424 Kolkata Indian Super League 28 AM RLC
07 Abhishek Singh
AU$6,720
AU$349,440 Kolkata Indian Super League 20 D/WB L
08 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
AU$6,144
AU$319,488 Bengaluru Indian Super League 33 GK
09 Ryan Williams
AU$5,184
AU$269,568 Bengaluru Indian Super League 31 AM RLC
10 Sunil Chhetri
AU$4,992
AU$259,584 Bengaluru Indian Super League 40 AM L, ST
11 Ashique Kuruniyan
AU$4,800
AU$249,600 Bengaluru Indian Super League 28 WB/AM L
12 Brandon Fernandes
AU$4,800
AU$249,600 Mumbai Indian Super League 30 AM C
13 Liston Colaco
AU$3,840
AU$199,680 Kolkata Indian Super League 26 AM RL
14 Manvir Singh
AU$3,648
AU$189,696 Kolkata Indian Super League 29 AM R, ST
15 Muhammed Uvais
AU$3,648
AU$189,696 Punjab FC Indian Super League 26 D/WB L
16 Prabhsukhan Singh Gill
AU$3,456
AU$179,712 Bengal Indian Super League 24 GK
17 Sandesh Jhingan
AU$3,072
AU$159,744 Goa Indian Super League 31 D C
18 Danish Farooq
AU$2,688
AU$139,776 Bengal Indian Super League 29 DM, AM C
19 Amarjit Singh
AU$1,824
AU$94,848 Kolkata Indian Super League 24 DM
20 Amrinder Singh
AU$1,824
AU$94,848 Odisha Indian Super League 32 GK
21 Mandar Rao Dessai
AU$1,728
AU$89,856 Chennai Indian Super League 33 D/WB/AM L
22 Edmund Lalrindika
AU$1,501
AU$78,075 Bengal Indian Super League 26 AM R, ST
23 Gurmeet Singh
AU$1,463
AU$76,078 Guwahati Indian Super League 25 GK
24 Hitesh Sharma
AU$1,444
AU$75,080 Odisha Indian Super League 27 AM RLC
25 Glan Martins
AU$1,382
AU$71,885 Chennai Indian Super League 31 DM
26 Rahul Bheke
AU$1,334
AU$69,389 Bengaluru Indian Super League 34 D RC
27 Asish Rai
AU$1,334
AU$69,389 Kolkata Indian Super League 26 D/WB R
28 Nikhil Poojary
AU$1,329
AU$69,089 Bengaluru Indian Super League 29 D/WB/AM R
29 Jay Gupta
AU$1,325
AU$68,890 Bengal Indian Super League 23 D LC
30 Bikash Yumnam
AU$1,315
AU$68,390 Kerala FC I-League 21 D C
31 Mohammed Yasir
AU$1,267
AU$65,894 Goa Indian Super League 27 AM RLC
32 Farukh Choudhary
AU$1,238
AU$64,397 Chennai Indian Super League 28 AM RL, ST
33 Mahesh Singh
AU$1,185
AU$61,601 Bengal Indian Super League 26 AM RLC, ST
34 Aiban Dohling
AU$1,171
AU$60,902 Kerala FC I-League 29 D RC
35 Jerry Lalrinzuala
AU$1,162
AU$60,403 Goa Indian Super League 26 D/WB L
36 Bipin Singh
AU$1,152
AU$59,904 Bengal Indian Super League 30 AM RL
37 Sana Singh (Chinglensana Singh)
AU$1,152
AU$59,904 Bengaluru Indian Super League 28 D C
38 Subhasish Bose
AU$1,152
AU$59,904 Kolkata Indian Super League 29 D LC
39 Pronay Haldar
AU$1,144
AU$59,505 Jamshedpur Indian Super League 32 DM
40 Puitea (Lalthathanga Khawlhring)
AU$1,127
AU$58,606 Odisha Indian Super League 27 DM
41 Vishal Kaith
AU$1,094
AU$56,909 Kolkata Indian Super League 28 GK
42 Raynier Fernandes
AU$1,089
AU$56,609 Bengal Indian Super League 29 DM
43 Rahul Praveen
AU$1,089
AU$56,609 Odisha Indian Super League 25 AM R
44 Arshdeep Singh
AU$1,089
AU$56,609 Punjab FC Indian Super League 28 GK
45 Nandhakumar Sekar
AU$1,085
AU$56,410 Bengal Indian Super League 29 AM RL
46 Deepak Tangri
AU$1,081
AU$56,210 Kolkata Indian Super League 26 D C, DM
47 Suresh Singh
AU$1,069
AU$55,611 Bengaluru Indian Super League 24 DM
48 Seriton Fernandes
AU$1,069
AU$55,611 Goa Indian Super League 32 D/WB R
49 Pratik Chaudhuri
AU$1,046
AU$54,413 Jamshedpur Indian Super League 35 D C
50 Roshan Singh
AU$1,008
AU$52,416 Bengaluru Indian Super League 26 D/WB L

Where India players play

Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them

3 leagues in all

What each position earns

Average weekly wage, and share of the India wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers
AU$645 · 12%
Defenders
AU$662 · 32%
Midfielders
AU$912 · 20%
Attackers
AU$741 · 36%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$106 16-19
AU$248 20-22
AU$603 23-25
AU$931 26-28
AU$1k 29-31
AU$904 32-34
AU$2k 35+

Clubs with the most India players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

Frequently asked questions

Players from India

Who is the highest paid footballer from India?

Lalengmawia of Kolkata is the highest paid player from India in our data, on AU$10,560 per week (AU$549,120 per year).

How much do players from India earn?

The 333 players from India aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for earn AU$708 per week on average. The median is AU$326, lower, because a small number of very large contracts pull the average up. Squad lists here run down to academy age, so the average is taken over senior players only.

Which league has the most players from India?

Indian Super League has the most, with 288 players from India on wages we hold, ahead of I-League on 164.

How many players from India do you cover?

460 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as India, and we hold a weekly wage for 453 of them (98%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from India?

Kerala FC, with 43 players from India in its current squad.

Every player from India

18 with a page of their own, A-Z, including players we hold no current club for

Other nations

Every nation we hold wages for →