ARSENAL · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Arsenal
Mesut Özil has earned AU$158.2m at Arsenal across 7 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 12 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS AU$2.51bn
PLAYERS RANKED146
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB125
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Arsenal history
These 20 players took AU$1.37bn between them, 55% of everything Arsenal has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Arsenal player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Arsenal wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesut Özil | AU$158.2m | 7 | 2014-2020 |
| 2 | Martin Ødegaard Current squad | AU$97.8m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 3 | Bukayo Saka Current squad | AU$90.9m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 4 | Gabriel Martinelli Current squad | AU$90.4m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 5 | Alexandre Lacazette | AU$89.4m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 6 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | AU$77.6m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 7 | Declan Rice Current squad | AU$73.7m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 8 | Granit Xhaka | AU$68.9m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 9 | Kai Havertz Current squad | AU$64.9m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Thomas Partey | AU$62.9m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 11 | William Saliba Current squad | AU$62.5m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 12 | Gabriel Current squad | AU$58.2m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 13 | Theo Walcott | AU$51.1m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 14 | Laurent Koscielny | AU$50.1m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 15 | Leandro Trossard | AU$48.2m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 16 | Héctor Bellerín | AU$47.8m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 17 | Benjamin White Current squad | AU$47.4m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 18 | Gabriel Jesus | AU$47.2m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 19 | Shkodran Mustafi | AU$43.2m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 20 | Nicolas Pépé | AU$41.3m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 21 | Bernd Leno | AU$39.3m | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 22 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | AU$39.3m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 23 | Kieran Tierney | AU$36.4m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 24 | Danny Welbeck | AU$35.9m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 25 | Aaron Ramsey | AU$34.4m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 26 | Mohamed Elneny | AU$32.7m | 7 | 2017-2024 |
| 27 | Jurriën Timber Current squad | AU$32.4m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 28 | David Raya Current squad | AU$31.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 29 | Petr Cech | AU$31.4m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 30 | Viktor Gyökeres Current squad | AU$31.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | David Luiz | AU$29.5m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 32 | Nacho Monreal | AU$29.5m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 33 | Sead Kolašinac | AU$29.5m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 34 | Mathieu Debuchy | AU$27.1m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 35 | Cédric Soares | AU$26.3m | 4 | 2020-2024 |
| 36 | Aaron Ramsdale | AU$26.1m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Dani Ceballos | AU$26.1m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 38 | Ebere Eze Current squad | AU$25.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | AU$23.6m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 40 | Martín Zubimendi Current squad | AU$22.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Jorginho | AU$21.6m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 42 | Eddie Nketiah | AU$21.1m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 43 | Mikel Merino Current squad | AU$20.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 44 | Rob Holding | AU$20.7m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 45 | Reiss Nelson | AU$20.1m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 46 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | AU$19.7m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 47 | Santi Cazorla | AU$18.5m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 48 | Kieran Gibbs | AU$18.1m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 49 | Noni Madueke Current squad | AU$17.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 50 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | AU$17.8m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 51 | Emile Smith Rowe | AU$17.6m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 52 | Fábio Vieira | AU$16.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 53 | Calum Chambers | AU$15.3m | 3 | 2018-2021 |
| 54 | Christian Nørgaard | AU$14.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Lucas Torreira | AU$14.7m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 56 | Kepa Arrizabalaga Current squad | AU$14.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 57 | Riccardo Calafiori Current squad | AU$14.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Alexis Sánchez | AU$13.8m | 1 | 2017 |
| 59 | Piero Hincapié Current squad | AU$13.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 60 | Jakub Kiwior | AU$11.4m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 61 | Alex Iwobi | AU$11.2m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 62 | Denis Suárez | AU$9.9m | 1 | 2019 |
| 63 | Cristhian Mosquera Current squad | AU$9.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 64 | Olivier Giroud | AU$9.8m | 1 | 2017 |
| 65 | Willian | AU$9.8m | 1 | 2021 |
| 66 | David Ospina | AU$9.7m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 67 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | AU$9.3m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 68 | Jack Wilshere | AU$8.8m | 1 | 2018 |
| 69 | Carl Jenkinson | AU$8.7m | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 70 | Mattéo Guendouzi | AU$8.6m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 71 | Stephan Lichtsteiner | AU$7.2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 72 | Myles Lewis-Skelly Current squad | AU$6.9m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 73 | Pablo Marí | AU$6.4m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 74 | Lucas Pérez | AU$5.9m | 1 | 2017 |
| 75 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | AU$5.7m | 1 | 2017 |
| 76 | Albert Sambi Lokonga | AU$5.2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 77 | Francis Coquelin | AU$5.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 78 | Gabriel Paulista | AU$5m | 1 | 2017 |
| 79 | Joe Willock | AU$4.9m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 80 | Emiliano Martínez | AU$3.8m | 2 | 2017-2020 |
| 81 | Matt Turner | AU$3.8m | 1 | 2023 |
| 82 | Mathew Ryan | AU$3.6m | 1 | 2021 |
| 83 | Nuno Tavares | AU$2.9m | 1 | 2022 |
| 84 | Omar Rekik | AU$2.7m | 3 | 2021-2024 |
| 85 | Yaya Sanogo | AU$1.8m | 1 | 2017 |
| 86 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | AU$1.4m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 87 | Catalin Cîrjan | AU$1.3m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 88 | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson | AU$1.3m | 1 | 2021 |
| 89 | Matt Macey | AU$1.3m | 2 | 2018-2020 |
| 90 | Dejan Iliev | AU$1.2m | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 91 | Tommy Setford | AU$1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 92 | James Hillson | AU$900k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 93 | Ben Cottrell | AU$894k | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 94 | Ben Sheaf | AU$885k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 95 | Karl Hein | AU$796k | 5 | 2019-2024 |
| 96 | Joel López | AU$629k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 97 | Nikolaj Möller | AU$560k | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 98 | Jordan McEneff | AU$541k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 99 | Zech Medley | AU$511k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 100 | Arthur Okonkwo | AU$511k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Arsenal?
Mesut Özil, with AU$158.2m across 7 seasons at Arsenal.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 146 players we hold a Arsenal wage for, from 2014 to 2026.