ARSENAL · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Arsenal
Mesut Özil has earned $113m 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 $1.8bn
PLAYERS RANKED146
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB125
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Arsenal history
These 20 players took $979.8m between them, 55% of everything Arsenal has paid the players we hold a salary for.
Every Arsenal player we hold a salary for
Every player we hold a Arsenal salary 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 | $113m | 7 | 2014-2020 |
| 2 | Martin Ødegaard Current squad | $69.8m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 3 | Bukayo Saka Current squad | $64.9m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 4 | Gabriel Martinelli Current squad | $64.6m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 5 | Alexandre Lacazette | $63.9m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 6 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | $55.5m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 7 | Declan Rice Current squad | $52.7m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 8 | Granit Xhaka | $49.2m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 9 | Kai Havertz Current squad | $46.3m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Thomas Partey | $44.9m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 11 | William Saliba Current squad | $44.6m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 12 | Gabriel Current squad | $41.6m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 13 | Theo Walcott | $36.5m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 14 | Laurent Koscielny | $35.8m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 15 | Leandro Trossard | $34.4m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 16 | Héctor Bellerín | $34.1m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 17 | Benjamin White Current squad | $33.8m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 18 | Gabriel Jesus | $33.7m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 19 | Shkodran Mustafi | $30.9m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 20 | Nicolas Pépé | $29.5m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 21 | Bernd Leno | $28.1m | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 22 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | $28.1m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 23 | Kieran Tierney | $26m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 24 | Danny Welbeck | $25.6m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 25 | Aaron Ramsey | $24.6m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 26 | Mohamed Elneny | $23.4m | 7 | 2017-2024 |
| 27 | Jurriën Timber Current squad | $23.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 28 | David Raya Current squad | $22.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 29 | Petr Cech | $22.5m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 30 | Viktor Gyökeres Current squad | $22.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | David Luiz | $21.1m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 32 | Nacho Monreal | $21.1m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 33 | Sead Kolašinac | $21.1m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 34 | Mathieu Debuchy | $19.4m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 35 | Cédric Soares | $18.8m | 4 | 2020-2024 |
| 36 | Aaron Ramsdale | $18.7m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Dani Ceballos | $18.7m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 38 | Ebere Eze Current squad | $18.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | $16.8m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 40 | Martín Zubimendi Current squad | $16.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Jorginho | $15.4m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 42 | Eddie Nketiah | $15.1m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 43 | Mikel Merino Current squad | $14.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 44 | Rob Holding | $14.8m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 45 | Reiss Nelson | $14.4m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 46 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | $14m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 47 | Santi Cazorla | $13.2m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 48 | Kieran Gibbs | $12.9m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 49 | Noni Madueke Current squad | $12.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 50 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | $12.7m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 51 | Emile Smith Rowe | $12.6m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 52 | Fábio Vieira | $11.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 53 | Calum Chambers | $11m | 3 | 2018-2021 |
| 54 | Christian Nørgaard | $10.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Lucas Torreira | $10.5m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 56 | Kepa Arrizabalaga Current squad | $10.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 57 | Riccardo Calafiori Current squad | $10.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Alexis Sánchez | $9.8m | 1 | 2017 |
| 59 | Piero Hincapié Current squad | $9.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 60 | Jakub Kiwior | $8.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 61 | Alex Iwobi | $8m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 62 | Denis Suárez | $7.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 63 | Cristhian Mosquera Current squad | $7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 64 | Olivier Giroud | $7m | 1 | 2017 |
| 65 | Willian | $7m | 1 | 2021 |
| 66 | David Ospina | $6.9m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 67 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | $6.7m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 68 | Jack Wilshere | $6.3m | 1 | 2018 |
| 69 | Carl Jenkinson | $6.2m | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 70 | Mattéo Guendouzi | $6.2m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 71 | Stephan Lichtsteiner | $5.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 72 | Myles Lewis-Skelly Current squad | $4.9m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 73 | Pablo Marí | $4.6m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 74 | Lucas Pérez | $4.2m | 1 | 2017 |
| 75 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | $4.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 76 | Albert Sambi Lokonga | $3.7m | 1 | 2022 |
| 77 | Francis Coquelin | $3.7m | 1 | 2017 |
| 78 | Gabriel Paulista | $3.6m | 1 | 2017 |
| 79 | Joe Willock | $3.5m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 80 | Emiliano Martínez | $2.7m | 2 | 2017-2020 |
| 81 | Matt Turner | $2.7m | 1 | 2023 |
| 82 | Mathew Ryan | $2.6m | 1 | 2021 |
| 83 | Nuno Tavares | $2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 84 | Omar Rekik | $1.9m | 3 | 2021-2024 |
| 85 | Yaya Sanogo | $1.3m | 1 | 2017 |
| 86 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | $983k | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 87 | Catalin Cîrjan | $963k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 88 | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson | $913k | 1 | 2021 |
| 89 | Matt Macey | $899k | 2 | 2018-2020 |
| 90 | Dejan Iliev | $885k | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 91 | Tommy Setford | $716k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 92 | James Hillson | $643k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 93 | Ben Cottrell | $639k | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 94 | Ben Sheaf | $632k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 95 | Karl Hein | $569k | 5 | 2019-2024 |
| 96 | Joel López | $449k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 97 | Nikolaj Möller | $400k | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 98 | Jordan McEneff | $386k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 99 | Zech Medley | $365k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 100 | Arthur Okonkwo | $365k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Arsenal?
Mesut Özil, with $113m across 7 seasons at Arsenal.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the salary 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 salary for, from 2014 to 2026.