Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Chicharito on £85,000 per week · see the current Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage bill
We hold a wage for all 43 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 19 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,000,400 a week in 2026/27 — 113% higher than the £940,830 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 2 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicharito | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | 28 | ST | Mexico | ||
| Kevin Volland | £83,000 | £4,316,000 | 23 | AM R, ST | Germany | ||
| Lars Bender | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | 27 | DM | Germany | ||
| Karim Bellarabi | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | 26 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Stefan Kießling | £64,000 | £3,328,000 | 32 | ST | Germany | ||
| Bernd Leno | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 24 | GK | Germany | ||
| Aleksandar Dragovic | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 25 | D C | Austria | ||
| Charles Aránguiz | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 27 | DM | Chile | ||
| Hakan Çalhanoglu | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 22 | AM LC, F C | Türkiye | ||
| Kevin Kampl | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Slovenia | ||
| Ömer Toprak | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 26 | D C | Türkiye | ||
| Admir Mehmedi | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 25 | AM L, ST | Switzerland | ||
| Julian Baumgartlinger | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 28 | DM | Austria | ||
| Leon Bailey | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 18 | AM RL | Jamaica | ||
| Wendell | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 22 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Tin Jedvaj | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 20 | D RLC | Croatia | ||
| Jonathan Tah | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 20 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Julian Brandt | £17,000 | £884,000 | 20 | AM RLC | Germany | ||
| Roberto Hilbert | £17,000 | £884,000 | 31 | D/WB R | Germany | ||
| Danny da Costa | £14,000 | £728,000 | 22 | D/WB R | Germany | ||
| Joel Pohjanpalo | £12,000 | £624,000 | 21 | ST | Finland | ||
| Ramazan Özcan | £11,000 | £572,000 | 32 | GK | Austria | ||
| Sam Schreck | £8,600 | £447,200 | 17 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Vladlen Yurchenko | £7,500 | £390,000 | 22 | AM C | Ukraine | ||
| Benjamin Henrichs | £4,500 | £234,000 | 19 | D/WB RL, M C | Germany | ||
| Daniel Nesseler | £4,400 | £228,800 | 18 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Kai Havertz | £4,000 | £208,000 | 17 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Atakan Akkaynak | £2,500 | £130,000 | 17 | DM | Germany | ||
| Joel Abu Hanna | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | D LC | Germany | ||
| Niklas Lomb | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | GK | Germany | ||
| Tim Handwerker | £1,600 | £83,200 | 18 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Cedric Harenbrock | £680 | £35,360 | 18 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Ole Päffgen | £300 | £15,600 | 19 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Tim Queckenstedt | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | ST | Germany | ||
| Chinedu Ekene | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RLC, F C | Germany | ||
| Marian Prinz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Germany | ||
| Jan Boller | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | ||
| Julijan Popovic | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Serbia | ||
| Tomasz Kucz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Poland | ||
| Jakub Bednarczyk | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM R, ST | Poland | ||
| Rudolf González Vass | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D/M R | Germany | ||
| Riccardo Grym | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | M C | Poland | ||
| Adrian Stanilewicz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Germany | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 39% of the squad wage bill, across the 43 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen wages, 2016/17
What was Bayer 04 Leverkusen's wage bill in 2016/17?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen paid £940,830 a week in 2016/17 - £48,923,160 across the year - spread over a squad of 43. We hold a wage for all 43 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2016/17?
Chicharito was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £85,000 a week, 2x the 22+ squad average of £42,495.
What was the average Bayer 04 Leverkusen salary in 2016/17?
The average Bayer 04 Leverkusen player aged 22 or over earned £42,495 a week in 2016/17, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 43. The top five earners took 39% of the bill between them.
How do Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,000,400 a week in 2026/27, 113% higher than the £940,830 of 2016/17. The current squad is 35 players against 43 then.