Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Kevin Volland on £85,000 per week · see the current Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage bill
Then and now
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,004,400 a week in 2026/27 — 131% higher than the £867,290 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Volland | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | 24 | AM R, ST | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Karim Bellarabi | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | 27 | AM RL | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Sven Bender | £83,000 | £4,316,000 | 28 | D C, DM | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lars Bender | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 28 | D R, DM | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Bernd Leno | £63,000 | £3,276,000 | 25 | GK | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Charles Aránguiz | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 28 | DM | Chile | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lucas Alario | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 24 | ST | Argentina | JUN 2022 | ||
| Stefan Kießling | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 33 | ST | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Leon Bailey | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 19 | AM RL | Jamaica | JUN 2022 | ||
| Julian Baumgartlinger | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 29 | DM | Austria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Panagiotis Retsos | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 18 | D RLC | Greece | JUN 2022 | ||
| Wendell | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 23 | D/WB L | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Benjamin Henrichs | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 20 | D/WB RL, M C | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Dominik Kohr | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 23 | DM | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kai Havertz | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 18 | AM RC | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tin Jedvaj | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 21 | D RLC | Croatia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jonathan Tah | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 21 | D RC | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Julian Brandt | £17,000 | £884,000 | 21 | AM RLC | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joel Pohjanpalo | £12,000 | £624,000 | 22 | ST | Finland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ramazan Özcan | £11,000 | £572,000 | 32 | GK | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sam Schreck | £8,600 | £447,200 | 18 | AM RC | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Vladlen Yurchenko | £8,500 | £442,000 | 23 | AM C | Ukraine | JUN 2018 | ||
| Marlon Frey | £3,900 | £202,800 | 21 | DM, AM C | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Atakan Akkaynak | £2,500 | £130,000 | 18 | DM | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Güven Yalçın | £2,200 | £114,400 | 18 | ST | Türkiye | JUN 2018 | ||
| Niklas Lomb | £1,900 | £98,800 | 23 | GK | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Chinedu Ekene | £1,400 | £72,800 | 17 | AM RLC, F C | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jakub Bednarczyk | £770 | £40,040 | 18 | AM R, ST | Poland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Julijan Popovic | £620 | £32,240 | 18 | D C | Serbia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tomasz Kucz | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | GK | Poland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Marian Prinz | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jan Boller | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C, DM | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kevin Bukusu | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D LC | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marcel Lotka | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Poland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Adrian Stanilewicz | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 35 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen wages, 2017/18
What was Bayer 04 Leverkusen's wage bill in 2017/18?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen paid £867,290 a week in 2017/18 - £45,099,080 across the year - spread over a squad of 35. We hold a wage for all 35 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2017/18?
Kevin Volland was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £85,000 a week, 1.9x the 22+ squad average of £44,227.
What was the average Bayer 04 Leverkusen salary in 2017/18?
The average Bayer 04 Leverkusen player aged 22 or over earned £44,227 a week in 2017/18, across the 15 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 35. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,004,400 a week in 2026/27, 131% higher than the £867,290 of 2017/18. The current squad is 31 players against 35 then.