Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Kevin Volland on £86,000 per week · see the current Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage bill
We hold a wage for all 31 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 — 88% higher than the £1,066,070 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Volland | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 25 | AM R, ST | Germany | ||
| Karim Bellarabi | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 28 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Sven Bender | £84,000 | £4,368,000 | 29 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Lukás Hrádecký | £78,000 | £4,056,000 | 28 | GK | Finland | ||
| Julian Brandt | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 22 | AM RLC | Germany | ||
| Leon Bailey | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 20 | AM RL | Jamaica | ||
| Lars Bender | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 29 | D R, DM | Germany | ||
| Aleksandar Dragovic | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 27 | D C | Austria | ||
| Charles Aránguiz | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 29 | DM | Chile | ||
| Jonathan Tah | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 22 | D C | Germany | ||
| Mitchell Weiser | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 24 | D/WB/AM R | Germany | ||
| Lucas Alario | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 25 | ST | Argentina | ||
| Panagiotis Retsos | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 19 | D RLC | Greece | ||
| Julian Baumgartlinger | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 30 | DM | Austria | ||
| Wendell | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 24 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Dominik Kohr | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 24 | DM | Germany | ||
| Kai Havertz | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 19 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Paulinho | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Tin Jedvaj | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 22 | D RC | Croatia | ||
| Joel Pohjanpalo | £17,000 | £884,000 | 23 | ST | Finland | ||
| Isaac Kiese Thelin | £14,000 | £728,000 | 26 | ST | Sweden | ||
| Ramazan Özcan | £11,000 | £572,000 | 33 | GK | Austria | ||
| Sam Schreck | £8,600 | £447,200 | 19 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Thorsten Kirschbaum | £7,600 | £395,200 | 31 | GK | Germany | ||
| Jan Boller | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Adrian Stanilewicz | £930 | £48,360 | 18 | DM | Germany | ||
| Dennis Mbay | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | ST | Congo - Kinshasa | ||
| Christopher Scott | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Kevin Bukusu | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Germany | ||
| Ayman Azhil | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Morocco | ||
| Marcel Lotka | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Poland | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 38% of the squad wage bill, across the 31 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen wages, 2018/19
What was Bayer 04 Leverkusen's wage bill in 2018/19?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen paid £1,066,070 a week in 2018/19 - £55,435,640 across the year - spread over a squad of 31. We hold a wage for all 31 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2018/19?
Kevin Volland was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £86,000 a week, 1.8x the 22+ squad average of £47,347.
What was the average Bayer 04 Leverkusen salary in 2018/19?
The average Bayer 04 Leverkusen player aged 22 or over earned £47,347 a week in 2018/19, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 31. The top five earners took 38% of the bill between them.
How do Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,000,400 a week in 2026/27, 88% higher than the £1,066,070 of 2018/19. The current squad is 35 players against 31 then.