Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Charles Aránguiz on £90,000 per week · see the current Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage bill
We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 21 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 — 42% higher than the £1,408,515 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 14 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Aránguiz | £90,000 | £4,680,000 | 31 | DM, M (C) | Chile | ||
| Kerem Demirbay | £88,000 | £4,576,000 | 27 | M/AM (C) | Germany | ||
| Patrik Schick | £88,000 | £4,576,000 | 24 | ST (C) | Czechia | ||
| Karim Bellarabi | £87,000 | £4,524,000 | 30 | M/AM (RL) | Germany | ||
| Sven Bender | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 31 | D (C), DM, M (C) | Germany | ||
| Lukás Hrádecký | £79,000 | £4,108,000 | 30 | GK | Finland | ||
| Lars Bender | £70,000 | £3,640,000 | 31 | D/WB (R), DM, M (C) | Germany | ||
| Leon Bailey | £70,000 | £3,640,000 | 22 | M/AM (RL) | Jamaica | ||
| Aleksandar Dragovic | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 29 | D (C) | Austria | ||
| Exequiel Palacios | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 21 | DM, M (C) | Argentina | ||
| Edmond Tapsoba | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 21 | D (C) | Burkina Faso | ||
| Jonathan Tah | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 24 | D (C) | Germany | ||
| Moussa Diaby | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 21 | M/AM (RL) | France | ||
| Mitchell Weiser | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 26 | D/WB/M/AM (R) | Germany | ||
| Nadiem Amiri | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 23 | M/AM (RLC) | Germany | ||
| Lucas Alario | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 27 | ST (C) | Argentina | ||
| Demarai Gray | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 24 | M/AM (RL), ST (C) | England | ||
| Florian Wirtz | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 17 | M/AM (C) | Germany | ||
| Wendell | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 27 | D (LC), WB (L) | Brazil | ||
| Julian Baumgartlinger | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 32 | DM, M (C) | Austria | ||
| Daley Sinkgraven | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 25 | D/WB (L), M/AM (LC) | Holland | ||
| Jeremie Frimpong | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 19 | D/WB (RL) | Holland | ||
| Paulinho | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 20 | M (RL), AM (RLC) | Brazil | ||
| Tin Jedvaj | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 24 | D (RC), WB (R) | Croatia | ||
| Santiago Arias | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 28 | D/WB (R) | Colombia | ||
| Timothy Fosu-Mensah | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 22 | D (RC), DM, M (C) | Holland | ||
| Lennart Grill | £14,000 | £728,000 | 21 | GK | Germany | ||
| Niklas Lomb | £4,900 | £254,800 | 26 | GK | Germany | ||
| Samed Onur | £898 | £46,696 | 18 | M (C), AM (RLC), ST (C) | Türkiye | ||
| Emrehan Gedikli | £717 | £37,284 | 17 | AM (R), ST (C) | Germany | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 31% of the squad wage bill, across the 30 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen wages, 2020/21
What was Bayer 04 Leverkusen's wage bill in 2020/21?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen paid £1,408,515 a week in 2020/21 - £73,242,780 across the year - spread over a squad of 30. We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2020/21?
Charles Aránguiz was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £90,000 a week, 1.7x the 22+ squad average of £54,281.
What was the average Bayer 04 Leverkusen salary in 2020/21?
The average Bayer 04 Leverkusen player aged 22 or over earned £54,281 a week in 2020/21, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 30. The top five earners took 31% of the bill between them.
How do Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,000,400 a week in 2026/27, 42% higher than the £1,408,515 of 2020/21. The current squad is 35 players against 30 then.