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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2022/23 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2022/23 · top earner Callum Hudson-Odoi on £120,000 per week · see the current Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.4m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £71m
SQUAD SIZE70
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £49k
Then and now
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,004,400 a week in 2026/27 — 46% higher than the £1,371,100 of 2022/23.
Where the money went in 2022/23
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 11 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2022/23 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 21 | Right wing-back, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Patrik Schick | £94,000 | £4,888,000 | 26 | Striker | Czechia | JUN 2027 | ||
| Sven Bender | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Germany | - | ||
| Charles Aránguiz | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | 33 | Defensive midfielder | Chile | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kerem Demirbay | £83,000 | £4,316,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Karim Bellarabi | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 32 | Winger | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Florian Wirtz | £76,000 | £3,952,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2027 | ||
| Lars Bender | £70,000 | £3,640,000 | 28 | Right-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Germany | - | ||
| Lukás Hrádecký | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Finland | JUN 2026 | ||
| Jonathan Tah | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2025 | ||
| Exequiel Palacios | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sardar Azmoun | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 27 | Striker | Iran | JUN 2027 | ||
| Edmond Tapsoba | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Burkina Faso | JUN 2026 | ||
| Moussa Diaby | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 23 | Winger | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Nadiem Amiri | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Piero Hincapié | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 20 | Centre-back | Ecuador | JUN 2027 | ||
| Adam Hložek | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 19 | Winger, striker | Czechia | JUN 2027 | ||
| Daley Sinkgraven | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 27 | Left-back, attacking midfielder | Holland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jeremie Frimpong | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 21 | Full-back, right midfielder | Holland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Odilon Kossounou | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2026 | ||
| Mitchel Bakker | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 22 | Centre-back | Holland | JUN 2026 | ||
| Amine Adli | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Robert Andrich | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2026 | ||
| Andrey Lunev | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 30 | Goalkeeper | Russia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Timothy Fosu-Mensah | £19,000 | £988,000 | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Holland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Patrick Pentz | £10,000 | £520,000 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Austria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Noah Mbamba | £5,900 | £306,800 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2028 | ||
| Niklas Lomb | £4,900 | £254,800 | 28 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ayman Azhil | £1,500 | £78,000 | 21 | Defensive midfielder | Morocco | JUN 2023 | ||
| Joshua Eze | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Arjanit Fazlija | £660 | £34,320 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Kosovo | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ayman Aourir | £660 | £34,320 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Can Yayha Moustfa | £650 | £33,800 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Syria | JUN 2023 | ||
| David Widlarz | £630 | £32,760 | 17 | Winger | Poland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Emre Aksoy | £620 | £32,240 | 18 | Right-back | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Enes Yılmaz | £620 | £32,240 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Gonzalo Moratalla Rumeu | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Central midfielder | Spain | JUN 2023 | ||
| In-Gyom Jung | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | Left winger | South Korea | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jan Ecke | £570 | £29,640 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Leon Köhl | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Maximilian Neutgens | £540 | £28,080 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Noah Pesch | £530 | £27,560 | 17 | Left winger | Croatia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Sinan Solmaz | £480 | £24,960 | 18 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Volkan Ballicalioglu | £450 | £23,400 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Philipp Köhl | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Sakariye Abdulle | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Somalia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Isaiah Okafor | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Switzerland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jordan Zirkzee | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Holland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Daniel Lang | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Left-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Raffael Sommer | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Madi Monamay | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2025 | ||
| Mouaad Latiris | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Central midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Filip Milojević | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2024 | ||
| Abdul Sesay | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Winger, striker | Holland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Samy Jakšić | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Merlin Hachenberg | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luca Wehner | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Central midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Lino Labonte | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Larson Ferati | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Kosovo | JUN 2025 | ||
| Jardell Kanga | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger, striker | Sweden | JUN 2024 | ||
| Matija Marsenic | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Montenegro | JUN 2024 | ||
| Zaid Amoussou-Tchibara | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Reno Münz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Raoul Petak | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Benedikt Häb | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Emmanuel Frimpong | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luca Novodomsky | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Seldin Djedovic | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Noe Vechviroon | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Anton Bäuerle | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Left-back, left midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
Wage vs age, 2022/23
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2022/23 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
40 Under £1k 1%
2 £1k-£2k 0%
1 £2k-£5k 0%
1 £5k-£10k 0%
7 £10k-£25k 10%
18 £25k-£100k 79%
1 £100k+
9%
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 70 players we hold a 2022/23 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2022/23 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen wages, 2022/23
What was Bayer 04 Leverkusen's wage bill in 2022/23?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen paid £1,371,100 a week in 2022/23 - £71,297,200 across the year - spread over a squad of 70. We hold a wage for all 70 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2022/23?
Callum Hudson-Odoi was the highest earner in the 2022/23 squad on £120,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £49,186.
What was the average Bayer 04 Leverkusen salary in 2022/23?
The average Bayer 04 Leverkusen player aged 22 or over earned £49,186 a week in 2022/23, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 70. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 2022/23 wages compare with now?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,004,400 a week in 2026/27, 46% higher than the £1,371,100 of 2022/23. The current squad is 31 players against 70 then.