Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2023/24 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2023/24 · top earner Patrik Schick on £123,000 per week · see the current Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage bill
We hold a wage for all 71 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 — 32% higher than the £1,515,920 of 2023/24.
Where the money went in 2023/24
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 15 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2023/24 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Schick | £123,000 | £6,396,000 | 27 | ST | Czechia | ||
| Granit Xhaka | £107,000 | £5,564,000 | 30 | DM | Switzerland | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | 27 | D/WB/M L | Spain | ||
| Sven Bender | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 29 | D (C), DM, M (C) | Germany | ||
| Exequiel Palacios | £84,000 | £4,368,000 | 24 | DM | Argentina | ||
| Edmond Tapsoba | £84,000 | £4,368,000 | 24 | D C | Burkina Faso | ||
| Jeremie Frimpong | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 22 | D/WB/M R | Netherlands | ||
| Jonas Hofmann | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 30 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Florian Wirtz | £76,000 | £3,952,000 | 20 | AM RLC | Germany | ||
| Lars Bender | £70,000 | £3,640,000 | 29 | D/WB (R), DM, M (C) | Germany | ||
| Lukás Hrádecký | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | 33 | GK | Finland | ||
| Jonathan Tah | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 27 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Piero Hincapié | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | 21 | D LC | Ecuador | ||
| Nathan Tella | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 24 | WB R, AM RL | Nigeria | ||
| Robert Andrich | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 28 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Josip Stanišic | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 23 | D RLC | Croatia | ||
| Amine Adli | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 23 | AM RLC | Morocco | ||
| Victor Boniface | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 22 | ST | Nigeria | ||
| Adam Hložek | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 20 | AM RLC, F C | Czechia | ||
| Odilon Kossounou | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 22 | D RC | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Arthur | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 20 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Matěj Kovář | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 23 | GK | Czechia | ||
| Borja Iglesias | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 30 | ST | Spain | ||
| Timothy Fosu-Mensah | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 25 | D RC, DM | Netherlands | ||
| Gustavo Puerta | £15,000 | £780,000 | 19 | DM | Colombia | ||
| Noah Mbamba | £13,000 | £676,000 | 18 | D C, DM | Belgium | ||
| Madi Monamay | £7,900 | £410,800 | 17 | D C | Belgium | ||
| Niklas Lomb | £5,900 | £306,800 | 29 | GK | Germany | ||
| Ayman Aourir | £2,500 | £130,000 | 18 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Anton Bäuerle | £880 | £45,760 | 18 | D/WB/M L | Germany | ||
| Noah Pesch | £770 | £40,040 | 18 | AM RL | Croatia | ||
| David Widlarz | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | AM RL | Poland | ||
| Filip Milojević | £730 | £37,960 | 18 | D C, DM | Austria | ||
| Matija Marsenic | £720 | £37,440 | 18 | DM | Montenegro | ||
| Daniel Lang | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Arjanit Fazlija | £680 | £35,360 | 18 | DM | Kosovo | ||
| Emmanuel Frimpong | £630 | £32,760 | 17 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Jordan Zirkzee | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | AM L, ST | Netherlands | ||
| Isaiah Okafor | £570 | £29,640 | 18 | D C, DM | Switzerland | ||
| Karim Dhouib | £550 | £28,600 | 17 | D/WB/M L | Germany | ||
| Luca Novodomsky | £540 | £28,080 | 18 | GK | Germany | ||
| Luca Wehner | £540 | £28,080 | 17 | M C | Germany | ||
| Mats Flock | £530 | £27,560 | 18 | AM R | Germany | ||
| Reno Münz | £520 | £27,040 | 17 | D LC | Germany | ||
| Philipp Köhl | £500 | £26,000 | 17 | ST | Germany | ||
| Raffael Sommer | £480 | £24,960 | 17 | GK | Germany | ||
| Raoul Petak | £480 | £24,960 | 17 | ST | Germany | ||
| Melvin Ukpeigbe | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | D R | Spain | ||
| Nikita Slavytskyi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Ukraine | ||
| Larson Ferati | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Kosovo | ||
| Ken Izekor | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM L, ST | Germany | ||
| Francis Onyeka | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM LC | Germany | ||
| Oleksandr Petrenko | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Ukraine | ||
| Akim Kister | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB R, DM, M RC | Germany | ||
| Borys Ołeniak | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Poland | ||
| Nourdine Camara | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | ||
| Boran Yörük | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | ||
| Naba Mensah | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM, AM C | Germany | ||
| Jesper Schlich | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Germany | ||
| Montrell Culbreath | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Ferdinand Pohl | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | ||
| Francesco Buono | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Germany | ||
| Márton Szép | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | ST | Hungary | ||
| Julien Kurowski | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB/AM L | Germany | ||
| Tyron Fernandes | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D R | Germany | ||
| Nathaniel König | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | ||
| Nils Gernhardt | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Julian Weitz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Germany | ||
| Kjell Becher | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | D L | Germany | ||
| Moritz Schrief | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Germany | ||
| Artem Stepanov | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | ST | Ukraine | ||
Wage vs age, 2023/24
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2023/24 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 33% of the squad wage bill, across the 71 players we hold a 2023/24 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2023/24 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen wages, 2023/24
What was Bayer 04 Leverkusen's wage bill in 2023/24?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen paid £1,515,920 a week in 2023/24 - £78,827,840 across the year - spread over a squad of 71. We hold a wage for all 71 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2023/24?
Patrik Schick was the highest earner in the 2023/24 squad on £123,000 a week, 2x the 22+ squad average of £60,329.
What was the average Bayer 04 Leverkusen salary in 2023/24?
The average Bayer 04 Leverkusen player aged 22 or over earned £60,329 a week in 2023/24, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 71. The top five earners took 33% of the bill between them.
How do Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 2023/24 wages compare with now?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen pay £2,000,400 a week in 2026/27, 32% higher than the £1,515,920 of 2023/24. The current squad is 35 players against 71 then.