FC Schalke 04 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Sead Kolašinac on £100,000 per week · see the current FC Schalke 04 wage bill
We hold a wage for all 36 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 23 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
FC Schalke 04 pay £364,587 a week in 2026/27 — 63% lower than the £979,857 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 15 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sead Kolašinac | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 27 | D/WB (L) | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ||
| Nabil Bentaleb | £87,000 | £4,524,000 | 25 | DM, M (C) | Algeria | ||
| Omar Mascarell | £78,000 | £4,056,000 | 27 | DM, M (C) | Spain | ||
| Matija Nastasic | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 27 | D (C) | Serbia | ||
| Mark Uth | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 28 | ST (C) | Germany | ||
| Salif Sané | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 29 | D (C), DM | Senegal | ||
| Amine Harit | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | 23 | M/AM (LC) | Morocco | ||
| Ralf Fährmann | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 31 | GK | Germany | ||
| Bastian Oczipka | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 31 | D/WB (L) | Germany | ||
| Benito Raman | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 25 | M/AM (RL), ST (C) | Belgium | ||
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 36 | ST (C) | Holland | ||
| Shkodran Mustafi | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 28 | D (C) | Germany | ||
| Benjamin Stambouli | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 29 | D (C), DM, M (C) | France | ||
| Alessandro Schöpf | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 26 | WB (R), M/AM (RC) | Austria | ||
| William | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 25 | D/WB (R) | Brazil | ||
| Suat Serdar | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 23 | DM, M (C) | Germany | ||
| Gonçalo Paciência | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 25 | ST (C) | Portugal | ||
| Frederik Rønnow | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 27 | GK | Denmark | ||
| Hamza Mendyl | £15,000 | £780,000 | 22 | D/WB (L) | Morocco | ||
| Steven Skrzybski | £9,000 | £468,000 | 27 | M (R), AM (RC), ST (C) | Germany | ||
| Nassim Boujellab | £8,900 | £462,800 | 21 | M/AM (RC) | Morocco | ||
| Michael Langer | £8,900 | £462,800 | 35 | GK | Austria | ||
| Kilian Ludewig | £2,000 | £104,000 | 20 | D/WB/M (R) | Germany | ||
| Matthew Hoppe | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | ST (C) | U.S.A. | ||
| Malick Thiaw | £1,900 | £98,800 | 18 | D (C), DM | Finland | ||
| Vedad Ibisevic | £1,500 | £78,000 | 35 | ST (C) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Kerim Çalhanoğlu | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | D/WB/M (L), AM (C) | Germany | ||
| Can Bozdogan | £711 | £36,972 | 19 | DM, M/AM (C) | Germany | ||
| Timo Becker | £600 | £31,200 | 23 | D (RLC) | Germany | ||
| Stanislav Fehler | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | M/AM (RL) | Germany | ||
| Marouane Balouk | £571 | £29,692 | 18 | AM (C) | Belgium | ||
| Evan Rotundo | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | M/AM (C) | U.S.A. | ||
| Arbnor Aliu | £55 | £2,860 | 17 | D (RLC), WB (RL), DM | Germany | ||
| Daniel Rose | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | GK | Ireland | ||
| Sidi Sané | £55 | £2,860 | 17 | M/AM (RL) | Germany | ||
| Jordy Mfundu | £55 | £2,860 | 17 | AM (L) | Belgium | ||
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 41% of the squad wage bill, across the 36 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC Schalke 04 wages, 2020/21
What was FC Schalke 04's wage bill in 2020/21?
FC Schalke 04 paid £979,857 a week in 2020/21 - £50,952,564 across the year - spread over a squad of 36. We hold a wage for all 36 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC Schalke 04 player in 2020/21?
Sead Kolašinac was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £100,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £41,826.
What was the average FC Schalke 04 salary in 2020/21?
The average FC Schalke 04 player aged 22 or over earned £41,826 a week in 2020/21, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 36. The top five earners took 41% of the bill between them.
How do FC Schalke 04's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
FC Schalke 04 pay £364,587 a week in 2026/27, 63% lower than the £979,857 of 2020/21. The current squad is 38 players against 36 then.