Bolton Wanderers 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Callum Connolly on £17,000 per week · see the current Bolton Wanderers wage bill
Then and now
Bolton Wanderers pay £294,345 a week in 2026/27 — 48% higher than the £198,230 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 | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Connolly | £17,000 | £884,000 | 20 | D R, DM, M RC | England | MAY 2019 | ||
| Yanic Wildschut | £16,000 | £832,000 | 26 | AM RL | Holland | MAY 2019 | ||
| Clayton Donaldson | £12,000 | £624,000 | 34 | ST | Jamaica | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jack Hobbs | £11,000 | £572,000 | 29 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luke Murphy | £9,000 | £468,000 | 28 | DM | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Paweł Olkowski | £9,000 | £468,000 | 28 | D/WB R | Poland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Marc Wilson | £9,000 | £468,000 | 30 | D RLC, DM | Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Craig Noone | £8,400 | £436,800 | 30 | AM RL | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| David Wheater | £8,400 | £436,800 | 31 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jason Lowe | £8,100 | £421,200 | 26 | DM | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Sammy Ameobi | £8,000 | £416,000 | 26 | AM RL | Nigeria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Andrew Taylor | £6,500 | £338,000 | 31 | D L | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Will Buckley | £6,400 | £332,800 | 28 | AM RL | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Erhun Öztümer | £6,300 | £327,600 | 27 | AM C | Türkiye | JUN 2020 | ||
| Gary O'Neil | £6,200 | £322,400 | 35 | DM, M RC | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jonathan Grounds | £6,100 | £317,200 | 30 | D LC | England | MAY 2019 | ||
| Josh Magennis | £6,100 | £317,200 | 27 | ST | N.Ireland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Joe Williams | £6,100 | £317,200 | 21 | DM | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Josh Vela | £6,100 | £317,200 | 24 | AM C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mark Little | £5,900 | £306,800 | 29 | D/WB R | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ben Alnwick | £5,500 | £286,000 | 31 | GK | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lloyd Dyer | £4,000 | £208,000 | 35 | WB/AM L | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mark Beevers | £3,900 | £202,800 | 28 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Remi Matthews | £2,700 | £140,400 | 24 | GK | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Chiori Johnson | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | D/WB R | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marcus Wood | £900 | £46,800 | 20 | DM | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jake Turner | £860 | £44,720 | 19 | GK | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joe Pritchard | £810 | £42,120 | 21 | M C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Connor Hall | £580 | £30,160 | 20 | ST | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jack Earing | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | M C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Liam Edwards | £490 | £25,480 | 21 | D C | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Stephen Duke-McKenna | £420 | £21,840 | 17 | AM L | Guyana | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joe Muscatt | £410 | £21,320 | 20 | D L | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jake Kenyon | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | D/WB/M L | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Harry Brockbank | £380 | £19,760 | 19 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Yoan Zouma | £360 | £18,720 | 20 | D C | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| James Aspinall | £310 | £16,120 | 18 | GK | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luca Navarro | £290 | £15,080 | 18 | ST | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Shakeel Jones-Griffiths | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | M C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| William Hartshorne | £180 | £9,360 | 18 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kwame Osigwe | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Adam Senior | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D RC | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| D'Neal Richards | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Matty Argent-Barnes | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | ST | Wales | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sonny Graham | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | M C | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jordan Boon | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ted Moulden | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D RC | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Connor Comber | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | ST | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Eddie Brown | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | ST | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Myles Edmondson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D L | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Callum James | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | GK | Wales | JUN 2019 | ||
| Callum Preston | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D L | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Laurence Smith | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | DM | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luca Connell | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM LC | Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ronan Darcy | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joe White | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | M LC | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| De'marlio Brown-Sterling | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM L | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Matthew Alexander | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | GK | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Callum King-Harmes | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM RL | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Max Broughton | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
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 33% of the squad wage bill, across the 60 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bolton Wanderers wages, 2018/19
What was Bolton Wanderers' wage bill in 2018/19?
Bolton Wanderers paid £198,230 a week in 2018/19 - £10,307,960 across the year - spread over a squad of 60. We hold a wage for all 60 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bolton Wanderers player in 2018/19?
Callum Connolly was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £17,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £7,482.
What was the average Bolton Wanderers salary in 2018/19?
The average Bolton Wanderers player aged 22 or over earned £7,482 a week in 2018/19, across the 22 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 60. The top five earners took 33% of the bill between them.
How do Bolton Wanderers' 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Bolton Wanderers pay £294,345 a week in 2026/27, 48% higher than the £198,230 of 2018/19. The current squad is 62 players against 60 then.