Bolton Wanderers 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Xavier Amaechi on £6,400 per week · see the current Bolton Wanderers wage bill
We hold a wage for all 48 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 22 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Bolton Wanderers pay £266,025 a week in 2026/27 — 245% higher than the £77,150 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Amaechi | £6,400 | £332,800 | 20 | AM RL | England | ||
| Jón Daði Böðvarsson | £5,100 | £265,200 | 29 | AM RL, ST | Iceland | ||
| Declan John | £4,400 | £228,800 | 26 | D/WB L | Wales | ||
| Elias Kachunga | £4,300 | £223,600 | 29 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Kyle Dempsey | £4,000 | £208,000 | 25 | AM C | England | ||
| Kieran Sadlier | £4,000 | £208,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | Ireland | ||
| Aaron Morley | £3,500 | £182,000 | 21 | DM | England | ||
| Dion Charles | £3,400 | £176,800 | 25 | AM RLC, F C | N.Ireland | ||
| Oladapo Afolayan | £3,400 | £176,800 | 23 | AM L | England | ||
| George Johnston | £3,200 | £166,400 | 22 | D C | Scotland | ||
| James Trafford | £3,100 | £161,200 | 18 | GK | England | ||
| Josh Sheehan | £3,100 | £161,200 | 26 | DM | Wales | ||
| Kieran Lee | £3,000 | £156,000 | 33 | M C | England | ||
| Amadou Bakayoko | £2,500 | £130,000 | 25 | ST | Sierra Leone | ||
| Alex Baptiste | £2,500 | £130,000 | 35 | D RC | England | ||
| George Thomason | £2,200 | £114,400 | 20 | M C | England | ||
| Gethin Jones | £2,200 | £114,400 | 25 | D/WB R | Wales | ||
| Joel Dixon | £2,100 | £109,200 | 27 | GK | England | ||
| Lloyd Isgrove | £2,000 | £104,000 | 28 | AM RL | Wales | ||
| MJ Williams | £1,900 | £98,800 | 25 | DM | Wales | ||
| Andrew Tutte | £1,500 | £78,000 | 30 | DM | England | ||
| Will Aimson | £1,400 | £72,800 | 27 | D C | Wales | ||
| Marlon Fossey | £900 | £46,800 | 22 | D/WB R | U.S.A. | ||
| Matt Gilks | £900 | £46,800 | 39 | GK | Scotland | ||
| Adam Senior | £750 | £39,000 | 19 | D RC | England | ||
| Liam Gordon | £740 | £38,480 | 22 | D LC | Guyana | ||
| Ricardo Almeida Santos | £700 | £36,400 | 26 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Matthew Alexander | £480 | £24,960 | 19 | GK | England | ||
| Finlay Hurford-Lockett | £400 | £20,800 | 18 | AM RL | England | ||
| Jay Fitzmartin | £360 | £18,720 | 18 | AM RL | England | ||
| Luke Hutchinson | £340 | £17,680 | 18 | GK | England | ||
| Joseph Brown | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | D L | England | ||
| Jack Thompson | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | D R | England | ||
| Arran Pettifer | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | M L | England | ||
| Mitchell Henry | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | AM L | England | ||
| Lamine Toure | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Ellis Litherland | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | GK | England | ||
| Maxwell Conway | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | M RC | England | ||
| Matthew Tweedley | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | DM | England | ||
| Abdul Kamara | £140 | £7,280 | 15 | D C | England | ||
| Adam Beardsworth | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | D C | England | ||
| Noah Halford | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | D C | England | ||
| Wesley Frimpong | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Danny Jones | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | AM R | Wales | ||
| Rio McEvoy | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | ST | England | ||
| Sonny Sharples-Ahmed | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | DM | England | ||
| Joel Burgess | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Max Wilcox | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | M C | England | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 31% of the squad wage bill, across the 48 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bolton Wanderers wages, 2021/22
What was Bolton Wanderers' wage bill in 2021/22?
Bolton Wanderers paid £77,150 a week in 2021/22 - £4,011,800 across the year - spread over a squad of 48. We hold a wage for all 48 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bolton Wanderers player in 2021/22?
Xavier Amaechi was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £6,400 a week, 2.5x the 22+ squad average of £2,602.
What was the average Bolton Wanderers salary in 2021/22?
The average Bolton Wanderers player aged 22 or over earned £2,602 a week in 2021/22, across the 22 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 48. The top five earners took 31% of the bill between them.
How do Bolton Wanderers' 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Bolton Wanderers pay £266,025 a week in 2026/27, 245% higher than the £77,150 of 2021/22. The current squad is 61 players against 48 then.