CHAMPIONSHIP · 2018/19 · ARCHIVE
Stoke City 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Ashley Williams on £73,000 per week · see the current Stoke City wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £747k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £39m
SQUAD SIZE62
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £34k
Then and now
Stoke City pay £399,190 a week in 2026/27 — 47% lower than the £746,720 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Williams | £73,000 | £3,796,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Wales | MAY 2019 | ||
| Mame Diouf | £64,000 | £3,328,000 | 30 | Right-back, attacking midfielder | Senegal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ryan Shawcross | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 30 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joe Allen | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | Wales | JUN 2022 | ||
| Saido Berahino | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Burundi | JUN 2022 | ||
| Bruno Martins Indi | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Holland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Darren Fletcher | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 34 | Defensive midfielder | Scotland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Bojan | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Spain | JUN 2020 | ||
| Sam Vokes | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 28 | Striker | Wales | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sam Clucas | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Benik Afobe | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 25 | Striker | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2022 | ||
| Peter Etebo | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Nigeria | JUN 2023 | ||
| Adam Federici | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 33 | Goalkeeper | Australia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Danny Batth | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 27 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Thomas Ince | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Charlie Adam | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 32 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Scotland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jack Butland | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 25 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| James McClean | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 29 | Winger | Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Moritz Bauer | £19,000 | £988,000 | 26 | Right-back | Austria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ryan Woods | £13,000 | £676,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Josh Tymon | £7,100 | £369,200 | 19 | Left-back, left midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Julien Ngoy | £5,100 | £265,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | JUN 2019 | ||
| Thibaud Verlinden | £4,600 | £239,200 | 18 | Winger | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jakob Haugaard | £4,100 | £213,200 | 26 | Goalkeeper | Denmark | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ryan Corrigan | £3,700 | £192,400 | 17 | Left-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Sim Thandi | £1,600 | £83,200 | 18 | Centre-back | England | - | ||
| Ollie Shenton | £860 | £44,720 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Tom Edwards | £710 | £36,920 | 19 | Right-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Lasse Sørensen | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | Central midfielder | Denmark | JUN 2023 | ||
| Dan Jarvis | £570 | £29,640 | 20 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dániel Gyollai | £570 | £29,640 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Hungary | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jake Dunwoody | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | Central midfielder | N.Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Moussa Niakaté | £480 | £24,960 | 21 | Left-back | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ryan Hill | £430 | £22,360 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tre Pemberton | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | Winger | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Gabriel Kyeremateng | £400 | £20,800 | 19 | Winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Vazoumana Karamoko | £390 | £20,280 | 18 | Left-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jacob Twyford | £360 | £18,720 | 18 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Scott Wara | £320 | £16,640 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joe Buršík | £310 | £16,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | MAY 2019 | ||
| Mohamed Diallo | £280 | £14,560 | 18 | Full-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Rachid Baldé | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Central midfielder | Guinea-Bissau | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dillon Keane | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right winger, striker | U.S.A. | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mohamed Akandji | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ibrahim Doucoure | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Adnan Kanuric | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ethon Varian | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | Ireland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Max Murphy | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Right-back | Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Soiyir Sanali | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Reece Jones | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right winger | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Abdoulaye Touré | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ethan Stanton | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lewis Macari | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | Scotland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Joel Mvovi | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nathan Collins | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kieran Coates | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Patrick Jarrett | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Will Forrester | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| James Jennings | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Adam Porter | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nathan Broome | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Daniel Malone | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | Wales | JUN 2020 | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
36 Under £1k 1%
1 £1k-£2k 0%
3 £2k-£5k 2%
2 £5k-£10k 2%
4 £10k-£25k 10%
16 £25k-£100k 85%
Top 5 earners took 39% of the squad wage bill, across the 62 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Stoke City wages, 2018/19
What was Stoke City's wage bill in 2018/19?
Stoke City paid £746,720 a week in 2018/19 - £38,829,440 across the year - spread over a squad of 62. We hold a wage for all 62 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Stoke City player in 2018/19?
Ashley Williams was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £73,000 a week, 2.1x the 22+ squad average of £34,052.
What was the average Stoke City salary in 2018/19?
The average Stoke City player aged 22 or over earned £34,052 a week in 2018/19, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 62. The top five earners took 39% of the bill between them.
How do Stoke City's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Stoke City pay £399,190 a week in 2026/27, 47% lower than the £746,720 of 2018/19. The current squad is 73 players against 62 then.