Stoke City 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Ben Pearson on £28,000 per week · see the current Stoke City wage bill
We hold a wage for all 52 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
Stoke City pay £320,090 a week in 2026/27 — 13% lower than the £368,440 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Pearson | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 30 | DM | England | ||
| Aaron Cresswell | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 35 | D LC | England | ||
| Gavin Bazunu | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 23 | GK | Ireland | ||
| Viktor Johansson | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 26 | GK | Sweden | ||
| Ashley Phillips | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 20 | D C | England | ||
| Divin Mubama | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 20 | ST | England | ||
| Bae Jun-Ho | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 21 | WB RL, AM C | South Korea | ||
| Róbert Boženík | £17,000 | £884,000 | 25 | ST | Slovakia | ||
| Bosun Lawal | £16,000 | £832,000 | 22 | D C, DM | Ireland | ||
| Sorba Thomas | £15,000 | £780,000 | 26 | WB/AM RL | Wales | ||
| Maksym Taloverov | £15,000 | £780,000 | 25 | D C, DM | Ukraine | ||
| Lewis Baker | £15,000 | £780,000 | 30 | DM, AM C | England | ||
| Tomáš Rigo | £11,000 | £572,000 | 23 | AM C | Slovakia | ||
| Ben Gibson | £9,500 | £494,000 | 32 | D C | England | ||
| Eric Bocat | £9,300 | £483,600 | 25 | D L | France | ||
| Tatsuki Seko | £9,000 | £468,000 | 27 | D R, DM | Japan | ||
| Lamine Cissé | £9,000 | £468,000 | 22 | AM RL | France | ||
| Steven Nzonzi | £9,000 | £468,000 | 36 | DM | France | ||
| Enda Stevens | £8,300 | £431,600 | 34 | D/WB L | Ireland | ||
| Million Manhoef | £7,900 | £410,800 | 23 | D/WB/AM RL | Netherlands | ||
| Sam Gallagher | £7,600 | £395,200 | 29 | ST | England | ||
| Ben Wilmot | £6,500 | £338,000 | 25 | D C | England | ||
| Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | £5,100 | £265,200 | 22 | AM RL | England | ||
| Junior Tchamadeu | £5,100 | £265,200 | 21 | D/WB R | Cameroon | ||
| Frank Fielding | £4,300 | £223,600 | 37 | GK | England | ||
| Luke Badley-Morgan | £4,000 | £208,000 | 21 | D LC | Jamaica | ||
| Edwin Andersson | £3,300 | £171,600 | 20 | WB/AM RL | Sweden | ||
| Milan Smit | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | AM L, ST | Netherlands | ||
| Tommy Simkin | £1,600 | £83,200 | 20 | GK | England | ||
| Andrew Matthews | £1,500 | £78,000 | 37 | AM RC | |||
| Darius Lipsiuc | £820 | £42,640 | 19 | M C | Ireland | ||
| Ato Ampah | £759 | £39,468 | 19 | WB/AM RL | England | ||
| Dara McGuinness | £621 | £32,292 | 21 | ST | |||
| Adam Watson | £610 | £31,720 | 19 | ST | |||
| Noah Cooper | £607 | £31,564 | 19 | GK | England | ||
| True Grant | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | GK | England | ||
| Chinonso Chibueze | £540 | £28,080 | 19 | WB R, AM RLC, F C | England | ||
| Francis Gyimah | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Adriel Walker | £508 | £26,416 | 19 | ST | England | ||
| Jake Griffin | £461 | £23,972 | 19 | D C | Ireland | ||
| Japhet Mpadi | £457 | £23,764 | 17 | AM RC | Wales | ||
| Wiktor Gromek | £456 | £23,712 | 20 | AM C | Poland | ||
| Laurence Giani | £437 | £22,724 | 17 | D/WB L | |||
| Josh Bickerton | £337 | £17,524 | 19 | D L | England | ||
| Will Smith | £277 | £14,404 | 19 | M C | England | ||
| Sydney Agina | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | D C | England | ||
| Jaden Mears | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | D R | England | ||
| Ruben Brammer | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | GK | |||
| Dean Adekoya | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | AM L, ST | |||
| Gabriel Kelly | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | DM | Ireland | ||
| Caleb Clothier | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | GK | Switzerland | ||
| Joshua Maskall | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | AM R | England | ||
Wage vs age, 2024/25
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2024/25 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 52 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Stoke City wages, 2024/25
What was Stoke City's wage bill in 2024/25?
Stoke City paid £368,440 a week in 2024/25 - £19,158,880 across the year - spread over a squad of 52. We hold a wage for all 52 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Stoke City player in 2024/25?
Ben Pearson was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £28,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £12,257.
What was the average Stoke City salary in 2024/25?
The average Stoke City player aged 22 or over earned £12,257 a week in 2024/25, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 52. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do Stoke City's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
Stoke City pay £320,090 a week in 2026/27, 13% lower than the £368,440 of 2024/25. The current squad is 70 players against 52 then.