Watford 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Edoardo Bove on £36,000 per week · see the current Watford wage bill
We hold a wage for all 54 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 18 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Watford pay £322,200 a week in 2026/27 — 3% lower than the £332,880 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 3 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edoardo Bove | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 23 | DM | Italy | ||
| Angelo Ogbonna | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 36 | D C | Italy | ||
| Imrân Louza | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 26 | DM, AM C | Morocco | ||
| Thomas Ince | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 33 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Egil Selvik | £18,000 | £936,000 | 27 | GK | Norway | ||
| Edo Kayembe | £16,000 | £832,000 | 27 | DM | Congo - Kinshasa | ||
| Nampalys Mendy | £14,000 | £728,000 | 33 | DM | Senegal | ||
| Marc Bola | £14,000 | £728,000 | 27 | D LC, M L | Congo - Kinshasa | ||
| Saba Goglichidze | £14,000 | £728,000 | 21 | D RC | Georgia | ||
| Jérémy Petris | £13,000 | £676,000 | 27 | D/WB/M R | Martinique | ||
| Hector Kyprianou | £13,000 | £676,000 | 24 | DM | Cyprus | ||
| Giorgi Chakvetadze | £11,000 | £572,000 | 25 | AM LC | Georgia | ||
| Mamadou Doumbia | £10,000 | £520,000 | 19 | ST | Mali | ||
| Jeremy Ngakia | £9,100 | £473,200 | 24 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Rocco Vata | £9,000 | £468,000 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Ireland | ||
| Pierre Ekwah | £9,000 | £468,000 | 23 | DM | France | ||
| Kwadwo Baah | £8,000 | £416,000 | 22 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Nathan Baxter | £6,900 | £358,800 | 26 | GK | England | ||
| Pierre Dwomoh | £5,800 | £301,600 | 21 | AM C | Belgium | ||
| Formose Mendy | £4,300 | £223,600 | 24 | D RC | Senegal | ||
| Luca Kjerrumgaard | £4,000 | £208,000 | 22 | ST | Denmark | ||
| Kévin Keben | £4,000 | £208,000 | 21 | D C | Cameroon | ||
| Mattie Pollock | £3,900 | £202,800 | 23 | D C | England | ||
| Othmane Maamma | £3,800 | £197,600 | 19 | AM R | Morocco | ||
| Vivaldo Semedo | £3,500 | £182,000 | 20 | ST | Portugal | ||
| James Abankwah | £1,100 | £57,200 | 21 | D RC | Ireland | ||
| Jack Grieves | £710 | £36,920 | 20 | ST | England | ||
| James Clarridge | £710 | £36,920 | 21 | D C | England | ||
| Alfie Marriott | £700 | £36,400 | 21 | GK | England | ||
| Josh Keyes | £661 | £34,372 | 19 | AM L | England | ||
| Remiero Moulton | £617 | £32,084 | 19 | AM C | England | ||
| Jonathan Lawson | £612 | £31,824 | 19 | ST | England | ||
| Jonathan Macaulay | £610 | £31,720 | 20 | GK | Sweden | ||
| Albert Eames | £585 | £30,420 | 19 | D R | England | ||
| Gabriel Ortelli | £501 | £26,052 | 19 | GK | Cyprus | ||
| Nickson Okosun | £431 | £22,412 | 18 | AM L, ST | Ireland | ||
| Nestory Irankunda | £412 | £21,424 | 19 | AM RL | Australia | ||
| Ian Kamga | £410 | £21,320 | 18 | D L | England | ||
| Roraigh Browne | £370 | £19,240 | 19 | GK | South Africa | ||
| Victor Wachowicz | £290 | £15,080 | 18 | D L | |||
| Josh Mullins | £231 | £12,012 | 19 | D C | England | ||
| Amin Nabizada | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | AM RL | England | ||
| Kash Odiase | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | ST | England | ||
| Hayden Barrett | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | M L | England | ||
| Conrad Hunt | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Max Smith | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | AM/F C | England | ||
| Raul Vancea | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D L | |||
| Marats Galajevs | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM C | |||
| Sam Morris | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | GK | England | ||
| Ollie Stephenson | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | D LC | England | ||
| Tom Georgiou | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | D C | England | ||
| Kristian Shevchenko | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | ST | Ukraine | ||
| Leo Ramírez-Espain | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | AM C | England | ||
| Yianni Goulandris | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | AM C | |||
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 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 54 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Watford wages, 2024/25
What was Watford's wage bill in 2024/25?
Watford paid £332,880 a week in 2024/25 - £17,309,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 54. We hold a wage for all 54 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Watford player in 2024/25?
Edoardo Bove was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £36,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £15,122.
What was the average Watford salary in 2024/25?
The average Watford player aged 22 or over earned £15,122 a week in 2024/25, across the 18 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 54. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Watford's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
Watford pay £322,200 a week in 2026/27, 3% lower than the £332,880 of 2024/25. The current squad is 70 players against 54 then.