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West Ham United 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Andrii Iarmolenko on £100,000 per week · see the current West Ham United wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.2m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £64m
SQUAD SIZE65
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £53k
Then and now
West Ham United pay £1,272,585 a week in 2026/27 — 4% higher than the £1,221,689 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 12 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrii Iarmolenko | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 30 | Wide midfielder, winger | Ukraine | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jesse Lingard | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 27 | Wide midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jarrod Bowen | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 23 | Wide midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Pablo Fornals | £79,000 | £4,108,000 | 24 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Spain | JUN 2024 | ||
| Michail Antonio | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 30 | Right midfielder, right winger, striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Manuel Lanzini | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2023 | ||
| Angelo Ogbonna | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 32 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Declan Rice | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Issa Diop | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 23 | Centre-back | France | JUL 2023 | ||
| Lukasz Fabianski | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 35 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Saïd Benrahma | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Algeria | JUN 2026 | ||
| Aaron Cresswell | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 30 | Centre-back, left wing-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mark Noble | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 33 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tomáš Soucek | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Czechia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Arthur Masuaku | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 26 | Left-back, left midfielder | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2024 | ||
| Fabián Balbuena | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Paraguay | JUN 2023 | ||
| Craig Dawson | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 30 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Darren Randolph | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 33 | Goalkeeper | Ireland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ryan Fredericks | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 27 | Right-back, right midfielder, right winger | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Vladimír Coufal | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 27 | Right-back | Czechia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Gonçalo Cardoso | £11,000 | £572,000 | 19 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| David Martin | £8,400 | £436,800 | 34 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Conor Coventry | £5,400 | £280,800 | 20 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Ireland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Frederik Alves | £5,300 | £275,600 | 20 | Centre-back | Denmark | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mipo Odubeko | £4,500 | £234,000 | 17 | Striker | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nathan Trott | £2,900 | £150,800 | 21 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ben Johnson | £2,500 | £130,000 | 20 | Full-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Nathan Holland | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Joseph Anang | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mésaque Djú | £900 | £46,800 | 21 | Winger, striker | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ossama Ashley | £710 | £36,920 | 19 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alfie Lewis | £650 | £33,800 | 20 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Bernardo Rosa | £540 | £28,080 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Emmanuel Longelo | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | Left-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Daniel Chesters | £420 | £21,840 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Daniel Jinadu | £420 | £21,840 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Nigeria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sean Adarkwa | £419 | £21,788 | 19 | Striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Harrison Ashby | £380 | £19,760 | 18 | Right-back | Scotland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Josh Okotcha | £360 | £18,720 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Keenan Forson | £350 | £18,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Lennon Peake | £340 | £17,680 | 18 | Winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Samuel Caiger | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | Full-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Will Greenidge | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Krisztián Hegyi | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Hungary | JUN 2021 | ||
| Isaac Evans | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Left-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Amadou Diallo | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Christian Veliky | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Slovakia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Brandon Thomas | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Freddie Potts | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Archie Woods | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gael Kileba | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Remy Coddington | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Bermuda | JUN 2022 | ||
| Michael Forbes | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Centre-back, central midfielder | N.Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jacob Knightbridge | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Serine Sanneh | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Gambia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Iyiola Adebayo | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Sonny Perkins | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jayden Fevrier | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Full-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kamarai Swyer | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jamal Baptiste | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kai Corbett | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Right midfielder, right winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Michael Adu | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joshua Roach | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Junior Robinson | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Right-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Benjamin Heal | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
36 Under £1k 1%
2 £1k-£2k 0%
3 £2k-£5k 1%
3 £5k-£10k 2%
1 £10k-£25k 1%
19 £25k-£100k 88%
1 £100k+
8%
Top 5 earners took 33% of the squad wage bill, across the 65 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
West Ham United wages, 2020/21
What was West Ham United's wage bill in 2020/21?
West Ham United paid £1,221,689 a week in 2020/21 - £63,527,828 across the year - spread over a squad of 65. We hold a wage for all 65 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid West Ham United player in 2020/21?
Andrii Iarmolenko was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £100,000 a week, 1.9x the 22+ squad average of £53,205.
What was the average West Ham United salary in 2020/21?
The average West Ham United player aged 22 or over earned £53,205 a week in 2020/21, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 65. The top five earners took 33% of the bill between them.
How do West Ham United's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
West Ham United pay £1,272,585 a week in 2026/27, 4% higher than the £1,221,689 of 2020/21. The current squad is 71 players against 65 then.