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
We hold a wage for all 65 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 21 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
West Ham United pay £1,684,585 a week in 2026/27 — 38% 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 | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrii Iarmolenko | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 30 | M/AM (RL) | Ukraine | ||
| Jesse Lingard | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 27 | M (RL), AM (RLC) | England | ||
| Jarrod Bowen | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 23 | M (RL), AM (RLC) | England | ||
| Pablo Fornals | £79,000 | £4,108,000 | 24 | M (C), AM (LC) | Spain | ||
| Michail Antonio | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 30 | M/AM (R), ST (C) | England | ||
| Manuel Lanzini | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 27 | AM (C) | Argentina | ||
| Angelo Ogbonna | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 32 | D (C) | Italy | ||
| Declan Rice | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | 21 | D (C), DM, M (C) | England | ||
| Issa Diop | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 23 | D (C) | France | ||
| Lukasz Fabianski | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 35 | GK | Poland | ||
| Saïd Benrahma | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 24 | AM (RLC) | Algeria | ||
| Aaron Cresswell | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 30 | D (LC), WB (L) | England | ||
| Mark Noble | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 33 | DM, M (C) | England | ||
| Tomáš Soucek | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 25 | DM, M (C) | Czechia | ||
| Arthur Masuaku | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 26 | D/WB/M (L) | Congo - Kinshasa | ||
| Fabián Balbuena | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 28 | D (C) | Paraguay | ||
| Craig Dawson | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 30 | D (RC) | England | ||
| Darren Randolph | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 33 | GK | Ireland | ||
| Ryan Fredericks | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 27 | D/WB/M/AM (R) | England | ||
| Vladimír Coufal | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 27 | D/WB (R) | Czechia | ||
| Gonçalo Cardoso | £11,000 | £572,000 | 19 | D (C) | Portugal | ||
| David Martin | £8,400 | £436,800 | 34 | GK | England | ||
| Conor Coventry | £5,400 | £280,800 | 20 | DM, M (C) | Ireland | ||
| Frederik Alves | £5,300 | £275,600 | 20 | D (C) | Denmark | ||
| Mipo Odubeko | £4,500 | £234,000 | 17 | ST (C) | Ireland | ||
| Nathan Trott | £2,900 | £150,800 | 21 | GK | England | ||
| Ben Johnson | £2,500 | £130,000 | 20 | D (RL) | England | ||
| Nathan Holland | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | AM (RLC) | England | ||
| Joseph Anang | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | GK | England | ||
| Mésaque Djú | £900 | £46,800 | 21 | AM (RL), ST (C) | Portugal | ||
| Ossama Ashley | £710 | £36,920 | 19 | M (C) | England | ||
| Alfie Lewis | £650 | £33,800 | 20 | M/AM (C) | England | ||
| Bernardo Rosa | £540 | £28,080 | 19 | AM (C) | Brazil | ||
| Emmanuel Longelo | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | D/WB (L) | England | ||
| Daniel Jinadu | £420 | £21,840 | 18 | GK | Nigeria | ||
| Daniel Chesters | £420 | £21,840 | 18 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | England | ||
| Sean Adarkwa | £419 | £21,788 | 19 | ST (C) | England | ||
| Harrison Ashby | £380 | £19,760 | 18 | D (R) | Scotland | ||
| Josh Okotcha | £360 | £18,720 | 18 | D (C) | England | ||
| Keenan Forson | £350 | £18,200 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| Lennon Peake | £340 | £17,680 | 18 | AM (RL) | England | ||
| Samuel Caiger | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | D (RL) | England | ||
| Will Greenidge | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | D (RC) | England | ||
| Freddie Potts | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | M (C) | England | ||
| Brandon Thomas | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D (C) | England | ||
| Krisztián Hegyi | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | GK | Hungary | ||
| Christian Veliky | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | AM (C) | Slovakia | ||
| Isaac Evans | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (L) | England | ||
| Serine Sanneh | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | GK | Gambia | ||
| Junior Robinson | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (R) | England | ||
| Michael Adu | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (C) | England | ||
| Iyiola Adebayo | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (C) | England | ||
| Jamal Baptiste | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (C) | England | ||
| Kai Corbett | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M/AM (R) | England | ||
| Kamarai Swyer | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | AM (RL), ST (C) | England | ||
| Gael Kileba | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | England | ||
| Joshua Roach | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | GK | England | ||
| Jayden Fevrier | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D/WB (RL) | England | ||
| Jacob Knightbridge | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | GK | England | ||
| Remy Coddington | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | AM (C) | Bermuda | ||
| Archie Woods | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | DM, M (C) | England | ||
| Michael Forbes | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D/M (C) | N.Ireland | ||
| Sonny Perkins | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | M/AM (C) | England | ||
| Benjamin Heal | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (C) | England | ||
| Amadou Diallo | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | England | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
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 £1,684,585 a week in 2026/27, 38% higher than the £1,221,689 of 2020/21. The current squad is 75 players against 65 then.