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West Ham United 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Alphonse Areola on £138,000 per week · see the current West Ham United wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.5m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £76m
SQUAD SIZE70
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £59k
Then and now
West Ham United pay £1,272,585 a week in 2026/27 — 12% lower than the £1,453,130 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphonse Areola | £138,000 | £7,176,000 | 28 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kurt Zouma | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 26 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Andrii Iarmolenko | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 31 | Winger | Ukraine | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jarrod Bowen | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Pablo Fornals | £79,000 | £4,108,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Spain | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nikola Vlašic | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2026 | ||
| Michail Antonio | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 31 | Right winger, striker | Jamaica | JUN 2024 | ||
| Manuel Lanzini | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2023 | ||
| Angelo Ogbonna | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Declan Rice | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Issa Diop | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 24 | Centre-back | France | JUL 2023 | ||
| Lukasz Fabianski | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 36 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Saïd Benrahma | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Algeria | JUN 2026 | ||
| Aaron Cresswell | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 31 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Craig Dawson | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 31 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Vladimír Coufal | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 28 | Right-back | Czechia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mark Noble | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 34 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tomáš Soucek | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Czechia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Arthur Masuaku | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 27 | Left-back, left midfielder | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2024 | ||
| Darren Randolph | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 34 | Goalkeeper | Ireland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ryan Fredericks | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 28 | Right-back, right winger | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alex Král | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Czechia | MAY 2024 | ||
| David Martin | £8,400 | £436,800 | 35 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Armstrong Oko-Flex | £5,500 | £286,000 | 19 | Winger, striker | Ireland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ben Johnson | £4,500 | £234,000 | 21 | Full-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Keenan Forson | £2,000 | £104,000 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pierre Ekwah | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Daniel Chesters | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Emmanuel Longelo | £1,300 | £67,600 | 20 | Left-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Freddie Potts | £1,300 | £67,600 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jayden Fevrier | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | Winger | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Krisztián Hegyi | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Hungary | JUN 2025 | ||
| Levi Laing | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mésaque Djú | £900 | £46,800 | 22 | Winger, striker | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Aji Alese | £900 | £46,800 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Brian Kinnear | £890 | £46,280 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Scotland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jamal Baptiste | £760 | £39,520 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ossama Ashley | £710 | £36,920 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Amadou Diallo | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Bernardo Rosa | £540 | £28,080 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Lennon Peake | £490 | £25,480 | 18 | Winger | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Thierry Nevers | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Harrison Ashby | £380 | £19,760 | 19 | Right-back | Scotland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Josh Okotcha | £360 | £18,720 | 14 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Samuel Caiger | £270 | £14,040 | 14 | Full-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Will Greenidge | £230 | £11,960 | 19 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gael Kileba | £145 | £7,540 | 13 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Serine Sanneh | £145 | £7,540 | 13 | Goalkeeper | Gambia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Iyiola Adebayo | £145 | £7,540 | 13 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Benjamin Heal | £145 | £7,540 | 13 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joshua Roach | £145 | £7,540 | 13 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Michael Adu | £145 | £7,540 | 13 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Divin Mubama | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Gideon Kodua | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Right winger, striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Junior Robinson | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | Right-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sonny Perkins | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Archie Woods | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Remy Coddington | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Bermuda | JUN 2022 | ||
| Isaac Evans | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | Left-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| George Earthy | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kaelan Casey | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Sean Tarima | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Regan Clayton | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Left-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Asher Falase | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Right-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Billy Bates | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mason Terry | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kamarai Swyer | £140 | £7,280 | 18 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jacob Knightbridge | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Michael Forbes | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | Centre-back, central midfielder | N.Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Callum Marshall | £140 | £7,280 | 16 | Striker | N.Ireland | JUN 2023 | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
37 Under £1k 1%
7 £1k-£2k 1%
2 £2k-£5k 0%
2 £5k-£10k 1%
1 £10k-£25k 2%
18 £25k-£100k 72%
3 £100k+
23%
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 70 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
West Ham United wages, 2021/22
What was West Ham United's wage bill in 2021/22?
West Ham United paid £1,453,130 a week in 2021/22 - £75,562,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 70. We hold a wage for all 70 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid West Ham United player in 2021/22?
Alphonse Areola was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £138,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £59,263.
What was the average West Ham United salary in 2021/22?
The average West Ham United player aged 22 or over earned £59,263 a week in 2021/22, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 70. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do West Ham United's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
West Ham United pay £1,272,585 a week in 2026/27, 12% lower than the £1,453,130 of 2021/22. The current squad is 71 players against 70 then.