West Ham United 2022/23 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2022/23 · top earner Lucas Paquetá on £130,000 per week · see the current West Ham United wage bill
We hold a wage for all 69 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
West Ham United pay £1,684,585 a week in 2026/27 — 1% higher than the £1,662,670 of 2022/23.
Where the money went in 2022/23
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2022/23 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Paquetá | £130,000 | £6,760,000 | 24 | DM, AM RC | Brazil | ||
| Danny Ings | £125,000 | £6,500,000 | 29 | ST | England | ||
| Alphonse Areola | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 29 | GK | France | ||
| Kurt Zouma | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 27 | D RC | France | ||
| Emerson | £97,000 | £5,044,000 | 27 | D/WB L | Italy | ||
| Thilo Kehrer | £92,000 | £4,784,000 | 25 | D RC, DM | Germany | ||
| Jarrod Bowen | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 25 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Pablo Fornals | £79,000 | £4,108,000 | 26 | AM LC | Spain | ||
| Gianluca Scamacca | £71,000 | £3,692,000 | 23 | ST | Italy | ||
| Michail Antonio | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 32 | AM R, ST | Jamaica | ||
| Manuel Lanzini | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 29 | AM C | Argentina | ||
| Angelo Ogbonna | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 34 | D C | Italy | ||
| Maxwel Cornet | £64,000 | £3,328,000 | 25 | WB L, AM RL | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Nayef Aguerd | £64,000 | £3,328,000 | 26 | D C | Morocco | ||
| Declan Rice | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | 23 | D C, DM | England | ||
| Lukasz Fabianski | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 37 | GK | Poland | ||
| Saïd Benrahma | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 26 | AM RLC | Algeria | ||
| Aaron Cresswell | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 32 | D LC | England | ||
| Vladimír Coufal | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 29 | D/WB R | Czechia | ||
| Tomáš Soucek | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 27 | DM | Czechia | ||
| Ben Johnson | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 22 | D RL | England | ||
| Flynn Downes | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 23 | DM | England | ||
| Luizão | £10,000 | £520,000 | 20 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Armstrong Oko-Flex | £5,500 | £286,000 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Ireland | ||
| Daniel Chesters | £2,400 | £124,800 | 20 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Keenan Forson | £2,000 | £104,000 | 20 | DM | England | ||
| Callum Marshall | £1,400 | £72,800 | 17 | ST | N.Ireland | ||
| Freddie Potts | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| Gideon Kodua | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | AM R, ST | England | ||
| Joseph Anang | £1,100 | £57,200 | 22 | GK | England | ||
| Krisztián Hegyi | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | GK | Hungary | ||
| Levi Laing | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | D RC, DM | England | ||
| Jamal Baptiste | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | D C | England | ||
| Kamarai Swyer | £750 | £39,000 | 19 | AM RL, ST | England | ||
| Divin Mubama | £670 | £34,840 | 17 | ST | England | ||
| George Earthy | £540 | £28,080 | 17 | AM C | England | ||
| Junior Robinson | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Kaelan Casey | £500 | £26,000 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Lennon Peake | £490 | £25,480 | 19 | AM RL | England | ||
| Michael Forbes | £480 | £24,960 | 18 | D C | N.Ireland | ||
| Patrick Kelly | £450 | £23,400 | 17 | M LC | N.Ireland | ||
| Remy Coddington | £430 | £22,360 | 18 | AM C | Bermuda | ||
| Regan Clayton | £430 | £22,360 | 17 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Josh Okotcha | £360 | £18,720 | 15 | D (C) | England | ||
| Samuel Caiger | £270 | £14,040 | 15 | D (RL) | England | ||
| Archie Woods | £200 | £10,400 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| Billy Bates | £180 | £9,360 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Sean Tarima | £180 | £9,360 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Asher Falase | £180 | £9,360 | 17 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Mason Terry | £180 | £9,360 | 17 | GK | England | ||
| Oliver Scarles | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | D/WB L, DM, AM LC | England | ||
| Finlay Herrick | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | GK | England | ||
| Daniel Rigge | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | AM C | England | ||
| Lewis Orford | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Dondre Abraham | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | GK | England | ||
| Ryan Battrum | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | D/M R | England | ||
| Favour Fawunmi | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | AM L | England | ||
| Sebastian Boothe | £180 | £9,360 | 15 | AM C | England | ||
| Tyron Akpata | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Liam Jones | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | AM C | England | ||
| Josh Briggs | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | D RC | N.Ireland | ||
| Blaise Uwandji | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | AM RL | England | ||
| Jemiah Umolu | £180 | £9,360 | 16 | ST | England | ||
| Gael Kileba | £145 | £7,540 | 14 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | England | ||
| Joshua Roach | £145 | £7,540 | 14 | GK | England | ||
| Benjamin Heal | £145 | £7,540 | 14 | M (C) | England | ||
| Michael Adu | £145 | £7,540 | 14 | M (C) | England | ||
| Iyiola Adebayo | £145 | £7,540 | 14 | M (C) | England | ||
| Serine Sanneh | £145 | £7,540 | 14 | GK | Gambia | ||
Wage vs age, 2022/23
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2022/23 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 69 players we hold a 2022/23 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2022/23 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
West Ham United wages, 2022/23
What was West Ham United's wage bill in 2022/23?
West Ham United paid £1,662,670 a week in 2022/23 - £86,458,840 across the year - spread over a squad of 69. We hold a wage for all 69 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid West Ham United player in 2022/23?
Lucas Paquetá was the highest earner in the 2022/23 squad on £130,000 a week, 1.8x the 22+ squad average of £70,700.
What was the average West Ham United salary in 2022/23?
The average West Ham United player aged 22 or over earned £70,700 a week in 2022/23, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 69. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do West Ham United's 2022/23 wages compare with now?
West Ham United pay £1,684,585 a week in 2026/27, 1% higher than the £1,662,670 of 2022/23. The current squad is 75 players against 69 then.