Bengal 2022/23 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2022/23 · top earner Cleiton Silva on £5,400 per week · see the current Bengal wage bill
We hold a wage for all 33 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 28 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Bengal pay £24,891 a week in 2026/27 — 9% lower than the £27,470 of 2022/23.
Where the money went in 2022/23
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 2 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2022/23 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleiton Silva | £5,400 | £280,800 | 35 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Iván González | £3,100 | £161,200 | 32 | D RLC | Spain | ||
| Alex (Alexandre Monteiro de Lima) | £2,500 | £130,000 | 33 | DM, AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Charis Kyriakou | £2,400 | £124,800 | 32 | D/WB RL | Cyprus | ||
| Jake Jervis | £2,100 | £109,200 | 30 | AM RL, ST | England | ||
| Jordan O'Doherty | £1,100 | £57,200 | 24 | AM RC | Australia | ||
| Amarjit Singh | £1,080 | £56,160 | 21 | DM | India | ||
| Jerry Lalrinzuala | £940 | £48,880 | 23 | D/WB L | India | ||
| Souvik Chakraborty | £900 | £46,800 | 31 | D/WB R, DM | India | ||
| Sarthak Golui | £790 | £41,080 | 24 | D RC | India | ||
| Boithang Haokip | £630 | £32,760 | 31 | AM RLC | India | ||
| Mohammed Rakip | £580 | £30,160 | 22 | D/WB R | India | ||
| Sumeet Passi | £570 | £29,640 | 27 | ST | India | ||
| Semboi | £550 | £28,600 | 28 | ST | India | ||
| Suhair | £460 | £23,920 | 30 | AM R, ST | India | ||
| Kamaljit Singh | £440 | £22,880 | 26 | GK | India | ||
| Mahesh Singh | £410 | £21,320 | 23 | ST | India | ||
| Mobashir Rahman | £360 | £18,720 | 24 | DM | India | ||
| Pawan Kumar | £280 | £14,560 | 32 | GK | India | ||
| Ankit Mukherjee | £280 | £14,560 | 26 | D/WB R | India | ||
| Mahitosh Roy | £280 | £14,560 | 23 | AM C | India | ||
| Wahengbam Angousana | £270 | £14,040 | 26 | DM | India | ||
| Suvam Sen | £270 | £14,040 | 32 | GK | India | ||
| Pritam Singh | £270 | £14,040 | 26 | D/WB L | India | ||
| Himanshu Jangra | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | ST | India | ||
| Jesin TK | £220 | £11,440 | 22 | AM R | India | ||
| Tuhin Das | £220 | £11,440 | 22 | WB L | India | ||
| Athul Unnikrishnan | £160 | £8,320 | 22 | D R | India | ||
| Nabi Hussain Khan | £160 | £8,320 | 24 | D C | India | ||
| Dip Saha | £140 | £7,280 | 21 | AM C | India | ||
| Naveen Kumar | £140 | £7,280 | 32 | GK | India | ||
| Lalchungnunga | £130 | £6,760 | 21 | AM C | India | ||
| Srikumar Karjee | £120 | £6,240 | 20 | ST | India | ||
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 56% of the squad wage bill, across the 33 players we hold a 2022/23 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2022/23 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bengal wages, 2022/23
What was Bengal's wage bill in 2022/23?
Bengal paid £27,470 a week in 2022/23 - £1,428,440 across the year - spread over a squad of 33. We hold a wage for all 33 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bengal player in 2022/23?
Cleiton Silva was the highest earner in the 2022/23 squad on £5,400 a week, 5.9x the 22+ squad average of £921.
What was the average Bengal salary in 2022/23?
The average Bengal player aged 22 or over earned £921 a week in 2022/23, across the 28 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 33. The top five earners took 56% of the bill between them.
How do Bengal's 2022/23 wages compare with now?
Bengal pay £24,891 a week in 2026/27, 9% lower than the £27,470 of 2022/23. The current squad is 41 players against 33 then.