Bengal 2023/24 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2023/24 · top earner Cleiton Silva on £4,400 per week · see the current Bengal wage bill
We hold a wage for all 46 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 37 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Bengal pay £24,891 a week in 2026/27 — 22% lower than the £31,800 of 2023/24.
Where the money went in 2023/24
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2023/24 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleiton Silva | £4,400 | £228,800 | 36 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| José Pardo | £3,100 | £161,200 | 35 | D C, DM | Spain | ||
| Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | £2,800 | £145,600 | 22 | GK | India | ||
| Felicio Brown Forbes | £2,300 | £119,600 | 31 | ST | Costa Rica | ||
| Hijazi Maher | £2,200 | £114,400 | 25 | M C | Jordan | ||
| Jordan Elsey | £2,100 | £109,200 | 29 | D C | Australia | ||
| Mandar Rao Dessai | £1,900 | £98,800 | 31 | D/WB/AM L | India | ||
| Saúl | £1,600 | £83,200 | 26 | M C | Spain | ||
| Harmanjot Singh Khabra | £1,200 | £62,400 | 35 | D/WB R, DM, M RC | India | ||
| Souvik Chakraborty | £740 | £38,480 | 32 | D/WB R, DM | India | ||
| Mahesh Singh | £690 | £35,880 | 24 | AM L, ST | India | ||
| Nandhakumar Sekar | £650 | £33,800 | 27 | AM RL | India | ||
| Boithang Haokip | £570 | £29,640 | 32 | AM RLC | India | ||
| Edwin Sydney | £540 | £28,080 | 30 | D/WB R, DM, AM RLC | India | ||
| Mohammed Rakip | £510 | £26,520 | 23 | D/WB R | India | ||
| Nishu Kumar | £450 | £23,400 | 25 | D/WB L | India | ||
| Suhair | £400 | £20,800 | 31 | AM R, ST | India | ||
| Kamaljit Singh | £390 | £20,280 | 27 | GK | India | ||
| Lalchungnunga | £290 | £15,080 | 22 | D RC | India | ||
| Víctor Vázquez | £290 | £15,080 | 36 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Mahitosh Roy | £280 | £14,560 | 24 | AM C | India | ||
| Sayan Banerjee | £280 | £14,560 | 20 | M C | India | ||
| Vishnu PV | £270 | £14,040 | 21 | AM RL | India | ||
| Gursimrat Singh | £240 | £12,480 | 26 | D C | India | ||
| Dip Saha | £220 | £11,440 | 22 | AM C | India | ||
| Ranit Sarkar | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | GK | India | ||
| Tuhin Das | £200 | £10,400 | 23 | D C | India | ||
| Kush Chhetry | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | M RC | India | ||
| Niranjan Mondal | £190 | £9,880 | 25 | D C | India | ||
| Vishnu TM | £190 | £9,880 | 23 | AM RL, ST | India | ||
| Tanmay Das | £190 | £9,880 | 22 | M RL | India | ||
| Subhendu Mandi | £190 | £9,880 | 26 | D C | India | ||
| Jesin TK | £190 | £9,880 | 23 | AM R | India | ||
| Muhammed Nishad | £190 | £9,880 | 23 | GK | India | ||
| Sanjib Ghosh | £190 | £9,880 | 22 | DM, M L | India | ||
| Suryash Jaiswal | £190 | £9,880 | 24 | GK | India | ||
| Ajay Chhetri | £180 | £9,360 | 24 | DM | India | ||
| Athul Unnikrishnan | £170 | £8,840 | 23 | D R | India | ||
| Aditya Patra | £150 | £7,800 | 23 | GK | India | ||
| Shubham Bhowmick | £140 | £7,280 | 25 | ST | India | ||
| Julfikar Gazi | £140 | £7,280 | 17 | GK | India | ||
| Avishek Kunjam | £130 | £6,760 | 19 | M LC | India | ||
| Srikumar Karjee | £120 | £6,240 | 22 | ST | India | ||
| Aman | £120 | £6,240 | 20 | ST | India | ||
| Vanlalpeka Guite | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | India | ||
| Gurnaj Singh Grewal | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | India | ||
Wage vs age, 2023/24
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2023/24 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 47% of the squad wage bill, across the 46 players we hold a 2023/24 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2023/24 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bengal wages, 2023/24
What was Bengal's wage bill in 2023/24?
Bengal paid £31,800 a week in 2023/24 - £1,653,600 across the year - spread over a squad of 46. We hold a wage for all 46 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bengal player in 2023/24?
Cleiton Silva was the highest earner in the 2023/24 squad on £4,400 a week, 5.4x the 22+ squad average of £820.
What was the average Bengal salary in 2023/24?
The average Bengal player aged 22 or over earned £820 a week in 2023/24, across the 37 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 46. The top five earners took 47% of the bill between them.
How do Bengal's 2023/24 wages compare with now?
Bengal pay £24,891 a week in 2026/27, 22% lower than the £31,800 of 2023/24. The current squad is 41 players against 46 then.