Bengaluru 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Cleiton Silva on £5,400 per week · see the current Bengaluru wage bill
We hold a wage for all 25 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 18 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Bengaluru pay £18,701 a week in 2026/27 — 49% lower than the £36,663 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleiton Silva | £5,400 | £280,800 | 33 | M/AM (RL), ST (C) | Brazil | ||
| Kristian Fardal Opseth | £4,000 | £208,000 | 30 | ST (C) | Norway | ||
| Sunil Chhetri | £3,600 | £187,200 | 35 | AM (L), ST (C) | India | ||
| Dimas | £3,400 | £176,800 | 37 | DM, M (C) | Spain | ||
| Erik Paartalu | £3,300 | £171,600 | 34 | DM, M (C) | Australia | ||
| Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | £3,200 | £166,400 | 28 | GK | India | ||
| Fran González | £2,300 | £119,600 | 31 | D (C), DM, M (C) | Spain | ||
| Juanan (Juan Antonio González Fernández) | £2,100 | £109,200 | 33 | D (C) | Spain | ||
| Ashique Kuruniyan | £1,500 | £78,000 | 23 | WB/M (L), AM (RL) | India | ||
| Harmanjot Singh Khabra | £1,200 | £62,400 | 31 | D/WB (R), DM, M (RC) | India | ||
| Rahul Bheke | £807 | £41,964 | 29 | D (RC), WB (R) | India | ||
| Pratik Chaudhuri | £692 | £35,984 | 31 | D (C) | India | ||
| Lalthuammawia Ralte | £626 | £32,552 | 27 | GK | India | ||
| Edmund Lalrindika | £590 | £30,680 | 21 | ST (C) | India | ||
| Ajith Kumar Kamaraj | £577 | £30,004 | 23 | D/WB (L) | India | ||
| Semboi | £532 | £27,664 | 26 | ST (C) | India | ||
| Udanta Singh | £500 | £26,000 | 24 | M/AM (R) | India | ||
| Xisco Hernández | £400 | £20,800 | 30 | AM (LC) | Spain | ||
| Lara Sharma | £386 | £20,072 | 20 | GK | India | ||
| Suresh Singh | £344 | £17,888 | 19 | DM, M (C) | India | ||
| Joe Zoherliana | £328 | £17,056 | 21 | D/WB (R) | India | ||
| Wungngayam Muirang | £297 | £15,444 | 21 | D (C), DM | India | ||
| Roshan Singh | £266 | £13,832 | 21 | D/WB (L) | India | ||
| Parag Shrivas | £212 | £11,024 | 23 | D/WB (RL), M (R), ST (C) | India | ||
| Amay Morajkar | £106 | £5,512 | 20 | M (C) | India | ||
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 54% of the squad wage bill, across the 25 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bengaluru wages, 2020/21
What was Bengaluru's wage bill in 2020/21?
Bengaluru paid £36,663 a week in 2020/21 - £1,906,476 across the year - spread over a squad of 25. We hold a wage for all 25 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bengaluru player in 2020/21?
Cleiton Silva was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £5,400 a week, 2.8x the 22+ squad average of £1,908.
What was the average Bengaluru salary in 2020/21?
The average Bengaluru player aged 22 or over earned £1,908 a week in 2020/21, across the 18 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 25. The top five earners took 54% of the bill between them.
How do Bengaluru's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Bengaluru pay £18,701 a week in 2026/27, 49% lower than the £36,663 of 2020/21. The current squad is 24 players against 25 then.