Bengaluru 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Cleiton Silva on £4,400 per week · see the current Bengaluru wage bill
We hold a wage for all 41 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
Bengaluru pay £18,701 a week in 2026/27 — 47% lower than the £35,370 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleiton Silva | £4,400 | £228,800 | 34 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Sunil Chhetri | £3,600 | £187,200 | 36 | AM L, ST | India | ||
| Alan Costa | £3,500 | £182,000 | 30 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Bruno Ramires (Bruno Edgar Silva Almeida) | £2,500 | £130,000 | 27 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | £2,200 | £114,400 | 29 | GK | India | ||
| Iman Basafa | £2,100 | £109,200 | 29 | DM | Iran | ||
| Prince Ibara | £1,800 | £93,600 | 25 | ST | Congo | ||
| Ashique Kuruniyan | £1,500 | £78,000 | 24 | WB/AM L | India | ||
| Yrondu Musavu-King | £1,300 | £67,600 | 29 | D C | Gabon | ||
| Yaya Banana | £1,300 | £67,600 | 29 | D C | Cameroon | ||
| Jayesh Rane | £920 | £47,840 | 28 | AM RLC | India | ||
| Sarthak Golui | £690 | £35,880 | 23 | D RC | India | ||
| Pratik Chaudhuri | £630 | £32,760 | 32 | D C | India | ||
| Suresh Singh | £600 | £31,200 | 20 | DM | India | ||
| Edmund Lalrindika | £540 | £28,080 | 22 | ST | India | ||
| Ajith Kumar Kamaraj | £540 | £28,080 | 24 | D/WB L | India | ||
| Udanta Singh | £500 | £26,000 | 25 | AM R | India | ||
| Bidyashagar Singh | £490 | £25,480 | 23 | AM L, ST | India | ||
| Rohit Kumar | £460 | £23,920 | 24 | DM | India | ||
| Amay Morajkar | £410 | £21,320 | 21 | DM | India | ||
| Bekey Oram | £400 | £20,800 | 17 | D/WB/AM RL | India | ||
| Harmanpreet Singh | £370 | £19,240 | 19 | AM R, ST | India | ||
| Lara Sharma | £350 | £18,200 | 21 | GK | India | ||
| Roshan Singh | £310 | £16,120 | 22 | D/WB L | India | ||
| Lalnuntluanga Bawitlung | £300 | £15,600 | 21 | ST | India | ||
| Calvin Baretto | £290 | £15,080 | 21 | AM RLC | India | ||
| Dipesh Chauhan | £290 | £15,080 | 17 | GK | India | ||
| N Sivasakhti | £280 | £14,560 | 19 | ST | India | ||
| Namgyal Bhutia | £280 | £14,560 | 22 | DM, M RC | India | ||
| Advait Shinde | £270 | £14,040 | 23 | M C | India | ||
| Akashdeep Singh | £270 | £14,040 | 19 | AM/F C | India | ||
| Wungngayam Muirang | £270 | £14,040 | 22 | D C, DM | India | ||
| Prashanth Kalinga | £250 | £13,000 | 22 | D/WB RL | India | ||
| Shainkhan (C Shainkhan) | £240 | £12,480 | 23 | GK | India | ||
| Thoi Singh | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | AM/F C | India | ||
| Danish Farooq | £200 | £10,400 | 25 | AM C | India | ||
| Parag Shrivas | £190 | £9,880 | 24 | D/WB RL, M R, ST | India | ||
| Ajay Chhetri | £180 | £9,360 | 22 | DM | India | ||
| Leon Augustine | £170 | £8,840 | 22 | AM R | India | ||
| Aditya Patra | £140 | £7,280 | 21 | GK | India | ||
| Mohammad Rafi | £120 | £6,240 | 20 | D C | India | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 46% of the squad wage bill, across the 41 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bengaluru wages, 2021/22
What was Bengaluru's wage bill in 2021/22?
Bengaluru paid £35,370 a week in 2021/22 - £1,839,240 across the year - spread over a squad of 41. We hold a wage for all 41 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bengaluru player in 2021/22?
Cleiton Silva was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £4,400 a week, 3.9x the 22+ squad average of £1,119.
What was the average Bengaluru salary in 2021/22?
The average Bengaluru player aged 22 or over earned £1,119 a week in 2021/22, across the 28 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 41. The top five earners took 46% of the bill between them.
How do Bengaluru's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Bengaluru pay £18,701 a week in 2026/27, 47% lower than the £35,370 of 2021/22. The current squad is 24 players against 41 then.