Chennai 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Nerijus Valskis on £2,900 per week · see the current Chennai wage bill
Then and now
Chennai pay £9,891 a week in 2026/27 — 58% lower than the £23,770 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 1 player covers two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nerijus Valskis | £2,900 | £150,800 | 33 | AM RLC, F C | Lithuania | - | ||
| Ariel Borysiuk | £2,500 | £130,000 | 29 | DM | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Łukasz Gikiewicz | £2,000 | £104,000 | 33 | ST | Poland | MAY 2022 | ||
| Vladimir Koman | £1,500 | £78,000 | 32 | AM RC | Hungary | MAY 2022 | ||
| Anirudh Thapa | £1,500 | £78,000 | 23 | AM C | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Mirlan Murzaev | £900 | £46,800 | 31 | ST | Kyrgyzstan | DEC 2022 | ||
| Dhanpal Ganesh | £890 | £46,280 | 27 | DM | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Jobby Justin | £880 | £45,760 | 27 | ST | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Vishal Kaith | £780 | £40,560 | 24 | GK | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Jerry Lalrinzuala | £760 | £39,520 | 22 | D/WB L | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Narayan Das | £740 | £38,480 | 27 | D/WB L | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Slavko Damjanović | £600 | £31,200 | 28 | D LC | Montenegro | MAY 2022 | ||
| Germanpreet Singh | £570 | £29,640 | 25 | DM | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Debjit Majumder | £550 | £28,600 | 33 | GK | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Edwin Sydney | £540 | £28,080 | 28 | D/WB R, DM, AM RLC | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Davinder Singh | £510 | £26,520 | 25 | D/WB R | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Aqib Nawab | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | D C | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Charles Britto | £400 | £20,800 | 21 | D C | India | - | ||
| Balaji Ganesan | £400 | £20,800 | 19 | D/WB RL | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Krishna Pandit | £380 | £19,760 | 22 | AM RL, ST | India | - | ||
| Rahim Ali | £370 | £19,240 | 21 | AM R, ST | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Ranjan Singh | £370 | £19,240 | 25 | D C | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Reagan Singh | £320 | £16,640 | 30 | D/WB RL | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Balkar Singh | £290 | £15,080 | 21 | ST | India | - | ||
| Tamal Naskar | £290 | £15,080 | 21 | GK | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Ninthoi (Ninthoinganba Meetei) | £290 | £15,080 | 19 | AM R | India | MAY 2024 | ||
| Bibin Boban | £250 | £13,000 | 22 | M C | India | - | ||
| Sajid Dhot | £250 | £13,000 | 23 | D C | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Revanth (B Revanth) | £240 | £12,480 | 22 | GK | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Harsh Bartwal | £230 | £11,960 | 20 | AM RC, F C | India | - | ||
| Joel Aju | £220 | £11,440 | 22 | GK | India | - | ||
| Samik Mitra | £210 | £10,920 | 20 | GK | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Remi (Aimol Reamsochung) | £210 | £10,920 | 21 | D/WB R | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Deepak Devrani | £210 | £10,920 | 28 | D C | India | MAY 2022 | ||
| Devansh Dabas | £170 | £8,840 | 19 | GK | India | MAY 2023 | ||
| Syed Suhail Pasha | £140 | £7,280 | 21 | ST | India | MAY 2022 | ||
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 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 36 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Chennai wages, 2021/22
What was Chennai's wage bill in 2021/22?
Chennai paid £23,770 a week in 2021/22 - £1,236,040 across the year - spread over a squad of 36. We hold a wage for all 36 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Chennai player in 2021/22?
Nerijus Valskis was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £2,900 a week, 3.4x the 22+ squad average of £848.
What was the average Chennai salary in 2021/22?
The average Chennai player aged 22 or over earned £848 a week in 2021/22, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 36. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Chennai's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Chennai pay £9,891 a week in 2026/27, 58% lower than the £23,770 of 2021/22. The current squad is 28 players against 36 then.