Highest paid Indian Super League players
Dimitri Petratos leads on £13,000 per week. These 100 players take £161,749 a week between them - 82% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 327 of the 333 players in the Indian Super League.
Where the top 100 play
Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes
Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rankDimitri Petratos earns 3.6× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 32× the 100th. Half of the £162k a week on this page goes to the first 17 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Dimitri Petratos | £13,000 | £676,000 | Kolkata | Australia | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 02 | Jason Cummings | £9,100 | £473,200 | Kolkata | Australia | 29 | Striker |
| 03 | Jamie Maclaren | £7,100 | £369,200 | Kolkata | Australia | 31 | Striker |
| 04 | Lalengmawia | £5,500 | £286,000 | Kolkata | India | 24 | Defensive midfielder |
| 05 | Anirudh Thapa | £5,500 | £286,000 | Kolkata | India | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 06 | Anwar Ali | £4,500 | £234,000 | Bengal | India | 24 | Centre-back |
| 07 | Akash Mishra | £4,500 | £234,000 | Mumbai | India | 23 | Left-back |
| 08 | Jeakson Singh | £4,100 | £213,200 | Bengal | India | 24 | Defensive midfielder |
| 09 | Robinho | £3,700 | £192,400 | Kolkata | Brazil | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 10 | Sahal Abdul Samad | £3,600 | £187,200 | Kolkata | India | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 11 | Tom Aldred | £3,600 | £187,200 | Kolkata | Scotland | 34 | Centre-back |
| 12 | Abhishek Singh | £3,500 | £182,000 | Kolkata | India | 20 | Left-back |
| 13 | Dejan Dražić | £3,400 | £176,800 | Goa | Serbia | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 14 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | £3,200 | £166,400 | Bengaluru | India | 33 | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Jon Toral | £3,100 | £161,200 | Mumbai | Spain | 30 | Attacking midfielder |
| 16 | Madih Talal | £2,900 | £150,800 | Chennai | France | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 17 | Ryan Williams | £2,700 | £140,400 | Bengaluru | India | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 18 | Sunil Chhetri | £2,600 | £135,200 | Bengaluru | India | 40 | Left winger, striker |
| 19 | Ashique Kuruniyan | £2,500 | £130,000 | Bengaluru | India | 28 | Left wing-back, left winger |
| 20 | Alberto Rodríguez | £2,500 | £130,000 | Kolkata | Spain | 32 | Centre-back |
| 21 | Brandon Fernandes | £2,500 | £130,000 | Mumbai | India | 30 | Attacking midfielder |
| 22 | Chiki | £2,400 | £124,800 | Goa | Spain | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 23 | Carlos Delgado | £2,400 | £124,800 | Mumbai | Spain | 35 | Centre-back |
| 24 | Lazar Ćirković | £2,000 | £104,000 | Jamshedpur | Serbia | 32 | Centre-back |
| 25 | Liston Colaco | £2,000 | £104,000 | Kolkata | India | 26 | Winger |
| 26 | Míchel Zabaco | £1,900 | £98,800 | Guwahati | Spain | 36 | Centre-back |
| 27 | Mario Barco | £1,900 | £98,800 | Inter Kashi | Spain | 32 | Striker |
| 28 | Manvir Singh | £1,900 | £98,800 | Kolkata | India | 29 | Right winger, striker |
| 29 | Muhammed Uvais | £1,900 | £98,800 | Punjab FC | India | 26 | Left-back |
| 30 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | £1,800 | £93,600 | Bengal | India | 24 | Goalkeeper |
| 31 | Sandesh Jhingan | £1,600 | £83,200 | Goa | India | 31 | Centre-back |
| 32 | Borja Martínez | £1,500 | £78,000 | Bengaluru | Spain | 31 | Winger |
| 33 | Andy | £1,500 | £78,000 | Guwahati | Spain | 35 | Defensive midfielder |
| 34 | Dani Ramírez | £1,400 | £72,800 | Bengal | Spain | 33 | Attacking midfielder |
| 35 | Danish Farooq | £1,400 | £72,800 | Bengal | India | 29 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 36 | David Timor | £1,400 | £72,800 | Goa | Spain | 35 | Attacking midfielder |
| 37 | Jairo | £1,100 | £57,200 | Guwahati | Spain | 32 | Winger |
| 38 | Abdul-Halik Hudu | £1,035 | £53,820 | Sporting Club Delhi | Ghana | 25 | Defensive midfielder |
| 39 | Amarjit Singh | £950 | £49,400 | Kolkata | India | 24 | Defensive midfielder |
| 40 | Amrinder Singh | £950 | £49,400 | Odisha | India | 32 | Goalkeeper |
| 41 | Alfred Planas | £950 | £49,400 | Punjab FC | Spain | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 42 | Nuno Reis | £905 | £47,060 | Chennai | Portugal | 34 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 43 | Miguel Figueira | £900 | £46,800 | Bengal | Brazil | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 44 | Mohammed Bassim Rashid | £900 | £46,800 | Bengal | Palestine | 30 | Defensive midfielder |
| 45 | Effiong Nsungusi | £900 | £46,800 | Bengal | Nigeria | 25 | Striker |
| 46 | Mandar Rao Dessai | £900 | £46,800 | Chennai | India | 33 | Left-back, left winger |
| 47 | Lluís Tarrés | £840 | £43,680 | Inter Kashi | Spain | 24 | Goalkeeper |
| 48 | Nikola Stojanović | £820 | £42,640 | Chennai | Serbia | 30 | Attacking midfielder |
| 49 | Edmund Lalrindika | £782 | £40,664 | Bengal | India | 26 | Right winger, striker |
| 50 | Raphael Bouli | £780 | £40,560 | Punjab FC | Cameroon | 33 | Striker |
| 51 | Rafael Ribeiro | £780 | £40,560 | Sporting Club Delhi | Brazil | 29 | Centre-back |
| 52 | Kevin Yoke | £765 | £39,780 | Kerala | France | 29 | Winger |
| 53 | Gurmeet Singh | £762 | £39,624 | Guwahati | India | 25 | Goalkeeper |
| 54 | Hitesh Sharma | £752 | £39,104 | Odisha | India | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 55 | Glan Martins | £720 | £37,440 | Chennai | India | 31 | Defensive midfielder |
| 56 | Rahul Bheke | £695 | £36,140 | Bengaluru | India | 34 | Centre-back |
| 57 | Asish Rai | £695 | £36,140 | Kolkata | India | 26 | Right-back |
| 58 | Nikhil Poojary | £692 | £35,984 | Bengaluru | India | 29 | Right-back, right winger |
| 59 | Jay Gupta | £690 | £35,880 | Bengal | India | 23 | Centre-back |
| 60 | Mohammed Yasir | £660 | £34,320 | Goa | India | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 61 | Matija Babović | £660 | £34,320 | Sporting Club Delhi | Serbia | 26 | Striker |
| 62 | Farukh Choudhary | £645 | £33,540 | Chennai | India | 28 | Winger, striker |
| 63 | Sergio Llamas | £642 | £33,384 | Mumbai | Spain | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 64 | Mahesh Singh | £617 | £32,084 | Bengal | India | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 65 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | £605 | £31,460 | Goa | India | 26 | Left-back |
| 66 | Bipin Singh | £600 | £31,200 | Bengal | India | 30 | Winger |
| 67 | Sana Singh (Chinglensana Singh) | £600 | £31,200 | Bengaluru | India | 28 | Centre-back |
| 68 | Sirojiddin Qo'ziyev | £600 | £31,200 | Bengaluru | Uzbekistan | 28 | Defensive midfielder |
| 69 | Stephen Eze | £600 | £31,200 | Jamshedpur | Nigeria | 31 | Centre-back |
| 70 | Subhasish Bose | £600 | £31,200 | Kolkata | India | 29 | Centre-back |
| 71 | Oumar Bah | £597 | £31,044 | Kerala | Guinea | 32 | Centre-back |
| 72 | Pronay Haldar | £596 | £30,992 | Jamshedpur | India | 32 | Defensive midfielder |
| 73 | Puitea (Lalthathanga Khawlhring) | £587 | £30,524 | Odisha | India | 27 | Defensive midfielder |
| 74 | Mati | £575 | £29,900 | Kerala | Spain | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 75 | Víctor Bertomeu | £570 | £29,640 | Kerala | Spain | 32 | Winger, striker |
| 76 | Vishal Kaith | £570 | £29,640 | Kolkata | India | 28 | Goalkeeper |
| 77 | Raynier Fernandes | £567 | £29,484 | Bengal | India | 29 | Defensive midfielder |
| 78 | Rahul Praveen | £567 | £29,484 | Odisha | India | 25 | Right winger |
| 79 | Arshdeep Singh | £567 | £29,484 | Punjab FC | India | 28 | Goalkeeper |
| 80 | Nandhakumar Sekar | £565 | £29,380 | Bengal | India | 29 | Winger |
| 81 | Deepak Tangri | £563 | £29,276 | Kolkata | India | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 82 | Suresh Singh | £557 | £28,964 | Bengaluru | India | 24 | Defensive midfielder |
| 83 | Seriton Fernandes | £557 | £28,964 | Goa | India | 32 | Right-back |
| 84 | Pratik Chaudhuri | £545 | £28,340 | Jamshedpur | India | 35 | Centre-back |
| 85 | Roshan Singh | £525 | £27,300 | Bengaluru | India | 26 | Left-back |
| 86 | Albino Gomes | £525 | £27,300 | Jamshedpur | India | 31 | Goalkeeper |
| 87 | Amey Ranawade | £525 | £27,300 | Kolkata | India | 27 | Right-back |
| 88 | Álex Zalaya | £522 | £27,144 | Goa | Spain | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 89 | Jerry Mawia | £520 | £27,040 | Bengal | India | 28 | Right winger |
| 90 | Boris Singh | £515 | £26,780 | Bengal | India | 25 | Right-back, right winger |
| 91 | Nim Dorjee Tamang | £501 | £26,052 | Goa | India | 29 | Centre-back |
| 92 | Narender Gahlot | £480 | £24,960 | Bengal | India | 24 | Centre-back |
| 93 | Prabir Das | £460 | £23,920 | Inter Kashi | India | 31 | Full-back |
| 94 | Mohammed Rakip | £447 | £23,244 | Bengal | India | 25 | Right-back |
| 95 | Bijay Chhetri | £442 | £22,984 | Mumbai | India | 24 | Centre-back |
| 96 | Asif Khan | £440 | £22,880 | Bengal | India | 24 | Attacking midfielder |
| 97 | Rohit Kumar | £440 | £22,880 | Bengal | India | 28 | Defensive midfielder |
| 98 | Karanjit Singh | £425 | £22,100 | Sporting Club Delhi | India | 39 | Goalkeeper |
| 99 | Mehtab Singh | £405 | £21,060 | Kolkata | India | 27 | Centre-back |
| 100 | Ishan Pandita | £402 | £20,904 | Goa | India | 27 | Striker |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the Indian Super League?
Dimitri Petratos of Kolkata, on £13,000 per week — £676,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Indian Super League players earn between them?
£161,749 per week and £8,410,948 per year, which is 82% of the entire Indian Super League wage bill.
Which Indian Super League club has the most players in the top 100?
Kolkata, with 19 of them, paying £65,308 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£402 per week — that is what Ishan Pandita earns in 100th place.
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