Kolkata 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Robbie Keane on £68,000 per week · see the current Kolkata wage bill
We hold a wage for all 27 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 23 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Kolkata pay £68,892 a week in 2026/27 — 30% lower than the £98,570 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Keane | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 36 | ST | Ireland | ||
| Zequinha | £4,000 | £208,000 | 30 | AM RLC, F C | Portugal | ||
| Jordi Figueras | £3,100 | £161,200 | 30 | D C | Spain | ||
| Tom Thorpe | £2,600 | £135,200 | 24 | DM | England | ||
| Debjit Majumder | £2,400 | £124,800 | 29 | GK | India | ||
| David Cotterill | £2,400 | £124,800 | 29 | AM RL | Wales | ||
| Eugeneson Lyngdoh | £2,300 | £119,600 | 30 | AM C | India | ||
| Martin Paterson | £1,900 | £98,800 | 30 | ST | N.Ireland | ||
| Ryan Taylor | £1,700 | £88,400 | 32 | D R, M RC | England | ||
| Conor Thomas | £1,400 | £72,800 | 23 | DM | England | ||
| Jayesh Rane | £1,100 | £57,200 | 24 | AM RLC, F C | India | ||
| Ashutosh Mehta | £1,060 | £55,120 | 26 | WB/AM R | India | ||
| Anwar Ali | £840 | £43,680 | 32 | D C | India | ||
| Prabir Das | £800 | £41,600 | 23 | D/WB/AM R | India | ||
| Augustin Fernandes | £740 | £38,480 | 28 | D C | India | ||
| Robin Singh | £700 | £36,400 | 27 | ST | India | ||
| Keegan Pereira | £590 | £30,680 | 29 | D/WB L | India | ||
| Darren Caldeira | £510 | £26,520 | 29 | AM RL | India | ||
| Nallappan Mohanraj | £470 | £24,440 | 28 | D/WB L | India | ||
| Shankar | £450 | £23,400 | 22 | D C, DM | India | ||
| Rupert Nongrum | £290 | £15,080 | 20 | M RC | India | ||
| Ronald Singh | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | AM R | India | ||
| Bipin Singh | £240 | £12,480 | 22 | AM LC, F C | India | ||
| Soram Poirei | £240 | £12,480 | 24 | GK | India | ||
| Hitesh Sharma | £210 | £10,920 | 19 | AM RLC | India | ||
| Kunzang Bhutia | £210 | £10,920 | 23 | GK | India | ||
| Komal Thatal | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RLC | India | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 81% of the squad wage bill, across the 27 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Kolkata wages, 2017/18
What was Kolkata's wage bill in 2017/18?
Kolkata paid £98,570 a week in 2017/18 - £5,125,640 across the year - spread over a squad of 27. We hold a wage for all 27 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Kolkata player in 2017/18?
Robbie Keane was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £68,000 a week, 16x the 22+ squad average of £4,250.
What was the average Kolkata salary in 2017/18?
The average Kolkata player aged 22 or over earned £4,250 a week in 2017/18, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 27. The top five earners took 81% of the bill between them.
How do Kolkata's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Kolkata pay £68,892 a week in 2026/27, 30% lower than the £98,570 of 2017/18. The current squad is 42 players against 27 then.