Barcelona 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Lionel Messi on £1,000,000 per week · see the current Barcelona wage bill
We hold a wage for all 21 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 21 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Barcelona pay £2,707,430 a week in 2026/27 — 43% lower than the £4,781,000 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Messi | £1,000,000 | £52,000,000 | 32 | AM RC, F C | Argentina | ||
| Antoine Griezmann | £560,000 | £29,120,000 | 28 | AM RLC, F C | France | ||
| Luis Suárez | £532,000 | £27,664,000 | 32 | AM RLC, F C | Uruguay | ||
| Philippe Coutinho | £383,000 | £19,916,000 | 27 | AM LC | Brazil | ||
| Sergio Busquets | £255,000 | £13,260,000 | 30 | DM | Spain | ||
| Ivan Rakitić | £229,000 | £11,908,000 | 31 | DM, AM C | Croatia | ||
| Gerard Piqué | £205,000 | £10,660,000 | 32 | D C | Spain | ||
| Ousmane Dembélé | £200,000 | £10,400,000 | 22 | AM RL | France | ||
| Samuel Umtiti | £200,000 | £10,400,000 | 25 | D C | France | ||
| Frenkie de Jong | £166,000 | £8,632,000 | 22 | D C, DM | Holland | ||
| Sergi Roberto | £166,000 | £8,632,000 | 27 | D/WB R, DM, M RC | Spain | ||
| Arturo Vidal | £165,000 | £8,580,000 | 32 | DM | Chile | ||
| Jordi Alba | £159,000 | £8,268,000 | 30 | D/WB/AM L | Spain | ||
| Marc-André ter Stegen | £142,000 | £7,384,000 | 27 | GK | Germany | ||
| Arthur | £102,000 | £5,304,000 | 22 | DM, AM C | Brazil | ||
| Clément Lenglet | £97,000 | £5,044,000 | 24 | D C | France | ||
| Nélson Semedo | £73,000 | £3,796,000 | 25 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Neto | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 29 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Arda Turan | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 32 | AM RLC | Türkiye | ||
| Júnior Firpo | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 22 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Martin Braithwaite | £12,000 | £624,000 | 28 | AM RLC, F C | Denmark | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 57% of the squad wage bill, across the 21 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Barcelona wages, 2019/20
What was Barcelona's wage bill in 2019/20?
Barcelona paid £4,781,000 a week in 2019/20 - £248,612,000 across the year - spread over a squad of 21. We hold a wage for all 21 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Barcelona player in 2019/20?
Lionel Messi was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £1,000,000 a week, 4.4x the 22+ squad average of £227,667.
What was the average Barcelona salary in 2019/20?
The average Barcelona player aged 22 or over earned £227,667 a week in 2019/20, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 21. The top five earners took 57% of the bill between them.
How do Barcelona's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Barcelona pay £2,707,430 a week in 2026/27, 43% lower than the £4,781,000 of 2019/20. The current squad is 25 players against 21 then.