Espanyol 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Diego López on £74,000 per week · see the current Espanyol wage bill
We hold a wage for all 64 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 27 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Espanyol pay £309,780 a week in 2026/27 — 49% lower than the £607,280 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego López | £74,000 | £3,848,000 | 34 | GK | Spain | ||
| Felipe Caicedo | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 27 | ST | Ecuador | ||
| Pablo Piatti | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 27 | AM RLC | Argentina | ||
| Gerard Moreno | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 24 | ST | Spain | ||
| José Manuel Jurado | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 30 | AM LC | Spain | ||
| Léo Baptistão | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 23 | AM RLC, F C | Brazil | ||
| David López | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 26 | D C, DM | Spain | ||
| Pape Diop | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 30 | DM | Senegal | ||
| José Antonio Reyes | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 32 | AM RLC | Spain | ||
| Pape Diop | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 30 | DM | Senegal | ||
| Víctor Sánchez | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 28 | D/WB R, DM | Spain | ||
| Víctor Sánchez (Víctor Sánchez Mata) | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 28 | D/WB R, DM | Spain | ||
| Javi Fuego | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 32 | DM | Spain | ||
| Diego Reyes | £15,000 | £780,000 | 23 | D C | Mexico | ||
| Aarón | £15,000 | £780,000 | 19 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Roberto (Roberto Jiménez Gago) | £15,000 | £780,000 | 30 | GK | Spain | ||
| Álvaro Vázquez | £14,000 | £728,000 | 25 | ST | Spain | ||
| Hernán Pérez | £14,000 | £728,000 | 27 | AM RL | Paraguay | ||
| Javi López | £11,000 | £572,000 | 30 | D/WB R, M RC | Spain | ||
| Javi López | £11,000 | £572,000 | 30 | D/WB R, M RC | Spain | ||
| Óscar Duarte | £10,000 | £520,000 | 27 | D C | Costa Rica | ||
| Rubén Duarte | £9,000 | £468,000 | 20 | D LC | Spain | ||
| Marc Roca | £8,900 | £462,800 | 19 | DM | Spain | ||
| Salva Sevilla | £8,000 | £416,000 | 32 | AM RC | Spain | ||
| Víctor Álvarez | £7,000 | £364,000 | 23 | D/WB/AM L | Spain | ||
| Marc Navarro | £2,900 | £150,800 | 21 | D/WB/AM R | Spain | ||
| Borja Martínez | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | AM LC | Spain | ||
| Andrés Prieto | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | GK | Spain | ||
| Óscar Melendo | £2,000 | £104,000 | 18 | AM RC | Spain | ||
| Pol Lozano | £810 | £42,120 | 16 | DM | Spain | ||
| Rufo (Rubén Herráiz) | £700 | £36,400 | 23 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Mickaël Latour | £680 | £35,360 | 20 | AM C | France | ||
| Aitor Granados | £580 | £30,160 | 22 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Daniel Wong | £530 | £27,560 | 18 | ST | Australia | ||
| Cristo | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | ST | Paraguay | ||
| Glauder | £500 | £26,000 | 20 | D LC | Spain | ||
| Alfredo Vega | £490 | £25,480 | 20 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Adrián Rivas | £440 | £22,880 | 18 | ST | Spain | ||
| Adrià Pedrosa | £400 | £20,800 | 18 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Carlos Gilbert | £390 | £20,280 | 17 | ST | Spain | ||
| David Tejero | £390 | £20,280 | 20 | GK | Spain | ||
| Yhonatan Bedoya | £380 | £19,760 | 20 | AM/F C | Colombia | ||
| Dani Reina | £370 | £19,240 | 17 | D/WB R | Spain | ||
| Izan Checa | £360 | £18,720 | 17 | M C | Spain | ||
| Ferrán Brugué | £350 | £18,200 | 17 | ST | Spain | ||
| Jaume Villar | £340 | £17,680 | 18 | D C | Spain | ||
| Álex Bermejo | £340 | £17,680 | 17 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Javi Puado | £310 | £16,120 | 18 | ST | Spain | ||
| Jordan | £310 | £16,120 | 17 | AM R | Spain | ||
| Martí Soler | £290 | £15,080 | 18 | M C | Spain | ||
| José Manuel Ríos | £290 | £15,080 | 22 | D C | Spain | ||
| Marcel Sgró | £290 | £15,080 | 19 | D C | Spain | ||
| Saúl Coco | £290 | £15,080 | 17 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Mateo Stamatov | £280 | £14,560 | 17 | D/WB L | Bulgaria | ||
| Marc Manchón | £280 | £14,560 | 19 | DM | Spain | ||
| Pol Hernández | £280 | £14,560 | 17 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Iago Indias | £280 | £14,560 | 20 | D C, DM | Spain | ||
| Bangaly Diakhaby | £270 | £14,040 | 17 | AM L, ST | Senegal | ||
| Rubén Ualoloca | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | GK | Spain | ||
| Pipa | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | D/WB R | Spain | ||
| Edu Frías | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Spain | ||
| Óscar Melero | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D C, DM | Spain | ||
| Carles Soria | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | D/WB/M R | Spain | ||
| Lluís | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | D C | Spain | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 42% of the squad wage bill, across the 64 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Espanyol wages, 2016/17
What was Espanyol's wage bill in 2016/17?
Espanyol paid £607,280 a week in 2016/17 - £31,578,560 across the year - spread over a squad of 64. We hold a wage for all 64 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Espanyol player in 2016/17?
Diego López was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £74,000 a week, 3.6x the 22+ squad average of £20,688.
What was the average Espanyol salary in 2016/17?
The average Espanyol player aged 22 or over earned £20,688 a week in 2016/17, across the 27 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 64. The top five earners took 42% of the bill between them.
How do Espanyol's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Espanyol pay £309,780 a week in 2026/27, 49% lower than the £607,280 of 2016/17. The current squad is 28 players against 64 then.