Real Madrid 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Gareth Bale on £528,000 per week · see the current Real Madrid wage bill
We hold a wage for all 25 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 22 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Real Madrid pay £4,508,540 a week in 2026/27 — 6% lower than the £4,777,000 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 3 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Bale | £528,000 | £27,456,000 | 31 | AM RLC, F C | Wales | ||
| Eden Hazard | £381,000 | £19,812,000 | 30 | AM RLC | Belgium | ||
| David Alaba | £359,000 | £18,668,000 | 29 | D LC, M C | Austria | ||
| Toni Kroos | £307,000 | £15,964,000 | 31 | DM | Germany | ||
| Luka Modric | £275,000 | £14,300,000 | 35 | AM C | Croatia | ||
| Karim Benzema | £275,000 | £14,300,000 | 33 | ST | France | ||
| Thibaut Courtois | £253,000 | £13,156,000 | 29 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Marcelo | £249,000 | £12,948,000 | 33 | D/WB/M L | Brazil | ||
| Isco | £211,000 | £10,972,000 | 29 | AM RLC | Spain | ||
| Vinícius Júnior | £184,000 | £9,568,000 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Casemiro | £184,000 | £9,568,000 | 29 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Éder Militão | £152,000 | £7,904,000 | 23 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Ferland Mendy | £152,000 | £7,904,000 | 26 | D/WB L | France | ||
| Luka Jovic | £152,000 | £7,904,000 | 23 | ST | Serbia | ||
| Dani Carvajal | £152,000 | £7,904,000 | 29 | D/WB R | Spain | ||
| Rodrygo | £132,000 | £6,864,000 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Nacho | £132,000 | £6,864,000 | 31 | D RLC | Spain | ||
| Dani Ceballos | £128,000 | £6,656,000 | 24 | M C | Spain | ||
| Eduardo Camavinga | £127,000 | £6,604,000 | 18 | DM | France | ||
| Marco Asensio | £117,000 | £6,084,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Spain | ||
| Mariano | £105,000 | £5,460,000 | 27 | ST | Dominican Republic | ||
| Lucas Vázquez | £105,000 | £5,460,000 | 30 | D/WB/AM R | Spain | ||
| Federico Valverde | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 22 | DM | Uruguay | ||
| Jesús Vallejo | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 24 | D C | Spain | ||
| Andriy Lunin | £16,000 | £832,000 | 22 | GK | Ukraine | ||
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 39% of the squad wage bill, across the 25 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Real Madrid wages, 2021/22
What was Real Madrid's wage bill in 2021/22?
Real Madrid paid £4,777,000 a week in 2021/22 - £248,404,000 across the year - spread over a squad of 25. We hold a wage for all 25 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Real Madrid player in 2021/22?
Gareth Bale was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £528,000 a week, 2.7x the 22+ squad average of £197,000.
What was the average Real Madrid salary in 2021/22?
The average Real Madrid player aged 22 or over earned £197,000 a week in 2021/22, across the 22 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 25. The top five earners took 39% of the bill between them.
How do Real Madrid's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Real Madrid pay £4,508,540 a week in 2026/27, 6% lower than the £4,777,000 of 2021/22. The current squad is 29 players against 25 then.