Leicester City 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Jamie Vardy on £100,000 per week · see the current Leicester City wage bill
We hold a wage for all 68 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
Leicester City pay £699,845 a week in 2026/27 — 44% lower than the £1,245,020 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Vardy | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 29 | ST | England | ||
| Riyad Mahrez | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Algeria | ||
| Danny Drinkwater | £92,000 | £4,784,000 | 26 | M C | England | ||
| Islam Slimani | £81,000 | £4,212,000 | 28 | ST | Algeria | ||
| Kasper Schmeichel | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 29 | GK | Denmark | ||
| Ahmed Musa | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 23 | AM RL, ST | Nigeria | ||
| Wes Morgan | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | 32 | D C | Jamaica | ||
| Christian Fuchs | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 30 | D/WB/AM L | Austria | ||
| Nampalys Mendy | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 24 | DM | France | ||
| Ron-Robert Zieler | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | 27 | GK | Germany | ||
| Danny Simpson | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 29 | D R | England | ||
| Danny Simpson | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 29 | D R | England | ||
| Marc Albrighton | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 26 | WB/AM RL | England | ||
| Andy King | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 27 | DM, AM C | Wales | ||
| Robert Huth | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 31 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Yohan Benalouane | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 29 | D RC | Tunisia | ||
| Shinji Okazaki | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 30 | AM LC, F C | Japan | ||
| Bartosz Kapustka | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 19 | AM RLC | Poland | ||
| Wilfred Ndidi | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 19 | D C, DM | Nigeria | ||
| Demarai Gray | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 20 | AM RL | England | ||
| Leonardo Ulloa | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 29 | ST | Argentina | ||
| Ben Chilwell | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 19 | D LC | England | ||
| Marcin Wasilewski | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 36 | D RC | Poland | ||
| Daniel Amartey | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 21 | D C, DM | Ghana | ||
| Ben Hamer | £15,000 | £780,000 | 28 | GK | England | ||
| Molla Wagué | £8,900 | £462,800 | 25 | D RC | Mali | ||
| Hamza Choudhury | £8,200 | £426,400 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| David Domej | £3,400 | £176,800 | 20 | D RC | Austria | ||
| Daniel Iversen | £2,400 | £124,800 | 18 | GK | Denmark | ||
| Admiral Muskwe | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | ST | England | ||
| Faiq Bolkiah | £800 | £41,600 | 18 | AM RL | Brunei | ||
| Liandro Martis | £740 | £38,480 | 20 | AM RL | Curaçao | ||
| Raúl Uche | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | ST | Spain | ||
| Dylan Watts | £670 | £34,840 | 19 | AM C | Ireland | ||
| Josh Knight | £530 | £27,560 | 18 | D C | England | ||
| Josh Debayo | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | D LC | England | ||
| Connor Wood | £480 | £24,960 | 19 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Michael Cain | £480 | £24,960 | 21 | M C | England | ||
| Elliott Moore | £380 | £19,760 | 19 | D RC, DM | England | ||
| Max Bramley | £330 | £17,160 | 18 | GK | England | ||
| Cédric Kipré | £200 | £10,400 | 19 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Matt Miles | £200 | £10,400 | 19 | D RC | England | ||
| Elliot Webber | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM C | England | ||
| Rubyn Gill | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | England | ||
| Layton Ndukwu | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | AM RLC, F C | England | ||
| Darnell Johnson | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D RC | England | ||
| Tom Fielding | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Alex Paşcanu | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C | Romania | ||
| Sim Thandi | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D RC | England | ||
| Sammie McLeod | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Kian Williams | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM RC, F C | England | ||
| Cal Templeton | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D RC | N.Ireland | ||
| Kyle Gruno | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C, DM | U.S.A. | ||
| Jozsef Keaveny | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | ST | Hungary | ||
| Morgan Brown | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Kairo Mitchell | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | AM/F C | England | ||
| Conor Tee | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | M C | England | ||
| Cameron Yates | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | GK | Scotland | ||
| Calvin Bassey | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D L | England | ||
| Brandon Fox | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | AM L, ST | England | ||
| Ethan Hodby | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM RLC, F C | England | ||
| Khanya Leshabela | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM R | South Africa | ||
| Lamine Sherif | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM L, ST | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | DM | England | ||
| Josh Eppiah | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Belgium | ||
| George Heaven | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D RC | England | ||
| Adam Harrison | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | GK | England | ||
| Kairo Edwards-John | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM R, ST | England | ||
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 36% of the squad wage bill, across the 68 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Leicester City wages, 2016/17
What was Leicester City's wage bill in 2016/17?
Leicester City paid £1,245,020 a week in 2016/17 - £64,741,040 across the year - spread over a squad of 68. We hold a wage for all 68 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Leicester City player in 2016/17?
Jamie Vardy was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £100,000 a week, 1.9x the 22+ squad average of £51,662.
What was the average Leicester City salary in 2016/17?
The average Leicester City player aged 22 or over earned £51,662 a week in 2016/17, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 68. The top five earners took 36% of the bill between them.
How do Leicester City's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Leicester City pay £699,845 a week in 2026/27, 44% lower than the £1,245,020 of 2016/17. The current squad is 70 players against 68 then.