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Leicester City 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Jamie Vardy on £100,000 per week · see the current Leicester City wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.2m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £62m
SQUAD SIZE74
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £46k
Then and now
Leicester City pay £673,145 a week in 2026/27 — 44% lower than the £1,199,430 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Vardy | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 30 | Striker | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Riyad Mahrez | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Algeria | JUN 2020 | ||
| Adrien Silva | £83,000 | £4,316,000 | 28 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kasper Schmeichel | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 30 | Goalkeeper | Denmark | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kelechi Iheanacho | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 20 | Striker | Nigeria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Wes Morgan | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Jamaica | JUN 2019 | ||
| Aleksandar Dragovic | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Christian Fuchs | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 31 | Left-back, left winger | Austria | JUN 2019 | ||
| Demarai Gray | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 20 | Winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Danny Simpson | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 30 | Right-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Danny Simpson | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 30 | Right-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Vicente Iborra | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 29 | Defensive midfielder | Spain | JUN 2022 | ||
| Marc Albrighton | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 27 | Wing-back, winger | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Harry Maguire | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 24 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Robert Huth | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 32 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Yohan Benalouane | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Tunisia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Shinji Okazaki | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 31 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Japan | JUN 2019 | ||
| Matty James | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 25 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Wilfred Ndidi | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 20 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Nigeria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Eldin Jakupovic | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Switzerland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Eldin Jakupovic | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Switzerland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Daniel Amartey | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ben Chilwell | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 20 | Left-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Fousseni Diabaté | £18,000 | £936,000 | 21 | Winger, striker | Mali | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ben Hamer | £15,000 | £780,000 | 29 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Hamza Choudhury | £8,200 | £426,400 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| George Thomas | £3,200 | £166,400 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Wales | JUN 2020 | ||
| Harvey Barnes | £3,200 | £166,400 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alex Paşcanu | £2,500 | £130,000 | 18 | Centre-back | Romania | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alassane Meïté | £2,500 | £130,000 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Daniel Iversen | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Denmark | JUN 2019 | ||
| Josh Knight | £2,100 | £109,200 | 19 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Admiral Muskwe | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | Striker | Zimbabwe | JUN 2019 | ||
| Darnell Johnson | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Josh Gordon | £1,100 | £57,200 | 22 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Max Bramley | £900 | £46,800 | 19 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sam Hughes | £820 | £42,640 | 20 | Centre-back, central midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Faiq Bolkiah | £800 | £41,600 | 19 | Winger | Brunei | JUN 2019 | ||
| Habib Makanjuola | £780 | £40,560 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Nigeria | JUN 2021 | ||
| Liandro Martis | £740 | £38,480 | 21 | Winger | Curaçao | JUN 2018 | ||
| Callum Wright | £680 | £35,360 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dempsey Arlott-John | £670 | £34,840 | 10 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Cameron Yates | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Scotland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Oliver Bosworth | £560 | £29,120 | 10 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Josh Debayo | £510 | £26,520 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Josh Eppiah | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | Winger, striker | Belgium | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lamine Sherif | £490 | £25,480 | 18 | Left winger, striker | Guinea-Bissau | JUN 2019 | ||
| Layton Ndukwu | £490 | £25,480 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Connor Wood | £480 | £24,960 | 20 | Left-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Rhys Davies | £430 | £22,360 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Wales | JUN 2019 | ||
| Johnly Yfeko | £145 | £7,540 | 9 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Daniel Obi | £145 | £7,540 | 9 | Centre-back | Nigeria | JUN 2021 | ||
| Khanya Leshabela | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Right winger | South Africa | JUN 2018 | ||
| Luke Thomas | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Elliot Webber | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| George Heaven | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Rubyn Gill | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tom Fielding | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kairo Edwards-John | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Right winger, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sammie McLeod | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kian Williams | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Leon James | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Calvin Bassey | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Left-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sim Thandi | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Morgan Brown | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lukas Husek | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | Czechia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Harrison Myring | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jozsef Keaveny | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Striker | Hungary | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tyrese Shade | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jakub Stolarczyk | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Conor Tee | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Dylan Bollard | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Wales | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ed Elewa-Ikpakwu | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
39 Under £1k 1%
3 £1k-£2k 0%
6 £2k-£5k 1%
1 £5k-£10k 1%
4 £10k-£25k 7%
19 £25k-£100k 73%
2 £100k+
17%
Top 5 earners took 35% of the squad wage bill, across the 74 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Leicester City wages, 2017/18
What was Leicester City's wage bill in 2017/18?
Leicester City paid £1,199,430 a week in 2017/18 - £62,370,360 across the year - spread over a squad of 74. We hold a wage for all 74 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Leicester City player in 2017/18?
Jamie Vardy was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £100,000 a week, 2.2x the 22+ squad average of £46,481.
What was the average Leicester City salary in 2017/18?
The average Leicester City player aged 22 or over earned £46,481 a week in 2017/18, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 74. The top five earners took 35% of the bill between them.
How do Leicester City's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Leicester City pay £673,145 a week in 2026/27, 44% lower than the £1,199,430 of 2017/18. The current squad is 69 players against 74 then.