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Leicester City 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Ricardo Pereira on £73,000 per week · see the current Leicester City wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £801k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £42m
SQUAD SIZE71
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £30k
Then and now
Leicester City pay £673,145 a week in 2026/27 — 16% lower than the £800,698 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Pereira | £73,000 | £3,796,000 | 31 | Full-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Boubakary Soumaré | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Harry Winks | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 29 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Patson Daka | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 26 | Striker | Zambia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Wes Morgan | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 35 | Centre-back | Jamaica | - | ||
| Jannik Vestergaard | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 32 | Centre-back | Denmark | JUN 2025 | ||
| Hamza Choudhury | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 27 | Full-back, defensive midfielder | Bangladesh | JUN 2025 | ||
| Harry Souttar | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Australia | JUN 2026 | ||
| Joe Aribo | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Nigeria | JUN 2024 | ||
| Abdul Fatawu | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2027 | ||
| Stephy Mavididi | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 27 | Left winger | England | JUN 2026 | ||
| Bobby De Cordova-Reid | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 31 | Right wing-back, attacking midfielder | Jamaica | JUN 2024 | ||
| Aaron Ramsey | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2026 | ||
| Victor Kristiansen | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 22 | Left-back | Denmark | JUN 2026 | ||
| Jordan Ayew | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 33 | Winger, striker | Ghana | JUN 2024 | ||
| Oliver Skipp | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2027 | ||
| Fran Vieites | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 26 | Goalkeeper | Spain | JUN 2025 | ||
| Caleb Okoli | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Jamaal Lascelles | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 31 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luke Thomas | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 24 | Left-back | England | JUN 2027 | ||
| Asmir Begovic | £19,000 | £988,000 | 38 | Goalkeeper | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ben Nelson | £8,500 | £442,000 | 21 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Jakub Stolarczyk | £6,100 | £317,200 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Wanya Marçal | £6,000 | £312,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jordan James | £5,100 | £265,200 | 21 | Defensive midfielder | Wales | JUN 2026 | ||
| Divine Mukasa | £3,400 | £176,800 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Layton Ndukwu | £3,000 | £156,000 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | - | ||
| Michael Golding | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2026 | ||
| Stevie Bausor | £1,600 | £83,200 | 19 | Goalkeeper | South Africa | JUN 2025 | ||
| Adi Yussuf | £1,500 | £78,000 | 32 | Striker | JUN 2025 | |||
| Dujuan Richards | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | Winger, striker | Jamaica | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jayden Joseph | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | Winger | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alfie Fisken | £874 | £45,448 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Bobby Amartey | £853 | £44,356 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2025 | ||
| Amani Richards | £850 | £44,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Tommy Neale | £779 | £40,508 | 19 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Bless Akolbire | £745 | £38,740 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Robert Paratore | £700 | £36,400 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | JUN 2026 | |||
| Laolu Omobolaji | £687 | £35,724 | 17 | Left winger | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Dempsey Arlott-John | £670 | £34,840 | 17 | Winger, striker | England | - | ||
| Lorenz Hutchinson | £632 | £32,864 | 17 | Striker | JUN 2025 | |||
| Jahmari Lindsay | £610 | £31,720 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Silko Thomas | £600 | £31,200 | 21 | Wing-back, winger | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Oliver Bosworth | £560 | £29,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | - | ||
| Harry French | £530 | £27,560 | 19 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Kian Pennant | £500 | £26,000 | 20 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mirsad Ali | £480 | £24,960 | 19 | Left-back | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Maxwell Adedeji | £404 | £21,008 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | JUN 2024 | |||
| Logan Briggs | £290 | £15,080 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Wales | JUN 2024 | ||
| Hassan Adan Barreh | £245 | £12,740 | 17 | Right-back, right midfielder | JUN 2026 | |||
| Will Daniels | £224 | £11,648 | 17 | Left-back | JUN 2024 | |||
| Kevon Gray | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Reiss Khela | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Jake Evans | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Lyndon Turrell | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Right winger | JUN 2025 | |||
| Olabade Aluko | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right-back, right midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Joshua King | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Striker | Czechia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Louis Page | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | JUN 2024 | |||
| Luqman Aideed | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | JUN 2025 | |||
| Jeremy Monga | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Winger | JUN 2024 | |||
| Jake Fletcher | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | JUN 2025 | |||
| Hugo De Lisle | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | JUN 2025 | |||
| Jake Donohue | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| David Anugo | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | JUN 2025 | |||
| Riley Carr | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right winger | JUN 2025 | |||
| Toby Onanaye | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Bismark Owusu | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | JUN 2025 | |||
| Daniel Obi | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Centre-back | Nigeria | - | ||
| Nazars Mahina | £90 | £4,680 | 13 | Central midfielder | JUN 2025 | |||
| Kirsten Otchere | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ryan Donnelly | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | Right winger, striker | Northern Ireland | JUN 2024 | ||
Wage vs age, 2024/25
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2024/25 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
39 Under £1k 2%
5 £1k-£2k 1%
2 £2k-£5k 1%
4 £5k-£10k 3%
3 £10k-£25k 8%
18 £25k-£100k 85%
Top 5 earners took 35% of the squad wage bill, across the 71 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Leicester City wages, 2024/25
What was Leicester City's wage bill in 2024/25?
Leicester City paid £800,698 a week in 2024/25 - £41,636,296 across the year - spread over a squad of 71. We hold a wage for all 71 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Leicester City player in 2024/25?
Ricardo Pereira was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £73,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £30,221.
What was the average Leicester City salary in 2024/25?
The average Leicester City player aged 22 or over earned £30,221 a week in 2024/25, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 71. The top five earners took 35% of the bill between them.
How do Leicester City's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
Leicester City pay £673,145 a week in 2026/27, 16% lower than the £800,698 of 2024/25. The current squad is 69 players against 71 then.