Walsall 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Julien Ngoy on £5,100 per week · see the current Walsall wage bill
We hold a wage for all 47 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 11 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Walsall pay £39,610 a week in 2026/27 — 3% higher than the £38,540 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 3 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julien Ngoy | £5,100 | £265,200 | 19 | AM RLC, F C | Belgium | ||
| Krystian Bielik | £4,000 | £208,000 | 19 | D C, DM | Poland | ||
| Justin Shaibu | £3,100 | £161,200 | 19 | AM R, ST | Denmark | ||
| Adam Chambers | £2,500 | £130,000 | 36 | DM | England | ||
| Florent Cuvelier | £2,300 | £119,600 | 24 | AM C | Belgium | ||
| Erhun Öztümer | £2,300 | £119,600 | 26 | AM C | Türkiye | ||
| George Dobson | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | DM | England | ||
| Joe Edwards | £2,100 | £109,200 | 26 | D/WB RL, DM, M RLC | England | ||
| Mark Gillespie | £1,900 | £98,800 | 25 | GK | England | ||
| Jon Guthrie | £1,100 | £57,200 | 24 | D LC | England | ||
| Liam Roberts | £1,000 | £52,000 | 22 | GK | England | ||
| Kieron Morris | £1,000 | £52,000 | 23 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Liam Kinsella | £940 | £48,880 | 21 | D/WB R, DM | Ireland | ||
| Amadou Bakayoko | £800 | £41,600 | 21 | ST | Sierra Leone | ||
| Luke Leahy | £790 | £41,080 | 24 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Nicky Devlin | £720 | £37,440 | 23 | D/WB R | Scotland | ||
| Jack Fitzwater | £710 | £36,920 | 19 | D RC | England | ||
| Kory Roberts | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | D RC | England | ||
| Jordon Sangha | £460 | £23,920 | 19 | AM C | England | ||
| Maziar Kouhyar | £380 | £19,760 | 19 | M RLC | Afghanistan | ||
| Mitchell Candlin | £380 | £19,760 | 17 | ST | England | ||
| Reece Flanagan | £380 | £19,760 | 22 | M C | England | ||
| Callum Cockerill-Mollett | £380 | £19,760 | 18 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Milan Butterfield | £380 | £19,760 | 19 | DM | Bermuda | ||
| Daniel Vann | £370 | £19,240 | 18 | D C | England | ||
| Will Shorrock | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | AM C | England | ||
| Tobias Hayles-Docherty | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | AM RL | England | ||
| Cameron Peters | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | ST | England | ||
| Brandon Ganley | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | GK | England | ||
| Ben Kendrick | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Cody Fisher | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D LC | England | ||
| Luke Little | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D R | England | ||
| Owen Nolan | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM L | England | ||
| Ben Friel | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Sam Holden | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | England | ||
| Kian Flanagan | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | M C | England | ||
| Joseph Brown | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D LC | England | ||
| Daniel O'Sullivan | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM C | England | ||
| Debert Massamba | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM RL | Congo | ||
| Sam Leivesley | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | England | ||
| Alfie Bates | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM C | England | ||
| Ethan Dawe | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | GK | England | ||
| Tyreece Ruddock | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM R, ST | England | ||
| Joe Cairns | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | ST | England | ||
| Stefan Mason | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | M C | England | ||
| Tom Leak | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | England | ||
| Ethan Freemantle | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM R, ST | England | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 47 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Walsall wages, 2017/18
What was Walsall's wage bill in 2017/18?
Walsall paid £38,540 a week in 2017/18 - £2,004,080 across the year - spread over a squad of 47. We hold a wage for all 47 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Walsall player in 2017/18?
Julien Ngoy was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £5,100 a week, 3.5x the 22+ squad average of £1,463.
What was the average Walsall salary in 2017/18?
The average Walsall player aged 22 or over earned £1,463 a week in 2017/18, across the 11 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 47. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Walsall's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Walsall pay £39,610 a week in 2026/27, 3% higher than the £38,540 of 2017/18. The current squad is 39 players against 47 then.