Olympique de Marseille 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Dimitri Payet on £123,000 per week · see the current Olympique de Marseille wage bill
Then and now
Olympique de Marseille pay £538,104 a week in 2026/27 — 47% lower than the £1,018,950 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimitri Payet | £123,000 | £6,396,000 | 30 | AM RLC | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luiz Gustavo | £103,000 | £5,356,000 | 29 | DM | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Aymen Abdennour | £89,000 | £4,628,000 | 27 | D C | Tunisia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Florian Thauvin | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 24 | AM RLC | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Steve Mandanda | £70,000 | £3,640,000 | 32 | GK | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Kostas Mitroglou | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 29 | ST | Greece | JUN 2021 | ||
| Adil Rami | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | 31 | D C | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Clinton N'jie | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 23 | AM RL, ST | Cameroon | JUN 2020 | ||
| Morgan Sanson | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 22 | AM RC | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Grégory Sertic | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 27 | D C, DM | Croatia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Henri Bedimo | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 33 | D/WB L | Cameroon | JUN 2019 | ||
| Valere Germain | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 27 | AM/F C | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rolando | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 31 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lucas Ocampos | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 22 | AM RL, ST | Argentina | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jordan Amavi | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 23 | D/WB/AM L | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Maxime Lopez | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 19 | AM C | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Hiroki Sakai | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 27 | D/WB R | Japan | JUN 2021 | ||
| André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | £19,000 | £988,000 | 21 | DM | Cameroon | JUN 2021 | ||
| Bouna Sarr | £15,000 | £780,000 | 25 | D R, AM RL | Guinea | JUN 2020 | ||
| Yohann Pelé | £12,000 | £624,000 | 34 | GK | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Boubacar Kamara | £5,500 | £286,000 | 17 | D C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Christopher Rocchia | £4,400 | £228,800 | 19 | D/WB L | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gaël Andonian | £4,200 | £218,400 | 22 | D LC | Armenia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Florian Escales | £3,300 | £171,600 | 21 | GK | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Brice Nlaté | £2,500 | £130,000 | 20 | D RC | Cameroon | JUN 2018 | ||
| Abdallah Ali Mohamed | £2,500 | £130,000 | 18 | D R | Comoros | JUN 2019 | ||
| Housseine Zakouani | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | AM RL | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gent Dinaj | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | ST | Albania | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ismail Haddou | £2,100 | £109,200 | 21 | AM RL | Algeria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lucas Perrin | £2,000 | £104,000 | 18 | D C, DM | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sacha Marasovic | £1,600 | £83,200 | 19 | DM | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alexandre Phliponeau | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | DM | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Chryst Gnapele | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | AM C | Cameroon | JUN 2018 | ||
| Yusuf Sarı | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | AM RL | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Christian Madédé | £1,070 | £55,640 | 20 | GK | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kevan Mezine | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | DM | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lucas Fontana | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | DM | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Florian Chabrolle | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | AM RLC | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Killian Taghirt | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | ST | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Dylan Bolnet | £960 | £49,920 | 19 | AM R, ST | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ahmadou Dia | £870 | £45,240 | 17 | GK | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Niels Nkounkou | £860 | £44,720 | 16 | D L | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Malik Ousfane | £850 | £44,200 | 18 | D LC | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Suan Besic | £840 | £43,680 | 19 | GK | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nicolas Pelloux | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | GK | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nassim Ahmed | £740 | £38,480 | 16 | D L | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Romain Cagnon | £700 | £36,400 | 20 | GK | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Yacine Ressa | £660 | £34,320 | 16 | ST | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Bylal Abedi | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | ST | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Corentin Milhau | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | GK | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Maxime Allione | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D R | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ilan Yapi Yapo | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | DM | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Santana Mendy | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | AM R, ST | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jérémy Mizrahi | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D R | Switzerland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Rayan Sadelli | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | GK | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Vincenzo Callejon | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | AM R | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nomena Andriantiana | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D C | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Omar Loubassi | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D C | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tony Vives | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | AM L | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Wassim Aouachria | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | AM C | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Cyril Khetir | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Théo Panafieu | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM L | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mohamed Ben Fredj | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Amallah Kaloga | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Imrane Ahmed | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Manuel Nazaretian | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | GK | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Hamidou Bakhayoko | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Senegal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Baptiste Coti | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | D R | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Henri Bonet | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Yoann Araujo | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | D C | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dominik Topol'sky | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Slovakia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Yannis Kari | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Yanis Hadjem | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM L | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Serge Mouko | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D L | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Fabio Pedri | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C, DM | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Benjamin Benaioun | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
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 46% of the squad wage bill, across the 76 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Olympique de Marseille wages, 2017/18
What was Olympique de Marseille's wage bill in 2017/18?
Olympique de Marseille paid £1,018,950 a week in 2017/18 - £52,985,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 76. We hold a wage for all 76 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Olympique de Marseille player in 2017/18?
Dimitri Payet was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £123,000 a week, 2.5x the 22+ squad average of £48,905.
What was the average Olympique de Marseille salary in 2017/18?
The average Olympique de Marseille player aged 22 or over earned £48,905 a week in 2017/18, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 76. The top five earners took 46% of the bill between them.
How do Olympique de Marseille's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Olympique de Marseille pay £538,104 a week in 2026/27, 47% lower than the £1,018,950 of 2017/18. The current squad is 81 players against 76 then.