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Olympique de Marseille 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Florian Thauvin on £91,000 per week · see the current Olympique de Marseille wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £781k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £41m
SQUAD SIZE82
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £36k
Then and now
Olympique de Marseille pay £538,104 a week in 2026/27 — 31% lower than the £780,855 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 11 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Thauvin | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Arkadiusz Milik | £84,000 | £4,368,000 | 26 | Striker | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Darío Benedetto | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | 30 | Striker | Argentina | JUN 2023 | ||
| Dimitri Payet | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 33 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Valentin Rongier | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Boubacar Kamara | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 20 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Duje Caleta-Car | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Croatia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Michaël Cuisance | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 20 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Valere Germain | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Álvaro | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Spain | JUN 2023 | ||
| Steve Mandanda | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 35 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Pol Lirola | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 22 | Right-back, right midfielder | Spain | JUN 2024 | ||
| Hiroki Sakai | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 30 | Full-back, right wing-back | Japan | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jordan Amavi | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 26 | Left-back, left midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Leonardo Balerdi | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 21 | Centre-back | Argentina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Olivier Ntcham | £14,000 | £728,000 | 24 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | MAY 2022 | ||
| Luís Henrique | £14,000 | £728,000 | 18 | Winger, striker | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Yohann Pelé | £11,000 | £572,000 | 37 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Yuto Nagatomo | £7,300 | £379,600 | 33 | Full-back, wide midfielder | Japan | JUN 2021 | ||
| Pape Gueye | £5,800 | £301,600 | 21 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Saïf-Eddine Khaoui | £3,600 | £187,200 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Tunisia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Christopher Rocchia | £2,400 | £124,800 | 22 | Left-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ugo Bertelli | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Aaron Kamardin | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Franco Tongya | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Lucas Perrin | £1,000 | £52,000 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Amallah Kaloga | £957 | £49,764 | 19 | Central midfielder | France | - | ||
| Corentin Milhau | £929 | £48,308 | 20 | Goalkeeper | France | - | ||
| Dominik Topol'sky | £927 | £48,204 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Slovakia | - | ||
| Nassim Ahmed | £900 | £46,800 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Henri Bonet | £863 | £44,876 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | France | - | ||
| Serge Mouko | £778 | £40,456 | 19 | Left-back | France | - | ||
| Yanis Hadjem | £735 | £38,220 | 19 | Right-back | France | - | ||
| Richecarde Richard | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | Full-back | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alexandre Phliponeau | £689 | £35,828 | 20 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Brice Mius | £679 | £35,308 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Cheick Oumar Souaré | £669 | £34,788 | 17 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Esey Gebreyesus | £649 | £33,748 | 16 | Winger, striker | Switzerland | - | ||
| El Omar Fardi | £649 | £33,748 | 18 | Right-back | France | - | ||
| Jores Rahou | £599 | £31,148 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Manuel Nazaretian | £569 | £29,588 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Armenia | - | ||
| Oussama Targhalline | £549 | £28,548 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Morocco | - | ||
| Paolo Sciortino | £539 | £28,028 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Simon Ngapandouetnbu | £509 | £26,468 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Cameroon | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sacha Guilhen | £509 | £26,468 | 19 | Left winger, striker | France | - | ||
| Thierno Millimono | £499 | £25,948 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | - | ||
| Yacine Ressa | £449 | £23,348 | 19 | Striker | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ylias Zouaoui | £449 | £23,348 | 17 | Left winger | France | - | ||
| Cheikh Ahmadou Dieng | £100 | £5,200 | 19 | Striker | Senegal | - | ||
| Salim Rachidi | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Striker | France | - | ||
| Tom Moustier | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Tom Bandikian | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Central midfielder | Armenia | - | ||
| David Blaudet | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Joakim Kada | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Clément Cordier | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | France | - | ||
| Sandro Auquier | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Yoann Araujo | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Fabio Vanni | £80 | £4,160 | 18 | Goalkeeper | France | - | ||
| Wassim Felfoul | £80 | £4,160 | 18 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Loïs Fauriel | £80 | £4,160 | 18 | Left-back | France | - | ||
| Fabio Lorenzini | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Striker | France | - | ||
| Evan Huriez | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Goalkeeper | France | - | ||
| Thomas Delranc | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Striker | France | - | ||
| Rayan Dehilis | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Hugo Blondel | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Hugo Dupont | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Left-back | France | - | ||
| Thiago Coqu | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | - | ||
| Ibou Hadhari | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Winger | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Walid El Kalai | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Winger | France | - | ||
| Bastien Dessus | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | - | ||
| Jonathan Pitou | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Attacking midfielder | France | - | ||
| Yakine Said M'Madi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Enzo Genneciaux | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Matis Moutte | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Amay Caprice | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Anthony Delamarre | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Romain Da Silva (Romain Da Silva Pereira) | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Giovani Versini | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left winger | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Yassine Dahmani | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Algeria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Enzo Caumont | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | - | ||
| Aaron Gerbi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | - | ||
| Manuel Torres | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | France | JUN 2022 | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
56 Under £1k 2%
4 £1k-£2k 1%
2 £2k-£5k 1%
2 £5k-£10k 2%
3 £10k-£25k 5%
15 £25k-£100k 90%
Top 5 earners took 43% of the squad wage bill, across the 82 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Olympique de Marseille wages, 2020/21
What was Olympique de Marseille's wage bill in 2020/21?
Olympique de Marseille paid £780,855 a week in 2020/21 - £40,604,460 across the year - spread over a squad of 82. We hold a wage for all 82 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Olympique de Marseille player in 2020/21?
Florian Thauvin was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £91,000 a week, 2.5x the 22+ squad average of £36,488.
What was the average Olympique de Marseille salary in 2020/21?
The average Olympique de Marseille player aged 22 or over earned £36,488 a week in 2020/21, across the 17 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 82. The top five earners took 43% of the bill between them.
How do Olympique de Marseille's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Olympique de Marseille pay £538,104 a week in 2026/27, 31% lower than the £780,855 of 2020/21. The current squad is 81 players against 82 then.