LIGUE 1 · 2019/20 · ARCHIVE
Olympique Lyonnais 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Anthony Lopes on £82,000 per week · see the current Olympique Lyonnais wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.1m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £58m
SQUAD SIZE85
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £49k
Then and now
Olympique Lyonnais pay £677,355 a week in 2026/27 — 39% lower than the £1,116,320 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Lopes | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 28 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Memphis Depay | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 25 | AM LC, F C | Holland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lucas Tousart | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 22 | DM | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bertrand Traoré | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | 23 | AM RL, ST | Burkina Faso | JUN 2022 | ||
| Houssem Aouar | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 21 | AM LC | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 30 | D C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jason Denayer | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 24 | D C | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Joachim Andersen | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 23 | D C | Denmark | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marcelo | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 32 | D C | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Moussa Dembélé | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 22 | ST | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Thiago Mendes | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 27 | DM | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Rafael | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | 28 | D/WB R | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Maxwel Cornet | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 22 | AM RL, ST | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2023 | ||
| Bruno Guimarães | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 21 | DM | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Léo Dubois | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 24 | D/WB R | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ciprian Tătăruşanu | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 33 | GK | Romania | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 21 | AM RLC | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Kenny Tete | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 23 | D RC | Holland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Youssouf Koné | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 23 | D/WB L | Mali | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marçal | £19,000 | £988,000 | 30 | D LC | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Martin Terrier | £19,000 | £988,000 | 21 | AM RLC, F C | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Karl Toko Ekambi | £17,000 | £884,000 | 26 | AM L, ST | Cameroon | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jean Lucas | £17,000 | £884,000 | 21 | DM | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Amine Gouiri | £13,000 | £676,000 | 19 | AM L, ST | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Oumar Solet | £9,000 | £468,000 | 19 | D C, DM | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Reo Griffiths | £7,700 | £400,400 | 19 | ST | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Anthony Racioppi | £5,500 | £286,000 | 20 | GK | Switzerland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Maxence Caqueret | £4,900 | £254,800 | 19 | DM, AM C | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Camilo | £3,400 | £176,800 | 20 | DM | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Boubacar Fofana | £2,500 | £130,000 | 20 | AM RLC | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Malcolm Barcola | £1,900 | £98,800 | 20 | GK | Togo | JUN 2022 | ||
| Melvin Bard | £1,900 | £98,800 | 18 | D LC, M L | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ousseynou Ndiaye | £1,800 | £93,600 | 20 | DM, AM C | Senegal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pierre Kalulu | £930 | £48,360 | 19 | D RC | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Paul Devarrewaere | £810 | £42,120 | 20 | DM | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sofian Augarreau | £780 | £40,560 | 18 | AM C | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| El Hadj Coly | £680 | £35,360 | 17 | AM R, ST | France | - | ||
| Andy Minolien | £660 | £34,320 | 17 | D RC | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Abdoulaye Ouattara | £660 | £34,320 | 18 | DM | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Arthur Pontet | £660 | £34,320 | 18 | D C | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Bartosz Talar | £650 | £33,800 | 16 | M C | Poland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bradley Barcola | £650 | £33,800 | 16 | AM L, ST | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Héritier Deyonge | £650 | £33,800 | 17 | D/WB L | Belgium | - | ||
| Titouan Thomas | £650 | £33,800 | 17 | DM, AM C | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Esteban Lepaul | £620 | £32,240 | 19 | ST | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Emmanuel Danso | £620 | £32,240 | 18 | DM | Ghana | JUN 2022 | ||
| Eli Wissa | £620 | £32,240 | 16 | ST | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Florent Da Silva | £610 | £31,720 | 16 | AM C | France | - | ||
| Gaël Nsombi | £600 | £31,200 | 16 | AM RL, ST | France | - | ||
| Mathis Louiserre | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | D LC | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Issiar Dramé | £580 | £30,160 | 20 | D C, DM | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jairzhino Fumont | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | DM | Guadeloupe | JUN 2020 | ||
| Joss Nkongue | £570 | £29,640 | 17 | AM L, ST | France | - | ||
| Kayne Bonnevie | £560 | £29,120 | 18 | GK | Guyana | - | ||
| Kévin Dellinger | £560 | £29,120 | 19 | AM C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lilian Perrier | £550 | £28,600 | 19 | DM | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Melih Altikulac | £540 | £28,080 | 17 | D/WB L | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mathys Lefebvre | £540 | £28,080 | 17 | D C, DM | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Marley Felix | £540 | £28,080 | 16 | D C | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Malo Gusto | £540 | £28,080 | 16 | D/WB R, DM | France | - | ||
| Nicolas Fontaine | £530 | £27,560 | 19 | AM RL, ST | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Noam Bonnet | £530 | £27,560 | 17 | DM | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Raphaël Anaba | £490 | £25,480 | 19 | D LC | Cameroon | JUN 2021 | ||
| Semih Altikulac | £480 | £24,960 | 17 | D/WB L | Türkiye | JUN 2020 | ||
| Sinaly Diomandé | £480 | £24,960 | 18 | D C | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2023 | ||
| Thibaut Ehling | £470 | £24,440 | 18 | AM RL | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Yaya Soumaré | £420 | £21,840 | 19 | AM R, ST | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Méroine El Hammiri | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | AM RL, ST | France | - | ||
| Lucas Margueron | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | GK | France | - | ||
| Modeste Duku | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | AM RLC | France | - | ||
| Hermann Tebily | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | AM L, ST | France | - | ||
| Elamine Moussa | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D/WB L, DM | France | - | ||
| Hichem Zoghlami | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | DM, AM C | Tunisia | - | ||
| Kévin Ousmane | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | GK | France | - | ||
| Mattéo Commaret | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | D RC | France | - | ||
| Nassim Benaissa | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | DM | France | - | ||
| Flavien Truchot | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | AM RL | France | - | ||
| Djibraïl Dib | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RC, F C | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Samuel Bossiwa | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | AM RLC | France | - | ||
| Madyan Sounni | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM R | France | - | ||
| Sekou Lega | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM L, ST | France | - | ||
| Idriss Bounaas | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | France | - | ||
| Pierre Rothacher | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | France | - | ||
| Castello Lukeba | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | France | - | ||
| Rayan Cherki | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | AM RLC, F C | France | JUN 2022 | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
52 Under £1k 2%
3 £1k-£2k 1%
3 £2k-£5k 1%
3 £5k-£10k 2%
6 £10k-£25k 10%
18 £25k-£100k 85%
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 85 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Olympique Lyonnais wages, 2019/20
What was Olympique Lyonnais' wage bill in 2019/20?
Olympique Lyonnais paid £1,116,320 a week in 2019/20 - £58,048,640 across the year - spread over a squad of 85. We hold a wage for all 85 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Olympique Lyonnais player in 2019/20?
Anthony Lopes was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £82,000 a week, 1.7x the 22+ squad average of £48,722.
What was the average Olympique Lyonnais salary in 2019/20?
The average Olympique Lyonnais player aged 22 or over earned £48,722 a week in 2019/20, across the 18 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 85. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do Olympique Lyonnais' 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Olympique Lyonnais pay £677,355 a week in 2026/27, 39% lower than the £1,116,320 of 2019/20. The current squad is 79 players against 85 then.