RC Lens 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Brice Dja Djédjé on £18,000 per week · see the current RC Lens wage bill
We hold a wage for all 53 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 19 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
RC Lens pay £348,552 a week in 2026/27 — 137% higher than the £147,160 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 2 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brice Dja Djédjé | £18,000 | £936,000 | 26 | D/WB R | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Clément Chantôme | £16,000 | £832,000 | 29 | M RC | France | ||
| Ivan Lendric | £7,100 | £369,200 | 25 | ST | Croatia | ||
| Kévin Fortuné | £7,000 | £364,000 | 27 | AM RL, ST | France | ||
| Nicolas Douchez | £6,900 | £358,800 | 37 | GK | France | ||
| Mouaad Madri | £6,900 | £358,800 | 27 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Filip Markovic | £6,300 | £327,600 | 25 | AM RL, ST | Serbia | ||
| Abdelrafik Gérard | £5,500 | £286,000 | 24 | AM RLC | France | ||
| Abdellah Zoubir | £5,500 | £286,000 | 25 | AM RC | France | ||
| Djiman Koukou | £5,400 | £280,800 | 26 | DM | Benin | ||
| Dusan Cvetinovic | £5,400 | £280,800 | 28 | D C | Serbia | ||
| Cristian López (Cristian López Santamaría) | £5,400 | £280,800 | 28 | ST | Spain | ||
| Walid Mesloub | £4,400 | £228,800 | 31 | AM RC | Algeria | ||
| Frédéric Duplus | £4,300 | £223,600 | 27 | D RC | France | ||
| Jean-Kévin Duverne | £4,100 | £213,200 | 19 | D RC | France | ||
| Cyrille Bayala | £3,400 | £176,800 | 21 | AM R, ST | Burkina Faso | ||
| Jérémy Vachoux | £3,100 | £161,200 | 22 | GK | France | ||
| Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | £3,100 | £161,200 | 18 | AM C | France | ||
| Karim Hafez | £3,000 | £156,000 | 21 | D/WB/AM L | Egypt | ||
| Lyes Houri | £3,000 | £156,000 | 21 | DM | France | ||
| Mohamed Fofana | £2,900 | £150,800 | 32 | D C | Mali | ||
| Thomas Ephestion | £2,600 | £135,200 | 22 | M C | France | ||
| Valentin Wojtkowiak | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Bilal Bari | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | ST | Morocco | ||
| Alex Gersbach | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | D/WB L | Australia | ||
| William Bianda | £1,400 | £72,800 | 17 | D C | France | ||
| Christopher Boussemart | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Guillaume Beghin | £1,200 | £62,400 | 20 | M C | France | ||
| Corentin Cal | £970 | £50,440 | 18 | D C | France | ||
| Moussa Sylla | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | D R | France | ||
| Mounir Chouiar | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | AM/F C | France | ||
| Modibo Sagnan | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | D LC | France | ||
| Yassine Chah | £810 | £42,120 | 18 | M C | France | ||
| Djibril Diani | £610 | £31,720 | 19 | DM | France | ||
| Valentin Belon | £610 | £31,720 | 22 | GK | France | ||
| Souleymane Diarra | £600 | £31,200 | 22 | AM LC | Mali | ||
| Didier Desprez | £540 | £28,080 | 18 | GK | France | ||
| Corentin Lemaire | £490 | £25,480 | 17 | ST | France | ||
| Benjamin Gomel | £460 | £23,920 | 19 | ST | France | ||
| Enzo Ebosse | £460 | £23,920 | 18 | D C | France | ||
| Nsana Simon | £370 | £19,240 | 17 | M C | France | ||
| Charles Boli | £90 | £4,680 | 18 | DM | France | ||
| Roman Daloz | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Tommy Plumain | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | GK | Guadeloupe | ||
| Bryan Bernard | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Amaury Belhadji | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | ST | France | ||
| Ismael Rouibi | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | AM R | Algeria | ||
| Wissem Bouhadiche | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | M L | France | ||
| Ismaël Boura | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | AM L | France | ||
| Adam Oudjani | £50 | £2,600 | 15 | AM C | France | ||
| Louis Vanoise | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | DM | France | ||
| Kévin Ndaje | £50 | £2,600 | 15 | M L | France | ||
| Matteo Mazzolini | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | D C | France | ||
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 37% of the squad wage bill, across the 53 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
RC Lens wages, 2017/18
What was RC Lens' wage bill in 2017/18?
RC Lens paid £147,160 a week in 2017/18 - £7,652,320 across the year - spread over a squad of 53. We hold a wage for all 53 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid RC Lens player in 2017/18?
Brice Dja Djédjé was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £18,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £5,995.
What was the average RC Lens salary in 2017/18?
The average RC Lens player aged 22 or over earned £5,995 a week in 2017/18, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 53. The top five earners took 37% of the bill between them.
How do RC Lens' 2017/18 wages compare with now?
RC Lens pay £348,552 a week in 2026/27, 137% higher than the £147,160 of 2017/18. The current squad is 69 players against 53 then.