RC Lens 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Achraf Bencharki on £18,000 per week · see the current RC Lens wage bill
We hold a wage for all 67 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 20 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
RC Lens pay £348,552 a week in 2026/27 — 113% higher than the £163,830 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achraf Bencharki | £18,000 | £936,000 | 23 | AM LC, F C | Morocco | ||
| Jean-Louis Leca | £8,100 | £421,200 | 32 | GK | France | ||
| Massadio Haïdara | £7,900 | £410,800 | 25 | D/WB L | France | ||
| Steven Fortes | £7,600 | £395,200 | 26 | D C | Cape Verde | ||
| Mouaad Madri | £6,900 | £358,800 | 28 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Aleksandar Radovanovic | £6,500 | £338,000 | 24 | D C | Serbia | ||
| Walid Mesloub | £6,400 | £332,800 | 32 | AM RC | Algeria | ||
| El Hadji Ba | £6,300 | £327,600 | 25 | DM | France | ||
| Filip Markovic | £6,300 | £327,600 | 26 | AM RL, ST | Serbia | ||
| Mehdi Tahrat | £5,900 | £306,800 | 28 | D C, DM | Algeria | ||
| Yannick Gomis | £5,300 | £275,600 | 26 | ST | Senegal | ||
| Fabien Centonze | £5,300 | £275,600 | 22 | D/AM R | France | ||
| Guillaume Gillet | £5,200 | £270,400 | 34 | DM | Belgium | ||
| Souleymane Diarra | £4,600 | £239,200 | 23 | AM C | Mali | ||
| Grejohn Kyei | £4,200 | £218,400 | 22 | ST | France | ||
| Jérémy Vachoux | £4,100 | £213,200 | 23 | GK | France | ||
| Jean-Kévin Duverne | £4,100 | £213,200 | 20 | D RC | France | ||
| Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | £4,100 | £213,200 | 19 | AM C | France | ||
| Modibo Sagnan | £3,900 | £202,800 | 19 | D LC | France | ||
| Saïf Tka | £3,600 | £187,200 | 27 | D C | Tunisia | ||
| Thierry Ambrose | £3,600 | £187,200 | 21 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Arial Mendy | £3,500 | £182,000 | 23 | D RLC | Senegal | ||
| Cheick Doucouré | £2,400 | £124,800 | 18 | DM | Mali | ||
| Gaëtan Laura | £2,200 | £114,400 | 22 | ST | France | ||
| Mounir Chouiar | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | AM/F C | France | ||
| Simon Banza | £1,600 | £83,200 | 21 | AM/F C | France | ||
| Alexis Bourigeaud | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | DM | France | ||
| Ansou Sow | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | AM R | Senegal | ||
| Corentin Cal | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | D C | France | ||
| Christopher Boussemart | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Grégoire Pineau | £1,200 | £62,400 | 19 | D C | France | ||
| Enzo Daoud | £1,050 | £54,600 | 17 | ST | France | ||
| Hugo Mahieu | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | D C | France | ||
| David Pereira Da Costa | £970 | £50,440 | 17 | AM L | Portugal | ||
| Charles Boli | £960 | £49,920 | 19 | AM RC, F C | France | ||
| Ismaël Boura | £940 | £48,880 | 17 | D/M L | France | ||
| Ismaël Petchy | £890 | £46,280 | 17 | D R | France | ||
| Valentin Belon | £830 | £43,160 | 23 | GK | France | ||
| Tom Ducrocq | £610 | £31,720 | 18 | AM C | France | ||
| Nsana Simon | £610 | £31,720 | 18 | M C | France | ||
| Corentin Lemaire | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | ST | France | ||
| Enzo Ebosse | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | D C | France | ||
| Bryan Bernard | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | GK | France | ||
| Koba Lein | £550 | £28,600 | 16 | M C | France | ||
| Augustin Delbecque | £550 | £28,600 | 16 | GK | France | ||
| Clément Victoor | £530 | £27,560 | 16 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Valentin Wojtkowiak | £500 | £26,000 | 21 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Kandet Diawara | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | AM C | France | ||
| Jules Foucault | £480 | £24,960 | 16 | D C | France | ||
| Jonathan Varane | £470 | £24,440 | 16 | AM C | France | ||
| Ismael Hmani | £460 | £23,920 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Kassim Sidibé | £430 | £22,360 | 19 | AM C | France | ||
| Maxime Boursin | £410 | £21,320 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Ryan Merlen | £400 | £20,800 | 16 | DM | France | ||
| Owen Maës | £390 | £20,280 | 19 | AM RL | France | ||
| Randy Mavinga | £380 | £19,760 | 18 | D RC | France | ||
| Tommy Plumain | £350 | £18,200 | 17 | GK | Guadeloupe | ||
| Youssef Abdelli | £300 | £15,600 | 19 | ST | Tunisia | ||
| Yassine Chah | £300 | £15,600 | 19 | DM | France | ||
| Yannick Pandor | £290 | £15,080 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Yannis Salmi | £90 | £4,680 | 18 | D R | Morocco | ||
| Maxence Lescroart | £90 | £4,680 | 18 | DM | France | ||
| Louis Vanoise | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Wissem Bouhadiche | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | M L | France | ||
| Matteo Mazzolini | £70 | £3,640 | 17 | D LC | France | ||
| Adam Oudjani | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | AM RL | France | ||
| Kévin Ndaje | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | M L | France | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 30% of the squad wage bill, across the 67 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
RC Lens wages, 2018/19
What was RC Lens' wage bill in 2018/19?
RC Lens paid £163,830 a week in 2018/19 - £8,519,160 across the year - spread over a squad of 67. We hold a wage for all 67 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid RC Lens player in 2018/19?
Achraf Bencharki was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £18,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £5,937.
What was the average RC Lens salary in 2018/19?
The average RC Lens player aged 22 or over earned £5,937 a week in 2018/19, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 67. The top five earners took 30% of the bill between them.
How do RC Lens' 2018/19 wages compare with now?
RC Lens pay £348,552 a week in 2026/27, 113% higher than the £163,830 of 2018/19. The current squad is 69 players against 67 then.