RC LENS · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of RC Lens
Adrien Thomasson has earned £4.5m at RC Lens across 4 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 12 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £90m
PLAYERS RANKED78
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB68
YEARS2017-2026
The 20 biggest earners in RC Lens history
These 20 players took £58m between them, 65% of everything RC Lens has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every RC Lens player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a RC Lens wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrien Thomasson | £4.5m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 2 | Arthur Masuaku | £4.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 3 | Jonathan Gradit Current squad | £3.8m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 4 | Angelo Fulgini | £3.4m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 5 | Florian Sotoca Current squad | £3.3m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 6 | Facundo Medina | £3.3m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 7 | Séko Fofana | £3.2m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 8 | Ruben Aguilar Current squad | £3.1m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 9 | Amadou Haïdara Current squad | £3.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 10 | Jean-Louis Leca | £2.8m | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 11 | Allan Saint-Maximin | £2.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 12 | Florian Thauvin Current squad | £2.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 13 | Brice Samba | £2.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 14 | Abdallah Sima Current squad | £2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 15 | Saud Abdulhamid Current squad | £2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 16 | Kevin Danso | £2.2m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 17 | Odsonne Édouard Current squad | £2.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 18 | Massadio Haïdara | £2.1m | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 19 | David Pereira Da Costa | £2.1m | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 20 | Deiver Machado | £2.0m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 21 | Wesley Saïd | £1.9m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 22 | Malang Sarr | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 23 | Steven Fortes Current squad | £1.8m | 6 | 2019-2026 |
| 24 | Przemyslaw Frankowski | £1.6m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 25 | Gaël Kakuta | £1.5m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 26 | Mamadou Sangaré | £1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Alexis Claude-Maurice | £1.3m | 1 | 2023 |
| 28 | Jimmy Cabot | £1.3m | 3 | 2023-2025 |
| 29 | Matthieu Udol Current squad | £1.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Cheick Doucouré | £1.1m | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 31 | Ignatius Ganago | £1.0m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 32 | Elye Wahi | £988k | 1 | 2024 |
| 33 | Yannick Cahuzac | £915k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 34 | Jonathan Clauss | £894k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 35 | Wuilker Fariñez | £874k | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 36 | Arnaud Kalimuendo | £858k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 37 | Adam Buksa | £780k | 1 | 2023 |
| 38 | Aleksandar Radovanovic | £676k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 39 | Loïs Openda | £676k | 1 | 2023 |
| 40 | Patrick Berg | £676k | 1 | 2022 |
| 41 | Jean-Kévin Duverne | £640k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 42 | Nampalys Mendy | £624k | 1 | 2024 |
| 43 | Clément Michelin | £510k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 44 | Issiaga Sylla | £473k | 1 | 2021 |
| 45 | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | £424k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 46 | Andy Diouf | £390k | 1 | 2024 |
| 47 | Junior Onana | £369k | 1 | 2023 |
| 48 | Neil El Aynaoui | £307k | 1 | 2024 |
| 49 | Ismaël Boura | £293k | 5 | 2018-2023 |
| 50 | Modibo Sagnan | £293k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 51 | Benjamin Bourigeaud | £286k | 1 | 2017 |
| 52 | Fabien Centonze | £276k | 1 | 2019 |
| 53 | Gaëtan Robail | £270k | 1 | 2020 |
| 54 | Julien Le Cardinal | £265k | 1 | 2023 |
| 55 | Kenny Lala | £260k | 1 | 2017 |
| 56 | Loïc Badé | £260k | 1 | 2021 |
| 57 | Morgan Guilavogui | £255k | 1 | 2024 |
| 58 | Samba Sow | £239k | 1 | 2022 |
| 59 | Grejohn Kyei | £218k | 1 | 2019 |
| 60 | Mounir Chouiar | £192k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 61 | Abdukodir Khusanov | £182k | 1 | 2024 |
| 62 | Jules Keita | £166k | 2 | 2020-2022 |
| 63 | Akim Zedadka | £130k | 1 | 2017 |
| 64 | Christopher Wooh | £125k | 1 | 2022 |
| 65 | Anthony Bermont | £106k | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 66 | Valentin Belon | £95k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 67 | Cory Sène | £92k | 3 | 2020-2023 |
| 68 | Jonathan Varane | £78k | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 69 | Djibril Diani | £76k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 70 | William Bianda | £75k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 71 | Erawan Garnier | £64k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 72 | John Bostock | £57k | 1 | 2017 |
| 73 | Nolan Gillot | £56k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 74 | Tom Ducrocq | £51k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 75 | Łukasz Poręba | £49k | 1 | 2023 |
| 76 | Mael Haise | £47k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 77 | Benjamin Gomel | £24k | 1 | 2018 |
| 78 | Titouan Wilzius | £12k | 3 | 2021-2023 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at RC Lens?
Adrien Thomasson, with £4.5m across 4 seasons at RC Lens.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 78 players we hold a RC Lens wage for, from 2017 to 2026.