Chicago Fire FC 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Gastón Giménez on £16,000 per week · see the current Chicago Fire FC wage bill
We hold a wage for all 28 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 15 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Chicago Fire FC pay £688,000 a week in 2026/27 — 470% higher than the £120,700 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastón Giménez | £16,000 | £832,000 | 29 | DM, M (C) | Paraguay | ||
| Francisco Calvo | £12,000 | £624,000 | 28 | D (LC) | Costa Rica | ||
| Robert Beric | £11,000 | £572,000 | 29 | ST (C) | Slovenia | ||
| Johan Kappelhof | £9,100 | £473,200 | 29 | D (RC) | Holland | ||
| Przemyslaw Frankowski | £9,000 | £468,000 | 25 | M/AM (RC), ST (C) | Poland | ||
| Stanislav Ivanov | £7,600 | £395,200 | 21 | AM (RL), ST (C) | Bulgaria | ||
| Boris Sekulic | £6,500 | £338,000 | 28 | D (RLC), WB (RL) | Slovakia | ||
| Álvaro Medrán | £6,000 | £312,000 | 26 | M/AM (C) | Spain | ||
| Ignacio Aliseda | £5,100 | £265,200 | 20 | M (R), AM (RL) | Argentina | ||
| Luka Stojanović | £5,000 | £260,000 | 26 | M (LC) | Serbia | ||
| Carlos Teran | £4,400 | £228,800 | 19 | D (RC) | Colombia | ||
| Jonathan Bornstein | £4,100 | £213,200 | 35 | D/WB (L) | U.S.A. | ||
| Jhon Espinoza | £3,100 | £161,200 | 21 | D/WB (R) | Ecuador | ||
| Bobby Shuttleworth | £2,500 | £130,000 | 33 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Fabian Herbers | £2,300 | £119,600 | 26 | AM (RC) | Germany | ||
| Kenneth Kronholm | £2,000 | £104,000 | 34 | GK | Germany | ||
| Mauricio Pineda | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | D (C), DM, M (C) | U.S.A. | ||
| Allan Rodriguez | £1,500 | £78,000 | 16 | DM, M (C) | U.S.A. | ||
| Brian Gutiérrez | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | AM (RC) | U.S.A. | ||
| Andre Reynolds | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | D (L) | U.S.A. | ||
| Chris Brady | £1,400 | £72,800 | 16 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Chinonso Offor | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | ST (C) | Nigeria | ||
| Elliott Collier | £1,300 | £67,600 | 25 | AM (L), ST (C) | New Zealand | ||
| Gabriel Słonina | £1,200 | £62,400 | 16 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Javier Casas | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | M (C) | U.S.A. | ||
| Nicholas Slonina | £900 | £46,800 | 19 | D (C) | U.S.A. | ||
| Miguel Ángel Navarro | £900 | £46,800 | 21 | D/WB (L) | Venezuela | ||
| Wyatt Omsberg | £400 | £20,800 | 24 | D (C) | U.S.A. | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 47% of the squad wage bill, across the 28 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Chicago Fire FC wages, 2020/21
What was Chicago Fire FC's wage bill in 2020/21?
Chicago Fire FC paid £120,700 a week in 2020/21 - £6,276,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 28. We hold a wage for all 28 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Chicago Fire FC player in 2020/21?
Gastón Giménez was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £16,000 a week, 2.7x the 22+ squad average of £5,940.
What was the average Chicago Fire FC salary in 2020/21?
The average Chicago Fire FC player aged 22 or over earned £5,940 a week in 2020/21, across the 15 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 28. The top five earners took 47% of the bill between them.
How do Chicago Fire FC's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Chicago Fire FC pay £688,000 a week in 2026/27, 470% higher than the £120,700 of 2020/21. The current squad is 28 players against 28 then.