Portland Timbers 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Diego Valeri on £40,000 per week · see the current Portland Timbers wage bill
We hold a wage for all 34 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 24 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Portland Timbers pay £256,878 a week in 2026/27 — 58% higher than the £162,340 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 3 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego Valeri | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 31 | AM RLC | Argentina | ||
| Fanendo Adi | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 26 | ST | Nigeria | ||
| Sebastián Blanco | £14,000 | £728,000 | 29 | AM RLC | Argentina | ||
| Samuel Armenteros | £11,000 | £572,000 | 27 | ST | Sweden | ||
| Liam Ridgewell | £9,000 | £468,000 | 32 | D LC | England | ||
| Diego Chará | £8,400 | £436,800 | 31 | DM | Colombia | ||
| Andy Polo | £6,500 | £338,000 | 22 | AM RL | Peru | ||
| Larrys Mabiala | £5,000 | £260,000 | 29 | D C | Congo - Kinshasa | ||
| Vytautas Andriuskevicius | £3,500 | £182,000 | 26 | D LC | Lithuania | ||
| David Guzmán | £3,400 | £176,800 | 27 | DM | Costa Rica | ||
| Jeremy Ebobisse | £3,100 | £161,200 | 20 | ST | U.S.A. | ||
| Alvas Powell | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | D R | Jamaica | ||
| Chance Myers | £2,400 | £124,800 | 29 | D RL | U.S.A. | ||
| Dairon Asprilla | £2,400 | £124,800 | 25 | AM R, ST | Colombia | ||
| Jeff Attinella | £2,100 | £109,200 | 28 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Jake Gleeson | £2,100 | £109,200 | 27 | GK | New Zealand | ||
| Julio Cascante | £2,100 | £109,200 | 23 | SW, D C | Costa Rica | ||
| Zarek Valentin | £2,000 | £104,000 | 25 | D RC | Puerto Rico | ||
| Lawrence Olum | £2,000 | £104,000 | 32 | D C, DM | Kenya | ||
| Roy Miller | £1,700 | £88,400 | 32 | D LC, M L | Costa Rica | ||
| Cristhian Paredes | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | DM | Paraguay | ||
| Andrés Flores | £1,050 | £54,600 | 26 | AM RC | El Salvador | ||
| Eryk Williamson | £1,010 | £52,520 | 20 | M RC | U.S.A. | ||
| Jack Barmby | £960 | £49,920 | 22 | AM RL | England | ||
| Bill Tuiloma | £870 | £45,240 | 22 | D C, DM | New Zealand | ||
| Caleb Duvernay | £860 | £44,720 | 20 | D C | U.S.A. | ||
| Foster Langsdorf | £830 | £43,160 | 21 | ST | U.S.A. | ||
| Kendall McIntosh | £780 | £40,560 | 23 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Modou Jadama | £760 | £39,520 | 23 | D C | Gambia | ||
| Mamadou Guirassy | £760 | £39,520 | 21 | ST | France | ||
| Marco Farfan | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | D L | U.S.A. | ||
| Rennico Clarke | £710 | £36,920 | 21 | D C | Jamaica | ||
| Stuart Holthusen | £700 | £36,400 | 21 | ST | New Zealand | ||
| Tim Mueller | £690 | £35,880 | 21 | ST | U.S.A. | ||
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 62% of the squad wage bill, across the 34 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Portland Timbers wages, 2017/18
What was Portland Timbers' wage bill in 2017/18?
Portland Timbers paid £162,340 a week in 2017/18 - £8,441,680 across the year - spread over a squad of 34. We hold a wage for all 34 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Portland Timbers player in 2017/18?
Diego Valeri was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £40,000 a week, 6.3x the 22+ squad average of £6,313.
What was the average Portland Timbers salary in 2017/18?
The average Portland Timbers player aged 22 or over earned £6,313 a week in 2017/18, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 34. The top five earners took 62% of the bill between them.
How do Portland Timbers' 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Portland Timbers pay £256,878 a week in 2026/27, 58% higher than the £162,340 of 2017/18. The current squad is 25 players against 34 then.