Sporting Kansas City 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Graham Zusi on £12,000 per week · see the current Sporting Kansas City wage bill
We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 23 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Sporting Kansas City pay £152,300 a week in 2026/27 — 46% higher than the £104,200 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Zusi | £12,000 | £624,000 | 29 | D R, AM RLC | U.S.A. | ||
| Matt Besler | £10,000 | £520,000 | 29 | D C | U.S.A. | ||
| Roger Espinoza | £10,000 | £520,000 | 29 | WB L, DM | Honduras | ||
| Roger Espinoza | £10,000 | £520,000 | 29 | WB L, DM | Honduras | ||
| Dom Dwyer | £9,400 | £488,800 | 25 | ST | England | ||
| Gerso Fernandes | £8,200 | £426,400 | 25 | AM L | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Benny Feilhaber | £6,500 | £338,000 | 31 | AM C | U.S.A. | ||
| Diego Rubio | £5,400 | £280,800 | 23 | ST | Chile | ||
| Igor Julião | £4,100 | £213,200 | 21 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Ilie Sánchez | £3,100 | £161,200 | 25 | D C, DM | Spain | ||
| Soni Mustivar | £2,600 | £135,200 | 26 | DM | Haiti | ||
| Ike Opara | £2,100 | £109,200 | 27 | D C | U.S.A. | ||
| Latif Blessing | £2,000 | £104,000 | 19 | ST | Ghana | ||
| Paulo Nagamura | £1,800 | £93,600 | 33 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Soony Saad | £1,600 | £83,200 | 23 | AM RL, ST | Lebanon | ||
| Seth Sinovic | £1,600 | £83,200 | 29 | D L | U.S.A. | ||
| Tim Melia | £1,600 | £83,200 | 30 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Benji Joya | £1,500 | £78,000 | 22 | DM | U.S.A. | ||
| Adrián Zendejas | £1,020 | £53,040 | 20 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Cameron Iwasa | £1,000 | £52,000 | 22 | ST | U.S.A. | ||
| Cameron Porter | £1,000 | £52,000 | 23 | AM R, ST | U.S.A. | ||
| Kevin Ellis | £1,000 | £52,000 | 25 | D RC | U.S.A. | ||
| Erik Palmer-Brown | £980 | £50,960 | 19 | D C | U.S.A. | ||
| Jimmy Medranda | £930 | £48,360 | 22 | D/WB L, M LC | Colombia | ||
| Chris Volesky | £840 | £43,680 | 23 | ST | U.S.A. | ||
| Colton Storm | £840 | £43,680 | 21 | D R | U.S.A. | ||
| Tyler Pasher | £830 | £43,160 | 22 | D/AM L | Canada | ||
| David Greczek | £830 | £43,160 | 21 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Dániel Sallói | £830 | £43,160 | 19 | AM RLC, F C | Hungary | ||
| Saad Abdul-Salaam | £600 | £31,200 | 24 | D R | U.S.A. | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 49% of the squad wage bill, across the 30 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sporting Kansas City wages, 2016/17
What was Sporting Kansas City's wage bill in 2016/17?
Sporting Kansas City paid £104,200 a week in 2016/17 - £5,418,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 30. We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sporting Kansas City player in 2016/17?
Graham Zusi was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £12,000 a week, 2.9x the 22+ squad average of £4,070.
What was the average Sporting Kansas City salary in 2016/17?
The average Sporting Kansas City player aged 22 or over earned £4,070 a week in 2016/17, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 30. The top five earners took 49% of the bill between them.
How do Sporting Kansas City's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Sporting Kansas City pay £152,300 a week in 2026/27, 46% higher than the £104,200 of 2016/17. The current squad is 24 players against 30 then.