Highest paid players from India
Lalengmawia is the best paid player from India at £5,500 a week. We hold a wage for 457 of the 464 players in the squads we track who give India, and they earn £137,094 a week between them, across 3 leagues.
The best-paid XI from India
The eleven highest-paid players from India that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu £3,200 Bengaluru
- D Akash Mishra £4,500 Mumbai
- D Anwar Ali £4,500 Bengal
- D Abhishek Singh £3,500 Kolkata
- D Ashique Kuruniyan £2,500 Bengaluru
- M Anirudh Thapa £5,500 Kolkata
- M Lalengmawia £5,500 Kolkata
- M Jeakson Singh £4,100 Bengal
- A Sahal Abdul Samad £3,600 Kolkata
- A Ryan Williams £2,700 Bengaluru
- A Sunil Chhetri £2,600 Bengaluru
Combined £42,200 per week · £2,194,400 per year
Highest paid from India
Top 50 by weekly wage — 56% of every India wage we hold. Sortable.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | CLUB | LEAGUE | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lalengmawia | £5,500 | £286,000 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 24 | DM |
| 02 | Anirudh Thapa | £5,500 | £286,000 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 27 | DM, AM C |
| 03 | Anwar Ali | £4,500 | £234,000 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 24 | D C |
| 04 | Akash Mishra | £4,500 | £234,000 | Mumbai | Indian Super League | 23 | D/WB L |
| 05 | Jeakson Singh | £4,100 | £213,200 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 24 | DM |
| 06 | Sahal Abdul Samad | £3,600 | £187,200 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 28 | AM RLC |
| 07 | Abhishek Singh | £3,500 | £182,000 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 20 | D/WB L |
| 08 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | £3,200 | £166,400 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 33 | GK |
| 09 | Ryan Williams | £2,700 | £140,400 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 31 | AM RLC |
| 10 | Sunil Chhetri | £2,600 | £135,200 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 40 | AM L, ST |
| 11 | Ashique Kuruniyan | £2,500 | £130,000 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 28 | WB/AM L |
| 12 | Brandon Fernandes | £2,500 | £130,000 | Mumbai | Indian Super League | 30 | AM C |
| 13 | Liston Colaco | £2,000 | £104,000 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 26 | AM RL |
| 14 | Manvir Singh | £1,900 | £98,800 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 29 | AM R, ST |
| 15 | Muhammed Uvais | £1,900 | £98,800 | Punjab FC | Indian Super League | 26 | D/WB L |
| 16 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | £1,800 | £93,600 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 24 | GK |
| 17 | Sandesh Jhingan | £1,600 | £83,200 | Goa | Indian Super League | 31 | D C |
| 18 | Danish Farooq | £1,400 | £72,800 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 29 | DM, AM C |
| 19 | Amarjit Singh | £950 | £49,400 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 24 | DM |
| 20 | Amrinder Singh | £950 | £49,400 | Odisha | Indian Super League | 32 | GK |
| 21 | Mandar Rao Dessai | £900 | £46,800 | Chennai | Indian Super League | 33 | D/WB/AM L |
| 22 | Edmund Lalrindika | £782 | £40,664 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 26 | AM R, ST |
| 23 | Gurmeet Singh | £762 | £39,624 | Guwahati | Indian Super League | 25 | GK |
| 24 | Hitesh Sharma | £752 | £39,104 | Odisha | Indian Super League | 27 | AM RLC |
| 25 | Glan Martins | £720 | £37,440 | Chennai | Indian Super League | 31 | DM |
| 26 | Rahul Bheke | £695 | £36,140 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 34 | D RC |
| 27 | Asish Rai | £695 | £36,140 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 26 | D/WB R |
| 28 | Nikhil Poojary | £692 | £35,984 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 29 | D/WB/AM R |
| 29 | Jay Gupta | £690 | £35,880 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 23 | D LC |
| 30 | Bikash Yumnam | £685 | £35,620 | Kerala FC | I-League | 21 | D C |
| 31 | Mohammed Yasir | £660 | £34,320 | Goa | Indian Super League | 27 | AM RLC |
| 32 | Farukh Choudhary | £645 | £33,540 | Chennai | Indian Super League | 28 | AM RL, ST |
| 33 | Mahesh Singh | £617 | £32,084 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 26 | AM RLC, ST |
| 34 | Aiban Dohling | £610 | £31,720 | Kerala FC | I-League | 29 | D RC |
| 35 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | £605 | £31,460 | Goa | Indian Super League | 26 | D/WB L |
| 36 | Bipin Singh | £600 | £31,200 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 30 | AM RL |
| 37 | Sana Singh (Chinglensana Singh) | £600 | £31,200 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 28 | D C |
| 38 | Subhasish Bose | £600 | £31,200 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 29 | D LC |
| 39 | Pronay Haldar | £596 | £30,992 | Jamshedpur | Indian Super League | 32 | DM |
| 40 | Puitea (Lalthathanga Khawlhring) | £587 | £30,524 | Odisha | Indian Super League | 27 | DM |
| 41 | Vishal Kaith | £570 | £29,640 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 28 | GK |
| 42 | Raynier Fernandes | £567 | £29,484 | Jamshedpur | Indian Super League | 29 | DM |
| 43 | Rahul Praveen | £567 | £29,484 | Odisha | Indian Super League | 25 | AM R |
| 44 | Arshdeep Singh | £567 | £29,484 | Punjab FC | Indian Super League | 28 | GK |
| 45 | Nandhakumar Sekar | £565 | £29,380 | Bengal | Indian Super League | 29 | AM RL |
| 46 | Deepak Tangri | £563 | £29,276 | Kolkata | Indian Super League | 26 | D C, DM |
| 47 | Suresh Singh | £557 | £28,964 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 24 | DM |
| 48 | Seriton Fernandes | £557 | £28,964 | Goa | Indian Super League | 32 | D/WB R |
| 49 | Pratik Chaudhuri | £545 | £28,340 | Jamshedpur | Indian Super League | 35 | D C |
| 50 | Roshan Singh | £525 | £27,300 | Bengaluru | Indian Super League | 26 | D/WB L |
Where India players play
Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them
What each position earns
Average weekly wage, and share of the India wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for
Peak earning years
Average weekly wage by age band
Clubs with the most India players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from India
Who is the highest paid footballer from India?
Lalengmawia of Kolkata is the highest paid player from India in our data, on £5,500 per week (£286,000 per year).
How much do players from India earn?
The 337 players from India aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for earn £367 per week on average. The median is £170 — lower, because a small number of very large contracts pull the average up. Squad lists here run down to academy age, so the average is taken over senior players only.
Which league has the most players from India?
The Indian Super League has the most, with 291 players from India on wages we hold, ahead of the I-League on 165.
How many players from India do you cover?
464 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as India, and we hold a weekly wage for 457 of them (98%). Figures are club wages — this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from India?
Kerala FC, with 45 players from India in its current squad.