ARSENAL · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Arsenal
Mesut Özil has earned £84m at Arsenal across 7 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 12 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £1.33bn
PLAYERS RANKED146
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB125
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Arsenal history
These 20 players took £726m between them, 55% of everything Arsenal has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Arsenal player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Arsenal 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 | Mesut Özil | £84m | 7 | 2014-2020 |
| 2 | Martin Ødegaard Current squad | £52m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 3 | Bukayo Saka Current squad | £48m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 4 | Gabriel Martinelli Current squad | £48m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 5 | Alexandre Lacazette | £47m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 6 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | £41m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 7 | Declan Rice Current squad | £39m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 8 | Granit Xhaka | £36m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 9 | Kai Havertz Current squad | £34m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Thomas Partey | £33m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 11 | William Saliba Current squad | £33m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 12 | Gabriel Current squad | £31m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 13 | Theo Walcott | £27m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 14 | Laurent Koscielny | £27m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 15 | Leandro Trossard | £25m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 16 | Héctor Bellerín | £25m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 17 | Benjamin White Current squad | £25m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 18 | Gabriel Jesus | £25m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 19 | Shkodran Mustafi | £23m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 20 | Nicolas Pépé | £22m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 21 | Bernd Leno | £21m | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 22 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | £21m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 23 | Kieran Tierney | £19m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 24 | Danny Welbeck | £19m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 25 | Aaron Ramsey | £18m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 26 | Mohamed Elneny | £17m | 7 | 2017-2024 |
| 27 | Jurriën Timber Current squad | £17m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 28 | David Raya Current squad | £17m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 29 | Petr Cech | £17m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 30 | Viktor Gyökeres Current squad | £17m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | David Luiz | £16m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 32 | Nacho Monreal | £16m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 33 | Sead Kolašinac | £16m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 34 | Mathieu Debuchy | £14m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 35 | Cédric Soares | £14m | 4 | 2020-2024 |
| 36 | Aaron Ramsdale | £14m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Dani Ceballos | £14m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 38 | Ebere Eze Current squad | £14m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | £12m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 40 | Martín Zubimendi Current squad | £12m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Jorginho | £11m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 42 | Eddie Nketiah | £11m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 43 | Mikel Merino Current squad | £11m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 44 | Rob Holding | £11m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 45 | Reiss Nelson | £11m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 46 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | £10m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 47 | Santi Cazorla | £9.8m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 48 | Kieran Gibbs | £9.6m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 49 | Noni Madueke Current squad | £9.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 50 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | £9.4m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 51 | Emile Smith Rowe | £9.3m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 52 | Fábio Vieira | £8.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 53 | Calum Chambers | £8.1m | 3 | 2018-2021 |
| 54 | Christian Nørgaard | £7.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Lucas Torreira | £7.8m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 56 | Kepa Arrizabalaga Current squad | £7.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 57 | Riccardo Calafiori Current squad | £7.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Alexis Sánchez | £7.3m | 1 | 2017 |
| 59 | Piero Hincapié Current squad | £7.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 60 | Jakub Kiwior | £6.0m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 61 | Alex Iwobi | £5.9m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 62 | Denis Suárez | £5.3m | 1 | 2019 |
| 63 | Cristhian Mosquera Current squad | £5.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 64 | Olivier Giroud | £5.2m | 1 | 2017 |
| 65 | Willian | £5.2m | 1 | 2021 |
| 66 | David Ospina | £5.1m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 67 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | £4.9m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 68 | Jack Wilshere | £4.7m | 1 | 2018 |
| 69 | Carl Jenkinson | £4.6m | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 70 | Mattéo Guendouzi | £4.6m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 71 | Stephan Lichtsteiner | £3.8m | 1 | 2019 |
| 72 | Myles Lewis-Skelly Current squad | £3.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 73 | Pablo Marí | £3.4m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 74 | Lucas Pérez | £3.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 75 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | £3.0m | 1 | 2017 |
| 76 | Albert Sambi Lokonga | £2.8m | 1 | 2022 |
| 77 | Francis Coquelin | £2.7m | 1 | 2017 |
| 78 | Gabriel Paulista | £2.7m | 1 | 2017 |
| 79 | Joe Willock | £2.6m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 80 | Emiliano Martínez | £2.0m | 2 | 2017-2020 |
| 81 | Matt Turner | £2.0m | 1 | 2023 |
| 82 | Mathew Ryan | £1.9m | 1 | 2021 |
| 83 | Nuno Tavares | £1.5m | 1 | 2022 |
| 84 | Omar Rekik | £1.4m | 3 | 2021-2024 |
| 85 | Yaya Sanogo | £936k | 1 | 2017 |
| 86 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | £728k | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 87 | Catalin Cîrjan | £713k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 88 | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson | £676k | 1 | 2021 |
| 89 | Matt Macey | £666k | 2 | 2018-2020 |
| 90 | Dejan Iliev | £655k | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 91 | Tommy Setford | £530k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 92 | James Hillson | £476k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 93 | Ben Cottrell | £473k | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 94 | Ben Sheaf | £468k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 95 | Karl Hein | £421k | 5 | 2019-2024 |
| 96 | Joel López | £333k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 97 | Nikolaj Möller | £296k | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 98 | Jordan McEneff | £286k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 99 | Zech Medley | £270k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 100 | Arthur Okonkwo | £270k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Arsenal?
Mesut Özil, with £84m across 7 seasons at Arsenal.
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 146 players we hold a Arsenal wage for, from 2014 to 2026.