PREMIER LEAGUE · 2017/18 · ARCHIVE
Aston Villa 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner John Terry on £60,000 per week · see the current Aston Villa wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £820k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £43m
SQUAD SIZE74
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £32k
Then and now
Aston Villa pay £2,123,446 a week in 2026/27 — 159% higher than the £819,610 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Terry | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 36 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gabby Agbonlahor | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | 30 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Micah Richards | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 29 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mile Jedinak | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 32 | Defensive midfielder | Australia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Henri Lansbury | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| James Chester | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Wales | JUN 2020 | ||
| Robert Snodgrass | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Scotland | MAY 2018 | ||
| Ross McCormack | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Scotland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alan Hutton | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 32 | Right-back | Scotland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Scott Hogan | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Conor Hourihane | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Glenn Whelan | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 33 | Defensive midfielder | Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Neil Taylor | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 28 | Left-back | Wales | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jonathan Kodjia | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 27 | Right winger, striker | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2020 | ||
| Josh Onomah | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | England | MAY 2018 | ||
| Lewis Grabban | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 29 | Striker | England | MAY 2018 | ||
| Albert Adomah | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 29 | Winger | Ghana | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ahmed Elmohamady | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 29 | Right-back, right winger | Egypt | JUN 2020 | ||
| Birkir Bjarnason | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Iceland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jack Grealish | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mark Bunn | £17,000 | £884,000 | 32 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Christopher Samba | £17,000 | £884,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Congo | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jed Steer | £13,000 | £676,000 | 24 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sam Johnstone | £10,000 | £520,000 | 24 | Goalkeeper | England | MAY 2018 | ||
| Axel Tuanzebe | £5,500 | £286,000 | 19 | Centre-back | England | MAY 2018 | ||
| Andre Green | £5,500 | £286,000 | 18 | Winger | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Keinan Davis | £5,000 | £260,000 | 19 | Striker | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| James Bree | £4,100 | £213,200 | 19 | Right-back, central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | £2,700 | £140,400 | 18 | Striker | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Callum O'Hare | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jordan Lyden | £2,100 | £109,200 | 21 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | Australia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Oscar Borg | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | Left-back, winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Brad Watkins | £1,500 | £78,000 | 22 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jacob Bedeau | £810 | £42,120 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jake Doyle-Hayes | £810 | £42,120 | 18 | Central midfielder | Ireland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Khalid Abdo | £700 | £36,400 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Sweden | JUN 2018 | ||
| Brad Burton | £690 | £35,880 | 10 | Right-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Charlie Farr | £680 | £35,360 | 10 | Right midfielder, right winger | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Corey Blackett-Taylor | £580 | £30,160 | 19 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kelsey Mooney | £500 | £26,000 | 17 | Right winger | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jozef Pastorek | £410 | £21,320 | 18 | Left midfielder | Slovakia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Viktor Johansson | £390 | £20,280 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Sweden | JUN 2018 | ||
| Matija Šarkić | £340 | £17,680 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Montenegro | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jacob Ramsey | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mungo Bridge | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Anton Hooper | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jack Birch | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ben Guy | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alex Prosser | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Aaron Pressley | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | Scotland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Louis Hall | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Left-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ethan Patterson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | N.Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jack Clarke | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Central midfielder | Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
| James Finnerty | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Callum Stretch | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | U.S.A. | JUN 2018 | ||
| Callum Rowe | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jack Coates | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | Wales | JUN 2018 | ||
| Luke Ige | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jordan Cox | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kieran Boucher | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Isaiah Bazeley-Graham | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Right-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jake Walker | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Colin Odutayo | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | Holland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Charlie McConnachie | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mason Birch | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right winger | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Michael Tait | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dimitri Sea | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dominic Revan | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Emmanuel Idem | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Harvey Knibbs | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Myles Sohna | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lewis Brunt | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mitch Clark | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Defender | Wales | JUN 2018 | ||
| Josh Williams | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Left-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
41 Under £1k 1%
2 £1k-£2k 0%
4 £2k-£5k 1%
3 £5k-£10k 2%
4 £10k-£25k 7%
20 £25k-£100k 88%
Top 5 earners took 31% of the squad wage bill, across the 74 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Aston Villa wages, 2017/18
What was Aston Villa's wage bill in 2017/18?
Aston Villa paid £819,610 a week in 2017/18 - £42,619,720 across the year - spread over a squad of 74. We hold a wage for all 74 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Aston Villa player in 2017/18?
John Terry was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £60,000 a week, 1.9x the 22+ squad average of £31,587.
What was the average Aston Villa salary in 2017/18?
The average Aston Villa player aged 22 or over earned £31,587 a week in 2017/18, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 74. The top five earners took 31% of the bill between them.
How do Aston Villa's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Aston Villa pay £2,123,446 a week in 2026/27, 159% higher than the £819,610 of 2017/18. The current squad is 79 players against 74 then.