ASTON VILLA · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez has earned £34m at Aston Villa across 6 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 9 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £750m
PLAYERS RANKED126
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB103
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Aston Villa history
These 20 players took £472m between them, 63% of everything Aston Villa has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Aston Villa player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Aston Villa 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 | Emiliano Martínez | £34m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 2 | Lucas Digne | £34m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 3 | Philippe Coutinho | £33m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 4 | John McGinn Current squad | £31m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 5 | Tyrone Mings Current squad | £30m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 6 | Jadon Sancho | £29m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 7 | Douglas Luiz | £27m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 8 | Ollie Watkins | £26m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 9 | Ezri Konsa | £26m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 10 | Leon Bailey Current squad | £24m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 11 | Youri Tielemans | £24m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 12 | Boubacar Kamara Current squad | £23m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 13 | Emiliano Buendía Current squad | £21m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 14 | Pau Torres Current squad | £19m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 15 | Ahmed Elmohamady Current squad | £19m | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 16 | Matty Cash Current squad | £17m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 17 | Neil Taylor Current squad | £17m | 9 | 2017-2026 |
| 18 | Jack Grealish | £14m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 19 | Ross Barkley Current squad | £13m | 3 | 2021-2026 |
| 20 | Tammy Abraham Current squad | £12m | 3 | 2019-2026 |
| 21 | Kortney Hause | £11m | 6 | 2019-2025 |
| 22 | Henri Lansbury | £11m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 23 | Diego Carlos | £10m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 24 | Bertrand Traoré | £9.8m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 25 | Morgan Rogers | £9.5m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 26 | Amadou Onana Current squad | £9.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Ashley Young | £8.9m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 28 | Jacob Ramsey | £8.5m | 6 | 2018-2024 |
| 29 | Ian Maatsen Current squad | £8.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Calum Chambers | £8.4m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 31 | Àlex Moreno | £8.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 32 | Conor Hourihane | £7.2m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 33 | Victor Lindelöf Current squad | £7.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 34 | Harvey Elliott | £6.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 35 | Danny Drinkwater | £6.2m | 1 | 2020 |
| 36 | Morgan Sanson | £6.1m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 37 | Anwar El Ghazi | £5.7m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 38 | Marvelous Nakamba | £5.3m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 39 | Danny Ings | £5.2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 40 | Moussa Diaby | £5.2m | 1 | 2024 |
| 41 | Clément Lenglet | £5.0m | 1 | 2024 |
| 42 | Fabian Delph | £5.0m | 2 | 2014-2015 |
| 43 | Jed Steer | £4.9m | 6 | 2017-2023 |
| 44 | Tom Heaton | £4.9m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 45 | Trezeguet | £4.9m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 46 | Andrés García | £4.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 47 | Wesley Moraes | £4.8m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 48 | Pepe Reina | £4.7m | 1 | 2020 |
| 49 | Albert Adomah | £4.4m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 50 | Marco Bizot Current squad | £4.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 51 | Robin Olsen | £4.1m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 52 | Björn Engels | £4.0m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 53 | Leander Dendoncker | £3.9m | 1 | 2023 |
| 54 | Jhon Durán | £3.8m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 55 | Lovre Kalinić | £3.7m | 2 | 2019-2022 |
| 56 | Matthew Targett | £3.5m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 57 | Scott Hogan | £3.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 58 | Carles Gil | £3.1m | 2 | 2015-2016 |
| 59 | John Terry | £3.1m | 1 | 2018 |
| 60 | Nicolò Zaniolo | £2.9m | 1 | 2024 |
| 61 | Alysson Edward Current squad | £2.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 62 | Tommy Elphick | £2.3m | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 63 | Keinan Davis | £2.1m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 64 | Ørjan Nyland | £2.1m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 65 | Robert Snodgrass | £2.0m | 1 | 2018 |
| 66 | Zepiqueno Redmond Current squad | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 67 | Ciaran Clark | £1.7m | 1 | 2016 |
| 68 | Jordan Amavi | £1.6m | 1 | 2017 |
| 69 | Josh Onomah | £1.6m | 1 | 2018 |
| 70 | Lewis Grabban | £1.5m | 1 | 2018 |
| 71 | Rudy Gestede | £1.5m | 1 | 2016 |
| 72 | Frédéric Guilbert | £1.4m | 1 | 2020 |
| 73 | Leandro Bacuna | £1.3m | 1 | 2017 |
| 74 | Tom Carroll | £1.3m | 1 | 2019 |
| 75 | Gary Gardner | £1.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 76 | Sam Johnstone | £1.0m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 77 | Andre Green | £910k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 78 | Lamare Bogarde Current squad | £892k | 5 | 2021-2026 |
| 79 | Kaine Kesler Hayden | £669k | 4 | 2020-2024 |
| 80 | Tim Iroegbunam | £655k | 2 | 2022-2024 |
| 81 | Axel Tuanzebe | £572k | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 82 | Joe Gauci | £520k | 1 | 2024 |
| 83 | Tommi O'Reilly | £493k | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 84 | Oliwier Zych | £445k | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 85 | Indiana Vassilev | £319k | 3 | 2019-2022 |
| 86 | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | £281k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 87 | Filip Marschall | £279k | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 88 | James Bree | £270k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 89 | Brad Burton Current squad | £263k | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 90 | Omari Kellyman | £259k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 91 | Sil Swinkels | £257k | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 92 | Michael Tait Current squad | £205k | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 93 | Cole Brannigan Current squad | £200k | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 94 | Ben Chrisene | £190k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 95 | Charlie Farr Current squad | £188k | 7 | 2018-2026 |
| 96 | Hayden Lindley | £187k | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 97 | Dominic Revan | £180k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 98 | Callum O'Hare | £155k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 99 | Arjan Raikhy | £144k | 3 | 2020-2023 |
| 100 | Myles Sohna | £133k | 6 | 2018-2023 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Aston Villa?
Emiliano Martínez, with £34m across 6 seasons at Aston Villa.
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 126 players we hold a Aston Villa wage for, from 2014 to 2026.