PREMIER LEAGUE · 2019/20 · ARCHIVE
Chelsea 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner N'Golo Kanté on £290,000 per week · see the current Chelsea wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £2.5m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £131m
SQUAD SIZE63
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £98k
Then and now
Chelsea pay £2,466,884 a week in 2026/27 — 2% lower than the £2,524,365 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 13 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N'Golo Kanté | £290,000 | £15,080,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| César Azpilicueta | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 29 | Defender | Spain | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ruben Loftus-Cheek | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mateo Kovacic | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Christian Pulisic | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | U.S.A. | JUN 2024 | ||
| Kepa Arrizabalaga | £146,000 | £7,592,000 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Spain | JUN 2025 | ||
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Willian | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Olivier Giroud | £110,000 | £5,720,000 | 32 | Striker | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jorginho | £110,000 | £5,720,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Marcos Alonso | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 28 | Left-back, left midfielder | Spain | JUN 2023 | ||
| Antonio Rüdiger | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ross Barkley | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pedro | £95,000 | £4,940,000 | 31 | Attacking midfielder | Spain | JUN 2020 | ||
| Andreas Christensen | £83,000 | £4,316,000 | 23 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Denmark | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mason Mount | £76,000 | £3,952,000 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Fikayo Tomori | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | 21 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Michy Batshuayi | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 25 | Striker | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Reece James | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 19 | Right-back, central midfielder | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Tammy Abraham | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 21 | Striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kurt Zouma | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 24 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Emerson | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 24 | Full-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Lewis Baker | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Marco van Ginkel | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Holland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Willy Caballero | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 37 | Goalkeeper | Argentina | JUN 2020 | ||
| Danilo Pantic | £12,000 | £624,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Billy Gilmour | £8,500 | £442,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Scotland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jamie Cumming | £5,100 | £265,200 | 19 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Luke McCormick | £5,000 | £260,000 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Thierno Ballo | £2,600 | £135,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Austria | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tariq Uwakwe | £2,600 | £135,200 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Faustino Anjorin | £2,300 | £119,600 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| George Nunn | £2,200 | £114,400 | 17 | Winger, striker | Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jack Wakely | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | Centre-back | England | MAY 2019 | ||
| Sam McClelland | £1,600 | £83,200 | 17 | Centre-back | N.Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Armando Broja | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | Winger, striker | Albania | JUN 2022 | ||
| Henry Lawrence | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | Full-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ian Maatsen | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | Left-back, central midfielder | Holland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jonathan Russell | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Karlo Žiger | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Croatia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nicolas Tié | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dynel Simeu | £850 | £44,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Pierre Ekwah | £800 | £41,600 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Marcel Lavinier | £480 | £24,960 | 18 | Full-back, right midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Marcel Lewis | £250 | £13,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Aleksi Heino | £145 | £7,540 | 10 | Winger, striker | Finland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Levi Colwill | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Bryan Fiabema | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Winger, striker | Norway | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ben Elliott | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Xavier Simons | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Myles Peart-Harris | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Dion Rankine | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Full-back, right winger | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tino Livramento | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Right-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Charlie Wiggett | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| James Clark | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | Right-back, right winger | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lucas Bergström | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Finland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Joe Haigh | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ethan Wady | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | Goalkeeper | U.S.A. | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jordan Aina | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | Defender | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jake Askew | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bashir Humphreys | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Josh Brooking | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lewis Bate | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
23 Under £1k 0%
6 £1k-£2k 0%
5 £2k-£5k 0%
3 £5k-£10k 1%
1 £10k-£25k 0%
12 £25k-£100k 27%
13 £100k+
71%
Top 5 earners took 35% of the squad wage bill, across the 63 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Chelsea wages, 2019/20
What was Chelsea's wage bill in 2019/20?
Chelsea paid £2,524,365 a week in 2019/20 - £131,266,980 across the year - spread over a squad of 63. We hold a wage for all 63 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Chelsea player in 2019/20?
N'Golo Kanté was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £290,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £97,900.
What was the average Chelsea salary in 2019/20?
The average Chelsea player aged 22 or over earned £97,900 a week in 2019/20, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 63. The top five earners took 35% of the bill between them.
How do Chelsea's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Chelsea pay £2,466,884 a week in 2026/27, 2% lower than the £2,524,365 of 2019/20. The current squad is 66 players against 63 then.