PREMIER LEAGUE · 2016/17 · ARCHIVE
Crystal Palace 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Christian Benteke on £120,000 per week · see the current Crystal Palace wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.4m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £73m
SQUAD SIZE73
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £48k
Then and now
Crystal Palace pay £1,630,295 a week in 2026/27 — 17% higher than the £1,397,690 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Benteke | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 25 | Striker | Belgium | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mamadou Sakho | £84,000 | £4,368,000 | 26 | Centre-back | France | MAY 2017 | ||
| Yohan Cabaye | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 30 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Loïc Rémy | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 29 | Left winger, striker | France | MAY 2017 | ||
| Loïc Rémy | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 29 | Left winger, striker | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Steve Mandanda | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 31 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Connor Wickham | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Scott Dann | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 29 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bakary Sako | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Mali | JUN 2018 | ||
| Andros Townsend | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 24 | Winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jeffrey Schlupp | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | 23 | Left-back, left winger, striker | Ghana | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luka Milivojevic | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Patrick van Aanholt | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 25 | Left-back | Holland | JUN 2021 | ||
| James McArthur | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | Scotland | JUN 2018 | ||
| James Tomkins | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 27 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Fraizer Campbell | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 28 | Striker | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Jason Puncheon | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joel Ward | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 26 | Full-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Mathieu Flamini | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 32 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2017 | ||
| Wilfried Zaha | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 23 | Winger | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2020 | ||
| Pape Souaré | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 26 | Left-back | Senegal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Damien Delaney | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 34 | Centre-back | Ireland | JUN 2017 | ||
| Joe Ledley | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 29 | Central midfielder | Wales | JUN 2017 | ||
| Lee Chung-Yong | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | South Korea | JUN 2018 | ||
| Julián Speroni | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 37 | Goalkeeper | Argentina | JUN 2017 | ||
| Martin Kelly | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 26 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Zeki Fryers | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 23 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Wayne Hennessey | £16,000 | £832,000 | 29 | Goalkeeper | Wales | JUN 2017 | ||
| Jason Lokilo | £4,100 | £213,200 | 17 | Right winger, striker | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sullay Kaikai | £2,600 | £135,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jonathan Benteke | £1,100 | £57,200 | 21 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | JUN 2017 | ||
| Kwesi Appiah | £1,000 | £52,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Ghana | JUN 2017 | ||
| Corie Andrews | £830 | £43,160 | 18 | Right winger, striker | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Michael Phillips | £730 | £37,960 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Kleton Perntreou | £700 | £36,400 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Albania | JUN 2017 | ||
| Andre Coker | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Right winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Winger, striker | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ben Wynter | £590 | £30,680 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Hussein Mohammed | £530 | £27,560 | 20 | Striker | Somalia | JUN 2017 | ||
| Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Levi Lumeka | £490 | £25,480 | 17 | Left winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ollie O'Dwyer | £460 | £23,920 | 19 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Randell Williams | £430 | £22,360 | 18 | Left winger | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Ryan King-Elliott | £430 | £22,360 | 17 | Right-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Victor Fundi | £390 | £20,280 | 17 | Striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Giovanni McGregor | £390 | £20,280 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Luke Dreher | £390 | £20,280 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nikola Tavares | £320 | £16,640 | 17 | Centre-back | South Africa | JUN 2018 | ||
| Matthew Funnell | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nya Kirby | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jordan Serrato | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Will Ozono | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Emmanuel Yeboah | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Colm McAdden | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Bryce Hosannah | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Right-back | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Francis Baptiste | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| James Daly | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kian Flanagan | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Joseph Hungbo | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Left winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Liam Coates | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jalen Jones | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Nathan Linton | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Left winger | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Emmanuel Omrore | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Calum Sturgess | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Left-back | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Lewis Bryon | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tyrick Mitchell | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Left-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Andrew Demby | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tariq Ossai | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Defender | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sam Woods | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2017 | ||
| Malachi Peynardo-Peart | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kyle Lynch | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ibrahim Kargbo | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | Sierra Leone | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ollie Webber | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | N.Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
41 Under £1k 1%
2 £1k-£2k 0%
2 £2k-£5k 0%
£5k-£10k
3 £10k-£25k 4%
24 £25k-£100k 86%
1 £100k+
9%
Top 5 earners took 32% of the squad wage bill, across the 73 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Crystal Palace wages, 2016/17
What was Crystal Palace's wage bill in 2016/17?
Crystal Palace paid £1,397,690 a week in 2016/17 - £72,679,880 across the year - spread over a squad of 73. We hold a wage for all 73 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Crystal Palace player in 2016/17?
Christian Benteke was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £120,000 a week, 2.5x the 22+ squad average of £47,552.
What was the average Crystal Palace salary in 2016/17?
The average Crystal Palace player aged 22 or over earned £47,552 a week in 2016/17, across the 29 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 73. The top five earners took 32% of the bill between them.
How do Crystal Palace's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Crystal Palace pay £1,630,295 a week in 2026/27, 17% higher than the £1,397,690 of 2016/17. The current squad is 81 players against 73 then.