PREMIER LEAGUE · 2017/18 · ARCHIVE
Crystal Palace 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Christian Benteke on £120,000 per week · see the current Crystal Palace wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.3m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £70m
SQUAD SIZE71
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £52k
Then and now
Crystal Palace pay £1,630,295 a week in 2026/27 — 21% higher than the £1,348,235 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Benteke | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 26 | Striker | Belgium | JUN 2020 | ||
| Wilfried Zaha | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 24 | Winger | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mamadou Sakho | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 27 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Yohan Cabaye | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 31 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Connor Wickham | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bakary Sako | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Mali | JUN 2018 | ||
| Scott Dann | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 30 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Andros Townsend | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 25 | Winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jeffrey Schlupp | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | 24 | Left-back, left winger | Ghana | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luka Milivojevic | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jaïro Riedewald | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 20 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Holland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Patrick van Aanholt | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 26 | Left-back | Holland | JUN 2021 | ||
| James Tomkins | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 28 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| James McArthur | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 29 | Defensive midfielder | Scotland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Wayne Hennessey | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 30 | Goalkeeper | Wales | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jason Puncheon | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 31 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joel Ward | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 27 | Full-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Alexander Sørloth | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 21 | Striker | Norway | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ruben Loftus-Cheek | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | England | MAY 2018 | ||
| Pape Souaré | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 27 | Left-back | Senegal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jordon Mutch | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Damien Delaney | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 35 | Centre-back | Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lee Chung-Yong | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | South Korea | JUN 2018 | ||
| Julián Speroni | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 38 | Goalkeeper | Argentina | JUN 2018 | ||
| Martin Kelly | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 27 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jaroslaw Jach | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Erdal Rakip | £14,000 | £728,000 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | Sweden | JUN 2018 | ||
| Timothy Fosu-Mensah | £12,000 | £624,000 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Holland | MAY 2018 | ||
| Jason Lokilo | £4,100 | £213,200 | 18 | Right winger, striker | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alfie Matthews | £850 | £44,200 | 10 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luke Dreher | £790 | £41,080 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Michael Phillips | £730 | £37,960 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Dion-Curtis Henry | £620 | £32,240 | 19 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | Right-back, right winger | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong | £510 | £26,520 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Levi Lumeka | £490 | £25,480 | 18 | Left winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ollie O'Dwyer | £460 | £23,920 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sam Woods | £420 | £21,840 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kian Flanagan | £400 | £20,800 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Giovanni McGregor | £390 | £20,280 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Victor Fundi | £390 | £20,280 | 18 | Striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nikola Tavares | £320 | £16,640 | 18 | Centre-back | Croatia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nya Kirby | £320 | £16,640 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kevin González | £145 | £7,540 | 9 | Attacking midfielder | Colombia | JUN 2021 | ||
| James Daly | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Left wing-back, left winger, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tyrick Mitchell | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Left-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tariq Ossai | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Andrew Demby | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lewis Bryon | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Malachi Peynardo-Peart | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Liam Coates | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Joseph Hungbo | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kyle Lynch | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Francis Baptiste | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Matthew Funnell | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ollie Webber | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | N.Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Will Ozono | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Right winger | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jordan Serrato | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sean Robertson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Winger | Ireland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kie Douglas | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Courtney Watson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kit Elliott | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| David Boateng | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Bivesh Gurung | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Brandon Oddy | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Striker | Wales | JUN 2019 | ||
| Will Donkin | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Central midfielder | Chinese Taipei (China PR) | JUN 2019 | ||
| Martin Onoabhagbe | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ryan Hanson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joshua Malcolm | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Left wing-back, left winger | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Drew Matthews | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Callum Coulter | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2019 | ||
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
42 Under £1k 1%
£1k-£2k
1 £2k-£5k 0%
£5k-£10k
4 £10k-£25k 5%
21 £25k-£100k 70%
3 £100k+
24%
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 71 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Crystal Palace wages, 2017/18
What was Crystal Palace's wage bill in 2017/18?
Crystal Palace paid £1,348,235 a week in 2017/18 - £70,108,220 across the year - spread over a squad of 71. We hold a wage for all 71 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Crystal Palace player in 2017/18?
Christian Benteke was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £120,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £51,609.
What was the average Crystal Palace salary in 2017/18?
The average Crystal Palace player aged 22 or over earned £51,609 a week in 2017/18, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 71. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do Crystal Palace's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Crystal Palace pay £1,630,295 a week in 2026/27, 21% higher than the £1,348,235 of 2017/18. The current squad is 81 players against 71 then.