PREMIER LEAGUE · 2020/21 · ARCHIVE
Crystal Palace 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Wilfried Zaha on £130,000 per week · see the current Crystal Palace wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.5m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £78m
SQUAD SIZE78
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £55k
Then and now
Crystal Palace pay £1,630,295 a week in 2026/27 — 8% higher than the £1,504,174 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 17 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilfried Zaha | £130,000 | £6,760,000 | 27 | M/AM (RL), ST (C) | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2023 | ||
| Christian Benteke | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 29 | ST (C) | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Mamadou Sakho | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 30 | D (C) | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luka Milivojevic | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 29 | DM, M (C) | Serbia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Gary Cahill | £76,000 | £3,952,000 | 34 | D (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Michy Batshuayi | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 26 | ST (C) | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Cheikhou Kouyaté | £67,000 | £3,484,000 | 30 | D (C), DM, M (C) | Senegal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jaïro Riedewald | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | 23 | D (L), DM, M (C) | Holland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Connor Wickham | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | 27 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jeffrey Schlupp | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 27 | D/WB (L), M (LC), AM (L) | Ghana | JUN 2023 | ||
| Scott Dann | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 33 | D (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Andros Townsend | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 29 | M (R), AM (RL) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Vicente Guaita | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | 33 | GK | Spain | JUN 2023 | ||
| James Tomkins | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 31 | D (RC) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| James McArthur | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 32 | DM, M (RC) | Scotland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Patrick van Aanholt | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 29 | D/WB (L) | Holland | JUN 2021 | ||
| James McCarthy | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 29 | DM, M (C) | Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ebere Eze | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 22 | M (C), AM (RLC) | England | JUN 2025 | ||
| Wayne Hennessey | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 33 | GK | Wales | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joel Ward | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 30 | D (RL) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jordan Ayew | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 28 | AM (R), ST (C) | Ghana | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jack Butland | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 27 | GK | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 23 | ST (C) | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Martin Kelly | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 30 | D (RC) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nathaniel Clyne | £19,000 | £988,000 | 29 | D/WB (R) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Saïd Aigoun | £8,000 | £416,000 | 37 | 0 | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Stephen Henderson | £6,600 | £343,200 | 32 | GK | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luke Dreher | £3,000 | £156,000 | 21 | DM, M (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kian Flanagan | £2,000 | £104,000 | 20 | M/AM (C) | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alfie Matthews | £850 | £44,200 | 18 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Harlem Hale | £780 | £40,560 | 20 | M/AM (RL) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jamie Taylor | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | M (C) | Wales | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jay Rich-Baghuelou | £760 | £39,520 | 20 | D (C) | Australia | MAY 2021 | ||
| Nikola Tavares | £720 | £37,440 | 21 | D (C) | Croatia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Reece Hannam | £680 | £35,360 | 19 | D (L) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Siôn Spence | £670 | £34,840 | 19 | M/AM (C) | Wales | JUN 2022 | ||
| Brandon Aveiro | £590 | £30,680 | 18 | AM (RLC) | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| David Boateng | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | D (R), DM, M (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jude Russell | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | D/WB (R) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jacob Russell | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | GK | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| JK Gordon | £510 | £26,520 | 17 | ST (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Malachi Boateng | £480 | £24,960 | 18 | D (RC), DM, M (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ollie Webber | £460 | £23,920 | 20 | GK | N.Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rob Street | £430 | £22,360 | 18 | ST (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rohan Luthra | £430 | £22,360 | 18 | GK | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Sean Robertson | £420 | £21,840 | 19 | AM (RL) | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tyrick Mitchell | £410 | £21,320 | 20 | D/WB (L) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jake Giddings | £360 | £18,720 | 18 | M (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Lewis Bryon | £340 | £17,680 | 20 | D (R), DM | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jake O'Brien | £274 | £14,248 | 19 | D (C) | Ireland | DEC 2022 | ||
| Victor Akinwale | £145 | £7,540 | 15 | AM (RL), ST (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Maliq Cadogan | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | AM (RL) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Matty Vigor | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | ST (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ademola Ola-Adebomi | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | AM (RL), ST (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tayo Adaramola | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D/WB (L) | Ireland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Joe Ling | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kanye Jobson | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (C), DM | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jadan Raymond | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | M (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Cameron Lewis-Brown | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (R) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Joe Sheridan | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Owen Goodman | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | GK | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ryan Bartley | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | D (RC) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jack Wells-Morrison | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | DM, M (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Joe Whitworth | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | GK | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Dan Quick | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D (RC) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kyran Henderson | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | AM (RLC) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (R), AM (RLC), ST (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dylan Thiselton | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D/WB/M/AM (R) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ellison Wright | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lion Bello | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D (L) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Cardo Siddik | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D (C) | Iraq | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rowan Smith | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Noah Watson | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D (L) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| David Omilabu | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (L), AM (RL), ST (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Cameron Jessup | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | D (R) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Aidan Steele | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | M (C) | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kevin González | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | AM (C) | Colombia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Fionn Mooney | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | M/AM (C) | England | JUN 2022 | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
49 Under £1k 1%
£1k-£2k
2 £2k-£5k 0%
2 £5k-£10k 1%
2 £10k-£25k 3%
20 £25k-£100k 72%
3 £100k+
23%
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 78 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Crystal Palace wages, 2020/21
What was Crystal Palace's wage bill in 2020/21?
Crystal Palace paid £1,504,174 a week in 2020/21 - £78,217,048 across the year - spread over a squad of 78. We hold a wage for all 78 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Crystal Palace player in 2020/21?
Wilfried Zaha was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £130,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £54,948.
What was the average Crystal Palace salary in 2020/21?
The average Crystal Palace player aged 22 or over earned £54,948 a week in 2020/21, across the 27 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 78. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do Crystal Palace's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Crystal Palace pay £1,630,295 a week in 2026/27, 8% higher than the £1,504,174 of 2020/21. The current squad is 81 players against 78 then.