Manchester City 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Yaya Touré on £190,000 per week · see the current Manchester City wage bill
We hold a wage for all 72 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 21 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Manchester City pay £4,318,680 a week in 2026/27 — 55% higher than the £2,795,080 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaya Touré | £190,000 | £9,880,000 | 33 | DM, AM C | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| David Silva | £160,000 | £8,320,000 | 30 | AM RLC | Spain | ||
| Sergio Agüero | £160,000 | £8,320,000 | 28 | AM/F C | Argentina | ||
| Raheem Sterling | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 21 | AM RLC, F C | England | ||
| Vincent Kompany | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 30 | D C, DM | Belgium | ||
| Kevin De Bruyne | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Belgium | ||
| Ilkay Gündogan | £140,000 | £7,280,000 | 25 | DM, AM C | Germany | ||
| Nicolás Otamendi | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 28 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Claudio Bravo | £115,000 | £5,980,000 | 33 | GK | Chile | ||
| Pablo Zabaleta | £110,000 | £5,720,000 | 31 | D/WB R | Argentina | ||
| John Stones | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 22 | D RC | England | ||
| Fernandinho | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 31 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Fernandinho | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 31 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Fernando | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 28 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Gaël Clichy | £96,000 | £4,992,000 | 30 | D/WB L | France | ||
| Leroy Sané | £95,000 | £4,940,000 | 20 | AM RLC | Germany | ||
| Nolito | £94,000 | £4,888,000 | 29 | AM L, ST | Spain | ||
| Nolito (Manuel Agudo) | £94,000 | £4,888,000 | 29 | AM L, ST | Spain | ||
| Jesús Navas | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | 30 | AM R | Spain | ||
| Bacary Sagna | £83,000 | £4,316,000 | 33 | D RC | France | ||
| Fabian Delph | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 26 | M C | England | ||
| Gabriel Jesus | £76,000 | £3,952,000 | 19 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Aleksandar Kolarov | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | 30 | D LC, M L | Serbia | ||
| Kelechi Iheanacho | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 19 | ST | Nigeria | ||
| Willy Caballero | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 34 | GK | Argentina | ||
| Brandon Barker | £13,000 | £676,000 | 20 | AM RL | England | ||
| Divine Naah | £7,400 | £384,800 | 20 | M C | Ghana | ||
| Thomas Agyepong | £7,000 | £364,000 | 19 | AM RL, ST | Ghana | ||
| Ellis Plummer | £6,300 | £327,600 | 21 | D LC | England | ||
| Aleix García | £5,500 | £286,000 | 19 | DM, AM RC | Spain | ||
| Tosin Adarabioyo | £4,600 | £239,200 | 18 | D C | England | ||
| Angus Gunn | £4,500 | £234,000 | 20 | GK | England | ||
| Thierry Ambrose | £3,600 | £187,200 | 19 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Erik Sarmiento | £3,300 | £171,600 | 17 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Kean Bryan | £3,000 | £156,000 | 20 | D C, DM | England | ||
| Marcus Wood | £2,900 | £150,800 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| Demeaco Duhaney | £2,400 | £124,800 | 17 | D/WB RL | England | ||
| Javairo Dilrosun | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | AM L, ST | Holland | ||
| Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | ST | England | ||
| Jacob Davenport | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | DM | England | ||
| Sadou Diallo | £1,600 | £83,200 | 17 | AM C | England | ||
| Arijanet Muric | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | GK | Switzerland | ||
| Cameron Humphreys | £1,400 | £72,800 | 17 | D RC | England | ||
| Kjetil Haug | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | GK | Norway | ||
| Aaron Nemane | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | AM RC | England | ||
| Denzeil Boadu | £870 | £45,240 | 19 | AM/F C | England | ||
| Charlie Oliver | £780 | £40,560 | 18 | D C | England | ||
| Paolo Fernandes | £750 | £39,000 | 17 | AM RLC | Spain | ||
| Rodney Kongolo | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | DM | Holland | ||
| Callum Bullock | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | D/AM R | England | ||
| Benjamín Garré | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | AM C | Argentina | ||
| Colin Rösler | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D RC, DM | Norway | ||
| Phil Foden | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Tyreke Wilson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D L | Ireland | ||
| Will Patching | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM C | England | ||
| Joel Latibeaudiere | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D LC | England | ||
| Iker Pozo | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | DM | Spain | ||
| Lorenzo Gonzalez | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM RL, ST | Switzerland | ||
| Lewis Blackshaw | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D L | England | ||
| Paweł Sokół | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | GK | Poland | ||
| Ash Kigbu | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Brahim Díaz | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM RC | Spain | ||
| Jadon Sancho | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM LC, F C | England | ||
| Ed Francis | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C, DM | England | ||
| Lukas Nmecha | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM R, ST | England | ||
| Luke Bolton | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | ST | England | ||
| Matt Smith | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D R, DM, AM C | Wales | ||
| Joe Hardy | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM R, ST | England | ||
| Ian Poveda | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM C | England | ||
| Daniel Grimshaw | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | GK | England | ||
| Tom Dele-Bashiru | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | DM | England | ||
| Joe Coveney | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C | England | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 29% of the squad wage bill, across the 72 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Manchester City wages, 2016/17
What was Manchester City's wage bill in 2016/17?
Manchester City paid £2,795,080 a week in 2016/17 - £145,344,160 across the year - spread over a squad of 72. We hold a wage for all 72 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Manchester City player in 2016/17?
Yaya Touré was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £190,000 a week, 1.7x the 22+ squad average of £111,524.
What was the average Manchester City salary in 2016/17?
The average Manchester City player aged 22 or over earned £111,524 a week in 2016/17, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 72. The top five earners took 29% of the bill between them.
How do Manchester City's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Manchester City pay £4,318,680 a week in 2026/27, 55% higher than the £2,795,080 of 2016/17. The current squad is 65 players against 72 then.