PREMIER LEAGUE · 2018/19 · ARCHIVE
Manchester City 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Sergio Agüero on £230,000 per week · see the current Manchester City wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £3.3m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £173m
SQUAD SIZE70
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £141k
Then and now
Manchester City pay £3,481,180 a week in 2026/27 — 5% higher than the £3,327,130 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergio Agüero | £230,000 | £11,960,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kevin De Bruyne | £230,000 | £11,960,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2023 | ||
| Riyad Mahrez | £200,000 | £10,400,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Algeria | JUN 2023 | ||
| Raheem Sterling | £200,000 | £10,400,000 | 23 | Winger | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Fernandinho | £180,000 | £9,360,000 | 33 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nicolás Otamendi | £180,000 | £9,360,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Argentina | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fernandinho | £180,000 | £9,360,000 | 33 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| David Silva | £160,000 | £8,320,000 | 32 | Attacking midfielder | Spain | JUN 2020 | ||
| Vincent Kompany | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 32 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ilkay Gündogan | £140,000 | £7,280,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Aymeric Laporte | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 24 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Claudio Bravo | £115,000 | £5,980,000 | 35 | Goalkeeper | Chile | JUN 2020 | ||
| Kyle Walker | £110,000 | £5,720,000 | 28 | Right-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| John Stones | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 24 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ederson | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Eliaquim Mangala | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 27 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Benjamin Mendy | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 23 | Left-back | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Bernardo Silva | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Leroy Sané | £95,000 | £4,940,000 | 22 | Winger | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gabriel Jesus | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | 21 | Winger, striker | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Fabian Delph | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 28 | Left-back, central midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Danilo | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 26 | Full-back | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Phil Foden | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Philippe Sandler | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Holland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Adrián Bernabé | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Spain | JUN 2023 | ||
| Claudio Gomes | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | £19,000 | £988,000 | 21 | Left wing-back, attacking midfielder | Ukraine | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ante Palaversa | £18,000 | £936,000 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Arijanet Muric | £18,000 | £936,000 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Kosovo | JUN 2020 | ||
| Erik Palmer-Brown | £17,000 | £884,000 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | United States | JUN 2019 | ||
| Eric García | £14,000 | £728,000 | 17 | Centre-back | Spain | JUN 2022 | ||
| Benjamín Garré | £13,000 | £676,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luka Ilic | £10,000 | £520,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Daniel Grimshaw | £8,400 | £436,800 | 20 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lorenzo Gonzalez | £8,000 | £416,000 | 18 | Winger, striker | Switzerland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Taylor Richards | £7,000 | £364,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joel Latibeaudiere | £6,100 | £317,200 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Henri Ogunby | £5,200 | £270,400 | 17 | Right winger, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jeremie Frimpong | £5,100 | £265,200 | 17 | Full-back | Holland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ivan Ilic | £5,100 | £265,200 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tom Dele-Bashiru | £4,600 | £239,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Aminu Mohammed | £4,500 | £234,000 | 17 | Striker | Ghana | JUN 2023 | ||
| Curtis Anderson | £3,400 | £176,800 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ian Poveda | £3,100 | £161,200 | 18 | Winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tyreke Wilson | £2,600 | £135,200 | 18 | Left-back | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tom Scott | £2,600 | £135,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Yeboah Amankwah | £2,300 | £119,600 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Iker Pozo | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Spain | JUN 2021 | ||
| Cameron Humphreys | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Charlie Oliver | £780 | £40,560 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Colin Rösler | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Norway | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nabil Touaizi | £470 | £24,440 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Spain | JUN 2020 | ||
| Cole Palmer | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alpha Diounkou | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right-back | Spain | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nathanael Ogbeta | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Timi Sobowale | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lewis Thomas | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Keyendrah Simmonds | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Tommy Doyle | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rowan McDonald | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ben Knight | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Fisayo Dele-Bashiru | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Felix Nmecha | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Sammy Robinson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lewis Fiorini | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jayden Braaf | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | Winger | Holland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gavin Bazunu | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| D'Margio Wright-Phillips | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Right winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Louie Moulden | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Taylor Harwood-Bellis | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
21 Under £1k 0%
1 £1k-£2k 0%
8 £2k-£5k 1%
7 £5k-£10k 1%
10 £10k-£25k 5%
5 £25k-£100k 11%
18 £100k+
81%
Top 5 earners took 31% of the squad wage bill, across the 70 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Manchester City wages, 2018/19
What was Manchester City's wage bill in 2018/19?
Manchester City paid £3,327,130 a week in 2018/19 - £173,010,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 70. We hold a wage for all 70 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Manchester City player in 2018/19?
Sergio Agüero was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £230,000 a week, 1.6x the 22+ squad average of £140,667.
What was the average Manchester City salary in 2018/19?
The average Manchester City player aged 22 or over earned £140,667 a week in 2018/19, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 70. The top five earners took 31% of the bill between them.
How do Manchester City's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Manchester City pay £3,481,180 a week in 2026/27, 5% higher than the £3,327,130 of 2018/19. The current squad is 60 players against 70 then.