Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema £829,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané £625,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix £580,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé £497,000/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly £497,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio £472,000/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland £450,000/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen £436,000/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski £432,000/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala £414,000/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves £414,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman £414,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah £400,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane £381,000/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic £369,000/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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Aberdeen 2019/20 - player wages

Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Joe Lewis on £5,100 per week · see the current Aberdeen wage bill

WEEKLY WAGE BILL £65k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £3.4m
SQUAD SIZE48
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £3k

We hold a wage for all 48 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 17 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.

Then and now

Aberdeen pay £96,560 a week in 2026/27 — 49% higher than the £64,960 of 2019/20.

Current squad →

Where the money went in 2019/20

Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 2 players cover two groups and are counted half in each

Goalkeepers
£6,230 · 10%
Defenders
£18,830 · 29%
Midfielders
£15,490 · 24%
Attackers
£24,410 · 38%

2019/20 squad salaries

Aberdeen squad salaries for the 2019/20 season. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
Watch PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY AGE POSITION NATION COMPARE
Joe Lewis
£5,100
£265,200 31 GK England
Craig Bryson
£4,400
£228,800 32 M C Scotland
Niall McGinn
£3,900
£202,800 31 AM RL N.Ireland
Andy Considine
£3,500
£182,000 32 D LC Scotland
Dylan McGeouch
£3,400
£176,800 26 DM Scotland
Funso Ojo
£3,300
£171,600 27 DM Belgium
Greg Leigh
£3,200
£166,400 24 D/WB L England
Lewis Ferguson
£3,000
£156,000 19 AM C Scotland
Matty Kennedy
£2,900
£150,800 24 AM LC N.Ireland
Ryan Hedges
£2,700
£140,400 23 AM RL Wales
Scott McKenna
£2,600
£135,200 22 D C Scotland
Shay Logan
£2,600
£135,200 31 D R England
Ash Taylor
£2,500
£130,000 28 D C Wales
Dean Campbell
£2,400
£124,800 18 DM Scotland
Curtis Main
£2,400
£124,800 27 ST England
Mikey Devlin
£1,900
£98,800 25 D C Scotland
Sam Cosgrove
£1,600
£83,200 22 ST England
Connor McLennan
£1,400
£72,800 20 AM RL, ST Scotland
Frank Ross
£1,300
£67,600 21 AM C Scotland
Jon Gallagher
£1,100
£57,200 23 AM RL Ireland
Bruce Anderson
£840
£43,680 20 ST Scotland
Jack MacKenzie
£760
£39,520 19 D/WB/M L Scotland
Ronald Hernández
£700
£36,400 21 D/WB R Venezuela
Tomás Cerný
£600
£31,200 34 GK Czechia
Scott Wright
£600
£31,200 21 AM RL Scotland
Mark Gallagher
£380
£19,760 18 M RC Scotland
Michael Ruth
£380
£19,760 17 AM/F C Scotland
Conor Power
£380
£19,760 17 D C Ireland
Chris Antoniazzi
£380
£19,760 19 AM RC, F C Scotland
Kevin Hanratty
£350
£18,200 16 AM/F C Scotland
Lyall Booth
£340
£17,680 16 D/WB/M L Scotland
Jack Chesser
£310
£16,120 17 DM Scotland
Kieran Shanks
£300
£15,600 17 ST Scotland
Kyle Dalling
£300
£15,600 17 ST Scotland
Luc Bollan
£290
£15,080 19 D C Scotland
Lloyd Robertson
£290
£15,080 18 D RC Scotland
Lewis Duncan
£290
£15,080 17 AM C Scotland
Luke Turner
£290
£15,080 17 D C Ireland
Max Barry
£280
£14,560 17 M C Scotland
Sam Jackson
£270
£14,040 19 GK England
Tom Ritchie
£260
£13,520 16 GK Scotland
Connor Barron
£250
£13,000 16 M C Scotland
Sean Linden
£220
£11,440 17 M R Scotland
Seb Ross
£200
£10,400 19 AM C Scotland
David Dangana
£200
£10,400 19 ST Nigeria
Tyler Mykyta
£150
£7,800 16 AM LC Scotland
Michael Dangana
£120
£6,240 16 ST Scotland
Calvin Ramsay
£30
£1,560 15 D/WB R Scotland

Wage vs age, 2019/20

Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young

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Squad wage pyramid

Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took

PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
28
Under £1k
15%
5
£1k-£2k
11%
14
£2k-£5k
66%
1
£5k-£10k
8%

Top 5 earners took 31% of the squad wage bill, across the 48 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.

Contract expiries

When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out

2020
22 players
2021
14 players
2022
5 players
2023
2 players
2024
3 players

Frequently asked questions

Aberdeen wages, 2019/20

What was Aberdeen's wage bill in 2019/20?

Aberdeen paid £64,960 a week in 2019/20 - £3,377,920 across the year - spread over a squad of 48. We hold a wage for all 48 players in that squad.

Who was the highest paid Aberdeen player in 2019/20?

Joe Lewis was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £5,100 a week, 1.8x the 22+ squad average of £2,806.

What was the average Aberdeen salary in 2019/20?

The average Aberdeen player aged 22 or over earned £2,806 a week in 2019/20, across the 17 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 48. The top five earners took 31% of the bill between them.

How do Aberdeen's 2019/20 wages compare with now?

Aberdeen pay £96,560 a week in 2026/27, 49% higher than the £64,960 of 2019/20. The current squad is 29 players against 48 then.

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