Since the birth of the Premier League in 1992, football has become a commercial giant and one of the best paid professions on the globe – but which clubs have paid out the most wages?
Which Premier League Clubs Have Paid Out The Most Wages?
According to Kieran Maguire, Premier League clubs have paid out over £40 billion in wages since the 1992/93 season.
The data is for top flight clubs only and does not include the likes of Aston Villa and Newcastle’s from their time in the Championship, for example.
- Manchester United – £4.12 billion
- Chelsea – £4.11 billion
- Manchester City – £3.6 billion
- Liverpool – £3.5 billion
- Arsenal – £3.2 billion
- Tottenham Hotspur – £2.1 billion
- Everton – £1.8 billion
- Newcastle United – £1.5 billion
- West Ham United – £1.4 billion
- Aston Villa – £1.3 billion
- Southampton – £1.1 billion
- Leicester City – £1.1 billion
- Crystal Palace – £967 million
- Fulham – £793 million
- Sunderland – £765 million
- West Brom – £688 million
- Stoke City – £623 million
- Wolves – £572 million
- Burnley – £549 million
- Blackburn Rovers – £518 million
- Leeds United – £508 million
- Brighton – £506 million
- Watford – £504 million
- Swansea City – £500 million
- Bournemouth – £451 million
Manchester United have spent the most on wages and have some expensive contracts on the books including David De Gea (£19.5m a year), Jadon Sancho (£18.2m a year) and Raphael Varane (£17.7m a year).
Chelsea’s wage book has significantly increased since Todd Boehly’s purchase of the west London club, who pay annual salaries of £16.9m to Raheem Sterling, £15.3m to Kalidou Koulibaly and £15m to N’Golo Kante.
Manchester City employ the highest paid player in the Premier League, Kevin De Bruyne (£20.8m a year) alongside Erling Haaland (£19.5m a year) and Jack Grealish (£15m a year).
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah earns £18.2m a year, whilst Virgil Van Dijk takes home £11.4m, Thiago Alcantara £10.4m and Trent Alexander-Arnold £9.3m.
Gabriel Jesus is Arsenal’s highest paid player with an annual salary of £13.8m whilst Thomas Partey collects £10.4m and Oleksandr Zinchenko bags £7.8m.
Spurs may have to increase Harry Kane’s £10.4m salary in order to keep the 29-year-old at the club this summer amid strong interest from Erik ten Hag, whilst Heung-Min Son pockets £10m from the north Londoners.
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