Football is now home to the mega-rich both on the pitch and in the owners’ box, and the Premier League is the most affluent competition of them all. The spending power of England’s top flight dwarfs its European counterparts, attracting the best managers and players alike, although such talent comes at a price. A hefty price.
With Premier League spending now regularly topping £1 billion in the summer transfer windows, the players are commanding higher and higher wages. And it’s only poised to get loftier with asking prices rising and wage packets also going through the roof – and that has got the cogs in our brains churning.
Which current Premier League player earns the most on a weekly basis? The likes of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk will no doubt be hoping to earn a bumper pay rise given their current contracts expire at the end of the 2024/2025 Premier League season. Here, GIVEMESPORT take a look at the highest-earning stars currently gracing English shores with the help of the folks over at Capology, who have provided the figures.
1 Erling Haaland (Manchester City)Weekly wage: £500,000
Erling Haaland, in 2022/23, became one of the most impressive Premier League debutants who instantly demanded significant financial reparations, yet it is undisputable that the 6 foot 4 goalscoring machine has justified Manchester City’s weekly outlay that is hefty enough to make your eyes water.
Leeds-born Haaland has been crucial in Pep Guardiola’s side’s ways of thinking and playing, breaking Andy Cole and Alan Shearer’s record of 36 goals in a single Premier League campaign in 2022/23. His initial terms saw him take home £375,000-per-week but, after putting pen to paper on a lucrative nine-and-a-half year, that figure jumped to a whopping £500,000 every week.
We have 15 names on this list and perhaps none are more deserving of a pay rise than the prolific 24-year-old, who once again topped the scoring charts last term and currently leads them this time around after equalling Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of being the fastest player to reach 100 goals for one club – plundering in his 10th league goal this campaign against Arsenal
2 Kevin De Bruyne
(Manchester City)Weekly wage: £400,000
Raking in nothing short of a cool £400,000 every seven days is Kevin De Bruyne. Arguably Manchester City’s most influential midfielder alongside Rodri, the 33-year-old has cemented his status as a bonafide club legend at the Etihad Stadium, with 104 goals and 173 assists under his belt thus far.
3 Mohamed Salah
(Liverpool)Weekly wage: £350,000
Liverpool would certainly be in a much worse position if they hadn’t persuaded Salah to commit his future to the club in the summer of 2022. The immensely talented right-winger has been a talismanic figure for the Reds in recent years, claiming a Champions League crown, the Premier League title, the FA Cup, two League Cups and much more during his time at Anfield.
4 Casemiro (Manchester United)
Weekly wage: £350,000
Technically tied in third place is Manchester United midfielder, Casemiro. The five-time Champions League winner joined his current club in the summer of 2022 after completing a £70 million move as he yearned for a taste of English top flight action. At Real Madrid, the Brazil international formed a formidable cocktail of midfielders alongside Toni Kroos and Luka Modric and was tasked with solidifying Erik ten Hag’s new-look Red Devils.
And Casemiro did just that in his first season, despite missing several games through suspension, justifying his £350,000-per-week earnings by guiding United to their first piece of silverware and, in turn, ending their six-year drought. His form wasn’t carried on into the 2023/24 campaign though, with it being rumoured that the Red Devils would like to get rid of the Brazilian to clear up their wage bill. And considering how much he’s on, it would certainly free up a lot of space
5 Marcus Rashford (Manchester United – on loan at Aston Villa)
Weekly wage: £300,000
Manchester United’s local boy put pen to paper in the summer of 2023 in order to extend his stay, amid the odd bit of clamour over the future. Wythenshawe-born Marcus Rashford enjoyed a 30-goal season, his best-ever in United threads, in the 2022/23 term – but in 2023/24, he miserably failed to pick up where he left off and that has been the same ever since.
No longer finding the back of the net with ease, United’s poster boy has been called out by the likes of Paul Scholes for his substandard performances over the past few years. Shortly after his arrival, Amorim froze Rashford out of the team and he soon moved to Aston Villa on loan. It’s unlikely that Rashford, who has had a mini resurgance at Villa, will ever play for United again.
6 Jack Grealish (Manchester City)
Weekly wage: £300,000
You could say that eyebrows were raised upon City parting ways with £100 million to sign Birmingham-born Jack Grealish, known to be one of the nicest footballers on the planet, from Aston Villa. With the high-profile move to the perennial winners came a bumper pay rise to £300,000-per-week – but does his return warrant so much being spent on his wages?
17 goals and 23 assists have been totted up by the lovable Englishman in 154 City games. For reference: he has more yellow cards than goals. A talented winger, of course, but you’d expect more bang for your buck, wouldn’t you?
7 Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
Weekly wage: £300,000
Another United midfielder ranking high on the list is Bruno Fernandes. Having arrived in England back in 2020, the Portuguese star has shone for the Red Devils and was recently awarded a bumper contract that saw his weekly salary increase by over £100,000. The enigmatic Fernandes now takes home £300,000 every week and has extended his stay at Old Trafford until June 2027.
He is among the Red Devils’ most cash-strapping stars, but it’s for good reason. If Amorim’s side are to stand any chance of making something of a, so far, dismal campaign and qualify for any sort of European football this season, this man will have almost certainly played a key role in that, as the creator of the most clear-cut opportunities among any Premier League player in 2023/24.
8 Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Weekly wage: £300,000
Bernardo Silva is a vital piece of Guardiola’s blueprint, one of the most expensive Portuguese players in Premier League history, and he earns £300,000 per week. Not a bad life, is it? Much like David Silva, the Portuguese magician is the glue that holds the star-studded nature of City together.
A Swiss army knife of a small stature – though his high intelligence, no doubt, eclipses his size. Opting to extend his stay at the Etihad Stadium over the summer would’ve been music to his teammate’s ears given how influential he is to the Manchester-based club. He may not tot up eye-catching figures in the goals or assists department, but Silva provides much, much more than that. An unsung hero, if you will.
9 Omar Marmoush (Manchester City)
Weekly wage: £295,000
The newest entry on this list following his move from Eintracht Frankfurt to Manchester City in the 2025 January transfer window, Omar Marmoush is already one of the highest-earning players in the Premier League, and with good reason too. The Egypt international absolutely dominated the Bundesliga with his blend of pace, dribbling and finishing ability, and the early signs are that he is set to be a formidable force in the English top-flight too.
Having already netted a hat-trick for Pep Guardiola’s side within a couple of months of joining, Marmoush looks like he could be integral alongside Erling Haaland as they look to rejuvenate things at the Etihad following a rather disappointing 2024/2025 campaign on the whole.
10 Kai Haverts (Arsenal) Weekly wage £2800
Kai Havertz earning just £20,000 less than someone of Bernardo Silva’s ilk seems strange. As Arsenal’s highest-paid player, the former Chelsea target man struggled somewhat with the cross-London switch at first but, slowly but surely, seems to be coming into his own in the fabled red of the north Londoners. The £280,000-a-week earner set the Champions League alight in 2021 by netting the only goal of the final as they beat an industrious City, led by Guardiola.
