Chelsea wages: How much does each player earn?

Cameron Smith

23 Oct 2024 16:50 BST
5 min read

Enzo Fernandez, Chelsea, 2024/25 — © IMAGO

Chelsea have made a name for themselves in the 2000s for being extremely active in the transfer market.

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Whether that's big-money signings or shrewd sales, the Blues are almost always involved in transfer dealings.

With Roman Abramovich as owner, Chelsea had a huge budget to play with, and it's thanks to that influx of money that they were able to keep competing at the very highest level.

And that has remained the case under Todd Boehly's reign of the west London club. The American spent over €1 billion on new signings in his first year in charge at the club and the lavish spending has continued unabated.

Many of those myriad players brought in earn huge salaries and are on very long contracts. According to reports, this is how much each Chelsea player earns.

How much does every Chelsea player earn?

Chelsea salaries

Player	Age	Salary	Contract Expiry
Reece James	24	£13m	2028
Wesley Fofana	23	£10.4m	2029
Ben Chilwell	27	£10.4m	2027
Christopher Nkunku	26	£10.1m	2029
Enzo Fernandez	23	£9.4m	2032
Marc Cucurella	26	£9.1m	2028
Joao Felix	24	£8.8m	2031
Pedro Neto	24	£8.3m	2031
Moises Caicedo	22	£7.8m	2031
Cole Palmer	22	£6.8m	2033
Tosin Adarabioyo	26	£6.2m	2028
Carney Chukwuemeka	20	£5.2m	2028
Jadon Sancho (loan)	24	£5.2m	2025
Levi Colwill	21	£5.2m	2029
Nicolas Jackson	23	£5.2m	2033
Mykhailo Mudryk	23	£5.2m	2031
Benoit Badiashile	22	£4.7m	2030
Axel Disasi	26	£4.2m	2029
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	25	£4.2m	2029
Robert Sanchez	26	£3.1m	2030
Noni Madueke	23	£2.6m	2030
Marc Guiu	18	£2.6m	2029
Filip Jorgensen	22	£2.6m	2031
Malo Gusto	21	£2.3m	2030
Romeo Lavia	20	£2.3m	2030
Marcus Bettinelli	32	£1.8m	2026
Renato Veiga	21	£1.3m	2031
Lucas Bergstrom	21	£390k	2025
Cesare Casadei	21	£390k	2028

Raheem Sterling is actually Chelsea's biggest earner, but he is spending the 2024/25 season out on loan at Arsenal, with the Gunners paying a chunk of his annual £16.9m salary.

This leaves captain Reece James as Chelsea's biggest earner with a whopping annual salary of £13m. Big-money defender Wesley Fofana and unwanted vice-captain Ben Chilwell are also in double figures for millions of pounds earned per year as is versatile attacker Christopher Nkunku.

Joao Felix is the best-paid player out of Chelsea's 2024 summer signings, though he has yet to justify his price tag. Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson have been rewarded with bumper new contracts (after just a season!), which has seen them surge up the list.

© IMAGO - New Chelsea signing Joao Felix

Chelsea have sought to reduce their outlay on wages significantly under Todd Boehly, at least when compared to the Roman Abramovich era, but the Blues continue to pay their players handsomely, even if tangible success has eluded them in recent years.