Chelsea wages: How much does each player earn?

Cameron Smith

• 23 Oct 2024 16:50 BST
• 5 min read

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

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?

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.

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.

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