Arsenal's Top 10 Earners for The 2025–26 Campaign
- Think Football Ideas
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
There was a time when Arsenal talked about patience. About youth. About building, rather than buying. Those days aren’t gone, but they have evolved. And the numbers now tell a story that words once did.
At the top of it all stands Bukayo Saka. Arsenal’s crown jewel. Their constant. Their proof. The winger’s new deal, stretching deep into the next decade, places him where he already lived in spirit - at the summit. £300,000 a week, a statement as much as a salary. This is a club backing its future with certainty rather than caution.
Behind him comes the supporting cast - expensive, intentional, and unapologetic. Kai Havertz follows on £275,000, a figure that reflects both faith and expectation. William Saliba, the defensive cornerstone, earns £250,000.
Declan Rice, the heartbeat of midfield, is close behind on £225,000. Martin Ødegaard and Gabriel Jesus, leaders in very different ways, sit together on £220,000. Viktor Gyökeres rounds out the elite bracket at £200,000 per week.
This is no longer a team with one or two heavyweights carrying the wage bill. It is a squad built for longevity, depth and pressure.
In fact, more than a dozen Arsenal players now earn six figures every week, a quiet indicator of how far the club has travelled under Mikel Arteta.
Gabriel Martinelli, Eberechi Eze, Gabriel Magalhães and Ben White all live comfortably in the upper tier. Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino are not far behind, rewarded for roles that demand both reliability and resilience.
Even the £100,000-a-week bracket is crowded, occupied by players like Piero Hincapié, Martin Zubimendi, Leandro Trossard and David Raya.
What’s striking is how far the wealth now stretches. Squad players are no longer surviving on the margins. Christian Nørgaard, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Christian Mosquera earn handsomely even when minutes are scarce, a reflection of a club preparing for four competitions, not two.
At the other end of the spectrum, reality still hums along. Noni Madueke, influential and impactful, earns £50,000 a week. This is a figure that may not last long.
Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly are on £40,000, already wealthy teenagers by most standards, though still apprentices in footballing terms. And then there is Max Dowman, tied to a schoolboy contract worth just £350 a week, counting down the days until football properly pays him back.
This is modern Arsenal. Not reckless. Not timid. A club that has decided on the price of competing and is paying it without blinking.
Arsenal Top 10 Earners (2025–26)
Rank | Player | Weekly wage |
1 | Bukayo Saka | £300,000 |
2 | Kai Havertz | £275,000 |
3 | William Saliba | £250,000 |
4 | Declan Rice | £225,000 |
5 | Martin Ødegaard | £220,000 |
6 | Gabriel Jesus | £220,000 |
7 | Viktor Gyökeres | £200,000 |
8 | Gabriel Martinelli | £180,000 |
9 | Ben White | £180,000 |
10 | Gabriel Magalhães | £180,000 |
Data source - salaryleaks.com
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