Arsenal wages: Top 10 highest-paid players after Gyokeres and Eze signings

Arsenal have transformed themselves from a side who struggled to be competitive for a few years to one on the cusp of titles under Mikel Arteta.

A trio of second-placed Premier League finishes in a row highlight their change in fortunes. Beyond Arteta’s influence, that is down to the squad of star players having been assembled, with some Arsenal stars now some of the biggest names in the Premier League.

With big names come big salaries, and the Gunners pay more than every side except Manchester City.

Here, we have looked at the current top 10 highest earners at the Emirates.

1. Kai Havertz

• Weekly salary: £280,000
• Annual salary: £14.56m
• Contract until: 2028

Havertz is currently Arsenal’s highest-paid player, his £280,000-per-week contract contributing to approximately eight per cent of Arsenal’s entire wage bill.

He was already on a huge £250,000-per-week contract at Chelsea, so the Gunners had to pay big to convince him to sign in 2023.

Mikel Arteta has added to his attacking options this summer, so it remains to be seen what that will mean for his highest earner once Havertz returns to full fitness.

2. Gabriel Jesus

• Weekly salary: £265,000
• Annual salary: £13.78m
• Contract until: 2027

Jesus spent six years at Manchester City, who have the highest wage bill in England, and in that time his gross pay was £26.52million.

In his first two seasons at Arsenal, he earned a gross amount of £27.56million. That owes to the fact he was underpaid by City’s standards – the most he earned per week was £90,000. At Arsenal, he earns almost three times that, at £265,000.

Only once has Jesus managed to surpass 10 goals in a campaign for the Gunners – having twice done it for City – which could explain why the Manchester outfit never paid him more money and were happy to sell him to a Premier League rival.

Given the Brazilian hasn’t lived up to his massive contract, he could lose his place at Arsenal, with some reports suggesting he could make way in 2026 after his injury issues.

=3. Martin Odegaard

• Weekly salary: £240,000
• Annual salary: £12.48m
• Contract until: 2028

Signed from Real Madrid permanently in 2021 for £30million, Odegaard was always likely to hit the heights for Arsenal.

But he was not being paid a premium by his previous employers, so the Gunners didn’t need to slap him on a huge contract, initially paying him just £80,000 per week.

Four years and over 70 direct goal contributions later, Odegaard is Arsenal’s captain, and earns £240,000 per week.

He has another three years left on his deal at the Emirates, highlighting his worth, and if he continues performing, he could be earning even more by the end of that.

=3. Declan Rice

• Weekly salary: £240,000
• Annual salary: £12.48m
• Contract until: 2028

Rice is equal to Odegaard on £240,000 per week, having been lured in from West Ham with the promise of a large contract when his £105million transfer was confirmed in 2023.

The England international seems worth every penny of his transfer fee and contract when he pulls off performances like the one in the 2024/25 Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid, when he smashed in two direct free-kicks in the space of 13 minutes.

It seems Rice will be key to any success Arsenal have when he’s capable of such magnificent feats, and the club are happy to pay him the big bucks given that potential for heroism.

5. Viktor Gyokeres

• Weekly salary: £200,000
• Annual salary: £10.4m
• Contract until: 2030

Arsenal splashed the cash to sign the prolific striker they needed in the shape of Gyokeres, paying more than £55m to land him from Sporting in the summer of 2025.

Following suit, Gyokeres has signed a lucrative contract to secure his Premier League return. He will reportedly earn £200,000 per week for the next five years as an Arsenal player.

That unsurprisingly dwarves what he was earning last time he was playing in England: he was on £180,000 per year in the Championship with Coventry City.

6. Bukayo Saka

• Weekly salary: £195,000
• Annual salary: £10.14m
• Contract until: 2027

Saka’s £195,000-per-week contract is probably a low one given there are Premier League stars earning north of £300,000 per week, and he’s among the best players in the league.

That he had been directly involved in more than 100 top-flight goals at the age of 23 highlights that status.

Gunners legend Ian Wright has warned the club not to let Saka’s current deal run down much further – it’s set to expire in 2027, and his last extension came back in 2023.

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7. William Saliba

• Weekly salary: £190,000
• Annual salary: £9.88m
• Contract until: 2027

Of late, it has been suggested that Saliba’s wages could rise to £250,000 per week. That would be the second time he’s been offered an improvement on his Arsenal terms, the first a large one from £40,000 to £190,000.

The reported figure would reflect his standing as not only one of the best players in the Gunners’ squad, but one of the very best defenders in the world.

It’s not only Arsenal who think that, though, with reports suggesting Real Madrid are interested in the Frenchman.

At Real, three defenders – David Alaba, Antonio Rudiger and Eder Militao – all out-earn Saliba. That shows the Arsenal defender that there could be more money made elsewhere, were he open to a move.

But he recently opened the door to a new contract, saying on their pre-season tour of Singapore in July 2025: “Yes, hopefully – of course there is nothing now but there is a good conversation with my agent and the club. Let’s see.”

8. Gabriel Martinelli

• Weekly salary: £180,000
• Annual salary: £9.36m
• Contract until: 2027

Martinelli only briefly played senior football in his native Brazil before heading to Arsenal, and his wages have moved up as he’s become a more important member of the side.

His first season saw the winger earn £30,000 per week, reflecting his standing as a promising but unproven youngster, and that was quickly bumped up to £70,000 for the next couple of campaigns.

In the 2022/23 season, Martinelli scored 15 goals and provided five assists in the Premier League alone, so it should come as no surprise that part way through that campaign, he was offered a huge increase, to £180,000 per week.

So far, that has done enough to stave off interest from big sides, but Arsenal have added competition for Martinelli in the most recent transfer window.

9. Eberechi Eze

• Weekly salary: £180,000
• Annual salary: £9.36m
• Contract until: 2029

The icing on the cake of Arsenal’s summer spending in summer 2025, Eze returned to his boyhood club from Crystal Palace.

Costing an initial £60m, Eze is reportedly earning £180,000 per week over the course of his four-year contract.

Unsurprisingly, he was one of Palace’s best-paid players, with his final deal at Selhurst Park worth £100,000 per week.

10. Gabriel Magalhaes

• Weekly salary: £150,000
• Annual salary: £7.8m
• Contract until: 2029

Gabriel signed a new contract in June 2025 after the conclusion of his fifth season as an Arsenal player.

It was the second contract renewal of his Arsenal career, and like the first one, saw his wages rise by another £50,000 per week.

Thus, the defender is now on a salary of £150,000 per week, which can also rise to £200,000 per week with bonuses.

Ben White and Noni Madueke also earn £150,000 per week, but the bonuses in their contracts are lower, so Gabriel beats them to a place in the top 10.