Liverpool wages: Top 11 highest-paid players at Anfield and where Isak ranks

Liverpool have been busy looking at player contracts in recent months and have added more high-earning stars into the mix this summer, but who are their top earners?

Arne Slot’s side won the Premier League title in 2024-25, despite having the fifth-highest wage bill in the top flight. But in the background of their rampant form was constant focus on the contract situations of some of their key players.

Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold all began the 2024-25 season with just one year remaining on their contracts. But there was good news for those who waited on two out of three fronts, with Liverpool announcing lucrative new deals until 2027 for Salah and Van Dijk in April.

Alexander-Arnold, on the other hand, left for Real Madrid, and his place in Liverpool’s top 10 earners was taken by their new signing, Florian Wirtz.

Wirtz isn’t the only new signing to break into Liverpool’s top 10 highest-paid players amid their record-breaking summer spend.

Here are the top 10 (which is currently a top 11 due to a tie for 10th place) highest-paid Liverpool players currently.

1. Mohamed Salah

• Weekly salary: £400,000
• Annual salary: £20.8m
• Contract until: 2027

Salah became the best-paid player in Liverpool’s history when he signed a £350,000-per-week contract extension in the summer of 2022.

That’s almost three times the £120,000-per-week he was originally on when Liverpool signed him from Roma in 2017. His form over the next few months alone would prove he was worth far more.

Salah’s sensational debut season with Liverpool, in which he scored 44 goals, earned him an improved contract within less than 12 months. Ahead of his second season, he broke a club record by signing a £200,000-per-week deal.

Sure enough, Salah proved he was worth it again. After becoming a Champions League winner in 2019 and a Premier League champion in 2020, the Egyptian King became a Liverpool legend.

The Reds were delighted to tie him down until 2025 three years ago, once again giving him a higher salary than any other player before him in the club’s history.

What Salah earns in a potential new deal with Liverpool was one of the main sticking points in negotiations, along with the length of a new contract for the then-32-year-old.

Ultimately, he agreed a lucrative new two-year deal, including a payrise to £400,000 per week.

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2. Virgil van Dijk

• Weekly salary: £350,000
• Annual salary: £18.2m
• Contract until: 2027

The amount of money Liverpool paid for Van Dijk was the centre of attention in January 2018, but if ever there was a £75m bargain, it’s the former Southampton man.

Van Dijk claimed a £180,000-per-week salary upon becoming a Liverpool player and he quickly settled in as a rock at the back, winning the PFA Premier League Players’ Player of the Year in 2018-19.

The Netherlands international signed a new contract in August 2021, seeing his salary rise to £220,000 per week as a result.

Van Dijk’s 34th birthday was approaching before the decision about his new contract, but Liverpool reached a positive conclusion over talks to keep him for another two seasons.

“It was always Liverpool. That was the case. It was always in my head, it was always the plan and it was always Liverpool,” he said when his new deal was announced.

“There wasn’t any doubt in my head that this is the place to be for me and my family. I’m one of Liverpool.”

While some wondered if Van Dijk’s age might put him in line for a paycut, he is believed to be the best-paid defender in European football on £350,000 per week rising to £400,000 with bonuses.

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3. Alexander Isak

• Weekly salary: £280,000
• Annual salary: £14.56m
• Contract until: 2031

Liverpool broke their transfer record – for a second time in 2025 – to sign Isak from Newcastle United in a huge demonstration of their ambitions.

Already proven as one of the best strikers in the Premier League, Liverpool have given him a salary that reflects his worth. He’ll be earning a reported £280,000 per week over the course of a six-year contract, with bonuses potentially rounding his wages up to £300,000 per week.

Previously, at Newcastle, the Sweden international was earning £120,000 per week, so he has more than doubled his money by making the move to Merseyside and will be hoping it elevates what he can achieve on the pitch too.

4. Cody Gakpo

• Weekly salary: £250,000
• Annual salary: £13m
• Contract until: 2030

Gakpo signed a new contract in August after earning his place as Liverpool’s main left winger, with Luis Diaz having made way earlier in the summer.

The former PSV forward was originally paid £120,000 per week by Liverpool, but it’s believed his wages have now shot up to £250,000 per week.

That’s on the back of a season in which he scored 18 goals across all competitions and won the Premier League for the first time since his January 2023 move.

5. Hugo Ekitike

• Weekly salary: £200,000
• Annual salary: £10.4m
• Contract until: 2031

Before getting their hands on Isak, Liverpool signed another striker in the shape of Ekitike, who agreed a six-year contract to come to the Premier League.

The French striker was previously shining for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, where he was earning less than £60,000 per week.

But his Liverpool salary will be a tidy £200,000 per week with a potential £50,000 in bonuses.

Having cost Liverpool up to £79m to buy, Ekitike will have to deliver in front of goal to provide value for money.

6. Florian Wirtz

• Weekly salary: £195,000
• Annual salary: £10.14m
• Contract until: 2030

To bring Wirtz to the Premier League from Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool spent a nine-figure sum for the first time in their history.

The base transfer fee of £100m could be topped up by add-ons taking the total investment up to £116m – and that’s before his wages come into play.

As such an important investment for Liverpool, the German playmaker has been rewarded with a lucrative salary, which is reported to be in the region of £195,000 per week with up to £50,000 more in bonuses.

It’s a big increase on what he was being paid by Leverkusen – approximately £73,000 per week.

7. Andy Robertson

• Weekly salary: £160,000
• Annual salary: £8.32m
• Contract until: 2026

Before any new signings this summer, Andy Robertson would have been left as Liverpool’s highest earner had Salah and Van Dijk followed Alexander-Arnold out of the exit door.

But the Scotland international showed serious signs of decline with his performances last season and Liverpool bought Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth to overtake him in the pecking order.

Robertson remains under contract for the 2025-26 season, but is being paid a lot to be a backup player and may need to take a paycut if he is to earn a renewal.

The 30-year-old was originally on £40,000 per week when Liverpool took him from a relegated Hull City side in 2017.

He signed contract extensions in January 2019 (with his wage rising to £60,000 per week) before agreeing his current deal in August 2021.

=8. Alexis Mac Allister

• Weekly salary: £150,000
• Annual salary: £7.8m
• Contract until: 2028

An addition to Liverpool’s midfield in 2023 was World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister, who made the move from fellow Premier League side Brighton.

Mac Allister was believed to be earning £50,000 per week on the south coast, so trebled his wages by moving to Merseyside. He can earn up to £30,000 per week in additional bonuses.

The Argentina international became a key player quickly and remains a regular in Liverpool’s engine room.

Previously, he adapted his game to become Liverpool’s deepest-lying midfielder in Jurgen Klopp’s last season in charge, effectively replacing Fabinho – who was moving on for a Saudi payday – in his own style.

=8. Federico Chiesa

• Weekly salary: £150,000
• Annual salary: £7.8m
• Contract until: 2028

Chiesa looked like a bargain addition when bought from Juventus for £10m plus add-ons last summer, but it hasn’t been a successful spell so far.

The Italy winger has struggled to earn Slot’s trust and hasn’t been fully fit at all times.

That means his £150,000 weekly salary – similar to what he was earning at Juventus, and also including up to £30,000 per week in bonuses – hasn’t represented value for money just yet, although Liverpool kept hold of him in January and he went on to score (a consolation) in the Carabao Cup final.

=10. Alisson Becker

• Weekly salary: £150,000
• Annual salary: £7.8m
• Contract until: 2027

Alisson will go down in history as one of Liverpool’s best ever bits of recruitment.

They made him the most expensive goalkeeper of all time, even if he only held that title for a few weeks, when buying him from Roma in 2018 and he has been worth every penny.

Liverpool’s main goalkeeper for seven seasons and counting, Alisson is among Liverpool’s most consistent and reliable performers.

He initially earned £90,000 per week from Liverpool, but he signed a new contract in 2021 that bumped his wages up to £150,000 per week.

The Brazil international still has two years remaining on that deal and from this season on will be fending off competition from the incoming Giorgi Mamardashvili.

=10. Ryan Gravenberch

• Weekly salary: £150,000
• Annual salary: £7.8m
• Contract until: 2028

Liverpool signed Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich in 2023 after the Ajax academy graduate’s only season in the Bundesliga.

Gravenberch took his time to settle in, but has become a regular starter in midfield since Slot took charge.

And given that only four players earned more than him when he was signed as a 21-year-old, Liverpool will be glad their faith looks to be paying off.

Gravenberch’s contract is due to last until 2028.