Weekly wages: Aston Villa FC 2025/26 highest-paid players
da fazobetai： With more and more money being pumped into the Premier League every season, transfer fees and player wages are ballooning. With that in mind, we have taken a look at what teams are paying their star players, specifically Aston Villa.
da dobrowin： In 2025/26, those at Villa Park have an annual payroll of £123,110,000, with the average first team player collecting more than £4.3m per season. Here are the Villans’ best-paid players this year, per Capology.
Disclaimer – only the club and the players themselves truly know their wages, so take each of these figures as you will.
Aston Villa wages 2025/26
Rank
Player
Wage per week
Wage per year
1
Jadon Sancho
£200,000
£10,400,000
=2
Emiliano Martinez
£150,000
£7,800,000
=2
Boubacar Kamara
£150,000
£7,800,000
=2
Youri Tielemans
£150,000
£7,800,000
=5
Amadou Onana
£140,000
£7,280,000
=5
Donyell Malen
£140,000
£7,280,000
7
Lucas Digne
£135,000
£7,020,000
8
Ollie Watkins
£130,000
£6,760,000
=9
John McGinn
£120,000
£6,240,000
=9
Victor Lindelof
£120,000
£6,240,000
11
Tyrone Mings
£110,000
£5,720,000
=12
Pau Torres
£100,000
£5,200,000
=12
Ian Maatsen
£100,000
£5,200,000
14
Matty Cash
£80,000
£4,160,000
=15
Emiliano Buendia
£75,000
£3,900,000
=15
Ezri Konsa
£75,000
£3,900,000
=15
Evann Guessand
£75,000
£3,900,000
=15
Morgan Rogers
£75,000
£3,900,000
19
Harvey Elliott
£65,000
£3,380,000
20
Ross Barkley
£60,000
£3,120,000
21
Marco Bizot
£45,000
£2,340,000
22
Lamare Bogarde
£30,000
£1,560,000
=23
Andres Garcia
£15,000
£780,000
=23
Samuel Iling-Junior
£15,000
£780,000
25
Lewis Dobbin
£7,500
£390,000
26
Joe Gauci
£5,000
£260,000
Here is a look at Aston Villa's top 10 earners… 10 Victor Lindelof £120,000 per week
After being released by Manchester United in 2025, Aston Villa eventually swooped in and signed Victor Lindelof on a free transfer.
The Swedish defender signed a two-year deal at Villa Park and will collect just under £12.5m in wages during his time in the Midlands.
9 John McGinn £120,000 per week
Since he joined the club from Hibernian in 2018, John McGinn has been a consistent performer for Aston Villa, and when he’s at his best, he can pull some magic out of nowhere.
The club clearly value the 29-year-old as he signed a new deal in 2023 that will keep him in the Midlands until the summer of 2027. We’d argue McGinn has more than earned his spot on this list.
8 Ollie Watkins £130,000 per week
Striker Ollie Watkins has had the time of his life at Villa Park, and his form in front of goal helped the club achieve regular European qualification.
Watkins isn’t far off 100 goals in a Villa shirt, therefore a fine justification of his £130,000 per week wage, and he is under contract until 2028.
7 Lucas Digne £135,000 per week
Lucas Digne’s time at Villa Park is rather hard to judge due to injuries derailing his momentum whenever he looked like he had found some form.
In fairness to the Frenchman, he did make his way into Unai Emery’s plans at the start of the previous season, though he is under contract until 2028.
6 Donyell Malen £140,000 per week
Donyell Malen
5 Amadou Onana £140,000 per week
Amadou Onana, signed in 2024, was one of the club’s marquee additions that summer, with Villa putting the lure of Champions League into full effect by winning the race for the Belgian.
Onana arrived from Everton for around £50m and looks set to be a mainstay in the side, potentially over the next five years of his contract. He will only be 28 years of age in 2029 as well, so Villa may have secured a shrewd deal over time.
4 Youri Tielemans £150,000 per week
Youri Tielemans was the first signing of the 2024 summer and helped set the tone for the calibre of player that fans could expect to come in.
The Belgian has been a Premier League regular ever since he joined Leicester City from Monaco in 2019. In fact, it was quite the coup for the Villans to land the midfielder as he had been linked to Arsenal for well over a year.
3 Boubacar Kamara £150,000 per week
Boubacar Kamara made the move to Birmingham in 2022 after his contract with Ligue 1 giants Marseille expired.
He has had his injury issues, however, the midfielder still done enough to earn a huge new £150,000 per week deal which was signed in 2025.
2 Emiliano Martinez £150,000 per week
Emiliano Martinez is another on a hefty £7.8m per year salary. However, given his international pedigree and general performances in the league since joining the Villans, he’s probably well worth it.
The World Cup winner joined the Villans in the summer of 2020 for just £17m from Arsenal and has been brilliant in Claret and Blue, although he did nearly leave in 2025.
1 Jadon Sancho £200,000 per week
Jadon Sancho tops the charts as Aston Villa’s top earner after joining on a season-long loan from Manchester United over the summer.
The winger spent the 2024/25 campaign with Chelsea, however, the Blues turned down the chance to sign the Englishman on a permanent basis. He also wasn’t in Ruben Amorim’s plans at Old Trafford, leading to Villa making a late swoop.