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Liverpool boast a squad market value of €879 million. But who are the highest-paid players in the Reds team?
Liverpool will head to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, April 4, to play Chelsea in Matchday 30 of the Premier League.
Liverpool will be hoping to bounce back from a defeat last weekend against defending champions and second-placed Manchester City.
The Reds saw their bid to secure a Top four finish dealt a huge blow following the 3-1 loss at the Etihad.
Chelsea on the other hand look like a house on fire, as the Blues suffered a 2-0 defeat against Aston Villa in the Premier League over the weekend.
The disappointing loss was also followed by the brutal sacking of Graham Potter as Chelsea coach, having arrived just six months ago.
Liverpool and Chelsea are both desperate for a win on Tuesday night as three points in the league will be very vital to the respective team’s chances of securing European football.
In 2023, Liverpool have a combined squad market value of €879 million as per Transfermrkt, but who is the highest-paid footballer in the Reds team team.
Who is the highest-paid player in Liverpool?
As of April 2023, Mohamed Salah is the highest-paid Liverpool player.
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The former Chelsea and AS Roma winger takes home £350,000 every week.
Salah who is the most followed Premier League player on Instagram is Liverpool’s all-time record goalscorer in the English top flight.
But who are the Top 10 highest-paid footballers in the club?
Ahead of Chelsea vs Liverpool, we will be reviewing Liverpool players salaries, highlighting the Top 10 highest-paid players in Liverpool in 2023 via figures from Capology.
Revealed: Top 10 highest Liverpool player salaries (2023)
10, Diogo Jota - £140,000 per week
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Diogo Jota is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Liverpool and the Portugal national team.
Jota started his career with Paços de Ferreira, before signing for La Liga club Atlético Madrid in 2016.
After two seasons in the Primeira Liga, he was consecutively loaned to Primeira Liga club FC Porto in 2016 and English EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2017.
Having helped Wolves gain promotion to the Premier League, he signed permanently with them in 2018 for a reported €14 million and went on to make 131 appearances for them, scoring 44 goals.
In 2020, Jota signed for Liverpool for a fee reported to be £41 million and is one of the highest-paid players in Liverpool.
The 26-year-old Portuguese forward is known for his unique positioning and clinical finishing, as well as for putting up clutch moments for his team.
Jota scored Liverpool’s 10,000th goal in their history when he scored the opener against FC Midtjylland in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
In doing so, he became the first player since Robbie Fowler in 1993 to score 7 goals in his first 10 Liverpool appearances.
Jota earns a weekly salary of £140,000 with his current contract set to expire in 2027, making him 10th among the highest-paid Liverpool players.
9, Darwin Núñez - £140,000 per week
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Darwin Nunez is a 23-year-old Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liverpool and the Uruguay national team.
Núñez came through Peñarol's youth academy, being promoted to the first team in 2017.
In August 2019, he joined Spanish Segunda División club Almería for a club record fee.
In 2020, Portuguese league giants Benfica signed Nunez for a club-record transfer worth €24 million, making him the most expensive signing in Portuguese football history.
In his second season, he won the Bola de Prata for top scorer in the Primeira Liga with 26 goals in 28 games and was named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year and Primeira Liga Player of the Year.
In June 2022, Liverpool signed Darwin Nunez in a transfer worth €75 million (£64 million), making him one of the most expensive signings in the club’s history.
Núñez is known for his explosive speed and technique.
The talented Uruguayan possesses an athletic frame, excellent acceleration and boasts incredible speed as well as unique explosiveness.
Núñez is a dynamic striker who is extremely mobile and can carry counter-attacks, make incisive movements around the box and strike the ball explosively.
He also loves to attack open spaces and is good at generating shots from varied situations.
Nunez is also capable of playing as a left winger.
As of April 2023, Darwin Nunez earns a weekly salary of £140,000 with his current contract set to expire in 2028, making him 9th among the highest-paid Liverpool players.
8, Jordan Henderson - £140,000 per week
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Jordan Henderson is a 32-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liverpool, where he is the captain and the England national team.
Henderson has been praised for his leadership and technical ability.
Henderson joined the Sunderland Academy at the age of eight, making his first-team debut a decade later in November 2008.
He spent six months on loan at Coventry City in 2009, before returning to Sunderland.
In 2011, Jordan Henderson signed for Liverpool, winning his first trophy with the club, the League Cup, the following year.
In 2015, Henderson was appointed Liverpool captain succeeding club legend Steven Gerrard. Henderson won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2019, and in 2020 led his team to the Premier League title, the club's first league title in 30 years.
For his performances in the title-winning season, Henderson was named FWA Footballer of the Year.
In 2022, Henderson lifted the FA Cup and the EFL Cup, where Liverpool defeated Chelsea on penalties on both occasions.
Henderson primarily plays as a box-to-box midfielder, although under Jurgen Klopp he has mostly been used as a defensive midfielder.
However, following the arrival of Fabinho in 2018, Henderson moved back to his original "number 8" position as a central midfielder closer to the right side of the pitch, a role in which he excels the most.
Henderson has been described as a versatile player and has also been used in a more advanced midfield role on numerous occasions.
Henderson has even played as a makeshift centre-back during periods of injury crisis among Liverpool's central defenders.
He is widely regarded as a player who works hard and brings energy to the team and has also been praised for his tactical intelligence consistency, and leadership both on and off the pitch.
Henderson is also known for his ability to win challenges, transition the ball forward, as well as making attacking runs from midfield to get into good offensive positions.
Henderson has the most passes of any player in Premier League history, with 22,340.
As of April 2023, Jordan Henderson earns a weekly salary of £140,000 with his current contract set to expire in 2025, making him 8th among the highest-paid Liverpool players.
7. Alisson - £150,000 per week
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Alisson Becker or simply Alisson, is a 30-year-old Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liverpool and the Brazil national team.
He is widely regarded to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world due to his distribution and ability in one-on-one situations.
Having won the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year in 2017–18 with Roma, Liverpool signed Alisson in June 2018 for a fee of £66.8 million (€72.5 million), making him the most expensive goalkeeper of all time.
At Liverpool, Alisson has won the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, UEFA Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup.
In 2019, he was named The Best FIFA Goalkeeper and was also the recipient of the inaugural Yashin Trophy.
Alisson has been praised for his ability to produce crucial saves as well as his brilliance in one-on-one situations.
He also boasts great positioning, distribution and consistency, and he is rated by some in the sport as the best goalkeeper in the world.
Alisson has cited former Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés as an inspiration, due to his ability to play out from the back, as well as Manuel Neuer, for his 'sweeper keeper' style.
Alisson is also known for his speed and timing when rushing off his line, as well as his ability to clear or challenge for the ball when he is outside the 18-yard area.
He is capable of playing the ball out from the back and launching counter-attacks quickly with his hands as well as his feet.
Alisson’s composure on the ball also allows Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool to play with a high defensive line.
Standing at 6ft 4in, Becker is known for his athleticism and strength and regarded by some sport pundits, due to his statistical performances, as the most proficient goalkeeper in the Premier League.
As of April 2023, Alisson earns a weekly salary of £150,000 with his current contract set to expire in 2027, making him 7th among the highest-paid Liverpool players.
6. Trent Alexander-Arnold - £180,000 per week
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Trent John Alexander-Arnold (born 7 October 1998) is a 24-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liverpool and the England national team.
Known for his range of passing, crossing and assists, Trent Alexander-Arnold is widely regarded as one of the best full-backs in world football and has been widely regarded as the best right-back in the Premier League in recent years.
Alexander-Arnold joined Liverpool's academy in 2004 and captained the club across its youth levels. He made his senior debut in 2016, at age 18, and played in back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter, and being named in the Champions League Squad of the Season.
In the same year, he won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup with Liverpool.
Alexander-Arnold won the 2019–20 PFA Young Player of the Year and the inaugural Premier League Young Player of the Season awards.
He has thrice been named in the PFA Team of the Year, and helped end Liverpool's 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League.
He also won both domestic cups (the EFL Cup and FA Cup) in the 2021–22 season.
Known for his range of passing, crossing and assists, he is regarded as one of the best full-backs in world football, although there are significant flaws in his defensive ability.
Alexander-Arnold has also been described by many as one of the most creative players in the Premier League.
As of April 2023, Trent Alexander-Arnold earns a weekly salary of £180,000 with his current contract set to expire in 2027, making him the 6th highest-paid Liverpool player.
5, Fabinho - £180,000 per week
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Fabinho is a 29-year-old Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liverpool and the Brazil national team.
Fabinho is a versatile player who mainly plays as a defensive midfielder, and can also be deployed as a right-back or centre-back.
Fabinho is often considered one of the best defensive midfielders in the world.
After spending five years at Monaco, and winning Ligue 1 in the 2016–17 season, Fabinho tsealed a transfer to Liverpool for a reported transfer fee of £39 million.
In his debut season at the club, he won the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and the 2019 UEFA Super Cup.
Fabinho also played a significant role in Liverpool winning the 2019–20 Premier League.
He has also received much credit for his role in Liverpool’s resurgence over the years.
Fabinho is a robust, agile player who is valued for his ability to win back the ball in the midfield and recycle possession quickly.
His role as a defensive midfielder sometimes requires him to drop further back to play as a third centre-back to cover for Liverpool's fullbacks Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
He has also been impressive in nullifying the attacking threat of the opposition and is an accurate penalty taker, with a great ability to read games and oftentimes, shoot from distance.
As of April 2023, Fabinho earns a weekly salary of £180,000 with his current contract set to expire in 2026, making him the 5th highest-paid Liverpool player.
4, Roberto Firmino - £180,000 per week
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Roberto Firmino popularly known as “Bobby” is a 31-year-old Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Liverpool and the Brazil national team.
After a breakthrough season with Hoffenheim, Firmino signed for Liverpool in July 2015, where he earned plaudits for his creativity, goalscoring and incredible work rate, with manager Jürgen Klopp referring to Firmino as the "engine" that propels the club's counter-pressing system.
In the 2018–19 season he won the UEFA Champions League, and the following season won the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup after scoring the winner in the final, and the 2019–20 Premier League title. He also won the FA Cup with Liverpool.
During the 2017-18 season, Firmino, Mohamed Salah, Philippe Coutinho and Sadio Mané made up a prolific attacking quarter, dubbed the "Fab Four", in reference to the rock band The Beatles, also from the same city as the club.
Following the mid-season exit of Coutinho, the three remaining players were dubbed as the "Fab Three", with the trio having a total of 91 goals between them at the end of the season.
Firmino was Liverpool's joint top goalscorer in the Champions League, together with Salah, with 11 goals.
Firmino was also included in the 2017–18 Champions League Squad of the Season.
The 2017–18 season was Firmino's most prolific in his Liverpool career, as he scored 27 goals in all competitions.
Firmino scored his 100th goal for Liverpool on 27 August 2022 when he bagged a brace in the 9–0 demolition of AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League.
On 10 March 2023, Liverpool announced Firmino would leave Liverpool at the end of the 2022–23 season after he decided not to extend his contract.
At his peak, Firmino was regarded as one of the greatest strikers in world football.
Firmino is known for his clinical finishing, proficient technical ability and incredible work rate.
He is also considered the most ‘technically-gifted’ player in Liverpool’s current squad in addition to his technical skills, creativity, link-up play, and goalscoring.
He has also been praised by his managers, teammates, and pundits for his positional sense, mobility, intelligent movement, and ability to make attacking runs off the ball, which often draws opposing players out of position and creates space for his teammates.
Due to his energy and defensive work rate off the ball, Jurgen Klopp has referred to Firmino as the "engine" that propels the team's relentless counter-attacking system.
He has also been described by Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry as ‘the most complete striker’ in the Premier League.
Firmino is also well known for his popular "no-look" goals.
One of his best-known goal celebrations, 'the Matador', also features in the EA Sports FIFA 19 video game.
As of April 2023, Roberto Firmino earns a weekly salary of £180,000, making him the 4th highest-paid Liverpool player.
3, Thiago Alacantara - £200,000 per week
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Thiago Alcântara or simply Thiago is a 31-year-old professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Spain national team.
Known for his accurate passes and technical skills, Thiago is often regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation.
Having won 16 trophies, including the Bundesliga seven times in a row, and the UEFA Champions League as part of a continental treble in his final year at Bayern Munich.
Thiago signed for Liverpool in 2020, in a transfer worth an initial £20 million.
With Liverpool, he has won the FA Cup and EFL Cup in 2022.
Nicknamed ‘Idea Ball’ by banter football tweeps, Thiago is a highly creative and technically gifted playmaker, with excellent dribbling skills and ball control, which allows him to operate effectively in a deep-seated playmaking role as a central midfielder, although he is also capable of playing in a more advanced role as an attacking midfielder.
Thiago has been noted for his accurate distribution of the ball, as he possesses great passing technique and vision.
He maintained a 90.2% pass success rate throughout the 2016–17 Bundesliga season, higher than any other player in Germany.
However, despite his creative exploits in midfield, he has often struggled with injuries for most of his career.
As of April 2023, Thiago earns a weekly salary of £200,000, with his current contract set to expire in 2024, making him the 3rd highest-paid Liverpool player.
2. Virgil van Dijk - £220,000 per week
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Virgil van Dijk is 31-year-old a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liverpool and captains the Netherlands national team.
Considered one of the best defenders in the world, Van Dijk is known for his strength, leadership and aerial ability.
In 2015, he joined Southampton before signing for Liverpool in January 2018 for £75 million, a then-world-record transfer fee for a defender.
With Liverpool, Van Dijk reached back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter.
He was also named PFA Players' Player of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season in his first full season. Van Dijk later won the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup, and helped end the club's 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League.
Van Dijk is the only defender to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and has finished runner-up for both the Ballon d'Or and Best FIFA Men's Player, both in 2019.
On 29 October 2022, Liverpool lost 2–1 at home to Leeds United which was Van Dijk's first home defeat at Anfield in the Premier League after 70 games since joining the club in January 2018.
Van Dijk is a physically strong, right-footed centre-back, who usually features on the left-hand side of the central defence, although he can also play as a right-sided centre-back.
He also possesses pace, good technique, and has an eye for goal.
In a 2019 interview with Marca, when Lionel Messi was asked why Van Dijk was so difficult to beat, the Argentine responded:
"He is a defender who knows how to judge his timing and wait for the right moment to challenge or jockey [the attacker]. He is very fast and big, but he has a lot of agility for his height. He is fast because of its [sic] great stride, and he is impressive both in defence and attack because he scores lots of goals."
In 2022, Erling Haaland also named Van Dijk the best defender he has played against, calling him "fast, strong and 'bad' smart", and also praised his timing.
Van Dijk has been widely included in the conversation of the greatest defenders of all time.
However, he has recently drawn criticism for his performances at club level since late 2022.
As of April 2023, Virgil van Dijk earns a weekly salary of £220,000, with his current contract set to expire in 2025, making him the 2nd highest-paid Liverpool player.
1. Mohamed Salah - £350,000 per week
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Mohamed Salah also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team.
Mo Salah is the highest-paid player in Liverpool and one of the highest-paid players in the Premier League.
As of April 2023, Mohamed Salah is the highest-paid African footballer in the world, the most-followed African footballer on Instagram, the most-followed Premier League player on Instagram.
Considered one of the best players in the world and among the greatest African players of all time, Salah is known for his finishing, dribbling, and speed.
After an impressive season with AS Roma, Salah signed for Liverpool in 2017 for a then-club record transfer of £36.9 million.
In his first season, he set the record for most Premier League goals scored (32) in a 38-game season and helped Liverpool to the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final.
Salah went on to be an integral player in the club's Champions League and Premier League title successes the following two seasons, and has since also won the FA Cup and the League Cup.
Salah has achieved numerous individual accolades, including two PFA Players' Player of the Year awards, three Premier League Golden Boots, the Premier League Player of the Season, the Premier League Playmaker of the Season, and finished third for the Best FIFA Men's Player in 2018 and 2021.
Salah won the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for his winning strike in the first Merseyside derby of the 2017–18 season.
In 2023, Salah became Liverpool's Premier League top goalscorer surpassing Robbie Fowler in the Reds’ 7-0 demolition of Manchester United.
On 19 February 2022, Salah became the 10th player to score 150 goals in all competitions for the club, and the second fastest (232 matches) after Roger Hunt (226), when he scored the second goal in a 3–1 Premier League win over Norwich at Anfield.
In August 2022, Mohamed Salah became the first player to score on the opening day six seasons in a row and equalled the record of total goals on opening days set by Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, and Alan Shearer.
Regarded as a quick, mobile, hard-working and tactical player, with good technique and an eye for goal, Salah is predominantly known for his speed, movement, clinical finishing, agility, dribbling skills, first touch, and ball control, as well as his ability to use both his pace and flair on the ball in order to beat opponents, and create scoring opportunities for himself or his teammates.
Salah is a very versatile forward who primarily plays as a winger on the right flank, a position which allows him to cut into the centre onto his stronger left foot, and either shoot on goal or play quick exchanges with other players and make runs in behind the defence towards goal.
He can also play in the centre behind the main striker as either an attacking midfielder or second striker.
As of April 2023, Mohamed Salah is the highest-paid Liverpool player, with a weekly pay package of £350,000, and his current contract is set to expire in 2025.
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