An updated look at the wage bill at Tottenham Hotspur has revealed a significant shift at the very top of the club’s earning charts following a busy summer.
With the 2026 summer transfer window officially closed, Tottenham can look back on the last few months as their best window in recent history. The Lilywhites spent a club-record figure of £394m on 10 new signings, all of whom arrived with valuable Premier League experience.
To be fair to the hierarchy, it was a much-needed window given the troubles the squad has faced over the last two campaigns. Constant injury crises and a glaring lack of depth and quality go a long way to explain why Spurs finished just a spot above the relegation zone in back-to-back seasons.
Tottenham had long been regarded as one of the more frugal members of the Premier League‘s so-called Big Six when it came to transfer spending, but that approach has clearly changed.
Until this summer, the club’s record signing was Dominic Solanke at £65m, yet Spurs have now surpassed that mark three times over in a single window. The club splashed £85m apiece on both Savio and Mateus Fernandes, while also shattering their all-time transfer record with a £100m swoop for Sandro Tonali.
Attracting that kind of talent also required Spurs to dismantle their long-standing, self-imposed wage cap – an ambition CEO Vinai Venkatesham suggested the club would pursue earlier this summer. And the board have certainly delivered on that.
Omar Marmoush is technically Tottenham’s highest-paid player
Capology have now updated their figures for Tottenham’s player wages following the conclusion of the summer transfer window, giving us a clearer picture of how the club’s new-look squad compares financially.
It is worth noting that because Omar Marmoush is technically only on loan from Man City for now, his £250,000 wages reflect what he earned in Manchester. Once Tottenham sign the forward permanently, that figure may drop slightly.
Let’s take a look at the updated figures.
| Rank | Player | Weekly Salary | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omar Marmoush | £250,000 | £13,000,000 |
| 2 | Sandro Tonali | £200,000 | £10,400,000 |
| 3 | Xavi Simons | £195,000 | £10,140,000 |
| 4 | James Maddison | £170,000 | £8,840,000 |
| 5 | Conor Gallagher | £160,000 | £8,320,000 |
| 6 | Mohammed Kudus | £150,000 | £7,800,000 |
| 7 | Marcos Senesi | £150,000 | £7,800,000 |
| 8 | Pedro Porro | £150,000 | £7,800,000 |
| 9 | Dominic Solanke | £140,000 | £7,280,000 |
| 10 | Savio | £130,000 | £6,760,000 |
| 11 | Micky van de Ven | £120,000 | £6,240,000 |
| 12 | Dejan Kulusevski | £110,000 | £5,720,000 |
| 13 | Mykhailo Mudryk | £100,000 | £5,200,000 |
| 14 | Richarlison | £90,000 | £4,680,000 |
| 15 | Ben Davies | £80,000 | £4,160,000 |
| 16 | Destiny Udogie | £75,000 | £3,900,000 |
| 17 | Archie Gray | £75,000 | £3,900,000 |
| 18 | Rodrigo Bentancur | £75,000 | £3,900,000 |
| 19 | Antonin Kinsky | £60,000 | £3,120,000 |
| 20 | Lucas Bergvall | £60,000 | £3,120,000 |
| 21 | Mathys Tel | £55,000 | £2,860,000 |
| 22 | Wilson Odobert | £40,000 | £2,080,000 |
| 23 | Brandon Austin | £15,000 | £780,000 |
It is worth noting that Capology have not yet released wage figures for five of Tottenham’s summer arrivals: Andrew Robertson, Mateus Fernandes, Martin Dubravka, Jan Paul Van Hecke and Tosin Adarabioyo.