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English League Championship · SQUAD INSIGHTS

Stoke CityTeam stats

Explore the people, payroll and history behind the team.

← Team profile
Squad players26Primary and secondary team assignments
Average age26.326 recorded birth dates
Team honours0Distinct recorded honour / season pairs
Recent managers6Since 2016, including current managers

THE SQUAD

Who makes up the team?

2 staff records excluded from player metrics.

Recorded ethnicity

25 of 26 players have a recorded value. No values are inferred.

Recorded ethnicity distributionWhite: 16 (61.5%)Black: 7 (26.9%)Unknown: 1 (3.8%)Asian: 1 (3.8%)Hispanic: 1 (3.8%)26PLAYERS
  • White1662%
  • Black727%
  • Unknown14%
  • Asian14%
  • Hispanic14%

Nationality

Recorded nationalities across the current squad.

Nationality distributionEngland: 8 (30.8%)France: 2 (7.7%)Northern Ireland: 2 (7.7%)Scotland: 2 (7.7%)United States: 2 (7.7%)Sweden: 2 (7.7%)Ireland: 1 (3.8%)Senegal: 1 (3.8%)Other: 6 (23.1%)26PLAYERS
  • England831%
  • France28%
  • Northern Ireland28%
  • Scotland28%
  • United States28%
  • Sweden28%
  • Ireland14%
  • Senegal14%
  • Other623%

Age profile

Age today, grouped into career stages.

Under 211
21–2410
25–2810
29–322
33+3
Unknown0

Positions

The 12 most common recorded positions.

Midfielder6
Defender5
Goalkeeper3
Left-Back2
Centre-Back2
Forward2
Centre-Forward2
Right-Back1
Defensive Midfield1
Attacking Midfield1
Attacker1

THE PAYROLL

Wages at a glance

26 of 26 players have a recognised wage.

Annual wages as recorded on player profiles. Totals cover known wages only; currencies are kept separate, with no exchange-rate conversion. Contract-table wages are not included.

Known annual payroll · GBP£20,301,320 GBP
Average annual wage£780,820 GBP
Median annual wage£650,000 GBP

Highest individual wages · GBP

Top 15 of 26 players with a recorded GBP wage.

Ben Gibson£1,820,000 GBP
George Hirst£1,820,000 GBP
Ben Johnson£1,560,000 GBP
Ben Wilmot£1,300,000 GBP
Ethan Galbraith£1,300,000 GBP
Sam Gallagher£1,300,000 GBP
Viktor Johansson£1,300,000 GBP
Aaron Cresswell£1,040,000 GBP
Róbert Boženík£1,040,000 GBP
Eric Bocat£780,000 GBP
Maksym Talovierov£780,000 GBP
Tomáš Rigo£780,000 GBP
Jack McGlynn£650,000 GBP
Million Manhoef£650,000 GBP
Svante Ingelsson£650,000 GBP

Payroll by position · GBP

Total annual wages by recorded position; 12 largest groups.

Midfielder£3,843,320 GBP
Centre-Back£2,600,000 GBP
Defender£2,574,000 GBP
Forward£2,470,000 GBP
Centre-Forward£2,340,000 GBP
Goalkeeper£1,924,000 GBP
Left-Back£1,820,000 GBP
Right-Back£1,560,000 GBP
Attacker£520,000 GBP
Defensive Midfield£390,000 GBP
Attacking Midfield£260,000 GBP
View all squad wages 26 players
Current squad wages, exactly as recorded
PlayerPositionAnnual wage
Aaron CresswellLeft-Back£1,040,000
Ben GibsonCentre-Back£1,820,000
Ben JohnsonRight-Back£1,560,000
Ben PearsonMidfielder£416,000
Ben WilmotDefender£1,300,000
Bosun LawalDefender£130,000
Djibril SoumaréDefensive Midfield£390,000
Eric BocatLeft-Back£780,000
Ethan GalbraithMidfielder£1,300,000
Frank FieldingGoalkeeper£234,000
George HirstForward£1,820,000
Jack McGlynnMidfielder£650,000
Josh GriffithsGoalkeeper£390,000
Jun-ho BaeAttacking Midfield£260,000
Junior TchamadeuDefender£520,000
Justin DevennyMidfielder£47,320
Lamine CisséAttacker£520,000
Luca BombinoDefender£312,000
Luke GrahamDefender£312,000
Maksym TalovierovCentre-Back£780,000
Million ManhoefForward£650,000
Róbert BoženíkCentre-Forward£1,040,000
Sam GallagherCentre-Forward£1,300,000
Svante IngelssonMidfielder£650,000
Tomáš RigoMidfielder£780,000
Viktor JohanssonGoalkeeper£1,300,000

THE TROPHY CABINET

Honours & experience

Based on recorded honours; coverage may be incomplete.

Team honours by competition

Top 12 honours recorded for the club itself, without counting player medals again.

No records available yet.

Honours through the seasons

The latest 15 seasons with recorded team honours.

No records available yet.

Most decorated squad members

Top 12 players by recorded career honours, including honours won at other clubs and individual awards.

Justin Devenny2
Aaron Cresswell1
Ben Gibson1
Ben Johnson1
Junior Tchamadeu1

THE DUGOUT

Manager history

Recorded head managers, interim managers and head coaches since 2016.

Recorded manager arrivals

Start years from team-history records. Current managers without a recorded start year are excluded from this chart.

20160
20170
20182
20191
20200
20210
20220
20231
20240
20250
20260

Snapshot of currently assigned players, including secondary team assignments. Missing values are shown as unknown; charts reflect contributed records, not a complete audited squad or financial statement. Ages calculated on 12 November 2026.