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West Ham UnitedTeam stats

Explore the people, payroll and history behind the team.

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Squad players23Primary and secondary team assignments
Average age25.723 recorded birth dates
Team honours7Distinct recorded honour / season pairs
Recent managers6Since 2016, including current managers

THE SQUAD

Who makes up the team?

4 staff records excluded from player metrics.

Recorded ethnicity

22 of 23 players have a recorded value. No values are inferred.

Recorded ethnicity distributionWhite: 11 (47.8%)Black: 6 (26.1%)Hispanic: 4 (17.4%)Unknown: 1 (4.3%)Mixed: 1 (4.3%)23PLAYERS
  • White1148%
  • Black626%
  • Hispanic417%
  • Unknown14%
  • Mixed14%

Nationality

Recorded nationalities across the current squad.

Nationality distributionEngland: 7 (30.4%)France: 3 (13%)Mexico: 1 (4.3%)Norway: 1 (4.3%)Suriname: 1 (4.3%)The Netherlands: 1 (4.3%)Venezuela: 1 (4.3%)Greece: 1 (4.3%)Other: 7 (30.4%)23PLAYERS
  • England730%
  • France313%
  • Mexico14%
  • Norway14%
  • Suriname14%
  • The Netherlands14%
  • Venezuela14%
  • Greece14%
  • Other730%

Age profile

Age today, grouped into career stages.

Under 214
21–245
25–286
29–326
33+2
Unknown0

Positions

The 12 most common recorded positions.

Midfielder5
Goalkeeper2
Defensive Midfield2
Centre-Forward2
Right-Back2
Centre-Back2
Left Wing2
Attacker1
Right Winger1
Forward1
Attacking Midfield1
Defender1

THE PAYROLL

Wages at a glance

23 of 23 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£36,114,000 GBP
Average annual wage£1,570,174 GBP
Median annual wage£1,170,000 GBP

Highest individual wages · GBP

Top 15 of 23 players with a recorded GBP wage.

Tomáš Souček£4,680,000 GBP
Jarrod Bowen£3,900,000 GBP
Manor Solomon£3,900,000 GBP
Alphonse Areola£3,120,000 GBP
Edson Álvarez£2,600,000 GBP
Max Kilman£2,600,000 GBP
Taty Castellanos£1,950,000 GBP
Joel Veltman£1,690,000 GBP
Maxwel Cornet£1,690,000 GBP
Kyle Walker-Peters£1,430,000 GBP
Konstantinos Mavropanos£1,300,000 GBP
Mads Hermansen£1,170,000 GBP
Joël Piroe£1,040,000 GBP
Edvin Austbø£910,000 GBP
Morato£910,000 GBP

Payroll by position · GBP

Total annual wages by recorded position; 12 largest groups.

Defensive Midfield£7,280,000 GBP
Left Wing£5,590,000 GBP
Goalkeeper£4,290,000 GBP
Right Winger£3,900,000 GBP
Centre-Back£3,900,000 GBP
Right-Back£3,120,000 GBP
Centre-Forward£2,990,000 GBP
Midfielder£2,028,000 GBP
Attacker£910,000 GBP
Defender£910,000 GBP
Attacking Midfield£520,000 GBP
Left-Back£520,000 GBP
View all squad wages 23 players
Current squad wages, exactly as recorded
PlayerPositionAnnual wage
Alphonse AreolaGoalkeeper£3,120,000
Divine MukasaMidfielder£130,000
Edson ÁlvarezDefensive Midfield£2,600,000
Edvin AustbøAttacker£910,000
Jarrod BowenRight Winger£3,900,000
Joël PiroeCentre-Forward£1,040,000
Joel VeltmanRight-Back£1,690,000
Joshua AjalaForward£156,000
Keiber LamadridAttacking Midfield£520,000
Konstantinos MavropanosCentre-Back£1,300,000
Kyle Walker-PetersRight-Back£1,430,000
Lewis OrfordMidfielder£260,000
Mads HermansenGoalkeeper£1,170,000
Manor SolomonLeft Wing£3,900,000
Max KilmanCentre-Back£2,600,000
Maxwel CornetLeft Wing£1,690,000
Mohamadou KantéMidfielder£78,000
MoratoDefender£910,000
Oliver ScarlesLeft-Back£520,000
Pablo JesusMidfielder£650,000
Soungoutou MagassaMidfielder£910,000
Taty CastellanosCentre-Forward£1,950,000
Tomáš SoučekDefensive Midfield£4,680,000

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.

English FA Cup3
English FA Community Shield1
UEFA Cup Winners Cup1
UEFA Intertoto Cup1
UEFA Europa Conference League1

Honours through the seasons

The latest 15 seasons with recorded team honours.

1963-19641
19641
1964-19651
1974-19751
1979-19801
19991
2022-20231

Most decorated squad members

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

Alphonse Areola14
Edson Álvarez7
Joel Veltman6
Tomáš Souček4
Manor Solomon3
Joël Piroe3
Taty Castellanos2
Jarrod Bowen1
Maxwel Cornet1
Mads Hermansen1
Oliver Scarles1
Edvin Austbø1

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
20171
20181
20191
20200
20210
20220
20230
20241
20251
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.