Wout Faes Salary in 2025: Quick Overview
- Weekly Salary: £50,000 (gross)
- Annual Salary: £2,600,000
- Current Club: Leicester City
- Contract Expiry: 30 June 2027
- Reported Bonuses: No
Career Earnings to Date
| Club | Years | Estimated Annual Salary |
| SC Heerenveen | 2016-2017 | £146,424 |
| KV Oostende | 2018-2019 | £180,877 |
| KV Oostende | 2019-2020 | £223,943 |
| Stade de Reims | 2020-2022 | £361,754 |
| Leicester City | 2022-present | £2,600,000 |
Despite always playing in the top division in fairly large European countries, Faes’ earnings were fairly modest until he moved to Leicester in the summer of 2022.
Salary information for the Belgian first became available during the 2016/17 season in which he was on loan at SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands whilst earning an estimated £2,816 a week.
He spent the following campaign on loan at Excelsior Rotterdam before being released by his parent club Anderlecht and moving to KV Oostende. In his first season with the Belgian outfit, Faes earned £3,478 per week, though this increased to £4,307 in his second season.
Faes earned a move to a major European league in the summer of 2020 with Stade de Reims, but it did not come with the monumental salary increase that some may expect. The centre-back’s weekly salary increased by over 50% to £6,957 during his two-year stint in France, in which he was first called up to the Belgian national team.
The defender’s move to Leicester City in September 2022 saw an extraordinary rise in his salary, perhaps partly because he was the Foxes’ only major addition that summer. The 27-year-old has been earning an eye-watering £50,000 a week for the Midlands-based side over the past few seasons and he still has two years left on his contract.
Contract Details & History
Faes signed his current deal with Leicester City in September 2022.
The Belgian signed a long-term contract at the King Power Stadium, though it is due to expire in June 2027 as he has been at the club for a fair amount of time.
The 27-year-old has no known release clauses in his contract and there is no knowledge of any bonuses that he may receive.
Salary Comparison: How Wout Faes Stacks Up
Relative to other players at Leicester City (during the 2024/25 season):
| Name | Estimated Weekly Salary |
| Jamie Vardy | £140,000 |
| Odsonne Edouard | £90,000 |
| Harry Winks | £90,000 |
| Boubakary Soumare | £80,000 |
| Ricardo Pereira | £80,000 |
| Wilfred Ndidi | £75,000 |
| Conor Coady | £75,000 |
| Patson Daka | £75,000 |
| Jannik Vestergaard | £60,000 |
| Oliver Skipp | £50,000 |
| Wout Faes | £50,000 |
Relative to other Championship centre-backs (from the 2024/25 season):
| Position | Name | Club | Estimated Weekly Salary |
| 1 | Wout Faes | Leicester City | £50,000 |
| 2 | Pascal Struijk | Leeds United | £50,000 |
| 3 | Mason Holgate | West Brom | £50,000 |
| 4 | Callum Chambers | Cardiff City | £45,000 |
| 5 | Nathaniel Phillips | Derby County | £45,000 |
| 6 | Angelo Ogbonna | Watford | £45,000 |
| 7 | Joe Rodon | Leeds United | £40,000 |
| 8 | Maximillian Wober | Leeds United | £35,000 |
| 9 | Ben Gibson | Stoke City | £35,000 |
| 10 | Joe Worrall | Burnley | £35,000 |
Compared to his fellow centre-backs, Faes is clearly paid well, but this may be due to Leicester’s large budget.
The Foxes are spending ludicrous amounts of money on player wages considering that they soon will have spent two of their last three seasons in the Championship. Jamie Vardy’s mammoth wage is understandable given all that he has done for the club, but paying Harry Winks £90,000 a week when he was in the second tier of English football is unfathomable.
Faes is actually one of Leicester’s more reasonably paid players. His £50,000 a week wage makes him the Foxes’ 11th-highest earner.
Relative to other Championship centre-backs from last season, Faes would be the highest-paid player in the division. His wage did not automatically decrease when the Foxes were relegated to the Championship in 2023, meaning that the Belgian may not have a relegation wage-drop clause in his contract.
FAQs About Wout Faes’ Salary
Q: What is Wout Faes’ weekly and annual salary?
A: Faes earns around £50,000 per week, or approximately £2,600,000 per year at Leicester City.
Q: When does Wout Faes’ current contract end?
A: Faes has been at Leicester for three years, meaning that the long-term deal he signed in September 2022 is due to expire in June 2027.
Q: Are there any bonuses or incentives in the contract?
A: Yes, typical bonuses may include performance-based rewards like goals, appearances, team achievements, or loyalty bonuses. Specifics are, in this case, undisclosed.
Q: Has Wout Faes’ salary changed in recent years?
A: Yes, Faes’ salary has changed over the years. It initially grew slowly, before exponentially increasing following his move to the King Power Stadium. During his first spell in senior football, the defender was earning £2,816 per week. This increased at Oostende, initially to £3,478 per week before it increased further to £4,307 per week in his second season. The Belgian’s move to Reims saw a sizeable increase in salary as he was paid £6,957 during his two years in France, though this is nowhere near the £50,000 a week he gets paid at Leicester.
Q: How does Wout Faes’ salary compare to that of teammates or league rivals?
A: Relative to his Leicester City teammates, Faes is paid fairly well, though he is not one of the highest earners. Jamie Vardy makes almost three times what the Belgian does whilst Ricardo Pereira, Boubakary Soumare, Patson Daka and Odsonne Edouard all make more than £30,000 per week more than the 27-year-old.
If Faes played in the Championship during the 2024/25 season, he would have been the joint-highest-earning central defender in the League. Next season, many of the other high earners, such as Pascal Struijk, Joe Rodon and Angelo Ogbonna, will no longer be in the second tier for a number of different reasons, which could make Faes by far the highest-paid player in the Championship.
Q: How does his salary affect club finances?
A: Leicester City’s wage structure accommodates top earners like Jamie Vardy and Harry Winks, who earned much more than Faes did last season. However, Vardy has already announced his departure from the King Power Stadium this summer whilst Odsonne Edouard was only at the club on loan.
It is likely that the Foxes will need to move on a number of their higher earners ahead of another season in the Championship. Given that Faes only has two years left on his contract, he could be allowed to leave Leicester this summer before his value begins to seriously depreciate.
*All statistics are sourced from Capology.
