Crystal Palace wages: Who is the best paid player at the Eagles and everything you need to know about Palace's salary bill

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson is currently Crystal Palace's highest-paid player and one of the top earners at the club overall, and rightfully so, given his outstanding performances since joining in 2023.

30-year-old Matt Turner, who arrived on loan from Nottingham Forest for the 2024/25 season, is the second-highest earning goalkeeper at the club. However, he has yet to make an appearance for the Eagles this season.

Remi Matthews is the lowest-paid goalkeeper at Palace.

United States international Chris Richards is currently the highest-earning defender at Crystal Palace, despite being just 24 years old. This might come as a surprise to many Palace fans given that Marc Guehi has been their biggest name in defence.

The England international is the joint-second highest-paid defender at Selhurst Park along with new signing Maxence Lacroix and Nathaniel Clyne.

Rob Holding and Daniel Munoz jointly share the fifth spot, with Tyrick Mitchell coming in at the seventh position.

Joel Ward and Chadi Raid are the lowest-paid defenders, although they are not too far behind from the rest of the pack in terms of wages.

Japanese attacking midfielder Daichi Kamada is the highest-earning midfielder at Crystal Palace. If you look at his CV, one can argue that he deserves to be on such high wages, but his performances for the club this season may not warrant such high figures.

Jefferson Lerma and Cheick Doucoure are the joint-second highest-paid midfielders, earning over £3m annually.

Interestingly, young sensation Adam Wharton is the lowest-paid midfielder at Palace, which might not go down well with the majority of the club's supporters.

No surprise in attack as Eberechi Eze is the outright top-earning forward at Crystal Palace and overall among the leading earners at the club with an annual package worth £5.2m.

Following Eze in the list is former Arsenal winger Eddie Nketiah, who hasn't been impactful this season.

Speaking of impact, it's a bit perplexing to see top scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta on the fourth spot in this list, with the third spot being taken by Senegal international Ismalia Sarr.

Luke Plange, who joined Palace in 2022, is yet to make an official appearance for the club and is rightfully the lowest-paid forward.

Many Palace supporters will have to make do with the fact that Kamada is the club's top earner, although he is not earning a lot more than Eze and Henderson. All three aforementioned players are the only ones to bag over £5m per season.

Nketiah is the fourth-highest earner, with the top five being closed out by Lerma.

Plange and Matthews are the top two lowest-paid players at the club, and the only ones to earn less than a million pounds per season.

Raid is the third-lowest paid player, with Ward and Wharton jointly sharing the other two spots on this list.

But what does that mean for the overall picture? In which area of the pitch are Crystal Palace spending the most money, and how much do they spend annually on salaries for the first team?

The Eagles are dedicating the largest portion of their payroll to their defenders, with these players accounting for nearly 40% of the club's total salary expenditure.