Paid the most to sit · Matchweek 5 of 38
Viktor Gyökeres
Arsenal have paid £1.03m this season for minutes not played.
| # | ± | Player | Club | Benched minutes | £ / week | £ / minute | Benched wages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = | Viktor Gyökeres | ARS | 421/450 | £220k | £2,444.44 | £1.03m |
| 2 | ▲2 | Moisés Caicedo Corozo | CHE | 437/450 | £200k | £2,222.22 | £971k |
| 3 | ▼1 | Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura | ARS | 327/450 | £250k | £2,777.78 | £908k |
| 4 | ▲6 | Benjamin Sesko | MUN | 374/450 | £200k | £2,222.22 | £831k |
| 5 | ▲4 | Eberechi Eze | ARS | 365/450 | £200k | £2,222.22 | £811k |
| 6 | ▼3 | William Saliba | ARS | 270/270 | £270k | £3,000.00 | £810k |
| 7 | ▲13 | Ryan Gravenberch | LIV | 260/450 | £280k | £3,111.11 | £809k |
| 8 | ▼3 | Jack Grealish | EVE | 315/450 | £225k | £2,500.00 | £788k |
| 9 | ▼3 | Bradley Barcola | LIV | 282/450 | £250k | £2,777.78 | £783k |
| 10 | ▲7 | Noni Madueke | ARS | 427/450 | £160k | £1,777.78 | £759k |
| 11 | ▲2 | Marco Palestra | CHE | 450/450 | £150k | £1,666.67 | £750k |
| 12 | ▼1 | James Maddison | TOT | 391/450 | £170k | £1,888.89 | £739k |
| 13 | ▲3 | Mason Mount | MUN | 440/450 | £150k | £1,666.67 | £733k |
| 14 | ▲1 | Jérémy Doku | MCI | 435/450 | £150k | £1,666.67 | £725k |
| 15 | ▼8 | Enzo Fernández | MCI | 179/450 | £350k | £3,888.89 | £696k |
| 16 | ▲5 | Mateo Kovačić | MCI | 408/450 | £150k | £1,666.67 | £680k |
| 17 | ▼9 | Leon Goretzka | AVL | 270/270 | £220k | £2,444.44 | £660k |
| 18 | ▲10 | Tammy Abraham | AVL | 379/450 | £145k | £1,611.11 | £611k |
| 19 | ▼7 | Joao Gomes | AVL | 321/450 | £170k | £1,888.89 | £606k |
| 20 | ▲4 | Taylor Harwood-Bellis | AVL | 450/450 | £120k | £1,333.33 | £600k |
Top 20 after matchweek 5. Benched wages to that date. Wages from FBref via Capology.
What this is
Still On The Bench is an independent English-language table of Premier League benched wages. The joke is the club’s cheque. The player on the park bench is the wooden-spoon champion of sitting. It is not a shop, not tips, and not an official stats product.
How the numbers work
Minutes come from the public Fantasy Premier League player list — who played, who sat, who is injured. That is not an official Premier League feed.
Weekly wages come from FBref (compiled by Capology). Gross pay. Many rows are estimates. If there is no published wage, the player is not on this list.
Benched wages are weekly pay × minutes not played / 90. Benched minutes are sat / available. £ / minute is the weekly wage ÷ 90. Two matches sat is 180. A week their club does not play is not 90. Sitting already banked stays banked — playing later does not wipe August. A red cross means injured. A dark mark means suspended or unavailable. Both stop the clock. An amber mark means doubtful — still on the clock. Wages only — not transfer fees. The table shows the top 20. ▲ and ▼ are places versus last matchweek, not league position. NEW means they were not on this table last matchweek. It does not mean we just found their wage.
The 2026/27 season runs 21 August 2026 to 30 May 2027, 38 matchweeks. Christmas is matchweeks 17 to 20. Every player with a published wage has a page at /player/… and every club at /club/….
Injury marks on a frozen matchweek page are only as complete as that freeze. Matchweeks 1–4 were stored before status was kept, so some older injury icons are missing on purpose — we do not paint today’s injury onto August.
Pictures — kit colours we drew. The substitution board is a stock photo (Homer Lopez / Unsplash). The park bench is an English bench (Elliott Blair / Unsplash). Not Premier League photos, not crests, not faces.
Questions
- What does Still On The Bench show?
- It ranks Premier League players who have a published weekly wage and benched minutes. Benched wages are weekly pay × minutes not played / 90. Two matches sat is 180. A week their club does not play is not 90. Sitting already banked stays banked. Injury stops the clock; it does not wipe earlier pine. A red cross means injured. A dark mark means suspended or unavailable. Both stop the clock. An amber mark means doubtful; they are still on the clock.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- Minutes come from the public Fantasy Premier League player list. Weekly wages come from FBref, compiled by Capology. Gross pay. Many figures are estimates. If there is no published wage, the player is not on the list. A blank is not £0.
- Is this an official Premier League product?
- No. Still On The Bench is not affiliated with the Premier League, the clubs, or Fantasy Premier League.
- What do the arrows mean?
- Places up or down on this benched-wages table versus last matchweek. That is not league position. NEW means they were not on this table last matchweek — the first week of the season, they just arrived, or they had no benched minutes then. It does not mean we just found their wage.
- Do transfer fees count?
- No. Wages only.
- Why is a player not on the list?
- Anyone who has played every available minute is left off. Anyone without a published wage is left off. Injured and suspended players stay if they already banked benched minutes — they just do not add more while they are out.