It’s not just big transfer fees that get you success in the Premier League as clubs also need to spend a hefty amount on wages.At the start of the 1992/93 season, the average wage was around 2,000 a week but now some players earn almost 200 times more.
![Alexis Sanchez is now on around 300,000 a week at Manchester United.](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/Alexis-Sanchez.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
Every Premier League clubs highest earning player per minute played
At BetVictor, data analysts have taken a look at Companies House records and cross referenced against the Financial Times database to work out just how much clubs have spent on wages during their time in the top-flight, up to and including the 2016/17 season.So which 25 sides in Premier League history have had the most expensive salaries? Find out below. 25. Portsmouth have spent 232,059,249 on wages in the Premier League since 1992
![Pompey’s average Premier League position was 12.83](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2010/08/Boateng.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
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![Leeds’ average Premier League position was 8.83](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/Leeds2.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Latics’ average Premier League position was 14.63](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2011/07/Charles_NZogbia.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
![The Eagles’s average Premier League position has been 13.6](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/MOTM-2.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Foxes’ average Premier League position has been 11.6](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/GettyImages-1097076422.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Trotters had an average Premier League position of 13.46](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2012/01/Gary-Cahill_4.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
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![The Jacks had an average Premier League position of 11.17](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/06/Roque-Mesa-2.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![Rovers had an average Premier League position of 10](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/GettyImages-1618636.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![20. West Brom Total payment: 94,666,492](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/20westbrom.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
![The Potters had an average Premier League position of 11.44](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2011/04/vrew-1.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
![17. Southampton - 7.7 million](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/gettyimages-919315150_0.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
![Fulham have had an average Premier League position of 12.38](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2012/05/Clint-Dempsey_0.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
![The Black Cats had an average Premier League position of 15](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/08/453682034.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
![The Hammers have had an average Premier League position of 11.71](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/12/MOTM-3.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Magpies have had an average Premier League position of 9.68](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/Super-2.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Toffees have had an average Premier League position of 10.32](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/08/GettyImages-10150735681.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Villans had an average Premier League position of 10.13](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2011/06/96278987-1.jpg?strip=all&w=700&quality=100)
![Spurs have had an average Premier League position of 8](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/GettyImages-1124725863.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Citizens have had an average Premier League position of 9](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/GettyImages-955324168.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![Liverpool have had an average Premier League position of 4.72](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/GettyImages-1081425302.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Gunners have had an average Premier League position of 3.6](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/GettyImages-1052761936.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Red Devils have had an average Premier League position of 2.16](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/12/GettyImages-10749917821.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
![The Blues have had an average Premier League position of 4.5](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/GettyImages-1126978397.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=100)
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