Chicago Fire Major League Soccer, 2026
Chicago Fire salaries, 2026
31 players on record, paid $21,733,136 in all: an average of $701,069, and a median of $348,333.
Players
| player | position | base | guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Bamba | Left Wing | $5,000,000 | ▲ $5,581,806 |
| Hugo Cuypers | Center Forward | $3,238,000 | ▲ $3,528,044 |
| Philip Zinckernagel | Right Wing | $1,455,125 | ▲ $1,635,665 |
| André Franco | Attacking Midfield | $1,200,000 | ▲ $1,306,771 |
| Jack Elliott | Center-back | $960,511 | ▲ $1,054,275 |
| Robin Lod | Central Midfield | $800,000 | ▲ $866,667 |
| Anton Salétros | Central Midfield | $700,000 | $750,000 |
| Djé D'Avilla | Defensive Midfield | $573,000 | $685,486 |
| Mbekezeli Mbokazi | Center-back | $593,000 | $655,620 |
| Andrew Gutman | Left-back | $625,000 | $625,000 |
| Joel Waterman | Center-back | $517,000 | $598,150 |
| Maren Haile-Selassie | Right Midfield | $444,000 | $483,500 |
| Leonardo Barroso | Right-back | $350,000 | $395,500 |
| Sergio Oregel | Central Midfield | $350,000 | $392,500 |
| Viktor Radojević | Left-back | $350,000 | $357,000 |
| Chris Brady | Goalkeeper | $250,000 | $348,333 |
| Mauricio Pineda | Center-back | $200,000 | $320,157 |
| Puso Dithejane | Right Wing | $250,000 | $283,252 |
| Sam Rogers | Center-back | $200,000 | $223,000 |
| Jonathan Dean | Right-back | $175,000 | $210,700 |
| Chris Mueller | Right Wing | $150,000 | $186,600 |
| Josh Cohen | Goalkeeper | $165,000 | $181,250 |
| Jeff Gal | Goalkeeper | $150,000 | $165,000 |
| Robert Turdean | Attacking Midfield | $125,000 | $157,927 |
| Omari Glasgow | Right Midfield | $113,400 | $127,085 |
| Dylan Borso | Right Wing | $113,400 | $121,400 |
| Christopher Cupps | Center-back | $113,400 | $116,186 |
| Sam Williams | Defensive Midfield | $88,025 | $99,354 |
| David Poreba | Attacking Midfield | $88,025 | $98,858 |
| Dean Boltz | Center Forward | $88,025 | $90,025 |
| Jason Shokalook | Center Forward | $88,025 | $88,025 |
▲ Paid above that season's maximum budget charge of $803,125, the most one player can count against the salary budget: a Designated Player, or a player bought down with allocation money. The rules by season.
Base is base salary. Guaranteed adds signing and guaranteed bonuses, annualized over the length of the contract, as the players' union reports them.