Leicester’s Premier League-winning XI 10 years on – where are they now?

For some, Leicester City’s fairy tale feels like yesterday. The 5000-1 feat ended with Claudio Ranieri’s unlikely lads lifting the Premier League trophy before being serenaded by Andrea Bocelli.

Yet the 10-year anniversary of Leicester’s 2015-16 Premier League title win is also a reminder of how fast football moves.

That astonishing triumph was confirmed on 2 May, 2016, when Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur’s infamous “Battle of the Bridge” draw kickstarted the Leicester party at Jamie Vardy’s house.

Fast forward to May 2026 and the Foxes are on a downward spiral, their finances in tatters and League One football awaiting next season. They nevertheless marked the anniversary with a charity match at the King Power as Claudio Ranieri and Wes Morgan returned.

So what are Leicester’s title-winners up to now? One boxed a YouTuber, another switched to construction, while Christian Fuchs has a huge task as a manager in League Two.

Marc Albrighton

One of the final title-winning players to leave, Albrighton experienced relegation with Leicester and then played in their Championship-winning season before retiring in 2024. He has dabbled with punditry and kept the competitive juices flowing by playing in Baller League.

Danny Drinkwater

Leaving Leicester for Chelsea in 2017, he had loan spells at Burnley, Aston Villa, Kasimpasa in Turkey and then Reading. He opened up about boozy London nights while a Chelsea player on Jake Humphrey’s High Performance Podcast, and after falling out of love with football he started a new career in construction. Responding to trolls after posting a picture in his new job, he said: “Some of these messages, behave. I love being on-site grafting! It’s a choice.”

Christian Fuchs

Joined MLS side Charlotte FC from Leicester in 2021 and retired two years later. Fuchs is now in Wales, where he manages League Two club Newport County. They are currently fighting for their EFL status, one point above the relegation zone.

Robert Huth

Injuries forced Huth to retire in 2019. He ended his career at Leicester and returned there in 2022 for a two-year stint as loan manager. Now does talks and evening shows on both his time at Stoke City and Leicester, joining Danny Simpson, Albrighton and Morgan on stage to reminisce about 2015-16.

N’Golo Kante

It was one season and out at Leicester for Kante, who was quickly snapped up by Chelsea and won the league there as well. The Frenchman spent seven seasons at Stamford Bridge, and is now at Fenerbahce in Turkey after three years at Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia.

Riyad Mahrez

Unlike Kante, Mahrez resisted the temptation to leave straight away but eventually joined Manchester City in 2018. The winger never quite replicated his 2015-16 campaign but was devastating for City on his day, winning four league titles, three EFL Cups, two FA Cups and the Champions League. He signed for Saudi side Al-Ahli in 2023.

Wes Morgan

Stayed at Leicester until retiring in 2021, bowing out by lifting the FA Cup in his last appearance. Post-retirement sidequests have included punditry, achieving a Masters in Sports Directorship, golf, and the latest fitness craze, Hyrox. Has also been a part-time academy scout for Nottingham Forest since 2024.

Shinji Okazaki

Founded a German sixth-tier side FC Basara Mainz with a focus on developing Japanese players. Could never quite step out of Vardy’s shadow at Leicester and eventually left for Huesca in Spain in 2019. Spells at Cartagena, also in Spain, and then Belgian side Sint-Truiden followed before retirement in 2024.

Kasper Schmeichel

One of Leicester’s best servants, staying with the Foxes until 2022, Schmeichel’s departure was a signal of the club’s increasingly strained financial position. He spent a season at Nice and then Anderlecht, and currently plays for Celtic – initially reuniting with Brendan Rodgers, who was then sacked last year.

Danny Simpson

Kept busy since retirement, and still laces up for the odd amateur game, playing for both Stretford Paddock – a 12th-tier team – and Wythenshawe Vets, who have seen a high-profile list of ex-pros play for them, including Papiss Cisse, Stephen Ireland, Emile Heskey and also Drinkwater.

Simpson tried his hand at boxing – drawing against YouTuber Danny Aarons in 2024 – while last year he opened up a new bar and restaurant in Manchester. Like 90 per cent of the global population, he has also taken up padel.

Jamie Vardy

Arguably Leicester’s greatest ever player, Vardy scored 24 league goals to inspire the Foxes to glory in 2015-16 and stayed to lift the FA Cup in 2021.

The 39-year-old only left last summer after 13 years at the club and moved to Italy to play for Cremonese. ITV will broadcast a series later this year about how Jamie, wife Rebekah, and their four children are adapting to life abroad.