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How much does a Bundesliga player earn?

The median Bundesliga player earns £25,000 a week — £1,300,000 a year — across the 355 senior players at 18 clubs whose wages we hold. The mean is £42,118.

MEDIAN WEEKLY £25,000

MEAN WEEKLY £42,118

MEDIAN YEARLY £1.3m

BEST PAID £414,000

A typical senior player here earns £25,000 a week, the second highest of any league we have published. The distribution underneath that is one club: FC Bayern München pay a median of £224,000 against Borussia Dortmund's £90,000, and take 24% of the division's senior wage bill on their own.

What a Bundesliga player actually earns

Senior players by weekly wage band

Median £25,000 · mean £42,118

£0-£20,000

129 36%

£20,000-£40,000

123 35%

£40,000-£60,000

33 9%

£60,000-£80,000

19 5%

£80,000-£100,000

23 6%

£100,000+

28 8%

A quarter earn £13,000 or less, half earn £25,000 or less, and a tenth clear £89,000. The lowest senior wage we hold is £687.

Every Bundesliga club, by median wage

The middle senior earner at each club — not the wage bill

18 clubs

Borussia Mönchengladbach

£30,000

Eintracht Frankfurt

£30,000

Hamburger Sport-Verein

The 20 best paid in the Bundesliga

Weekly wage, senior players

#	Player	Weekly	Yearly	Club	Age
01	Jamal Musiala	£414,000	£21,528,000	FC Bayern München	22
02	Harry Kane	£381,000	£19,812,000	FC Bayern München	31
03	Dayot Upamecano	£331,000	£17,212,000	FC Bayern München	26
04	Joshua Kimmich	£315,000	£16,380,000	FC Bayern München	30
05	Manuel Neuer	£298,000	£15,496,000	FC Bayern München	39
06	Moussa Diaby	£254,000	£13,208,000	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	26
07	Jonathan Tah	£249,000	£12,948,000	FC Bayern München	29
08	Alphonso Davies	£249,000	£12,948,000	FC Bayern München	24
09	Luis Díaz	£232,000	£12,064,000	FC Bayern München	28
10	Serge Gnabry	£232,000	£12,064,000	FC Bayern München	30
11	Michael Olise	£224,000	£11,648,000	FC Bayern München	23
12	Kim Min-Jae	£199,000	£10,348,000	FC Bayern München	28
13	Serhou Guirassy	£174,000	£9,048,000	Borussia Dortmund	29
14	Patrik Schick	£166,000	£8,632,000	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	29
15	Felix Nmecha	£166,000	£8,632,000	Borussia Dortmund	24
16	Christopher Nkunku	£154,000	£8,008,000	RB Leipzig	27
17	Gregor Kobel	£149,000	£7,748,000	Borussia Dortmund	27
18	Konrad Laimer	£141,000	£7,332,000	FC Bayern München	28
19	Marcel Sabitzer	£133,000	£6,916,000	Borussia Dortmund	31
20	Emre Can	£133,000	£6,916,000	Borussia Dortmund	31

By position

Average weekly wage, senior players

Goalkeepers

£26,779

Defenders

£42,331

Midfielders

£39,483

Attackers

£50,516

By age

Average weekly wage — every age we hold, not just seniors

16-19

£0

20-22

£39,018

23-25

£33,185

26-28

£45,170

29-31

£59,964

32-34

£35,954

35+

£45,974

How that compares

Median senior wage, the leagues we have published so far

Premier League

£61,000 Bundesliga

£25,000 Saudi Pro League

£16,000 Championship

£13,000 Major League Soccer

£7,100 League One

£4,100 League Two

£2,300

Where these numbers come from

Averages count only players aged 22 and over. Our squad lists run down to academy age — the Bundesliga carries 587 players, of whom 357 are senior — and averaging all of them measures how deep a club's youth data goes rather than what the league pays.

Frequently asked questions

Bundesliga wages

How much does the average Bundesliga player earn?

The median is £25,000 a week (£1,300,000 a year) and the mean is £42,118, taken across the 355 players aged 22 or over whose wages we hold. The median is the better answer: a small number of very large contracts pull the mean above what a typical player earns.

Who is the highest paid player in the Bundesliga?

Jamal Musiala of FC Bayern München, on £414,000 a week — £21,528,000 a year.

What does the lowest paid Bundesliga player earn?

The lowest senior wage we hold in the Bundesliga is £687 a week. A quarter of the division earns £13,000 or less.

Which Bundesliga club pays the best?

FC Bayern München, on a median senior wage of £224,000 a week. SV Elversberg has the lowest at £5,950.

Why do these figures only count players aged 22 and over?

Our squad lists run down to academy age — the Bundesliga carries 587 players, of whom 357 are aged 22 and over. Averaging all of them measures how deep a club's youth data goes rather than what the league pays, and it is not comparable between leagues, so every average here is taken over senior players only.