How much does a Bundesliga player earn?
The median Bundesliga player earns £25,000 a week — £1,300,000 a year — across the 361 senior players at 18 clubs whose wages we hold. The mean is £41,295.
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 £199,000 against Borussia Dortmund's £93,500, and take 26% of the division's senior wage bill on their own.
What a Bundesliga player actually earns
Senior players by weekly wage band
A quarter earn £12,000 or less, half earn £25,000 or less, and a tenth clear £86,000. 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
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 | Alphonso Davies | £249,000 | £12,948,000 | FC Bayern München | 24 |
| 07 | Jonathan Tah | £249,000 | £12,948,000 | FC Bayern München | 29 |
| 08 | Luis Díaz | £232,000 | £12,064,000 | FC Bayern München | 28 |
| 09 | Serge Gnabry | £232,000 | £12,064,000 | FC Bayern München | 30 |
| 10 | Michael Olise | £224,000 | £11,648,000 | FC Bayern München | 23 |
| 11 | João Palhinha | £199,000 | £10,348,000 | FC Bayern München | 30 |
| 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 | Gregor Kobel | £149,000 | £7,748,000 | Borussia Dortmund | 27 |
| 17 | Konrad Laimer | £141,000 | £7,332,000 | FC Bayern München | 28 |
| 18 | Emre Can | £133,000 | £6,916,000 | Borussia Dortmund | 31 |
| 19 | Marcel Sabitzer | £133,000 | £6,916,000 | Borussia Dortmund | 31 |
| 20 | Exequiel Palacios | £124,000 | £6,448,000 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 26 |
By position
Average weekly wage, senior players
By age
Average weekly wage — every age we hold, not just seniors
How that compares
Median senior wage, the leagues we have published so far
Where these numbers come from
Averages count only players aged 22 and over. Our squad lists run down to academy age — the Bundesliga carries 616 players, of whom 363 are senior — and averaging all of them measures how deep a club's youth data goes rather than what the league pays. The median is the figure to quote: the mean is pulled upwards by a small number of very large contracts, and on this page the two differ by £16,295.
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 £41,295, taken across the 361 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 £12,000 or less.
Which Bundesliga club pays the best?
FC Bayern München, on a median senior wage of £199,000 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 616 players, of whom 363 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.
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