Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema £829,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané £625,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix £580,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé £497,000/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly £497,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio £472,000/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland £450,000/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen £436,000/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski £432,000/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala £414,000/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves £414,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman £414,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah £400,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane £381,000/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic £369,000/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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FOOTBALL · SAUDI PRO LEAGUE · 248 SENIOR PLAYERS

How much does a Saudi Pro League player earn?

The median Saudi Pro League player earns £18,000 a week — £936,000 a year — across the 248 senior players at 18 clubs whose wages we hold. The mean is £70,477.

MEDIAN WEEKLY £18,000
MEAN WEEKLY £70,477
MEDIAN YEARLY £936k
BEST PAID £3,000,000

Ten players take 43% of the league's entire senior wage bill, Cristiano Ronaldo at £3,000,000 among them — 166.7 times the median. Strip those contracts out and the league still pays a typical senior player £18,000 a week, more than the Championship does.

What a Saudi Pro League player actually earns

Senior players by weekly wage band

Median £18,000 · mean £70,477
£0-£50,000
185 75%
£50,000-£100,000
26 10%
£100,000-£150,000
9 4%
£150,000-£200,000
7 3%
£200,000-£250,000
6 2%
£250,000+
15 6%

A quarter earn £11,000 or less, half earn £18,000 or less, and a tenth clear £166,000. The lowest senior wage we hold is £2,100.

Every Saudi Pro League club, by median wage

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

18 clubs
Neom Sports Club
£107,000 Al-Fayha Club
£52,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
£44,000 Diriyah Sport Club
£40,000 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club
£38,000 Al-Qadsiah Football Club
£34,000 Al-Nassr Football Club
£27,500 Al-Ettifaq Football Club
£22,000 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA)
£18,000 Al-Khaleej FC
£16,000 Al-Kholood Club
£16,000 Al-Shabab Football Club
£16,000 Al-Taawoun Football Club
£16,000 Al-Faisaly Football Club
£11,500 Damac Football Club
£11,500 Al-Fateh Football Club
£10,500 Abha Club
£8,900 Al-Hazem Saudi Club
£3,300

The 20 best paid in the Saudi Pro League

Weekly wage, senior players

# Player Weekly Yearly Club Age
01 Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000 £156,000,000 Al-Nassr Football Club 40
02 Karim Benzema £829,000 £43,108,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 37
03 Sadio Mané £625,000 £32,500,000 Al-Nassr Football Club 33
04 João Félix £580,000 £30,160,000 Al-Nassr Football Club 25
05 Kalidou Koulibaly £497,000 £25,844,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 34
06 Otávio £472,000 £24,544,000 Al-Qadsiah Football Club 30
07 Rúben Neves £414,000 £21,528,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 28
08 Kingsley Coman £414,000 £21,528,000 Al-Nassr Football Club 29
09 Darwin Núñez £357,000 £18,564,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 26
10 Ivan Toney £331,000 £17,212,000 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club 29
11 Théo Hernández £331,000 £17,212,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 27
12 Mateo Retegui £331,000 £17,212,000 Al-Qadsiah Football Club 26
13 Malcom £298,000 £15,496,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 28
14 Youssef En-Nesyri £261,000 £13,572,000 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) 28
15 Moussa Diaby £254,000 £13,208,000 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) 26
16 João Cancelo £249,000 £12,948,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 31
17 Mohamed Simakan £249,000 £12,948,000 Al-Nassr Football Club 25
18 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic £239,000 £12,428,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club 30
19 Íñigo Martínez £232,000 £12,064,000 Al-Nassr Football Club 34
20 Yannick Carrasco £215,000 £11,180,000 Al-Shabab Football Club 31

By position

Average weekly wage, senior players

Goalkeepers
£41,752
Defenders
£42,538
Midfielders
£55,063
Attackers
£113,038

By age

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

16-19
£0
20-22
£23,217
23-25
£34,050
26-28
£59,427
29-31
£63,276
32-34
£95,368
35+
£428,850

How that compares

Median senior wage, the leagues we have published so far

Premier League
£62,000 Bundesliga
£25,000 Saudi Pro League
£18,000 Championship
£13,000 Major League Soccer
£7,100 League One
£4,100 League Two
£2,250

Where these numbers come from

Averages count only players aged 22 and over. Our squad lists run down to academy age — the Saudi Pro League carries 657 players, of whom 379 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 £52,477.

We hold no wage for 131 of the 379 senior players in these squads (35%). Every figure above describes the 248 we hold a wage for, not the whole division.

Frequently asked questions

Saudi Pro League wages

How much does the average Saudi Pro League player earn?

The median is £18,000 a week (£936,000 a year) and the mean is £70,477, taken across the 248 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 Saudi Pro League?

Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club, on £3,000,000 a week — £156,000,000 a year.

What does the lowest paid Saudi Pro League player earn?

The lowest senior wage we hold in the Saudi Pro League is £2,100 a week. A quarter of the division earns £11,000 or less.

Which Saudi Pro League club pays the best?

Neom Sports Club, on a median senior wage of £107,000 a week. Al-Hazem Saudi Club has the lowest at £3,300.

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

Our squad lists run down to academy age — the Saudi Pro League carries 657 players, of whom 379 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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