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AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA · TOP 100

Highest paid Austrian Bundesliga players

Saša Kalajdžic leads on AU$100,170 per week. These 100 players take AU$1,566,432 a week between them - 78% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 293 of the 314 players in Austrian Bundesliga.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$1.6m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL78%
MEDIAN AGE25
MOST IN THE LIST20 Fussballclub RB Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Fussballclub RB Salzburg 20 AU$526k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 14 AU$259k Sportklub Sturm Graz 13 AU$214k Sportklub Rapid 16 AU$186k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club 7 AU$88k Fussballklub Austria Vienna 7 AU$78k Sportclub Rheindorf Altach 8 AU$71k Sportvereinigung Ried 7 AU$54k Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg 4 AU$39k Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol 2 AU$27k SC Austria Lustenau 1 AU$14k Grazer AK 1902 1 AU$9k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 31 AU$496k
23-26 29 AU$467k
27-30 23 AU$321k
Over 30 17 AU$282k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$100k #10 AU$34k #100 AU$5k

Saša Kalajdžic earns 2.9× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 18× the 100th. Half of the AU$1.6m a week on this page goes to the first 21 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Saša Kalajdžic
AU$100,170
AU$5,208,840 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Austria 28 ST
02 Jesper Lindstrøm
AU$92,610
AU$4,815,720 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Denmark 25 AM RLC
03 Haris Tabaković
AU$58,590
AU$3,046,680 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Bosnia & Herzegovina 31 ST
04 Stefan Lainer
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Austria 32 D/WB R
05 Joshua Quarshie
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Sportklub Sturm Graz Germany 20 D C
06 Karim Onisiwo
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Austria 33 AM/F C
07 Bendegúz Bolla
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Sportklub Rapid Hungary 25 D/WB/M R
08 Frans Krätzig
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Germany 22 D/WB L, DM
09 Nelson Weiper
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Sportklub Sturm Graz Germany 20 AM/F C
10 Paul Koller
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Sportklub Sturm Graz Austria 23 D LC, DM
11 Clement Bischoff
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Denmark 19 WB/AM L
12 Robert Ljubičić
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Croatia 26 DM
13 Umut Tohumcu
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Germany 20 DM
14 Umut Tohumcu
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Germany 20 DM
15 Dominik Fitz
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Austria 26 AM RC
16 Anrie Chase
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Japan 21 D RC
17 Nikolas Veratschnig
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Austria 22 D/WB R
18 Otar Kiteishvili
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Sportklub Sturm Graz Georgia 29 AM LC
19 Leandro Morgalla
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Germany 20 D RC
20 Tim Drexler
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Germany 20 D RC
21 Michael Olakigbe
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol England 21 AM RLC
22 Konstantin Schopp
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg Austria 19 D C
23 Christian Früchtl
AU$17,766
AU$923,832 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Germany 25 GK
24 Moses Usor
AU$16,821
AU$874,692 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Nigeria 23 AM RL
25 Sascha Horvath
AU$16,254
AU$845,208 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Austria 28 AM C
26 Serge Raux-Yao
AU$16,254
AU$845,208 Sportklub Rapid France 26 D C
27 Stefan Hierländer
AU$16,254
AU$845,208 Sportklub Sturm Graz Austria 34 AM RC
28 Aleksandar Dragovic
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 Fussballklub Austria Vienna Austria 34 D C
29 Alessandro Schöpf
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Austria 31 WB R, AM RC
30 Andres Andrade
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Panama 26 D LC
31 Julian Hettwer
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Fussballklub Austria Vienna Germany 22 AM RL
32 Yorbe Vertessen
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Belgium 24 AM RL, ST
33 Danilo Soares
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 SC Austria Lustenau Brazil 33 D/WB L
34 Jon Stankovič
AU$13,419
AU$697,788 Sportklub Sturm Graz Slovenia 29 D C, DM
35 Oliver Sorg
AU$12,852
AU$668,304 Sportvereinigung Ried Austria 17 D/WB L
36 Sota Kitano
AU$12,474
AU$648,648 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Japan 20 AM RLC, F C
37 Ange Ahoussou
AU$12,285
AU$638,820 Sportklub Rapid Côte d’Ivoire 21 D C
38 Dejan Zukić
AU$12,096
AU$628,992 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Serbia 24 AM LC
39 Johannes Eggestein
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Fussballklub Austria Vienna Germany 27 ST
40 Karim Konaté
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Côte d’Ivoire 21 ST
41 Manprit Sarkaria
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Fussballklub Austria Vienna Austria 28 AM RLC, F C
42 Marko Raguž
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 27 AM/F C
43 Niklas Hedl
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Sportklub Rapid Austria 24 GK
44 Nenad Cvetković
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Sportklub Rapid Serbia 29 D C
45 Nicolas Wimmer
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Austria 30 D C
46 Reinhold Ranftl
AU$10,773
AU$560,196 Fussballklub Austria Vienna Austria 33 D/WB/M R
47 Seedy Jatta
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Sportklub Sturm Graz Norway 22 AM RL, ST
48 Stefan Schwab
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Sportvereinigung Ried Austria 34 DM
49 Benjamin Böckle
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 23 D/WB/M L
50 Alexander Gorgon
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 36 AM RLC, F C
51 Albert Vallci
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Sportklub Sturm Graz Austria 30 D C
52 Christoph Lang
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Austria 23 AM RC, F C
53 Dejan Stojanovic
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 31 GK
54 Claudy Mbuyi
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 Sportklub Rapid France 26 AM RL, ST
55 Donis Avdijaj
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Kosovo 28 AM RLC, F C
56 David Atanga
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Ghana 28 AM RLC
57 Edmund Baidoo
AU$10,017
AU$520,884 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Ghana 19 AM RL, ST
58 Ercan Kara
AU$10,017
AU$520,884 Sportklub Rapid Austria 29 ST
59 George Bello
AU$9,828
AU$511,056 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub United States 23 D/WB/M L
60 Harisson Marcelin (Jean Marcelin)
AU$9,639
AU$501,228 Sportklub Rapid Madagascar 25 D C
61 Jannes Horn
AU$9,639
AU$501,228 Sportklub Rapid Germany 28 D LC, M L
62 Leon Klassen
AU$9,450
AU$491,400 Grazer AK 1902 Russia 25 D/WB L
63 Kasper Jørgensen
AU$9,450
AU$491,400 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Denmark 25 D RC
64 Louis Schaub
AU$9,450
AU$491,400 Sportklub Rapid Austria 30 AM RLC
65 Martin Atemengue
AU$9,261
AU$481,572 Sportklub Rapid Cameroon 22 D C, DM
66 Markus Pink
AU$9,261
AU$481,572 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Austria 34 AM RL, ST
67 Petter Nosa Dahl
AU$9,072
AU$471,744 Sportklub Rapid Norway 21 AM RL, ST
68 Tobias Børkeeiet
AU$8,694
AU$452,088 Sportklub Rapid Norway 26 D C, DM
69 Angelo Gattermayer
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg Austria 23 AM RL
70 Boris Matić
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Serbia 20 D/WB/AM R
71 Damir Redžić
AU$8,316
AU$432,432 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Hungary 22 AM RL, ST
72 Xavier Mbuyamba
AU$8,316
AU$432,432 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Netherlands 23 D C, DM
73 Yusuf Demir
AU$8,127
AU$422,604 Sportklub Rapid Austria 22 AM RC
74 Lukas Jäger
AU$7,560
AU$393,120 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 31 D RC, DM
75 Lukas Gugganig
AU$7,560
AU$393,120 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 30 D C, DM
76 Manfred Fischer
AU$7,371
AU$383,292 Fussballklub Austria Vienna Austria 29 AM LC
77 Marco Tilio
AU$7,371
AU$383,292 Sportklub Rapid Australia 23 AM LC
78 Patrick Greil
AU$7,182
AU$373,464 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 28 AM C
79 Samuel Adeniran
AU$6,804
AU$353,808 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub United States 26 AM RL, ST
80 Abuba
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Gambia 25 DM
81 Benedikt Zech
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Austria 34 D RLC
82 Axel Kayombo
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Sportklub Sturm Graz Congo - Kinshasa 19 AM RL, ST
83 Arjan Malic
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Sportklub Sturm Graz Bosnia & Herzegovina 19 D RC
84 Ante Bajic
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Sportvereinigung Ried Austria 29 AM R
85 Antonio Van Wyk
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Sportvereinigung Ried South Africa 23 AM RLC
86 Andreas Leitner
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Sportvereinigung Ried Austria 31 GK
87 Daniil Khudyakov
AU$6,426
AU$334,152 Sportklub Sturm Graz Russia 21 GK
88 David Gugganig
AU$6,426
AU$334,152 Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol Austria 28 D C
89 Florian Flecker
AU$6,237
AU$324,324 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Austria 29 WB R, AM RL
90 Filip Rózga
AU$6,237
AU$324,324 Sportklub Sturm Graz Poland 18 AM RLC
91 John Mellberg
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Sweden 18 D C
92 Johannes Handl
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Fussballklub Austria Vienna Austria 27 D RC, DM
93 Jonas Auer
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Sportklub Rapid Austria 24 D/WB/AM L
94 Lukas Jungwirth
AU$5,670
AU$294,840 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Austria 21 GK
95 Ármin Pécsi
AU$5,670
AU$294,840 Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg Hungary 20 GK
96 Lukas Spendlhofer
AU$5,670
AU$294,840 Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg Austria 32 D C, DM
97 Melayro Bogarde
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Suriname 23 D RC, DM
98 Niklas Geyrhofer
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Sportklub Sturm Graz Austria 25 D RC
99 Martin Rasner
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Sportvereinigung Ried Austria 30 DM, M RC
100 Michael Sollbauer
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Sportvereinigung Ried Austria 35 D C

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Austrian Bundesliga?

Saša Kalajdžic of Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, on AU$100,170 per week — AU$5,208,840 a year.

How much do the top 100 Austrian Bundesliga players earn between them?

AU$1,566,432 per week and AU$81,454,464 per year, which is 78% of the entire Austrian Bundesliga wage bill.

Which Austrian Bundesliga club has the most players in the top 100?

Fussballclub RB Salzburg, with 20 of them, paying AU$525,987 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$5,481 per week — that is what Michael Sollbauer earns in 100th place.