The highest earners in the history of KAA Gent
Laurent Depoitre has earned AU$12.2m at KAA Gent across 6 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 17 of the twenty above have since left the club.
The 20 biggest earners in KAA Gent history
These 20 players took AU$66.4m between them, 73% of everything KAA Gent has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every KAA Gent player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a KAA Gent wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurent Depoitre | AU$12.2m | 6 | 2016-2024 |
| 2 | Núrio | AU$5.2m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 3 | Jordan Torunarigha | AU$4.2m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 4 | Hong Hyun-Seok Current squad | AU$4m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 5 | Roman Yaremchuk | AU$3.8m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 6 | Elisha Owusu | AU$3.7m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 7 | Giorgi Chakvetadze | AU$3.3m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 8 | Momodou Sonko Current squad | AU$3.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 9 | Birger Verstraete | AU$2.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 10 | Lovre Kalinić | AU$2.7m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 11 | Jonathan David | AU$2.6m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 12 | Jens Petter Hauge | AU$2.5m | 1 | 2023 |
| 13 | Siebe Van der Heyden Current squad | AU$2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 14 | Alexander Sørloth | AU$2.3m | 1 | 2019 |
| 15 | Alessio Castro-Montes | AU$2.2m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 16 | Anderson Esiti | AU$2.1m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 17 | Moses Simon | AU$2m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 18 | Deiver Machado | AU$1.9m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 19 | Arnaud Souquet | AU$1.9m | 1 | 2019 |
| 20 | Giorgi Kvilitaia | AU$1.8m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 21 | Stefan Mitrovic | AU$1.7m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 22 | Aimé Omgba Current squad | AU$1.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 23 | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | AU$1.6m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 24 | Niklas Dorsch | AU$1.6m | 1 | 2021 |
| 25 | Thomas Kaminski | AU$1.6m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 26 | Paul Nardi | AU$1.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 27 | Dylan Bronn | AU$1.5m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 28 | Yûya Kubo | AU$1.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 29 | Samuel Gigot | AU$1.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 30 | Eric Smith | AU$1.3m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 31 | Thomas Foket | AU$943k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 32 | Jean-Luc Dompé | AU$894k | 1 | 2019 |
| 33 | Jean-Kévin Duverne | AU$806k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 34 | Hugo Cuypers | AU$609k | 1 | 2023 |
| 35 | Samuel Kalu | AU$609k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 36 | Kamil Piątkowski | AU$590k | 1 | 2023 |
| 37 | Leonardo Lopes Current squad | AU$590k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 38 | Omri Gandelman | AU$570k | 1 | 2024 |
| 39 | Anderson Arroyo | AU$541k | 1 | 2019 |
| 40 | Gift Orban | AU$511k | 1 | 2023 |
| 41 | Archie Brown | AU$442k | 1 | 2024 |
| 42 | Joseph Okumu | AU$413k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 43 | Maksim Paskotši Current squad | AU$373k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 44 | Hatem Abd Elhamed | AU$314k | 1 | 2017 |
| 45 | Aboubakary Koita | AU$246k | 1 | 2018 |
| 46 | Kalifa Coulibaly | AU$197k | 1 | 2017 |
| 47 | Nicolas Raskin | AU$187k | 1 | 2018 |
| 48 | William Troost-Ekong | AU$138k | 1 | 2017 |
| 49 | Malick Fofana | AU$123k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 50 | Steve Kapuadi | AU$36k | 1 | 2019 |
| 51 | Matias Fernandez-Pardo | AU$5k | 1 | 2022 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at KAA Gent?
Laurent Depoitre, with AU$12.2m across 6 seasons at KAA Gent.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 51 players we hold a KAA Gent wage for, from 2016 to 2026.