BELGIAN PRO LEAGUE · TOP 100

Highest paid Belgian Pro League players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in Belgian Pro League?

Hans Vanaken of Club Brugge KV, on AU$132,300 per week — AU$6,879,600 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 Belgian Pro League players earn between them?

AU$2,079,756 per week and AU$108,147,312 per year, which is 65% of the entire Belgian Pro League wage bill.

Q: Which Belgian Pro League club has the most players in the top 100?

Club Brugge KV, with 14 of them, paying AU$500,661 a week across those players.

Q: What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$10,206 per week — that is what Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi earns in 100th place.

Hans Vanaken leads on AU$132,300 per week. These 100 players take AU$2,079,756 a week between them - 65% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 390 of the 848 players in Belgian Pro League.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$2.1m

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL65%

MEDIAN AGE25

MOST IN THE LIST14 Club Brugge KV

Belgian Pro League 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

Club Brugge KV 14 AU$501k RSC Anderlecht 14 AU$272k K Racing Club Genk 13 AU$256k KAA Gent 10 AU$227k R Standard de Liège 9 AU$156k R Antwerp FC 6 AU$141k Yellow Red KV Mechelen 6 AU$133k Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 7 AU$119k Oud-Heverlee Leuven 6 AU$74k KSV Cercle Brugge 3 AU$56k KV Kortrijk 4 AU$47k Royal Charleroi Sporting Club 2 AU$26k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 21 AU$452k

23-26 38 AU$662k

27-30 25 AU$440k

Over 30 16 AU$526k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 AU$132k #10 AU$34k #100 AU$10k

Hans Vanaken earns 3.9× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 13× the 100th. Half of the AU$2.1m a week on this page goes to the first 26 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Hans Vanaken	AU$132,300	AU$6,879,600	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	32	AM C
02	Yann Sommer	AU$92,610	AU$4,815,720	Club Brugge KV	Switzerland	36	GK
03	Anthony Valencia	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	R Antwerp FC	Ecuador	21	AM R, ST
04	Dennis Praet	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Yellow Red KV Mechelen	Belgium	31	AM C
05	László Bénes	AU$47,250	AU$2,457,000	KAA Gent	Slovakia	27	DM, AM C
06	Jun'ya Itô	AU$47,250	AU$2,457,000	K Racing Club Genk	Japan	32	AM R
07	Félix Lemaréchal	AU$43,470	AU$2,260,440	Club Brugge KV	France	21	AM C
08	Hong Hyun-Seok	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	KAA Gent	South Korea	26	DM, AM C
09	Hendrik Van Crombrugge	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	K Racing Club Genk	Belgium	32	GK
10	César Huerta	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	RSC Anderlecht	Mexico	24	AM RL

11	Hugo Vetlesen	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	Club Brugge KV	Norway	25	M C
12	Danylo Sikan	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	RSC Anderlecht	Ukraine	24	ST
13	Brandon Mechele	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	32	D C
14	Rafiu Durosinmi	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	K Racing Club Genk	Nigeria	22	ST
15	Killian Sardella	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	23	D/WB R
16	Joel Ordóñez	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Club Brugge KV	Ecuador	21	D C
17	Nicolò Tresoldi	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Club Brugge KV	Germany	20	ST
18	Adem Zorgane	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Algeria	25	DM
19	Bryan Heynen	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	K Racing Club Genk	Belgium	28	DM
20	Leo Fuhr Hjelde	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	Yellow Red KV Mechelen	Norway	21	D LC
21	Aimé Omgba	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	KAA Gent	Netherlands	22	AM RLC
22	Oliver Antman	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	RSC Anderlecht	Finland	23	AM RL
23	Maxime Busi	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	R Antwerp FC	Belgium	25	D/WB/M R
24	Dante Vanzeir	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	KSV Cercle Brugge	Belgium	27	AM R, ST
25	Dimitri Lavalée	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	R Standard de Liège	Belgium	28	D LC
26	Hervé Koffi	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Burkina Faso	28	GK
27	Enric Llansana	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	RSC Anderlecht	Netherlands	24	D C, DM
28	Mohammed el Hankouri	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	R Standard de Liège	Morocco	28	D/WB/AM RL
29	Momodou Sonko	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	KAA Gent	Sweden	20	AM RL
30	Siebe Van der Heyden	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	KAA Gent	Belgium	27	D LC
31	Majeed Ashimeru	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	RSC Anderlecht	Ghana	27	M C
32	Carlos Forbs	AU$17,766	AU$923,832	Club Brugge KV	Portugal	21	AM RL
33	Casper Nielsen	AU$17,766	AU$923,832	R Standard de Liège	Denmark	31	AM C
34	Gaetan Coucke	AU$17,388	AU$904,176	KSV Cercle Brugge	Belgium	26	GK
35	Gustaf Nilsson	AU$17,388	AU$904,176	Club Brugge KV	Sweden	28	ST
36	Jan Virgili	AU$17,199	AU$894,348	Club Brugge KV	Spain	18	AM RL
37	Pieter Gerkens	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	KAA Gent	Belgium	30	DM, AM C
38	Tobias Lawal	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	K Racing Club Genk	Austria	25	GK
39	Myron van Brederode	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Yellow Red KV Mechelen	Netherlands	22	AM RLC, F C
40	Siebe Schrijvers	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgium	28	AM C

41	Marlon Fossey	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	R Standard de Liège	United States	26	D/WB R
42	Matisse Samoise	AU$16,821	AU$874,692	KAA Gent	Belgium	23	D/WB/M R
43	Tobias Mohr	AU$16,254	AU$845,208	R Standard de Liège	Germany	29	AM L
44	Boško Šutalo	AU$16,065	AU$835,380	R Standard de Liège	Croatia	25	D RC
45	Davy Roef	AU$15,876	AU$825,552	KAA Gent	Belgium	31	GK
46	Giulian Biancone	AU$15,498	AU$805,896	RSC Anderlecht	France	25	D RC
47	Ludwig Augustinsson	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	RSC Anderlecht	Sweden	31	D/WB L
48	Marco Kana	AU$14,931	AU$776,412	RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	22	D C, DM
49	Patrick Pflücke	AU$14,742	AU$766,584	Royal Charleroi Sporting Club	Germany	28	WB/AM R
50	Rob Schoofs	AU$14,553	AU$756,756	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Belgium	31	DM
51	Tommy St. Jago	AU$14,364	AU$746,928	Yellow Red KV Mechelen	Curaçao	25	D RC
52	Thibaud Verlinden	AU$14,364	AU$746,928	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgium	26	AM RL
53	Thomas Henry	AU$14,364	AU$746,928	R Standard de Liège	France	30	ST
54	Anouar Ait El Hadj	AU$14,175	AU$737,100	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Morocco	23	AM LC
55	Daam Foulon	AU$13,986	AU$727,272	R Antwerp FC	Belgium	26	D/WB L
56	Geoffry Hairemans	AU$13,608	AU$707,616	R Antwerp FC	Belgium	33	AM LC
57	Hugo Siquet	AU$13,608	AU$707,616	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	23	D/WB R
58	Goduine Koyalipou	AU$13,608	AU$707,616	KV Kortrijk	Central African Republic	25	AM R, ST
59	Ilay Camara	AU$13,419	AU$697,788	RSC Anderlecht	Senegal	22	D/WB RL, M R
60	Joaquin Seys	AU$13,419	AU$697,788	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	20	D/WB RL
61	Joedrick Pupe	AU$13,419	AU$697,788	K Sint-Truidense VV	Belgium	28	D LC
62	Josué Homawoo	AU$13,419	AU$697,788	R Standard de Liège	Togo	27	D C
63	Ivan Pavlić	AU$13,419	AU$697,788	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Serbia	23	AM C
64	Jakob Kiilerich	AU$13,419	AU$697,788	SV Zulte Waregem	Denmark	25	D C
65	Kyriani Sabbe	AU$13,230	AU$687,960	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	20	D/WB R
66	Zakaria El Ouahdi	AU$13,230	AU$687,960	K Racing Club Genk	Morocco	23	D/WB R
67	Moussa N'Diaye	AU$13,041	AU$678,132	RSC Anderlecht	Senegal	23	D/WB L
68	Nordin Jackers	AU$13,041	AU$678,132	Club Brugge KV	Belgium	27	GK
69	Mujaid Sadick	AU$13,041	AU$678,132	K Racing Club Genk	Spain	25	D C
70	Rein Van Helden	AU$12,663	AU$658,476	R Antwerp FC	Belgium	22	D C

71	Taiga Hata	AU$12,474	AU$648,648	K Sint-Truidense VV	Japan	23	D/WB RL, M L
72	Adriano Bertaccini	AU$12,285	AU$638,820	RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	24	AM RL, ST
73	Bill Antonio	AU$12,285	AU$638,820	Yellow Red KV Mechelen	Zimbabwe	22	AM R
74	Christian Burgess	AU$12,096	AU$628,992	KAA Gent	England	33	D C
75	Coba	AU$12,096	AU$628,992	RSC Anderlecht	Guinea-Bissau	22	AM RL
76	Christopher Scott	AU$12,096	AU$628,992	R Antwerp FC	Germany	23	AM C
77	Doğucan Haspolat	AU$12,096	AU$628,992	KVC Westerlo	Türkiye	25	DM
78	Dennis Eckert	AU$12,096	AU$628,992	R Standard de Liège	Germany	28	ST
79	Hannes Van Der Bruggen	AU$11,718	AU$609,336	KSV Cercle Brugge	Belgium	32	DM
80	Jarne Steuckers	AU$11,529	AU$599,508	K Racing Club Genk	Belgium	23	AM R
81	Joris Kayembe	AU$11,529	AU$599,508	K Racing Club Genk	Congo - Kinshasa	30	D/WB L
82	Jellert Van Landschoot	AU$11,529	AU$599,508	KV Kortrijk	Belgium	27	AM L
83	Kévin Van Den Kerkhof	AU$11,340	AU$589,680	Royal Charleroi Sporting Club	Algeria	29	D/WB/AM R
84	Ken Nkuba	AU$11,340	AU$589,680	K Racing Club Genk	Belgium	23	AM R
85	Mario Stroeykens	AU$11,151	AU$579,852	RSC Anderlecht	Congo - Kinshasa	20	AM C
86	Nikolas Sattlberger	AU$11,151	AU$579,852	K Racing Club Genk	Austria	21	DM
87	Matte Smets	AU$11,151	AU$579,852	K Racing Club Genk	Belgium	21	D C
88	Nayel Mehssatou	AU$11,151	AU$579,852	KV Kortrijk	Chile	23	M C
89	Noë Dussenne	AU$11,151	AU$579,852	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgium	33	D C
90	Mohammed Fuseini	AU$11,151	AU$579,852	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Ghana	23	AM RL, ST
91	Roman Neustädter	AU$10,773	AU$560,196	KVC Westerlo	Russia	37	D C, DM
92	Raul Florucz	AU$10,773	AU$560,196	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Austria	24	AM RL, ST
93	Thierry Ambrose	AU$10,584	AU$550,368	KV Kortrijk	Guadeloupe	28	AM R, ST
94	Thibault Vlietinck	AU$10,584	AU$550,368	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgium	27	D/WB R
95	Abdelkahar Kadri	AU$10,395	AU$540,540	KAA Gent	Algeria	25	AM C
96	Benito Raman	AU$10,395	AU$540,540	Yellow Red KV Mechelen	Belgium	30	ST
97	Birger Verstraete	AU$10,395	AU$540,540	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgium	31	DM
98	Daan Heymans	AU$10,206	AU$530,712	K Racing Club Genk	Belgium	26	AM C
99	Dries Wouters	AU$10,206	AU$530,712	Lommel SK	Belgium	28	D C, DM
100	Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi	AU$10,206	AU$530,712	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Nigeria	23	ST

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Belgian Pro League?

Hans Vanaken of Club Brugge KV, on AU$132,300 per week — AU$6,879,600 a year.

How much do the top 100 Belgian Pro League players earn between them?

AU$2,079,756 per week and AU$108,147,312 per year, which is 65% of the entire Belgian Pro League wage bill.

Which Belgian Pro League club has the most players in the top 100?

Club Brugge KV, with 14 of them, paying AU$500,661 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$10,206 per week — that is what Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi earns in 100th place.