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2. BUNDESLIGA · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every 2. Bundesliga club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg leads on AU$139,860 a week. At the other end, FC Energie Cottbus pays its own best paid player, Marcel Lotka, AU$14,931 — a gap of 9.4×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$140k Maximilian Arnold · VfL Wolfsburg
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$15k Marcel Lotka · FC Energie Cottbus
TOP TO BOTTOM 9.4× VfL Wolfsburg over FC Energie Cottbus
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 23% VfL Osnabrück's bill taken by Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
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The best paid at each club

Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most

Maximilian Arnold VfL Wolfsburg AU$140k Marcel Hartel Hannover 96 AU$57k Daniel-Kofi Kyereh VfL Osnabrück AU$51k Patrick Mainka 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 AU$45k Eric Smith FC St. Pauli AU$42k William Bøving 1. FC Nürnberg AU$40k Diego Demme Hertha BSC AU$36k Marvin Wanitzek Karlsruher SC AU$36k Jordan SpVgg Greuther Fürth AU$32k Erencan Yardımcı 1. FC Kaiserslautern AU$30k Ben Bobzien Dynamo Dresden AU$30k Maximilian Bauer DSC Arminia Bielefeld AU$30k

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages

VfL Osnabrück Daniel-Kofi Kyereh 23% FC Energie Cottbus Marcel Lotka 23% Karlsruher SC Marvin Wanitzek 21% Hannover 96 Marcel Hartel 17% 1. FC Nürnberg William Bøving 13% SpVgg Greuther Fürth Jordan 13% 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Patrick Mainka 12% Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Dominique Heintz 11% DSC Arminia Bielefeld Maximilian Bauer 11% 1. FC Magdeburg Barış Atik 10% Dynamo Dresden Ben Bobzien 10% VfL Wolfsburg Maximilian Arnold 10%

Every club's top earner

All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL WAGES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 VfL Wolfsburg Maximilian Arnold
AU$139,860
AU$7,272,720 31 DM AU$1.4m 30/31
02 Hannover 96 Marcel Hartel
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 29 DM, AM C AU$336k 28/30
03 VfL Osnabrück Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 29 AM RLC AU$223k 25/26
04 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Patrick Mainka
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 30 D C AU$384k 21/21
05 FC St. Pauli Eric Smith
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 28 D C, DM AU$475k 29/29
06 1. FC Nürnberg William Bøving
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 22 AM LC, F C AU$303k 27/28
07 Hertha BSC Diego Demme
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 33 DM AU$388k 27/27
08 Karlsruher SC Marvin Wanitzek
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 32 AM LC AU$168k 25/25
09 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Jordan
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 29 ST AU$250k 27/27
10 1. FC Kaiserslautern Erencan Yardımcı
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 23 ST AU$333k 28/29
11 Dynamo Dresden Ben Bobzien
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 22 AM RLC, F C AU$297k 28/29
12 DSC Arminia Bielefeld Maximilian Bauer
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 25 D C AU$286k 30/31
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Dominique Heintz
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 31 D LC AU$268k 27/27
14 SV Darmstadt 98 Christian Clemens
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 28 M/AM (RL) AU$315k 28/28
15 VfL Bochum 1848 Karol Mets
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 32 D C, DM AU$255k 27/28
16 1. FC Magdeburg Barış Atik
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 30 AM LC AU$239k 27/28
17 Holstein Kiel Giorgi Kvilitaia
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 31 ST AU$256k 29/31
18 Eintracht Braunschweig Noah Katterbach
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 24 D/WB L AU$246k 27/28
19 FC Energie Cottbus Marcel Lotka
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 24 GK AU$65k 8/27
A club's weekly bill is the wages we hold for its squad, so WAGES HELD is what that figure and the share beside it are taken over.

Frequently asked questions

2. Bundesliga club top earners

Which 2. Bundesliga club pays the biggest single wage?

VfL Wolfsburg. Maximilian Arnold earns AU$139,860 per week there, AU$7,272,720 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which 2. Bundesliga club has the lowest paid top earner?

FC Energie Cottbus, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Marcel Lotka on AU$14,931 per week. VfL Wolfsburg pays 9.4 times that for its own top earner.

Which 2. Bundesliga club leans hardest on one player?

VfL Osnabrück. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh takes 23% of the AU$222,561 a week the club pays across the 25 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many 2. Bundesliga clubs are on this list?

All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.