Cristiano Ronaldo AU$5,670,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema AU$1,566,810/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané AU$1,181,250/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix AU$1,096,200/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé AU$939,330/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly AU$939,330/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio AU$892,080/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland AU$850,500/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen AU$824,040/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski AU$816,480/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala AU$782,460/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves AU$782,460/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman AU$782,460/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah AU$756,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane AU$720,090/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic AU$697,410/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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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, Mladen Cvjetinović, AU$9,261 — a gap of 15×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$140k Maximilian Arnold · VfL Wolfsburg
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$9k Mladen Cvjetinović · FC Energie Cottbus
TOP TO BOTTOM 15× VfL Wolfsburg over FC Energie Cottbus
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 27% VfL Osnabrück's bill taken by Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
2. Bundesliga top 100 2. Bundesliga wage bills All leagues

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 Mika Faye 1. FC Nürnberg AU$38k Diego Demme Hertha BSC AU$36k Marvin Wanitzek Karlsruher SC AU$36k Kevin Vogt VfL Bochum 1848 AU$32k Erencan Yardımcı 1. FC Kaiserslautern AU$30k Dominique Heintz Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 AU$30k Ben Bobzien Dynamo Dresden 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 27% Karlsruher SC Marvin Wanitzek 20% Hannover 96 Marcel Hartel 17% 1. FC Nürnberg Mika Faye 14% 1. FC Magdeburg Barış Atik 12% DSC Arminia Bielefeld Maximilian Bauer 12% Dynamo Dresden Ben Bobzien 11% VfL Bochum 1848 Kevin Vogt 11% Hertha BSC Diego Demme 10% Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Dominique Heintz 10% SpVgg Greuther Fürth Luca Itter 10% 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Patrick Mainka 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$1.6m 33/34
02 Hannover 96 Marcel Hartel
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 29 DM, AM C AU$331k 29/31
03 VfL Osnabrück Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 29 AM RLC AU$188k 25/26
04 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Patrick Mainka
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 30 D C AU$471k 24/24
05 FC St. Pauli Eric Smith
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 28 D C, DM AU$512k 30/30
06 1. FC Nürnberg Mika Faye
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 20 D LC AU$277k 27/28
07 Hertha BSC Diego Demme
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 33 DM AU$342k 26/26
08 Karlsruher SC Marvin Wanitzek
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 32 AM LC AU$181k 27/27
09 VfL Bochum 1848 Kevin Vogt
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 33 D C, DM AU$306k 29/30
10 1. FC Kaiserslautern Erencan Yardımcı
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 23 ST AU$337k 30/31
11 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Dominique Heintz
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 31 D LC AU$293k 26/26
12 Dynamo Dresden Ben Bobzien
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 22 AM RLC, F C AU$269k 26/27
13 DSC Arminia Bielefeld Maximilian Bauer
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 25 D C AU$261k 28/29
14 SV Darmstadt 98 Christian Clemens
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 28 M/AM (RL) AU$329k 29/29
15 1. FC Magdeburg Barış Atik
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 30 AM LC AU$209k 25/26
16 Holstein Kiel Giorgi Kvilitaia
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 31 ST AU$299k 32/34
17 Eintracht Braunschweig Noah Katterbach
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 24 D/WB L AU$258k 28/29
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Luca Itter
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 26 D LC AU$189k 25/25
19 FC Energie Cottbus Mladen Cvjetinović
AU$9,261
AU$481,572 21 D RC AU$21k 4/24
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 Mladen Cvjetinović on AU$9,261 per week. VfL Wolfsburg pays 15 times that for its own top earner.

Which 2. Bundesliga club leans hardest on one player?

VfL Osnabrück. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh takes 27% of the AU$188,046 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.