2. BUNDESLIGA · TOP 100

Highest paid 2. Bundesliga players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in 2. Bundesliga?

Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg, on AU$139,860 per week — AU$7,272,720 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 2. Bundesliga players earn between them?

AU$3,453,786 per week and AU$179,596,872 per year, which is 52% of the entire 2. Bundesliga wage bill.

Q: Which 2. Bundesliga club has the most players in the top 100?

VfL Wolfsburg, with 25 of them, paying AU$1,527,120 a week across those players.

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

AU$17,010 per week — that is what Ricky-Jade Jones earns in 100th place.

Maximilian Arnold leads on AU$139,860 per week. These 100 players take AU$3,453,786 a week between them - 52% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 503 of the 536 players in 2. Bundesliga.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$3.5m

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL52%

MEDIAN AGE27

MOST IN THE LIST25 VfL Wolfsburg

2. 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

VfL Wolfsburg 25 AU$1.5m 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 16 AU$416k FC St. Pauli 16 AU$399k Hertha BSC 8 AU$208k 1. FC Kaiserslautern 7 AU$163k Hannover 96 4 AU$127k Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 4 AU$91k 1. FC Nürnberg 3 AU$83k SV Darmstadt 98 3 AU$76k VfL Bochum 1848 2 AU$57k VfL Osnabrück 1 AU$51k DSC Arminia Bielefeld 2 AU$51k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 13 AU$507k

23-26 36 AU$1.1m

27-30 37 AU$1.2m

Over 30 14 AU$690k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 AU$140k #10 AU$60k #100 AU$17k

Maximilian Arnold earns 2.3× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 8.2× the 100th. Half of the AU$3.5m a week on this page goes to the first 29 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Maximilian Arnold	AU$139,860	AU$7,272,720	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	DM
02	Christian Eriksen	AU$113,400	AU$5,896,800	VfL Wolfsburg	Denmark	33	DM, AM RLC
03	Mattias Svanberg	AU$86,940	AU$4,520,880	VfL Wolfsburg	Sweden	26	DM, AM C
04	Yannick Gerhardt	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	D L, DM
05	Vinicius Souza	AU$71,820	AU$3,734,640	VfL Wolfsburg	Brazil	26	DM
06	Joakim Mæhle	AU$69,930	AU$3,636,360	VfL Wolfsburg	Denmark	28	D/WB RL
07	Aster Vranckx	AU$68,040	AU$3,538,080	VfL Wolfsburg	Belgium	22	DM, AM C
08	Fabian Reese	AU$66,150	AU$3,439,800	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	27	AM RL
09	Kamil Grabara	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	VfL Wolfsburg	Poland	26	GK
10	Denis Vavro	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	VfL Wolfsburg	Slovakia	29	D C

11	Moritz Jenz	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	26	D C
12	Muhammed Damar	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	21	AM RLC
13	Mohamed Amoura	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	VfL Wolfsburg	Algeria	25	AM L, ST
14	Rogério	AU$58,590	AU$3,046,680	VfL Wolfsburg	Brazil	27	D/WB/M L
15	Marcel Hartel	AU$56,700	AU$2,948,400	Hannover 96	Germany	29	DM, AM C
16	Robert Glatzel	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	ST
17	Aaron Zehnter	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	20	D/WB L
18	Daniel-Kofi Kyereh	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	VfL Osnabrück	Ghana	29	AM RLC
19	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	VfL Wolfsburg	Kosovo	27	DM
20	Jonas Adjetey	AU$47,250	AU$2,457,000	VfL Wolfsburg	Ghana	21	D C
21	Kento Shiogai	AU$47,250	AU$2,457,000	VfL Wolfsburg	Japan	20	AM RL, ST
22	Patrick Mainka	AU$45,360	AU$2,358,720	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	30	D C
23	Nicolas Cozza	AU$45,360	AU$2,358,720	VfL Wolfsburg	France	26	D LC
24	Saël Kumbedi	AU$43,470	AU$2,260,440	VfL Wolfsburg	France	20	D/WB R
25	Eric Smith	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	FC St. Pauli	Sweden	28	D C, DM
26	Hauke Wahl	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	D C, DM
27	Budu Zivzivadze	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Georgia	31	ST
28	Mika Faye	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	1. FC Nürnberg	Senegal	20	D LC
29	Diego Demme	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Hertha BSC	Germany	33	DM
30	Márton Dárdai	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Hertha BSC	Hungary	23	D C, DM
31	Marvin Wanitzek	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Karlsruher SC	Germany	32	AM LC
32	Benedikt Gimber	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	28	D C, DM
33	Kevin Vogt	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	VfL Bochum 1848	Germany	33	D C, DM
34	Bence Dárdai	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	VfL Wolfsburg	Hungary	19	DM, AM C
35	Adrian Beck	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	28	DM, AM C
36	Maximilian Bauer	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	Germany	25	D C
37	Ben Bobzien	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Dynamo Dresden	Germany	22	AM RLC, F C
38	Mathias Pereira Lage	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	FC St. Pauli	Portugal	28	AM LC, F C
39	Martijn Kaars	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	FC St. Pauli	Netherlands	26	AM/F C
40	Dominique Heintz	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895	Germany	31	D LC

41	Erencan Yardımcı	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Türkiye	23	ST
42	Cleiton	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	VfL Wolfsburg	Brazil	22	D C
43	Jan Schöppner	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	26	DM
44	Connor Metcalfe	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	FC St. Pauli	Australia	25	DM, AM RC
45	Boris Tomiak	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	Hannover 96	Germany	26	D C, DM
46	Christian Clemens	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	SV Darmstadt 98	Germany	28	M/AM (RL)
47	Branimir Hrgota	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	FC St. Pauli	Sweden	32	AM/F C
48	David Nemeth	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	FC St. Pauli	Austria	24	D C
49	Joel Chima Fujita	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	FC St. Pauli	Japan	23	DM, AM C
50	Deyovaisio Zeefuik	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	Hertha BSC	Netherlands	27	D/WB RL
51	Kilian Fischer	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	24	D/WB RL
52	Leart Paqarada	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Kosovo	30	D/WB L
53	Marvin Pieringer	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	25	AM/F C
54	Louis Oppie	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	FC St. Pauli	Germany	23	D/WB L
55	Adam Dźwigała	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	FC St. Pauli	Poland	29	D RC, DM
56	Nikola Vasilj	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	FC St. Pauli	Bosnia & Herzegovina	29	GK
57	Kevin Sessa	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	Hertha BSC	Germany	25	DM, AM C
58	Josip Brekalo	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	Hertha BSC	Croatia	27	AM RLC
59	Ivan Prtajin	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Croatia	29	ST
60	Barış Atik	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	1. FC Magdeburg	Türkiye	30	AM LC
61	Aleksandar Vukotić	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	SV Darmstadt 98	Serbia	29	D C
62	Karol Mets	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	VfL Bochum 1848	Estonia	32	D C, DM
63	Luca Kerber	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	23	DM
64	Mikkel Kaufmann	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Denmark	24	ST
65	Marnon Busch	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	30	D RC
66	Jonas Föhrenbach	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	29	D LC
67	Julian Niehues	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	24	D C, DM
68	Christian Conteh	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	25	AM RLC
69	Finn Becker	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Nürnberg	Germany	25	DM, AM C
70	Julian Justvan	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Nürnberg	Germany	27	AM RC

71	Erik Ahlstrand	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	FC St. Pauli	Sweden	23	WB L, AM LC
72	Florian Kastenmeier	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895	Germany	28	GK
73	Jacob Rasmussen	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Denmark	28	D C
74	Fabian Kunze	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	27	DM
75	Noah Weißhaupt	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	SV Darmstadt 98	Germany	23	WB L, AM RL
76	Mathias Honsak	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Austria	28	AM LC
77	Henri Koudossou	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	Germany	25	D/WB RL, M R
78	Noah Katterbach	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Eintracht Braunschweig	Germany	24	D/WB L
79	Mathias Rasmussen	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	FC St. Pauli	Norway	27	DM, AM C
80	Matthias Zimmermann	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895	Germany	33	D/WB R, DM
81	Mustapha Bundu	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Hannover 96	Sierra Leone	28	AM RLC
82	Maurice Neubauer	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Hannover 96	Germany	29	D/WB RL
83	Paul Seguin	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Hertha BSC	Germany	30	DM
84	Linus Gechter	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Hertha BSC	Germany	21	D RC
85	Giorgi Kvilitaia	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Holstein Kiel	Georgia	31	ST
86	Semih Şahin	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	25	DM
87	Naatan Skyttä	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Finland	23	AM RC
88	Mërgim Berisha	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	27	AM/F C
89	Tim Siersleben	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	25	D C, DM
90	Robert Wagner	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	Dynamo Dresden	Germany	22	DM
91	Lino Tempelmann	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	Eintracht Braunschweig	Germany	26	DM
92	Taichi Hara	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	FC St. Pauli	Japan	26	AM RL, ST
93	Tomoya Ando	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	FC St. Pauli	Japan	26	D C
94	Leon Jensen	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	Hertha BSC	Germany	28	DM
95	Luca Itter	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Germany	26	D LC
96	Emmanuel Iyoha	AU$17,577	AU$914,004	1. FC Magdeburg	Germany	27	D/WB/AM RL
97	Jordy de Wijs	AU$17,199	AU$894,348	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895	Netherlands	30	D C
98	Maximilian Breunig	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	24	AM/F C
99	Lars Ritzka	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	FC St. Pauli	Germany	27	D LC
100	Ricky-Jade Jones	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	FC St. Pauli	England	22	AM L, ST

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in 2. Bundesliga?

Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg, on AU$139,860 per week — AU$7,272,720 a year.

How much do the top 100 2. Bundesliga players earn between them?

AU$3,453,786 per week and AU$179,596,872 per year, which is 52% of the entire 2. Bundesliga wage bill.

Which 2. Bundesliga club has the most players in the top 100?

VfL Wolfsburg, with 25 of them, paying AU$1,527,120 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$17,010 per week — that is what Ricky-Jade Jones earns in 100th place.