VFB STUTTGART · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of VfB Stuttgart
Gonzalo Castro has earned AU$36.8m at VfB Stuttgart across 7 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 10 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS AU$495.3m
PLAYERS RANKED97
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB74
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in VfB Stuttgart history
These 20 players took AU$290.5m between them, 59% of everything VfB Stuttgart has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every VfB Stuttgart player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a VfB Stuttgart 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 | Gonzalo Castro | AU$36.8m | 7 | 2019-2026 |
| 2 | Alexander Nübel | AU$24.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 3 | Christian Gentner | AU$22.6m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 4 | Daniel Didavi | AU$21.4m | 7 | 2014-2022 |
| 5 | Chris Führich Current squad | AU$16.9m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 6 | Holger Badstuber | AU$16.9m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 7 | Dan-Axel Zagadou Current squad | AU$15m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 8 | Angelo Stiller Current squad | AU$14.7m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 9 | Deniz Undav Current squad | AU$14.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Atakan Karazor Current squad | AU$13.8m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 11 | Pascal Stenzel | AU$10.9m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 12 | Jamie Leweling Current squad | AU$10.8m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 13 | Vedad Ibisevic | AU$10.3m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 14 | Josha Vagnoman Current squad | AU$9.9m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 15 | Maximilian Mittelstädt Current squad | AU$9.5m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 16 | Fabian Bredlow Current squad | AU$9.2m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 17 | Ermedin Demirovic Current squad | AU$8.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 18 | Waldemar Anton | AU$8.4m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 19 | Serhou Guirassy | AU$8.2m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 20 | Alexandru Maxim | AU$7.6m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 21 | Borna Sosa | AU$7.4m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 22 | Tiago Tomás Current squad | AU$7.2m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 23 | Bilal El Khannouss Current squad | AU$7.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 24 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | AU$7.1m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 25 | Julian Chabot Current squad | AU$6.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 26 | Erik Thommy | AU$6.4m | 4 | 2018-2022 |
| 27 | Silas | AU$6m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 28 | Ameen Al-Dakhil Current squad | AU$5.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 29 | Daniel Ginczek | AU$5.9m | 3 | 2016-2018 |
| 30 | Timo Baumgartl | AU$5.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 31 | Hiroki Itô | AU$5.6m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 32 | Benjamin Pavard | AU$5.5m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 33 | Mahmoud Dahoud | AU$5.3m | 1 | 2024 |
| 34 | Takuma Asano | AU$5.3m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 35 | Badredine Bouanani Current squad | AU$5.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 36 | Enzo Millot | AU$4.9m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Marc Oliver Kempf | AU$4.8m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 38 | Nicolás González | AU$4.8m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 39 | Santiago Ascacíbar | AU$4.8m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 40 | Ron-Robert Zieler | AU$4.7m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 41 | Lorenz Assignon Current squad | AU$4.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Luca Jaquez Current squad | AU$4.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Chadrac Akolo | AU$3.7m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 44 | Genki Haraguchi | AU$3.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 45 | Marcin Kaminski | AU$3.3m | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 46 | Wataru Endo | AU$3.3m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 47 | Finn Jeltsch Current squad | AU$3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 48 | Justin Diehl Current squad | AU$3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 49 | Ramon Hendriks Current squad | AU$2.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 50 | Jeremy Current squad | AU$2.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 51 | Pablo Maffeo | AU$2.5m | 1 | 2019 |
| 52 | Gregor Kobel | AU$2.4m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 53 | Josip Brekalo | AU$2.4m | 1 | 2017 |
| 54 | Clinton Mola | AU$2.3m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 55 | Philipp Klement | AU$2.3m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 56 | Chema | AU$2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 57 | Lazar Jovanović | AU$2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Philipp Förster | AU$2.1m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 59 | Woo-Yeong Jeong | AU$2.1m | 1 | 2024 |
| 60 | Saša Kalajdžic | AU$2m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 61 | Omar Marmoush | AU$2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 62 | Ozan Kabak | AU$2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 63 | Tasos Donis | AU$2m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 64 | Noah Darvich | AU$1.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 65 | Orel Mangala | AU$1.6m | 4 | 2018-2022 |
| 66 | Alexander Esswein | AU$1.6m | 1 | 2019 |
| 67 | Laurin Ulrich | AU$1.5m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 68 | Gil Dias | AU$1.5m | 1 | 2023 |
| 69 | Simon Terodde | AU$1.5m | 1 | 2017 |
| 70 | Anthony Rouault | AU$1.4m | 1 | 2024 |
| 71 | Antonio Rüdiger | AU$1.4m | 1 | 2016 |
| 72 | Carlos Mané | AU$1.3m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 73 | Jean Zimmer | AU$1.2m | 1 | 2017 |
| 74 | Steven Zuber | AU$1.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 75 | Matthias Zimmermann | AU$1.1m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 76 | Florian Müller | AU$1m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 77 | Berkay Özcan | AU$1m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 78 | Jacob Bruun Larsen | AU$796k | 1 | 2018 |
| 79 | Julian Green | AU$796k | 1 | 2017 |
| 80 | Philip Heise | AU$767k | 1 | 2016 |
| 81 | Dennis Seimen Current squad | AU$727k | 1 | 2024 |
| 82 | Darko Churlinov | AU$668k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 83 | Günther Schäfer | AU$609k | 1 | 2021 |
| 84 | Jérôme Onguéné | AU$501k | 1 | 2017 |
| 85 | Nat Phillips | AU$482k | 1 | 2020 |
| 86 | Dzenis Burnic | AU$432k | 1 | 2018 |
| 87 | Maxime Awoudja | AU$383k | 1 | 2020 |
| 88 | Leonidas Stergiou Current squad | AU$295k | 1 | 2024 |
| 89 | Alexander Meyer | AU$246k | 1 | 2018 |
| 90 | Marvin Wanitzek | AU$187k | 1 | 2017 |
| 91 | Benjamin Uphoff | AU$147k | 1 | 2017 |
| 92 | Naouirou Ahamada | AU$111k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 93 | Florian Kastenmeier | AU$75k | 1 | 2018 |
| 94 | Anrie Chase | AU$73k | 1 | 2024 |
| 95 | Philipp Köhn | AU$29k | 1 | 2017 |
| 96 | Eric Hottmann | AU$12k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 97 | Jarzinho Malanga | AU$6k | 1 | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at VfB Stuttgart?
Gonzalo Castro, with AU$36.8m across 7 seasons at VfB Stuttgart.
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 97 players we hold a VfB Stuttgart wage for, from 2014 to 2026.