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CATEGORÍA PRIMERA A · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every Categoría Primera A club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Luis Muriel of Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. leads on AU$40,320 a week. At the other end, Unión Magdalena S.A. pays its own best paid player, Hugo Palacios, AU$8,064 — a gap of 5.0×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$40k Luis Muriel · Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A.
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$8k Hugo Palacios · Unión Magdalena S.A.
TOP TO BOTTOM 5.0× Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. over Unión Magdalena S.A.
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 19% Unión Magdalena S.A.'s bill taken by Hugo Palacios
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The best paid at each club

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

Luis Muriel Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. AU$40k Emanuel Reynoso Club Profesional Deportivo Cali S.A. AU$36k Dayro Moreno Once Caldas S.A. AU$35k Cristian Arango Atlético Nacional S.A. AU$27k Nahuel Bustos Independiente Santa Fe S.A. AU$25k Radamel Falcao Azul y Blanco Millonarios Fútbol Club S. A. AU$23k Élan Ricardo Club Deportes Tolima S.A. AU$21k Jean América de Cali S.A. AU$17k Frank Fabra El Equipo del Pueblo S.A. AU$16k Fabián Sambueza Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A. AU$12k Francisco Meza Club Llaneros S.A. AU$12k Diego Chávez Club Profesional Deportivo Pasto S.A. AU$10k

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

Unión Magdalena S.A. Hugo Palacios 19%
Deportivo Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A. Darío Denis 16%
Club Profesional Deportivo Cali S.A. Emanuel Reynoso 16%
Once Caldas S.A. Dayro Moreno 15%
Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. Luis Muriel 14%
Club Deportes Tolima S.A. Élan Ricardo 12%
Atlético Nacional S.A. Cristian Arango 12%
Independiente Santa Fe S.A. Nahuel Bustos 10%
Sociedad Deportivo Pereira F.C. S.A. Fabio Delgado 10%
Club Llaneros S.A. Francisco Meza 10%
Azul y Blanco Millonarios Fútbol Club S. A. Radamel Falcao 10%
Talento Dorado S.A. Frank Lozano 9%

Every club's top earner

18 of the 20 clubs we track are ranked, one row each. We hold no wage for any player at the other 2, so they sit under the table rather than being ranked on a figure we do not have. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL WAGES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. Luis Muriel
AU$40,320
AU$2,096,640 34 AM LC, F C AU$290k 36/43
02 Club Profesional Deportivo Cali S.A. Emanuel Reynoso
AU$36,480
AU$1,896,960 29 AM LC AU$230k 36/63
03 Once Caldas S.A. Dayro Moreno
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 39 ST AU$226k 32/44
04 Atlético Nacional S.A. Cristian Arango
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 30 AM/F C AU$229k 31/60
05 Independiente Santa Fe S.A. Nahuel Bustos
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 27 AM RLC, F C AU$241k 30/42
06 Azul y Blanco Millonarios Fútbol Club S. A. Radamel Falcao
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 39 ST AU$237k 32/50
07 Club Deportes Tolima S.A. Élan Ricardo
AU$21,120
AU$1,098,240 21 DM AU$178k 28/48
08 América de Cali S.A. Jean
AU$17,472
AU$908,544 29 GK AU$233k 36/61
09 El Equipo del Pueblo S.A. Frank Fabra
AU$15,936
AU$828,672 34 D/WB L AU$202k 36/62
10 Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A. Fabián Sambueza
AU$12,096
AU$628,992 36 AM RLC AU$163k 22/33
11 Club Llaneros S.A. Francisco Meza
AU$12,096
AU$628,992 33 D C AU$120k 23/50
12 Club Profesional Deportivo Pasto S.A. Diego Chávez
AU$10,368
AU$539,136 27 DM AU$127k 27/39
13 Fortaleza Fútbol Club S.A. David Ramírez Pisciotti
AU$10,368
AU$539,136 23 D C AU$120k 29/44
14 Talento Dorado S.A. Frank Lozano
AU$10,176
AU$529,152 31 DM AU$111k 21/36
15 Sociedad Deportivo Pereira F.C. S.A. Fabio Delgado
AU$10,176
AU$529,152 26 D/WB/AM L AU$100k 24/52
16 Deportivo Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A. Darío Denis
AU$8,448
AU$439,296 33 GK AU$51k 17/41
17 Envigado Fútbol Club S.A. Geindry Cuervo
AU$8,064
AU$419,328 23 D/WB/M R AU$101k 30/61
18 Unión Magdalena S.A. Hugo Palacios
AU$8,064
AU$419,328 28 AM RL AU$43k 14/38
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.

Clubs with no wage on record

2 clubs here have no player we hold a wage for, so they have no top earner to rank. Squads, and any wage we do add, show on the club pages.

Alianza Fútbol Club S.A.
IDBDC Albinegro S.A.

Frequently asked questions

Categoría Primera A club top earners

Which Categoría Primera A club pays the biggest single wage?

Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A.. Luis Muriel earns AU$40,320 per week there, AU$2,096,640 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which Categoría Primera A club has the lowest paid top earner?

Unión Magdalena S.A., where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Hugo Palacios on AU$8,064 per week. Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. pays 5.0 times that for its own top earner.

Which Categoría Primera A club leans hardest on one player?

Unión Magdalena S.A.. Hugo Palacios takes 19% of the AU$42,906 a week the club pays across the 14 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many Categoría Primera A clubs are on this list?

18 of the 20 clubs we track are ranked, one row each. We hold no wage for any player at the other 2, so they sit under the table rather than being ranked on a figure we do not have.