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LA LIGA · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every La Liga club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid leads on AU$939,330 a week. At the other end, Deportivo Alavés pays its own best paid player, Hugo Novoa, AU$24,570 — a gap of 38×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$939k Kylian Mbappé · Real Madrid
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$25k Hugo Novoa · Deportivo Alavés
TOP TO BOTTOM 38× Real Madrid over Deportivo Alavés
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 29% Racing Santander's bill taken by Sergio Canales
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The best paid at each club

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

Kylian Mbappé Real Madrid AU$939k Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid AU$582k Lamine Yamal Barcelona AU$531k Nico Williams Athletic Bilbao AU$438k Cucho Hernández Real Betis AU$232k José Gayà Valencia AU$183k Youssouf Fofana Sevilla AU$166k José Giménez Deportivo La Coruña AU$157k Borja Mayoral Getafe AU$155k Sergio Canales Racing Santander AU$153k Bryan Zaragoza Espanyol AU$130k Péter Gulácsi Villarreal AU$108k

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

Racing Santander Sergio Canales 29% Athletic Bilbao Nico Williams 28% Deportivo La Coruña José Giménez 24% Elche Thomas Lemar 23% Getafe Borja Mayoral 20% Espanyol Bryan Zaragoza 18% Levante Axel Tape 17% Málaga Jens Cajuste 17% Atlético Madrid Jan Oblak 17% Sevilla Youssouf Fofana 17% Real Betis Cucho Hernández 17% Valencia José Gayà 15%

Every club's top earner

All 20 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 Real Madrid Kylian Mbappé
AU$939,330
AU$48,845,160 26 AM RL, ST AU$8.5m 28/28
02 Atlético Madrid Jan Oblak
AU$582,120
AU$30,270,240 32 GK AU$3.4m 22/22
03 Barcelona Lamine Yamal
AU$531,090
AU$27,616,680 18 AM R AU$6m 22/22
04 Athletic Bilbao Nico Williams
AU$438,480
AU$22,800,960 23 AM RL AU$1.6m 26/27
05 Real Betis Cucho Hernández
AU$232,470
AU$12,088,440 26 AM RL, ST AU$1.4m 26/26
06 Valencia José Gayà
AU$183,330
AU$9,533,160 30 D/WB/AM L AU$1.2m 25/26
07 Sevilla Youssouf Fofana
AU$166,320
AU$8,648,640 26 DM AU$984k 21/22
08 Deportivo La Coruña José Giménez
AU$156,870
AU$8,157,240 30 D C AU$655k 27/28
09 Getafe Borja Mayoral
AU$154,980
AU$8,058,960 28 ST AU$782k 20/23
10 Racing Santander Sergio Canales
AU$153,090
AU$7,960,680 34 AM C AU$531k 22/24
11 Espanyol Bryan Zaragoza
AU$130,410
AU$6,781,320 24 AM RL AU$728k 28/28
12 Villarreal Péter Gulácsi
AU$107,730
AU$5,601,960 35 GK AU$883k 22/25
13 Rayo Vallecano Marash Kumbulla
AU$102,060
AU$5,307,120 25 D C AU$675k 25/25
14 Elche Thomas Lemar
AU$92,610
AU$4,815,720 29 AM RLC AU$402k 27/28
15 Celta Vigo Iago Aspas
AU$83,160
AU$4,324,320 37 AM RC, F C AU$653k 25/25
16 Real Sociedad Sergio Gómez
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 24 D/WB L, AM RL AU$870k 25/25
17 Osasuna Ante Budimir
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 33 ST AU$573k 25/25
18 Levante Axel Tape
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 17 D RC, DM AU$305k 23/23
19 Málaga Jens Cajuste
AU$49,140
AU$2,555,280 25 DM AU$290k 32/32
20 Deportivo Alavés Hugo Novoa
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 22 D/WB/AM R AU$47k 6/22
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

La Liga club top earners

Which La Liga club pays the biggest single wage?

Real Madrid. Kylian Mbappé earns AU$939,330 per week there, AU$48,845,160 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which La Liga club has the lowest paid top earner?

Deportivo Alavés, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Hugo Novoa on AU$24,570 per week. Real Madrid pays 38 times that for its own top earner.

Which La Liga club leans hardest on one player?

Racing Santander. Sergio Canales takes 29% of the AU$531,442 a week the club pays across the 22 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many La Liga clubs are on this list?

All 20 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.