LIGUE 1 · TOP 100

Highest paid Ligue 1 players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in Ligue 1?

Ousmane Dembélé of Paris Saint-Germain, on AU$627,480 per week — AU$32,628,960 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 Ligue 1 players earn between them?

AU$12,884,130 per week and AU$669,974,760 per year, which is 73% of the entire Ligue 1 wage bill.

Q: Which Ligue 1 club has the most players in the top 100?

Paris Saint-Germain, with 19 of them, paying AU$5,397,840 a week across those players.

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

AU$47,250 per week — that is what Luca Koleosho earns in 100th place.

Ousmane Dembélé leads on AU$627,480 per week. These 100 players take AU$12,884,130 a week between them - 73% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 651 of the 1,370 players in Ligue 1.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$12.9m

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL73%

MEDIAN AGE27

MOST IN THE LIST19 Paris Saint-Germain

Ligue 1 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

Paris Saint-Germain 19 AU$5.4m AS Monaco 13 AU$1.7m Stade Rennais FC 13 AU$1.3m Olympique Lyonnais 13 AU$1.2m Olympique de Marseille 11 AU$1.1m Paris FC 6 AU$403k RC Lens 6 AU$350k OGC Nice 4 AU$346k LOSC Lille 4 AU$318k Angers SCO 5 AU$318k RC Strasbourg Alsace 3 AU$278k AJ Auxerre 2 AU$125k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 18 AU$2.1m

23-26 29 AU$3.9m

27-30 34 AU$4.5m

Over 30 19 AU$2.4m

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 AU$627k #10 AU$261k #100 AU$47k

Ousmane Dembélé earns 2.4× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 13× the 100th. Half of the AU$12.9m a week on this page goes to the first 22 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Ousmane Dembélé	AU$627,480	AU$32,628,960	Paris Saint-Germain	France	28	AM RL, ST
02	Lucas Hernández	AU$597,240	AU$31,056,480	Paris Saint-Germain	France	29	D LC
03	Marquinhos	AU$527,310	AU$27,420,120	Paris Saint-Germain	Brazil	31	D C, DM
04	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	AU$514,080	AU$26,732,160	Paris Saint-Germain	Georgia	24	AM LC
05	Achraf Hakimi	AU$457,380	AU$23,783,760	Paris Saint-Germain	Morocco	26	D/WB/M R
06	Fabián	AU$285,390	AU$14,840,280	Paris Saint-Germain	Spain	29	DM, AM C
07	João Neves	AU$285,390	AU$14,840,280	Paris Saint-Germain	Portugal	20	DM
08	Warren Zaïre-Emery	AU$264,600	AU$13,759,200	Paris Saint-Germain	France	19	D/WB R, DM
09	Séko Fofana	AU$262,710	AU$13,660,920	Stade Rennais FC	Côte d’Ivoire	30	DM
10	Ansu Fati	AU$260,820	AU$13,562,640	AS Monaco	Spain	22	AM LC, F C

11	Lucas Digne	AU$255,150	AU$13,267,800	Paris Saint-Germain	France	31	D/WB L
12	Nuno Mendes	AU$241,920	AU$12,579,840	Paris Saint-Germain	Portugal	23	D/WB L
13	Bradley Barcola	AU$207,900	AU$10,810,800	Paris Saint-Germain	France	22	AM RL, ST
14	Vitinha	AU$204,120	AU$10,614,240	Paris Saint-Germain	Portugal	25	DM
15	Illia Zabarnyi	AU$196,560	AU$10,221,120	Paris Saint-Germain	Ukraine	22	D C
16	Brice Samba	AU$192,780	AU$10,024,560	Stade Rennais FC	France	31	GK
17	Alexandr Golovin	AU$187,110	AU$9,729,720	AS Monaco	Russia	29	AM LC
18	Loïs Openda	AU$187,110	AU$9,729,720	Olympique Lyonnais	Belgium	25	AM LC, F C
19	Folarin Balogun	AU$185,220	AU$9,631,440	AS Monaco	United States	24	ST
20	Lucas Chevalier	AU$185,220	AU$9,631,440	Paris Saint-Germain	France	23	GK
21	Geoffrey Kondogbia	AU$171,990	AU$8,943,480	Olympique de Marseille	Central African Republic	32	D C, DM
22	Corentin Tolisso	AU$171,990	AU$8,943,480	Olympique Lyonnais	France	30	DM, AM C
23	Eric Dier	AU$160,650	AU$8,353,800	AS Monaco	England	31	D C, DM
24	Thilo Kehrer	AU$145,530	AU$7,567,560	AS Monaco	Germany	28	D RC, DM
25	Valentin Rongier	AU$145,530	AU$7,567,560	Stade Rennais FC	France	30	DM
26	Takumi Minamino	AU$137,970	AU$7,174,440	AS Monaco	Japan	30	AM RLC
27	Filip Jörgensen	AU$136,080	AU$7,076,160	RC Strasbourg Alsace	Denmark	23	GK
28	Willian Pacho	AU$134,190	AU$6,977,880	Paris Saint-Germain	Ecuador	23	D LC
29	Denis Zakaria	AU$126,630	AU$6,584,760	AS Monaco	Switzerland	28	DM
30	Tanguy Nianzou	AU$124,740	AU$6,486,480	LOSC Lille	France	23	D C, DM
31	Leonardo Balerdi	AU$124,740	AU$6,486,480	Olympique de Marseille	Argentina	26	D C
32	Renato Sanches	AU$122,850	AU$6,388,200	Paris Saint-Germain	Portugal	27	DM
33	Clément Grenier	AU$115,290	AU$5,995,080	Stade Rennais FC	France	29	DM, M (C)
34	Moussa Niakhaté	AU$111,510	AU$5,798,520	Olympique Lyonnais	Senegal	29	D C
35	Kevin Trapp	AU$109,620	AU$5,700,240	Paris FC	Germany	35	GK
36	Amine Gouiri	AU$107,730	AU$5,601,960	Olympique de Marseille	Algeria	25	AM L, ST
37	Igor Paixão	AU$107,730	AU$5,601,960	Olympique de Marseille	Brazil	25	AM RL, ST
38	Beraldo (Lucas Lopes Beraldo)	AU$107,730	AU$5,601,960	Paris Saint-Germain	Brazil	21	D C
39	Paul Pogba	AU$103,950	AU$5,405,400	AS Monaco	France	32	AM LC
40	Amine Harit	AU$103,950	AU$5,405,400	Olympique de Marseille	Morocco	28	AM RLC

41	Terem Moffi	AU$98,280	AU$5,110,560	OGC Nice	Nigeria	26	ST
42	Ernest Nuamah	AU$98,280	AU$5,110,560	Olympique Lyonnais	Ghana	21	AM RL
43	Mohammed Salisu	AU$96,390	AU$5,012,280	AS Monaco	Ghana	26	D C
44	Lukás Hrádecký	AU$94,500	AU$4,914,000	AS Monaco	Finland	35	GK
45	Matvey Safonov	AU$94,500	AU$4,914,000	Paris Saint-Germain	Russia	26	GK
46	Neal Maupay	AU$92,610	AU$4,815,720	Olympique de Marseille	France	28	ST
47	Matt Turner	AU$92,610	AU$4,815,720	Olympique Lyonnais	United States	31	GK
48	Nicolás Tagliafico	AU$92,610	AU$4,815,720	Olympique Lyonnais	Argentina	32	D/WB/M L
49	Benjamin André	AU$90,720	AU$4,717,440	LOSC Lille	France	34	DM
50	Sofiane Diop	AU$90,720	AU$4,717,440	OGC Nice	Morocco	25	AM RLC
51	Vanderson	AU$88,830	AU$4,619,160	AS Monaco	Brazil	24	D/WB/M R
52	Moses Simon	AU$88,830	AU$4,619,160	Paris FC	Nigeria	30	AM L
53	Désiré Doué	AU$88,830	AU$4,619,160	Paris Saint-Germain	France	20	AM RLC
54	Quinten Timber	AU$85,050	AU$4,422,600	Olympique de Marseille	Netherlands	24	D C, DM, AM C
55	Amadou Haïdara	AU$83,160	AU$4,324,320	RC Lens	Mali	27	DM
56	Ludovic Blas	AU$81,270	AU$4,226,040	Stade Rennais FC	France	27	AM RC
57	Branco van den Boomen	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	Angers SCO	Netherlands	29	DM
58	Morgan Sanson	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	OGC Nice	France	30	AM C
59	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	Olympique de Marseille	Denmark	29	DM
60	Giovanni Reyna	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	RC Strasbourg Alsace	United States	22	AM RLC
61	Eliezer Mayenda	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	Stade Rennais FC	Spain	20	AM R, ST
62	Mahdi Camara	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	Stade Rennais FC	France	27	AM C
63	Jonathan Clauss	AU$77,490	AU$4,029,480	OGC Nice	France	32	D/WB/M R
64	Amir Richardson	AU$75,600	AU$3,931,200	Havre AC	Morocco	23	DM
65	Timothy Weah	AU$75,600	AU$3,931,200	Olympique de Marseille	United States	25	D/WB R, AM RL
66	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	AU$75,600	AU$3,931,200	Olympique Lyonnais	England	27	D/WB RL, DM, M RC
67	Haris Belkebla	AU$69,930	AU$3,636,360	Angers SCO	Algeria	31	DM
68	Clinton Mata	AU$69,930	AU$3,636,360	Olympique Lyonnais	Angola	32	D RC
69	Anthony Rouault	AU$68,040	AU$3,538,080	Stade Rennais FC	France	24	D RC
70	Dominik Greif	AU$66,150	AU$3,439,800	Olympique Lyonnais	Slovakia	28	GK

71	Przemyslaw Frankowski	AU$64,260	AU$3,341,520	Stade Rennais FC	Poland	30	D/WB RL
72	Romain Faivre	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	AJ Auxerre	France	27	AM RC
73	Sékou Mara	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	AJ Auxerre	France	22	ST
74	Angel Gomes	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	Olympique de Marseille	England	24	DM, AM C
75	Tanner Tessmann	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	Olympique Lyonnais	United States	23	DM
76	Sékou Mara	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	RC Strasbourg Alsace	France	22	ST
77	Esteban Lepaul	AU$62,370	AU$3,243,240	Stade Rennais FC	France	25	AM/F C
78	Carlens Arcus	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	Angers SCO	Haiti	29	D/WB R
79	Jordan Teze	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	AS Monaco	Netherlands	25	D RC, DM
80	Zachary Athekame	AU$58,590	AU$3,046,680	Olympique Lyonnais	Switzerland	20	D/WB R
81	Jordan Lefort	AU$56,700	AU$2,948,400	Angers SCO	France	31	D LC
82	Lilian Brassier	AU$56,700	AU$2,948,400	Stade Rennais FC	France	25	D LC
83	Nayef Aguerd	AU$54,810	AU$2,850,120	Olympique de Marseille	Morocco	29	D C
84	Duje Caleta-Car	AU$54,810	AU$2,850,120	Olympique Lyonnais	Croatia	28	D C
85	Odsonne Édouard	AU$54,810	AU$2,850,120	RC Lens	Haiti	27	AM L, ST
86	Saud Abdulhamid	AU$54,810	AU$2,850,120	RC Lens	Saudi Arabia	25	D/WB R
87	Franjo Ivanović	AU$54,810	AU$2,850,120	RC Lens	Croatia	21	AM L, ST
88	Breel Embolo	AU$54,810	AU$2,850,120	Stade Rennais FC	Switzerland	28	AM RC, F C
89	Mika Biereth	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	AS Monaco	Denmark	22	ST
90	Maxime Lopez	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	Paris FC	France	27	DM, AM C
91	Ciro Immobile	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	Paris FC	Italy	35	ST
92	Arnaud Nordin	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	Stade Rennais FC	France	27	AM RLC
93	Jim Allevinah	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Angers SCO	Gabon	30	WB R, AM RL
94	Olivier Giroud	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	LOSC Lille	France	38	ST
95	Hamza Igamane	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	LOSC Lille	Morocco	22	ST
96	Abner Vinicius	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Olympique Lyonnais	Brazil	25	D/WB L
97	Diego Coppola	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Paris FC	Italy	21	D C
98	Thorgan Hazard	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	RC Lens	Belgium	32	AM LC, F C
99	Florian Thauvin	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	RC Lens	France	32	AM RC, F C
100	Luca Koleosho	AU$47,250	AU$2,457,000	Paris FC	Italy	20	AM RLC, F C

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Ligue 1?

Ousmane Dembélé of Paris Saint-Germain, on AU$627,480 per week — AU$32,628,960 a year.

How much do the top 100 Ligue 1 players earn between them?

AU$12,884,130 per week and AU$669,974,760 per year, which is 73% of the entire Ligue 1 wage bill.

Which Ligue 1 club has the most players in the top 100?

Paris Saint-Germain, with 19 of them, paying AU$5,397,840 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$47,250 per week — that is what Luca Koleosho earns in 100th place.