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Highest paid players from Austria

Konrad Laimer is the best paid player from Austria at AU$270,720 a week. We hold a wage for 287 of the 305 players in the squads we track who give Austria, and they earn AU$4,069,653 a week between them, across 29 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$4.1m
COMBINED YEARLYAU$211.6m
AVERAGE WEEKLY AU$18k
MEDIAN WEEKLY AU$6k
PLAYERS IN SQUADS305
MOST AT ONE CLUB18 Fussballklub Austria Vienna

The best-paid XI from Austria

The eleven highest-paid players from Austria that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.

Highest paid from Austria

Top 50 by weekly wage, 74% of every Austria wage we hold. Sortable.

The 50 highest paid footballers from Austria. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
# PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY CLUB LEAGUE AGE POSITION
01 Konrad Laimer
AU$270,720
AU$14,077,440 FC Bayern München Bundesliga 28 D/WB R, DM
02 Marcel Sabitzer
AU$255,360
AU$13,278,720 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 31 DM, AM C
03 Carney Chukwuemeka
AU$193,920
AU$10,083,840 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 21 DM, AM C
04 Xaver Schlager
AU$151,680
AU$7,887,360 Nottingham Forest Premier League 27 DM
05 Christoph Baumgartner
AU$147,840
AU$7,687,680 RB Leipzig Bundesliga 25 AM RLC
06 Kevin Danso
AU$144,000
AU$7,488,000 Sunderland Premier League 26 D C
07 Nicolas Seiwald
AU$124,800
AU$6,489,600 RB Leipzig Bundesliga 24 DM
08 Saša Kalajdžic
AU$101,760
AU$5,291,520 Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Austrian Bundesliga 28 ST
09 Kevin Stöger
AU$96,000
AU$4,992,000 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 31 DM, AM C
10 Philipp Lienhart
AU$86,400
AU$4,492,800 Sport-Club Freiburg Bundesliga 29 D C
11 Marco Friedl
AU$76,800
AU$3,993,600 SV Werder Bremen Bundesliga 27 D LC
12 Alexander Prass
AU$69,120
AU$3,594,240 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 24 D/WB L, AM LC
13 Patrick Wimmer
AU$61,440
AU$3,194,880 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 24 AM RLC
14 Maximilian Wöber
AU$55,680
AU$2,895,360 FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga 27 D LC
15 Valentino Lazaro
AU$55,680
AU$2,895,360 Al-Ain Football Club (KSA) Other clubs 29 D/WB RL, M RL
16 Stefan Posch
AU$53,760
AU$2,795,520 1. FSV Mainz 05 Bundesliga 28 D RC
17 Christoph Klarer
AU$51,840
AU$2,695,680 Birmingham City Championship 25 D C
18 Muhammed-Cham Saracevic
AU$49,920
AU$2,595,840 SK Slavia Praha Czech First League 24 AM C
19 Philipp Mwene
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 1. FSV Mainz 05 Bundesliga 31 D/WB RL
20 Paul Wanner
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 PSV Eindhoven Eredivisie 19 AM RC
21 Christopher Trimmel
AU$42,240
AU$2,196,480 1. FC Union Berlin Bundesliga 38 D/WB R
22 Daniel Bachmann
AU$42,240
AU$2,196,480 Watford Championship 31 GK
23 Hannes Wolf
AU$42,240
AU$2,196,480 New York City FC Major League Soccer 26 AM RLC
24 Stefan Lainer
AU$40,320
AU$2,096,640 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga 32 D/WB R
25 Junior Adamu
AU$40,320
AU$2,096,640 FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga 24 ST
26 Karim Onisiwo
AU$38,400
AU$1,996,800 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga 33 AM/F C
27 Marco Grüll
AU$38,400
AU$1,996,800 SV Werder Bremen Bundesliga 27 AM RLC, F C
28 Alexander Schlager
AU$38,400
AU$1,996,800 SV Werder Bremen Bundesliga 29 GK
29 Florian Grillitsch
AU$36,480
AU$1,896,960 Frosinone Calcio Serie A 29 D C, DM
30 Paul Koller
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Sportklub Sturm Graz Austrian Bundesliga 23 D LC, DM
31 Romano Schmid
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Frosinone Calcio Serie A 25 AM RLC
32 Leopold Querfeld
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 1. FC Union Berlin Bundesliga 21 D C
33 Andreas Weimann
AU$30,720
AU$1,597,440 Cheltenham Town League Two 33 AM RLC
34 Florian Micheler
AU$28,800
AU$1,497,600 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 20 DM, AM C
35 David Affengruber
AU$28,800
AU$1,497,600 Fulham Premier League 24 D C
36 Dominik Fitz
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Austrian Bundesliga 26 AM RC
37 David Nemeth
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 FC St. Pauli 2. Bundesliga 24 D C
38 Dejan Ljubicic
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga 27 DM, AM RC
39 Can Keleş
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 Beşiktaş A.Ş. Süper Lig 23 AM RL
40 Michael Gregoritsch
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 FC Augsburg Bundesliga 31 AM/F C
41 Aleksandar Jukić
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 Rubin Kazan Russian Premier League 24 AM LC
42 Nikolas Veratschnig
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 Fussballclub RB Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga 22 D/WB R
43 David Schnegg
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 Charlotte Football Club Major League Soccer 26 D/WB/M L
44 Mathias Honsak
AU$21,120
AU$1,098,240 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 2. Bundesliga 28 AM LC
45 Nicolas Schmid
AU$21,120
AU$1,098,240 Portsmouth Championship 28 GK
46 Patrick Pentz
AU$21,120
AU$1,098,240 Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening Danish Superliga 28 GK
47 Konstantin Schopp
AU$19,200
AU$998,400 Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg Austrian Bundesliga 19 D C
48 Dardan Shabanhaxhaj
AU$18,048
AU$938,496 Rubin Kazan Russian Premier League 24 AM RLC, F C
49 Tobias Lawal
AU$17,280
AU$898,560 K Racing Club Genk Belgian Pro League 25 GK
50 Lukas Grgic
AU$17,280
AU$898,560 Società Sportiva Calcio Bari Serie B 29 DM

Where Austria players play

Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them

29 leagues in all

What each position earns

Average weekly wage, and share of the Austria wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers
AU$7,960 · 8%
Defenders
AU$20,239 · 32%
Midfielders
AU$24,046 · 23%
Attackers
AU$19,590 · 36%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$3k 16-19
AU$7k 20-22
AU$16k 23-25
AU$25k 26-28
AU$22k 29-31
AU$12k 32-34
AU$15k 35+

Clubs with the most Austria players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

Frequently asked questions

Players from Austria

Who is the highest paid footballer from Austria?

Konrad Laimer of FC Bayern München is the highest paid player from Austria in our data, on AU$270,720 per week (AU$14,077,440 per year).

How much do players from Austria earn?

The 198 players from Austria aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for earn AU$17,981 per week on average. The median is AU$5,952, lower, because a small number of very large contracts pull the average up. Squad lists here run down to academy age, so the average is taken over senior players only.

Which league has the most players from Austria?

Austrian Bundesliga has the most, with 161 players from Austria on wages we hold, ahead of Other clubs on 24.

How many players from Austria do you cover?

305 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Austria, and we hold a weekly wage for 287 of them (94%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from Austria?

Fussballklub Austria Vienna, with 18 players from Austria in its current squad.

Every player from Austria

94 with a page of their own, A-Z, including players we hold no current club for

Other nations

Every nation we hold wages for →