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Highest paid players from Greece

Kostas Tsimikas is the best paid player from Greece at AU$211,200 a week. We hold a wage for 220 of the 428 players in the squads we track who give Greece, and they earn AU$2,500,155 a week between them, across 19 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$2.5m
COMBINED YEARLYAU$130m
PLAYERS IN SQUADS428
MOST AT ONE CLUB17 OFI Crete

The best-paid XI from Greece

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

  1. GK Odysseas Vlachodimos AU$84,480 Sevilla
  2. D Konstantinos Mavropanos AU$153,600 West Ham United
  3. D Panagiotis Retsos AU$53,760 Olympiacos SF Piraeus
  4. D Dimitris Giannoulis AU$51,840 AS PAOK Salonika
  5. D Kostas Koulierakis AU$48,000 Associazione Sportiva Roma
  6. M Kostas Tsimikas AU$211,200 Liverpool
  7. M Christos Zafeiris AU$63,360 AS PAOK Salonika
  8. M Dimitris Siovas AU$51,840 Huesca
  9. A Christos Tzolis AU$172,800 Arsenal
  10. A Giorgos Giakoumakis AU$120,960 AS PAOK Salonika
  11. A Kostas Fortounis AU$96,000 Olympiacos SF Piraeus

Combined AU$1,107,840 per week · AU$57,607,680 per year

Highest paid from Greece

Top 50 by weekly wage, 88% of every Greece wage we hold. Sortable.

The 50 highest paid footballers from Greece. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
# PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY CLUB LEAGUE AGE POSITION
01 Kostas Tsimikas
AU$211,200
AU$10,982,400 Liverpool Premier League 29 D/WB/M L
02 Christos Tzolis
AU$172,800
AU$8,985,600 Arsenal Premier League 23 AM RL
03 Konstantinos Mavropanos
AU$153,600
AU$7,987,200 West Ham United Championship 27 D RC
04 Giorgos Giakoumakis
AU$120,960
AU$6,289,920 AS PAOK Salonika Superleague Greece 30 ST
05 Kostas Fortounis
AU$96,000
AU$4,992,000 Olympiacos SF Piraeus Superleague Greece 32 AM RLC, F C
06 Vangelis Pavlidis
AU$86,400
AU$4,492,800 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Primeira Liga 26 ST
07 Odysseas Vlachodimos
AU$84,480
AU$4,392,960 Sevilla La Liga 31 GK
08 Fotis Ioannidis
AU$78,720
AU$4,093,440 Sporting Clube de Portugal Primeira Liga 25 ST
09 Christos Zafeiris
AU$63,360
AU$3,294,720 AS PAOK Salonika Superleague Greece 22 DM, AM C
10 Giannis Konstantelias
AU$61,440
AU$3,194,880 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 22 AM LC
11 Charalabos Kostoulas
AU$59,520
AU$3,095,040 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 18 AM RLC, F C
12 Panagiotis Retsos
AU$53,760
AU$2,795,520 Olympiacos SF Piraeus Superleague Greece 26 D C
13 Tasos Bakasetas
AU$53,760
AU$2,795,520 Panathinaikos AO Superleague Greece 32 AM C
14 Dimitris Siovas
AU$51,840
AU$2,695,680 Huesca La Liga 2 31 D (C), DM
15 Dimitris Giannoulis
AU$51,840
AU$2,695,680 AS PAOK Salonika Superleague Greece 29 D/WB L
16 Kostas Koulierakis
AU$48,000
AU$2,496,000 Associazione Sportiva Roma Serie A 21 D C
17 Giorgos Vagiannidis
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 Sporting Clube de Portugal Primeira Liga 23 D/WB/M R
18 Dimitris Kourbelis
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 AGS Asteras Tripolis Superleague Greece 31 D C, DM
19 Tasos Douvikas
AU$42,240
AU$2,196,480 Como 1907 Serie A 25 ST
20 Christos Mandas
AU$36,480
AU$1,896,960 Lazio Serie A 23 GK
21 Andrews Tetteh
AU$36,480
AU$1,896,960 Panathinaikos AO Superleague Greece 24 ST
22 Stefanos Tzimas
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League 19 ST
23 Lazaros Rota
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 AEK Athens Superleague Greece 27 D/WB R
24 Dimitris Limnios
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Fortuna Sittard Eredivisie 27 AM RL
25 Giorgos Kyriakopoulos
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Panathinaikos AO Superleague Greece 29 D/WB/M L
26 Giorgos Masouras
AU$30,720
AU$1,597,440 Al-Khaleej FC Saudi Pro League 31 AM RL, ST
27 Petros Mantalos
AU$28,800
AU$1,497,600 AEK Athens Superleague Greece 33 DM, AM LC
28 Dimitris Pelkas
AU$28,800
AU$1,497,600 AS PAOK Salonika Superleague Greece 31 AM RLC
29 Manolis Saliakas
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 Olympiacos SF Piraeus Superleague Greece 28 D/WB R
30 Pantelis Hatzidiakos
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 AS PAOK Salonika Superleague Greece 28 D RC
31 Manolis Siopis
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 Fatih Karagümrük A.Ş. Süper Lig 31 DM
32 Konstantinos Karetsas
AU$21,120
AU$1,098,240 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 17 AM RC
33 Sotiris Alexandropoulos
AU$21,120
AU$1,098,240 Sporting Clube de Portugal Primeira Liga 23 DM
34 Nectar Triantis
AU$17,280
AU$898,560 Minnesota United FC Major League Soccer 22 DM
35 Giannis Michailidis
AU$15,744
AU$818,688 AS PAOK Salonika Superleague Greece 25 D C
36 Kostas Tzolakis
AU$15,360
AU$798,720 Hull City Premier League 22 GK
37 Panos Katseris
AU$14,976
AU$778,752 FC Lorient Ligue 1 24 D/WB/M R
38 Alexandros Katranis
AU$14,400
AU$748,800 Real Salt Lake Major League Soccer 27 D/WB L
39 Dimitris Nikolaou
AU$14,208
AU$738,816 OFI Crete Superleague Greece 26 D C
40 Giannis Kotsiras
AU$13,824
AU$718,848 AGS Asteras Tripolis Superleague Greece 32 D/WB R, DM, M RC
41 Taxiarchis Fountas
AU$12,672
AU$658,944 OFI Crete Superleague Greece 29 AM RLC, F C
42 Christos Mouzakitis
AU$12,288
AU$638,976 Hull City Premier League 18 DM
43 Nikos Vergos
AU$11,328
AU$589,056 Melbourne Victory Football Club A-League 29 ST
44 Ilias Koutsoupias
AU$9,792
AU$509,184 Frosinone Calcio Serie A 24 DM
45 Pavlos Pantelidis
AU$9,216
AU$479,232 Panathinaikos AO Superleague Greece 22 AM RL, ST
46 Vasilis Barkas
AU$8,640
AU$449,280 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 31 GK
47 Antonis Papakanellos
AU$8,640
AU$449,280 AGS Asteras Tripolis Superleague Greece 19 AM RLC
48 Antonis Tsiftsis
AU$8,640
AU$449,280 AS PAOK Salonika Superleague Greece 25 GK
49 Klaidi Lolos
AU$7,680
AU$399,360 Rotherham United League Two 24 AM/F C
50 Noah Allen
AU$7,488
AU$389,376 Inter Miami CF Major League Soccer 21 D LC

Where Greece players play

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

19 leagues in all
Superleague Greece
110 · AU$977k Other clubs
58 · AU$41k Primeira Liga
10 · AU$247k Ekstraklasa
8 · AU$25k Premier League
6 · AU$506k Serie A
5 · AU$138k Eredivisie
4 · AU$46k Major League Soccer
3 · AU$39k Süper Lig
3 · AU$34k Bundesliga
2 · AU$83k A-League
2 · AU$13k Czech First League
2 · AU$5k

What each position earns

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

Goalkeepers
AU$7,329 · 8%
Defenders
AU$13,238 · 31%
Midfielders
AU$13,129 · 17%
Attackers
AU$17,186 · 44%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$8k 16-19
AU$6k 20-22
AU$10k 23-25
AU$16k 26-28
AU$21k 29-31
AU$11k 32-34
AU$2k 35+

Clubs with the most Greece players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

OFI Crete 17 GSS Panionios 15 APS Atromitos Athens 14 AGS Asteras Tripolis 13 AO Xanthi 12 Panathinaikos AO 11 AE Larisas 10 AO Ionikos Nikaias 10 NPS Volos 10 AS PAOK Salonika 9 PAS Giannina 8 PAS Lamia 8

Frequently asked questions

Players from Greece

Who is the highest paid footballer from Greece?

Kostas Tsimikas of Liverpool is the highest paid player from Greece in our data, on AU$211,200 per week (AU$10,982,400 per year).

How much do players from Greece earn?

We hold a wage for 220 of the 428 players from Greece in our data, so an average across them would describe those 220 rather than Greece as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.

Which league has the most players from Greece?

Superleague Greece has the most, with 110 players from Greece on wages we hold, ahead of Other clubs on 58.

How many players from Greece do you cover?

428 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Greece, and we hold a weekly wage for 220 of them (51%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from Greece?

OFI Crete, with 17 players from Greece in its current squad.

Every player from Greece

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

ACDEFGKLMNOPSTV

A

Alexandros KatranisAlexandros PaschalakisAndreas BouchalakisAndrews Tetteh

C

Charalabos KostoulasCharalampos LykogiannisChristos DonisChristos KourfalidisChristos MandasChristos TzolisChristos Zafeiris

D

Dimitris EmmanouilidisDimitris GiannoulisDimitris KourbelisDimitris LimniosDimitris PelkasDimitris Siovas

E

Efthymis Koulouris

F

Fotis Ioannidis

G

George BaldockGiannis KonstanteliasGiannis PapanikolaouGiannis SourdisGiorgos GiakoumakisGiorgos KyriakopoulosGiorgos MasourasGiorgos Vagiannidis

K

Konstantinos KaretsasKonstantinos MavropanosKostas FortounisKostas KoulierakisKostas ManolasKostas MitroglouKostas StafylidisKostas Tsimikas

L

Lazaros ChristodoulopoulosLazaros RotaLeonardo Koutris

M

Manolis SaliakasManolis SiopisMarios Siabanis

N

Nikos Karelis

O

Odysseas VlachodimosOrestis Karnezis

P

Panagiotis RetsosPanagiotis TachtsidisPantelis HatzidiakosPetros Mantalos

S

Sokratis PapastathopoulosSotiris AlexandropoulosStefanos KapinoStefanos Tzimas

T

Tasos BakasetasTasos DonisTasos DouvikasThemis Kefalas

V

Vangelis PavlidisVasilis Barkas

Other nations

Australia 285 Türkiye 281 Croatia 262 Russia 252 Ireland 252 Thailand 239 Saudi Arabia 234 China PR 219 Finland 185 Nigeria 166 Canada 165 Estonia 164 Sweden 159 Morocco 153

Every nation we hold wages for →