Cristiano Ronaldo AU$5,670,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Sadio Mané AU$1,181,250/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix AU$1,096,200/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé AU$939,330/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly AU$939,330/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio AU$892,080/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland AU$850,500/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen AU$824,040/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski AU$816,480/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala AU$782,460/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves AU$782,460/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman AU$782,460/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah AU$756,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane AU$720,090/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic AU$697,410/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş. Virgil van Dijk AU$661,500/wk Liverpool
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Highest paid players from India

Anirudh Thapa is the best paid player from India at AU$10,395 a week. We hold a wage for 453 of the 460 players in the squads we track who give India, and they earn AU$257,461 a week between them, across 3 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$257k
COMBINED YEARLYAU$13.4m
AVERAGE WEEKLY AU$697
MEDIAN WEEKLY AU$321
PLAYERS IN SQUADS460
MOST AT ONE CLUB43 Kerala FC

The best-paid XI from India

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

  1. GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu AU$6,048 Bengaluru
  2. D Akash Mishra AU$8,505 Mumbai
  3. D Anwar Ali AU$8,505 Bengal
  4. D Abhishek Singh AU$6,615 Kolkata
  5. D Ashique Kuruniyan AU$4,725 Bengaluru
  6. M Lalengmawia AU$10,395 Kolkata
  7. M Anirudh Thapa AU$10,395 Kolkata
  8. M Jeakson Singh AU$7,749 Bengal
  9. A Sahal Abdul Samad AU$6,804 Kolkata
  10. A Ryan Williams AU$5,103 Bengaluru
  11. A Sunil Chhetri AU$4,914 Bengaluru

Combined AU$79,758 per week · AU$4,147,416 per year

Highest paid from India

Top 50 by weekly wage, 56% of every India wage we hold. Sortable.

The 50 highest paid footballers from India. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
# PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY CLUB LEAGUE AGE POSITION
01 Anirudh Thapa
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Kolkata Indian Super League 27 DM, AM C
02 Lalengmawia
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Kolkata Indian Super League 24 DM
03 Anwar Ali
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Bengal Indian Super League 24 D C
04 Akash Mishra
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Mumbai Indian Super League 23 D/WB L
05 Jeakson Singh
AU$7,749
AU$402,948 Bengal Indian Super League 24 DM
06 Sahal Abdul Samad
AU$6,804
AU$353,808 Kolkata Indian Super League 28 AM RLC
07 Abhishek Singh
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Kolkata Indian Super League 20 D/WB L
08 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
AU$6,048
AU$314,496 Bengaluru Indian Super League 33 GK
09 Ryan Williams
AU$5,103
AU$265,356 Bengaluru Indian Super League 31 AM RLC
10 Sunil Chhetri
AU$4,914
AU$255,528 Bengaluru Indian Super League 40 AM L, ST
11 Ashique Kuruniyan
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Bengaluru Indian Super League 28 WB/AM L
12 Brandon Fernandes
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Mumbai Indian Super League 30 AM C
13 Liston Colaco
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Kolkata Indian Super League 26 AM RL
14 Manvir Singh
AU$3,591
AU$186,732 Kolkata Indian Super League 29 AM R, ST
15 Muhammed Uvais
AU$3,591
AU$186,732 Punjab FC Indian Super League 26 D/WB L
16 Prabhsukhan Singh Gill
AU$3,402
AU$176,904 Bengal Indian Super League 24 GK
17 Sandesh Jhingan
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Goa Indian Super League 31 D C
18 Danish Farooq
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Bengal Indian Super League 29 DM, AM C
19 Amarjit Singh
AU$1,796
AU$93,366 Kolkata Indian Super League 24 DM
20 Amrinder Singh
AU$1,796
AU$93,366 Odisha Indian Super League 32 GK
21 Mandar Rao Dessai
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Chennai Indian Super League 33 D/WB/AM L
22 Edmund Lalrindika
AU$1,478
AU$76,855 Bengal Indian Super League 26 AM R, ST
23 Gurmeet Singh
AU$1,440
AU$74,889 Guwahati Indian Super League 25 GK
24 Hitesh Sharma
AU$1,421
AU$73,907 Odisha Indian Super League 27 AM RLC
25 Glan Martins
AU$1,361
AU$70,762 Chennai Indian Super League 31 DM
26 Rahul Bheke
AU$1,314
AU$68,305 Bengaluru Indian Super League 34 D RC
27 Asish Rai
AU$1,314
AU$68,305 Kolkata Indian Super League 26 D/WB R
28 Nikhil Poojary
AU$1,308
AU$68,010 Bengaluru Indian Super League 29 D/WB/AM R
29 Jay Gupta
AU$1,304
AU$67,813 Bengal Indian Super League 23 D LC
30 Bikash Yumnam
AU$1,295
AU$67,322 Kerala FC I-League 21 D C
31 Mohammed Yasir
AU$1,247
AU$64,865 Goa Indian Super League 27 AM RLC
32 Farukh Choudhary
AU$1,219
AU$63,391 Chennai Indian Super League 28 AM RL, ST
33 Mahesh Singh
AU$1,166
AU$60,639 Bengal Indian Super League 26 AM RLC, ST
34 Aiban Dohling
AU$1,153
AU$59,951 Kerala FC I-League 29 D RC
35 Jerry Lalrinzuala
AU$1,143
AU$59,459 Goa Indian Super League 26 D/WB L
36 Bipin Singh
AU$1,134
AU$58,968 Bengal Indian Super League 30 AM RL
37 Sana Singh (Chinglensana Singh)
AU$1,134
AU$58,968 Bengaluru Indian Super League 28 D C
38 Subhasish Bose
AU$1,134
AU$58,968 Kolkata Indian Super League 29 D LC
39 Pronay Haldar
AU$1,126
AU$58,575 Jamshedpur Indian Super League 32 DM
40 Puitea (Lalthathanga Khawlhring)
AU$1,109
AU$57,690 Odisha Indian Super League 27 DM
41 Vishal Kaith
AU$1,077
AU$56,020 Kolkata Indian Super League 28 GK
42 Raynier Fernandes
AU$1,072
AU$55,725 Bengal Indian Super League 29 DM
43 Rahul Praveen
AU$1,072
AU$55,725 Odisha Indian Super League 25 AM R
44 Arshdeep Singh
AU$1,072
AU$55,725 Punjab FC Indian Super League 28 GK
45 Nandhakumar Sekar
AU$1,068
AU$55,528 Bengal Indian Super League 29 AM RL
46 Deepak Tangri
AU$1,064
AU$55,332 Kolkata Indian Super League 26 D C, DM
47 Suresh Singh
AU$1,053
AU$54,742 Bengaluru Indian Super League 24 DM
48 Seriton Fernandes
AU$1,053
AU$54,742 Goa Indian Super League 32 D/WB R
49 Pratik Chaudhuri
AU$1,030
AU$53,563 Jamshedpur Indian Super League 35 D C
50 Roshan Singh
AU$992
AU$51,597 Bengaluru Indian Super League 26 D/WB L

Where India players play

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

3 leagues in all
Indian Super League
288 · AU$219k I-League
164 · AU$38k Other clubs
1 · AU$408

What each position earns

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

Goalkeepers
AU$635 · 12%
Defenders
AU$652 · 32%
Midfielders
AU$898 · 20%
Attackers
AU$730 · 36%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$104 16-19
AU$244 20-22
AU$593 23-25
AU$917 26-28
AU$1k 29-31
AU$890 32-34
AU$2k 35+

Clubs with the most India players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

Kerala FC 43 Bengal 38 Kolkata 36 North Eastern FC 33 Chennai 25 Sporting Club Delhi 24 Odisha 23 Kashmir FC 22 Punjab FC 22 Bengaluru 21 Jamshedpur 21 Mumbai 21

Frequently asked questions

Players from India

Who is the highest paid footballer from India?

Anirudh Thapa of Kolkata is the highest paid player from India in our data, on AU$10,395 per week (AU$540,540 per year).

How much do players from India earn?

The 333 players from India aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for earn AU$697 per week on average. The median is AU$321, 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 India?

Indian Super League has the most, with 288 players from India on wages we hold, ahead of I-League on 164.

How many players from India do you cover?

460 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as India, and we hold a weekly wage for 453 of them (98%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from India?

Kerala FC, with 43 players from India in its current squad.

Every player from India

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

ADEGKLMPRSV

A

Akash MishraAshique Kuruniyan

D

Deepak Tangri

E

Edmund Lalrindika

G

Gurpreet Singh SandhuGyamar Nikum

K

Komal Thatal

L

Liston Colaco

M

Mohammed SalahMohammed Sanan

P

Parthib Gogoi

R

Rahul BhekeRedeem Tlang

S

Sahal Abdul SamadSandesh JhinganSubhasish BoseSunil Chhetri

V

Vishal Kaith

Other nations

Germany 904 Portugal 643 Netherlands 637 Japan 622 Colombia 606 Scotland 588 Belgium 576 Poland 444 Norway 439 United States 431 Mexico 415 Denmark 346 Czechia 333 Wales 289

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