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Highest paid players from Saudi Arabia

Salem Al-Dawsari is the best paid player from Saudi Arabia at AU$218,880 a week. We hold a wage for 234 of the 516 players in the squads we track who give Saudi Arabia, and they earn AU$6,318,566 a week between them, across 4 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$6.3m
COMBINED YEARLYAU$328.6m
PLAYERS IN SQUADS516
MOST AT ONE CLUB22 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA)

The best-paid XI from Saudi Arabia

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

Highest paid from Saudi Arabia

Top 50 by weekly wage, 47% of every Saudi Arabia wage we hold. Sortable.

The 50 highest paid footballers from Saudi Arabia. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
# PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY CLUB LEAGUE AGE POSITION
01 Salem Al-Dawsari
AU$218,880
AU$11,381,760 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 33 AM L
02 Firas Al-Buraikan
AU$136,320
AU$7,088,640 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Saudi Pro League 25 ST
03 Mukhtar Ali
AU$99,840
AU$5,191,680 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 27 DM
04 Abdullah Al-Hamdan
AU$92,160
AU$4,792,320 Al-Nassr Football Club Saudi Pro League 25 ST
05 Abdullah Radif
AU$86,400
AU$4,492,800 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Saudi Pro League 22 ST
06 Moteb Al-Harbi
AU$84,480
AU$4,392,960 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 25 D/WB L
07 Musab Al-Juwair
AU$84,480
AU$4,392,960 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 22 DM, AM C
08 Madallah Al-Olayan
AU$80,640
AU$4,193,280 Al-Ettifaq Football Club Saudi Pro League 30 D/WB RL
09 Ali Magrashi
AU$78,720
AU$4,093,440 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Saudi Pro League 25 D/WB R
10 Marwan Al-Sahafi
AU$78,720
AU$4,093,440 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 21 AM RL, ST
11 Yasser Al-Shahrani
AU$78,720
AU$4,093,440 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 33 D/WB RL
12 Ziyad Al-Johani
AU$72,960
AU$3,793,920 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Saudi Pro League 23 DM
13 Abdulelah Al-Amri
AU$71,040
AU$3,694,080 Al-Nassr Football Club Saudi Pro League 28 D C
14 Abdullah Al-Khaibari
AU$71,040
AU$3,694,080 Al-Nassr Football Club Saudi Pro League 28 DM
15 Sultan Al-Ghanam
AU$69,120
AU$3,594,240 Al-Nassr Football Club Saudi Pro League 31 D/WB R
16 Abdulbaset Al-Hindi
AU$67,200
AU$3,494,400 Abha Club Saudi Pro League 28 D C
17 Turki Al-Ammar
AU$67,200
AU$3,494,400 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 25 WB L, AM RL
18 Waleed Al-Ahmed
AU$65,280
AU$3,394,560 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 26 D C
19 Rayyan Hamidou
AU$61,440
AU$3,194,880 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Saudi Pro League 23 D RC
20 Ayman Fallatah
AU$57,600
AU$2,995,200 Al-Faisaly Football Club Saudi Pro League 21 DM, AM C
21 Abdulelah Al-Malki
AU$57,600
AU$2,995,200 Diriyah Sport Club Saudi Pro League 30 DM
22 Saud Abdulhamid
AU$55,680
AU$2,895,360 RC Lens Ligue 1 25 D/WB R
23 Fawaz Al-Saqoor
AU$55,680
AU$2,895,360 Al-Shabab Football Club Saudi Pro League 29 D/WB/M R
24 Saleh Aboulshamat
AU$53,760
AU$2,795,520 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Saudi Pro League 22 AM RLC
25 Mohammed Kanno
AU$51,840
AU$2,695,680 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 30 DM
26 Nasser Al-Dawsari
AU$49,920
AU$2,595,840 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 26 D/WB L, DM
27 Hassan Kadesh
AU$49,920
AU$2,595,840 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 32 D LC
28 Hammam Al-Hammami
AU$49,920
AU$2,595,840 Al-Shabab Football Club Saudi Pro League 21 AM R
29 Ali Al-Bulayhi
AU$49,920
AU$2,595,840 Al-Shabab Football Club Saudi Pro League 35 D C
30 Hassan Tambakti
AU$48,000
AU$2,496,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 26 D C
31 Sultan Mandash
AU$48,000
AU$2,496,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 30 AM RL
32 Ahmed Sharahili
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 31 D C
33 Ali Hazazi
AU$42,240
AU$2,196,480 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 31 DM
34 Abdulelah Hawsawi
AU$42,240
AU$2,196,480 Al-Taawoun Football Club Saudi Pro League 24 DM, AM C
35 Ali Lajami
AU$38,400
AU$1,996,800 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 29 D C
36 Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi
AU$36,480
AU$1,896,960 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club Saudi Pro League 24 GK
37 Ali Al-Hassan
AU$36,480
AU$1,896,960 Al-Nassr Football Club Saudi Pro League 28 DM
38 Abdulkarim Darisi
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Abha Club Saudi Pro League 22 AM RL, ST
39 Abdullah Al-Khatib
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Ettifaq Football Club Saudi Pro League 30 D LC
40 Murad Al-Hawsawi
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Saudi Pro League 24 DM
41 Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 26 D/WB R
42 Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 23 AM RLC
43 Ahmad Al-Julaydan
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 21 D/WB R
44 Abdulrahman Al-Aboud
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 30 AM RL
45 Saleh Al-Shehri
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 31 ST
46 Nader Al-Sharari
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Nassr Football Club Saudi Pro League 29 D C
47 Ayman Yahya
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Nassr Football Club Saudi Pro League 24 AM RL
48 Awad Al-Nashri
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Al-Shabab Football Club Saudi Pro League 23 DM
49 Hamed Al-Ghamdi
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) Saudi Pro League 26 AM C
50 Jehad Thakri
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 23 D C

Where Saudi Arabia players play

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

4 leagues in all

What each position earns

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

Goalkeepers
AU$20,360 · 9%
Defenders
AU$29,520 · 43%
Midfielders
AU$31,793 · 19%
Attackers
AU$32,003 · 30%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$13k 16-19
AU$22k 20-22
AU$30k 23-25
AU$27k 26-28
AU$31k 29-31
AU$41k 32-34
AU$23k 35+

Clubs with the most Saudi Arabia players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

Frequently asked questions

Players from Saudi Arabia

Who is the highest paid footballer from Saudi Arabia?

Salem Al-Dawsari of Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club is the highest paid player from Saudi Arabia in our data, on AU$218,880 per week (AU$11,381,760 per year).

How much do players from Saudi Arabia earn?

We hold a wage for 234 of the 516 players from Saudi Arabia in our data, so an average across them would describe those 234 rather than Saudi Arabia as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.

Which league has the most players from Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Pro League has the most, with 186 players from Saudi Arabia on wages we hold, ahead of Other clubs on 46.

How many players from Saudi Arabia do you cover?

516 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Saudi Arabia, and we hold a weekly wage for 234 of them (45%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from Saudi Arabia?

Al-Ittihad Club (KSA), with 22 players from Saudi Arabia in its current squad.

Every player from Saudi Arabia

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

Other nations

Every nation we hold wages for →