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VEIKKAUSLIIGA · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every Veikkausliiga club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Otto Ruoppi of Kuopion Palloseura leads on AU$17,280 a week. At the other end, IFK Mariehamn pays its own best paid player, Anttoni Huttunen, AU$1,062 — a gap of 16×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$17k Otto Ruoppi · Kuopion Palloseura
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$1k Anttoni Huttunen · IFK Mariehamn
TOP TO BOTTOM 16× Kuopion Palloseura over IFK Mariehamn
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 51% Kuopion Palloseura's bill taken by Otto Ruoppi

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages

Kuopion Palloseura Otto Ruoppi 51%
Valkeakosken Haka Anton Lepola 16%
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Alexander Ring 12%
FF Jaro Adam Vidjeskog 10%
AC Oulu Matias Ojala 10%
Vaasan Palloseura Jayden Turfkruier 10%
FC Inter Turku Alie Conteh 9%
IFK Mariehamn Anttoni Huttunen 9%
Ilves Anton Popovitch 9%
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho Kasper Paananen 9%
IF Gnistan Evgeny Bashkirov 8%

Every club's top earner

All 12 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL WAGES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 Kuopion Palloseura Otto Ruoppi
AU$17,280
AU$898,560 19 AM RC AU$34k 19/27
02 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Alexander Ring
AU$8,640
AU$449,280 34 DM, AM C AU$70k 24/41
03 FC Inter Turku Alie Conteh
AU$1,580
AU$82,168 20 ST AU$17k 20/35
04 IF Gnistan Evgeny Bashkirov
AU$1,309
AU$68,091 34 DM, AM C AU$16k 19/25
05 Ilves Anton Popovitch
AU$1,275
AU$66,294 28 DM AU$15k 19/28
06 Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho Kasper Paananen
AU$1,267
AU$65,894 22 AM RC AU$15k 19/23
07 FF Jaro Adam Vidjeskog
AU$1,181
AU$61,402 27 DM AU$12k 16/28
08 Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Atomu Tanaka
AU$1,181
AU$61,402 37 AM RLC AU$5k 7/17
09 Valkeakosken Haka Anton Lepola
AU$1,154
AU$60,004 28 GK AU$7k 11/21
10 Vaasan Palloseura Jayden Turfkruier
AU$1,075
AU$55,910 22 WB/AM L AU$11k 17/28
11 AC Oulu Matias Ojala
AU$1,073
AU$55,811 30 DM, AM C AU$11k 18/25
12 IFK Mariehamn Anttoni Huttunen
AU$1,062
AU$55,212 23 AM RC AU$12k 18/24
A club's weekly bill is the wages we hold for its squad, so WAGES HELD is what that figure and the share beside it are taken over.

Frequently asked questions

Veikkausliiga club top earners

Which Veikkausliiga club pays the biggest single wage?

Kuopion Palloseura. Otto Ruoppi earns AU$17,280 per week there, AU$898,560 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which Veikkausliiga club has the lowest paid top earner?

IFK Mariehamn, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Anttoni Huttunen on AU$1,062 per week. Kuopion Palloseura pays 16 times that for its own top earner.

Which Veikkausliiga club leans hardest on one player?

Kuopion Palloseura. Otto Ruoppi takes 51% of the AU$33,921 a week the club pays across the 19 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many Veikkausliiga clubs are on this list?

All 12 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.