The highest earners in the history of KAA Gent
Laurent Depoitre has earned $8.7m at KAA Gent across 6 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 17 of the twenty above have since left the club.
The 20 biggest earners in KAA Gent history
These 20 players took $47.4m between them, 73% of everything KAA Gent has paid the players we hold a salary for.
Every KAA Gent player we hold a salary for
Every player we hold a KAA Gent salary for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurent Depoitre | $8.7m | 6 | 2016-2024 |
| 2 | Núrio | $3.7m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 3 | Jordan Torunarigha | $3m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 4 | Hong Hyun-Seok Current squad | $2.8m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 5 | Roman Yaremchuk | $2.7m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 6 | Elisha Owusu | $2.6m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 7 | Giorgi Chakvetadze | $2.4m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 8 | Momodou Sonko Current squad | $2.3m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 9 | Birger Verstraete | $1.9m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 10 | Lovre Kalinić | $1.9m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 11 | Jonathan David | $1.8m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 12 | Jens Petter Hauge | $1.8m | 1 | 2023 |
| 13 | Siebe Van der Heyden Current squad | $1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 14 | Alexander Sørloth | $1.6m | 1 | 2019 |
| 15 | Alessio Castro-Montes | $1.5m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 16 | Anderson Esiti | $1.5m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 17 | Moses Simon | $1.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 18 | Deiver Machado | $1.3m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 19 | Arnaud Souquet | $1.3m | 1 | 2019 |
| 20 | Giorgi Kvilitaia | $1.3m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 21 | Stefan Mitrovic | $1.2m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 22 | Aimé Omgba Current squad | $1.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 23 | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | $1.1m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 24 | Niklas Dorsch | $1.1m | 1 | 2021 |
| 25 | Thomas Kaminski | $1.1m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 26 | Paul Nardi | $1.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 27 | Dylan Bronn | $1m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 28 | Yûya Kubo | $1m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 29 | Samuel Gigot | $997k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 30 | Eric Smith | $955k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 31 | Thomas Foket | $674k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 32 | Jean-Luc Dompé | $639k | 1 | 2019 |
| 33 | Jean-Kévin Duverne | $576k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 34 | Hugo Cuypers | $435k | 1 | 2023 |
| 35 | Samuel Kalu | $435k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 36 | Kamil Piątkowski | $421k | 1 | 2023 |
| 37 | Leonardo Lopes Current squad | $421k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 38 | Omri Gandelman | $407k | 1 | 2024 |
| 39 | Anderson Arroyo | $386k | 1 | 2019 |
| 40 | Gift Orban | $365k | 1 | 2023 |
| 41 | Archie Brown | $316k | 1 | 2024 |
| 42 | Joseph Okumu | $295k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 43 | Maksim Paskotši Current squad | $267k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 44 | Hatem Abd Elhamed | $225k | 1 | 2017 |
| 45 | Aboubakary Koita | $176k | 1 | 2018 |
| 46 | Kalifa Coulibaly | $140k | 1 | 2017 |
| 47 | Nicolas Raskin | $133k | 1 | 2018 |
| 48 | William Troost-Ekong | $98k | 1 | 2017 |
| 49 | Malick Fofana | $88k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 50 | Steve Kapuadi | $26k | 1 | 2019 |
| 51 | Matias Fernandez-Pardo | $4k | 1 | 2022 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at KAA Gent?
Laurent Depoitre, with $8.7m across 6 seasons at KAA Gent.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the salary the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 51 players we hold a KAA Gent salary for, from 2016 to 2026.