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2. BUNDESLIGA · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every 2. Bundesliga club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg leads on $98,420 a week. At the other end, FC Energie Cottbus pays its own best paid player, Marcel Lotka, $10,507 — a gap of 9.4×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE $98k Maximilian Arnold · VfL Wolfsburg
LOWEST TOP EARNER $11k Marcel Lotka · FC Energie Cottbus
TOP TO BOTTOM 9.4× VfL Wolfsburg over FC Energie Cottbus
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 23% VfL Osnabrück's bill taken by Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
2. Bundesliga top 100 2. Bundesliga wage bills All leagues

The best paid at each club

Weekly salary of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most

Maximilian Arnold VfL Wolfsburg $98k Marcel Hartel Hannover 96 $40k Daniel-Kofi Kyereh VfL Osnabrück $36k Patrick Mainka 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 $32k Eric Smith FC St. Pauli $29k William Bøving 1. FC Nürnberg $28k Diego Demme Hertha BSC $25k Marvin Wanitzek Karlsruher SC $25k Jordan SpVgg Greuther Fürth $23k Erencan Yardımcı 1. FC Kaiserslautern $21k Ben Bobzien Dynamo Dresden $21k Maximilian Bauer DSC Arminia Bielefeld $21k

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

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

VfL Osnabrück Daniel-Kofi Kyereh 23% FC Energie Cottbus Marcel Lotka 23% Karlsruher SC Marvin Wanitzek 21% Hannover 96 Marcel Hartel 17% 1. FC Nürnberg William Bøving 13% SpVgg Greuther Fürth Jordan 13% 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Patrick Mainka 12% Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Dominique Heintz 11% DSC Arminia Bielefeld Maximilian Bauer 11% 1. FC Magdeburg Barış Atik 10% Dynamo Dresden Ben Bobzien 10% VfL Wolfsburg Maximilian Arnold 10%

Every club's top earner

All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's salary. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL SALARIES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 VfL Wolfsburg Maximilian Arnold
$98,420
$5,117,840 31 DM $1m 30/31
02 Hannover 96 Marcel Hartel
$39,900
$2,074,800 29 DM, AM C $236k 28/30
03 VfL Osnabrück Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
$35,910
$1,867,320 29 AM RLC $157k 25/26
04 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Patrick Mainka
$31,920
$1,659,840 30 D C $270k 21/21
05 FC St. Pauli Eric Smith
$29,260
$1,521,520 28 D C, DM $334k 29/29
06 1. FC Nürnberg William Bøving
$27,930
$1,452,360 22 AM LC, F C $213k 27/28
07 Hertha BSC Diego Demme
$25,270
$1,314,040 33 DM $273k 27/27
08 Karlsruher SC Marvin Wanitzek
$25,270
$1,314,040 32 AM LC $118k 25/25
09 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Jordan
$22,610
$1,175,720 29 ST $176k 27/27
10 1. FC Kaiserslautern Erencan Yardımcı
$21,280
$1,106,560 23 ST $234k 28/29
11 Dynamo Dresden Ben Bobzien
$21,280
$1,106,560 22 AM RLC, F C $209k 28/29
12 DSC Arminia Bielefeld Maximilian Bauer
$21,280
$1,106,560 25 D C $201k 30/31
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Dominique Heintz
$21,280
$1,106,560 31 D LC $188k 27/27
14 SV Darmstadt 98 Christian Clemens
$19,950
$1,037,400 28 M/AM (RL) $222k 28/28
15 VfL Bochum 1848 Karol Mets
$17,290
$899,080 32 D C, DM $180k 27/28
16 1. FC Magdeburg Barış Atik
$17,290
$899,080 30 AM LC $168k 27/28
17 Holstein Kiel Giorgi Kvilitaia
$14,630
$760,760 31 ST $180k 29/31
18 Eintracht Braunschweig Noah Katterbach
$14,630
$760,760 24 D/WB L $173k 27/28
19 FC Energie Cottbus Marcel Lotka
$10,507
$546,364 24 GK $46k 8/27
A club's weekly payroll is the salaries we hold for its squad, so SALARIES HELD is what that figure and the share beside it are taken over.

Frequently asked questions

2. Bundesliga club top earners

Which 2. Bundesliga club pays the biggest single salary?

VfL Wolfsburg. Maximilian Arnold earns $98,420 per week there, $5,117,840 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which 2. Bundesliga club has the lowest paid top earner?

FC Energie Cottbus, where the best paid player we hold a salary for is Marcel Lotka on $10,507 per week. VfL Wolfsburg pays 9.4 times that for its own top earner.

Which 2. Bundesliga club leans hardest on one player?

VfL Osnabrück. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh takes 23% of the $156,617 a week the club pays across the 25 squad members we hold a salary for.

How many 2. Bundesliga clubs are on this list?

All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's salary.