2. BUNDESLIGA · TOP 100

Highest paid 2. Bundesliga players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in 2. Bundesliga?

Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg, on $98,420 per week — $5,117,840 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 2. Bundesliga players earn between them?

$2,365,405 per week and $123,001,060 per year, which is 52% of the entire 2. Bundesliga payroll.

Q: Which 2. Bundesliga club has the most players in the top 100?

VfL Wolfsburg, with 22 of them, paying $945,630 a week across those players.

Q: What does it take to make the top 100?

$11,970 per week — that is what Patric Pfeiffer earns in 100th place.

Maximilian Arnold leads on $98,420 per week. These 100 players take $2,365,405 a week between them - 52% of the league's entire payroll. We hold a salary for 498 of the 530 players in 2. Bundesliga.

TOP 100 WEEKLY $2.4m

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL52%

MEDIAN AGE26

MOST IN THE LIST22 VfL Wolfsburg

2. Bundesliga league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly salaries of each club's players in this list

VfL Wolfsburg 22 $946k FC St. Pauli 15 $263k 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 13 $231k Hertha BSC 10 $188k 1. FC Kaiserslautern 7 $114k Hannover 96 5 $112k 1. FC Nürnberg 4 $86k SV Darmstadt 98 4 $65k VfL Osnabrück 2 $57k SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3 $56k DSC Arminia Bielefeld 3 $49k Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 2 $36k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly salaries of the top 100 by age

Under 23 16 $426k

23-26 35 $709k

27-30 36 $768k

Over 30 13 $463k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly salary by rank

#1 $98k #10 $43k #100 $12k

Maximilian Arnold earns 2.3× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 8.2× the 100th. Half of the $2.4m a week on this page goes to the first 30 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Maximilian Arnold	$98,420	$5,117,840	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	DM
02	Christian Eriksen	$79,800	$4,149,600	VfL Wolfsburg	Denmark	33	DM, AM RLC
03	Mattias Svanberg	$61,180	$3,181,360	VfL Wolfsburg	Sweden	26	DM, AM C
04	Yannick Gerhardt	$55,860	$2,904,720	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	D L, DM
05	Vinicius Souza	$50,540	$2,628,080	VfL Wolfsburg	Brazil	26	DM
06	Joakim Mæhle	$49,210	$2,558,920	VfL Wolfsburg	Denmark	28	D/WB RL
07	Aster Vranckx	$47,880	$2,489,760	VfL Wolfsburg	Belgium	22	DM, AM C
08	Fabian Reese	$46,550	$2,420,600	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	27	AM RL
09	Muhammed Damar	$42,560	$2,213,120	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	21	AM RLC
10	Moritz Jenz	$42,560	$2,213,120	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	26	D C

11	Rogério	$41,230	$2,143,960	VfL Wolfsburg	Brazil	27	D/WB/M L
12	Marcel Hartel	$39,900	$2,074,800	Hannover 96	Germany	29	DM, AM C
13	Aaron Zehnter	$37,240	$1,936,480	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	20	D/WB L
14	Robert Glatzel	$37,240	$1,936,480	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	ST
15	Daniel-Kofi Kyereh	$35,910	$1,867,320	VfL Osnabrück	Ghana	29	AM RLC
16	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	$35,910	$1,867,320	VfL Wolfsburg	Kosovo	27	DM
17	Jonas Adjetey	$33,250	$1,729,000	VfL Wolfsburg	Ghana	21	D C
18	Kento Shiogai	$33,250	$1,729,000	VfL Wolfsburg	Japan	20	AM RL, ST
19	Patrick Mainka	$31,920	$1,659,840	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	30	D C
20	Nicolas Cozza	$31,920	$1,659,840	VfL Wolfsburg	France	26	D LC
21	Saël Kumbedi	$30,590	$1,590,680	VfL Wolfsburg	France	20	D/WB R
22	Eric Smith	$29,260	$1,521,520	FC St. Pauli	Sweden	28	D C, DM
23	William Bøving	$27,930	$1,452,360	1. FC Nürnberg	Denmark	22	AM LC, F C
24	Hauke Wahl	$27,930	$1,452,360	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	31	D C, DM
25	Budu Zivzivadze	$26,600	$1,383,200	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Georgia	31	ST
26	Mika Faye	$26,600	$1,383,200	1. FC Nürnberg	Senegal	20	D LC
27	Diego Demme	$25,270	$1,314,040	Hertha BSC	Germany	33	DM
28	Márton Dárdai	$25,270	$1,314,040	Hertha BSC	Hungary	23	D C, DM
29	Marvin Wanitzek	$25,270	$1,314,040	Karlsruher SC	Germany	32	AM LC
30	Emir Sahiti	$22,610	$1,175,720	Hannover 96	Kosovo	26	AM RL
31	Jordan	$22,610	$1,175,720	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	United States	29	ST
32	Bence Dárdai	$22,610	$1,175,720	VfL Wolfsburg	Hungary	19	DM, AM C
33	Maximilian Bauer	$21,280	$1,106,560	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	Germany	25	D C
34	Ben Bobzien	$21,280	$1,106,560	Dynamo Dresden	Germany	22	AM RLC, F C
35	Mathias Pereira Lage	$21,280	$1,106,560	FC St. Pauli	Portugal	28	AM LC, F C
36	Martijn Kaars	$21,280	$1,106,560	FC St. Pauli	Netherlands	26	AM/F C
37	Dominique Heintz	$21,280	$1,106,560	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895	Germany	31	D LC
38	Mads Pedersen	$21,280	$1,106,560	Hertha BSC	Denmark	28	D/WB L
39	Farid Alfa-Ruprecht	$21,280	$1,106,560	Hertha BSC	Germany	19	AM RL
40	Erencan Yardımcı	$21,280	$1,106,560	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Türkiye	23	ST

41	Adrian Beck	$21,280	$1,106,560	VfL Osnabrück	Germany	28	DM, AM C
42	Cleiton	$21,280	$1,106,560	VfL Wolfsburg	Brazil	22	D C
43	Jan Schöppner	$19,950	$1,037,400	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	26	DM
44	Connor Metcalfe	$19,950	$1,037,400	FC St. Pauli	Australia	25	DM, AM RC
45	Boris Tomiak	$19,950	$1,037,400	Hannover 96	Germany	26	D C, DM
46	Hendry Blank	$19,950	$1,037,400	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Germany	20	D LC
47	Christian Clemens	$19,950	$1,037,400	SV Darmstadt 98	Germany	28	M/AM (RL)
48	David Nemeth	$18,620	$968,240	FC St. Pauli	Austria	24	D C
49	Joel Chima Fujita	$18,620	$968,240	FC St. Pauli	Japan	23	DM, AM C
50	Branimir Hrgota	$18,620	$968,240	FC St. Pauli	Sweden	32	AM/F C
51	Deyovaisio Zeefuik	$18,620	$968,240	Hertha BSC	Netherlands	27	D/WB RL
52	Kilian Fischer	$18,620	$968,240	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	24	D/WB RL
53	Leart Paqarada	$17,290	$899,080	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Kosovo	30	D/WB L
54	Louis Oppie	$17,290	$899,080	FC St. Pauli	Germany	23	D/WB L
55	Adam Dźwigała	$17,290	$899,080	FC St. Pauli	Poland	29	D RC, DM
56	Josip Brekalo	$17,290	$899,080	Hertha BSC	Croatia	27	AM RLC
57	Kevin Sessa	$17,290	$899,080	Hertha BSC	Germany	25	DM, AM C
58	Ivan Prtajin	$17,290	$899,080	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Croatia	29	ST
59	Barış Atik	$17,290	$899,080	1. FC Magdeburg	Türkiye	30	AM LC
60	Aleksandar Vukotić	$17,290	$899,080	SV Darmstadt 98	Serbia	29	D C
61	Karol Mets	$17,290	$899,080	VfL Bochum 1848	Estonia	32	D C, DM
62	Mikkel Kaufmann	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Denmark	24	ST
63	Christian Conteh	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	25	AM RLC
64	Jonas Föhrenbach	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	29	D LC
65	Marnon Busch	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	30	D RC
66	Luca Kerber	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	23	DM
67	Julian Niehues	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	24	D C, DM
68	Julian Justvan	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Nürnberg	Germany	27	AM RC
69	Finn Becker	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Nürnberg	Germany	25	DM, AM C
70	Erik Ahlstrand	$15,960	$829,920	FC St. Pauli	Sweden	23	WB L, AM LC

71	Fabian Kunze	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	27	DM
72	Jacob Rasmussen	$15,960	$829,920	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Denmark	28	D C
73	Noah Weißhaupt	$15,960	$829,920	SV Darmstadt 98	Germany	23	WB L, AM RL
74	Mathias Honsak	$14,630	$760,760	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Austria	28	AM LC
75	Henri Koudossou	$14,630	$760,760	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	Germany	25	D/WB RL, M R
76	Noah Katterbach	$14,630	$760,760	Eintracht Braunschweig	Germany	24	D/WB L
77	Mathias Rasmussen	$14,630	$760,760	FC St. Pauli	Norway	27	DM, AM C
78	Matthias Zimmermann	$14,630	$760,760	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895	Germany	33	D/WB R, DM
79	Mustapha Bundu	$14,630	$760,760	Hannover 96	Sierra Leone	28	AM RLC
80	Maurice Neubauer	$14,630	$760,760	Hannover 96	Germany	29	D/WB RL
81	Linus Gechter	$14,630	$760,760	Hertha BSC	Germany	21	D RC
82	Paul Seguin	$14,630	$760,760	Hertha BSC	Germany	30	DM
83	Giorgi Kvilitaia	$14,630	$760,760	Holstein Kiel	Georgia	31	ST
84	Semih Şahin	$14,630	$760,760	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	25	DM
85	Naatan Skyttä	$14,630	$760,760	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Finland	23	AM RC
86	Mërgim Berisha	$14,630	$760,760	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	27	AM/F C
87	Tim Siersleben	$13,300	$691,600	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	25	D C, DM
88	Leon Jensen	$13,300	$691,600	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	Germany	28	DM
89	Robert Wagner	$13,300	$691,600	Dynamo Dresden	Germany	22	DM
90	Lino Tempelmann	$13,300	$691,600	Eintracht Braunschweig	Germany	26	DM
91	Taichi Hara	$13,300	$691,600	FC St. Pauli	Japan	26	AM RL, ST
92	Tomoya Ando	$13,300	$691,600	FC St. Pauli	Japan	26	D C
93	Luca Itter	$13,300	$691,600	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Germany	26	D LC
94	Emmanuel Iyoha	$12,369	$643,188	1. FC Magdeburg	Germany	27	D/WB/AM RL
95	Gustaf Nilsson	$12,236	$636,272	Hertha BSC	Sweden	28	ST
96	Maximilian Breunig	$11,970	$622,440	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	Germany	24	AM/F C
97	Ricky-Jade Jones	$11,970	$622,440	FC St. Pauli	England	22	AM L, ST
98	Lars Ritzka	$11,970	$622,440	FC St. Pauli	Germany	27	D LC
99	Sebastian Schonlau	$11,970	$622,440	Holstein Kiel	Germany	30	D C, DM
100	Patric Pfeiffer	$11,970	$622,440	SV Darmstadt 98	Ghana	25	D C

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in 2. Bundesliga?

Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg, on $98,420 per week — $5,117,840 a year.

How much do the top 100 2. Bundesliga players earn between them?

$2,365,405 per week and $123,001,060 per year, which is 52% of the entire 2. Bundesliga payroll.

Which 2. Bundesliga club has the most players in the top 100?

VfL Wolfsburg, with 22 of them, paying $945,630 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

$11,970 per week — that is what Patric Pfeiffer earns in 100th place.