VFB STUTTGART · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of VfB Stuttgart
Gonzalo Castro has earned $25.9m at VfB Stuttgart across 7 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 10 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS $348.6m
PLAYERS RANKED97
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB74
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in VfB Stuttgart history
These 20 players took $204.4m between them, 59% of everything VfB Stuttgart has paid the players we hold a salary for.
Every VfB Stuttgart player we hold a salary for
Every player we hold a VfB Stuttgart 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 | Gonzalo Castro | $25.9m | 7 | 2019-2026 |
| 2 | Alexander Nübel | $17m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 3 | Christian Gentner | $15.9m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 4 | Daniel Didavi | $15.1m | 7 | 2014-2022 |
| 5 | Chris Führich Current squad | $11.9m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 6 | Holger Badstuber | $11.9m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 7 | Dan-Axel Zagadou Current squad | $10.6m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 8 | Angelo Stiller Current squad | $10.4m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 9 | Deniz Undav Current squad | $10.3m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Atakan Karazor Current squad | $9.7m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 11 | Pascal Stenzel | $7.7m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 12 | Jamie Leweling Current squad | $7.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 13 | Vedad Ibisevic | $7.3m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 14 | Josha Vagnoman Current squad | $7m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 15 | Maximilian Mittelstädt Current squad | $6.7m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 16 | Fabian Bredlow Current squad | $6.5m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 17 | Ermedin Demirovic Current squad | $6.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 18 | Waldemar Anton | $5.9m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 19 | Serhou Guirassy | $5.7m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 20 | Alexandru Maxim | $5.3m | 4 | 2014-2017 |
| 21 | Borna Sosa | $5.2m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 22 | Tiago Tomás Current squad | $5.1m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 23 | Bilal El Khannouss Current squad | $5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 24 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | $5m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 25 | Julian Chabot Current squad | $4.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 26 | Erik Thommy | $4.5m | 4 | 2018-2022 |
| 27 | Silas | $4.2m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 28 | Ameen Al-Dakhil Current squad | $4.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 29 | Daniel Ginczek | $4.1m | 3 | 2016-2018 |
| 30 | Timo Baumgartl | $4m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 31 | Hiroki Itô | $3.9m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 32 | Benjamin Pavard | $3.8m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 33 | Mahmoud Dahoud | $3.7m | 1 | 2024 |
| 34 | Takuma Asano | $3.7m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 35 | Badredine Bouanani Current squad | $3.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 36 | Enzo Millot | $3.4m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Marc Oliver Kempf | $3.4m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 38 | Nicolás González | $3.4m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 39 | Santiago Ascacíbar | $3.4m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 40 | Ron-Robert Zieler | $3.3m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 41 | Lorenz Assignon Current squad | $3.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Luca Jaquez Current squad | $2.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Chadrac Akolo | $2.6m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 44 | Genki Haraguchi | $2.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 45 | Marcin Kaminski | $2.3m | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 46 | Wataru Endo | $2.3m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 47 | Finn Jeltsch Current squad | $2.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 48 | Justin Diehl Current squad | $2.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 49 | Ramon Hendriks Current squad | $2.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 50 | Jeremy Current squad | $1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 51 | Pablo Maffeo | $1.7m | 1 | 2019 |
| 52 | Gregor Kobel | $1.7m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 53 | Josip Brekalo | $1.7m | 1 | 2017 |
| 54 | Clinton Mola | $1.6m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 55 | Philipp Klement | $1.6m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 56 | Chema | $1.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 57 | Lazar Jovanović | $1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Philipp Förster | $1.5m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 59 | Woo-Yeong Jeong | $1.5m | 1 | 2024 |
| 60 | Saša Kalajdžic | $1.4m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 61 | Omar Marmoush | $1.4m | 1 | 2022 |
| 62 | Ozan Kabak | $1.4m | 1 | 2019 |
| 63 | Tasos Donis | $1.4m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 64 | Noah Darvich | $1.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 65 | Orel Mangala | $1.1m | 4 | 2018-2022 |
| 66 | Alexander Esswein | $1.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 67 | Laurin Ulrich | $1m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 68 | Gil Dias | $1m | 1 | 2023 |
| 69 | Simon Terodde | $1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 70 | Anthony Rouault | $968k | 1 | 2024 |
| 71 | Antonio Rüdiger | $968k | 1 | 2016 |
| 72 | Carlos Mané | $885k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 73 | Jean Zimmer | $830k | 1 | 2017 |
| 74 | Steven Zuber | $761k | 1 | 2019 |
| 75 | Matthias Zimmermann | $747k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 76 | Florian Müller | $733k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 77 | Berkay Özcan | $705k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 78 | Jacob Bruun Larsen | $560k | 1 | 2018 |
| 79 | Julian Green | $560k | 1 | 2017 |
| 80 | Philip Heise | $539k | 1 | 2016 |
| 81 | Dennis Seimen Current squad | $512k | 1 | 2024 |
| 82 | Darko Churlinov | $470k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 83 | Günther Schäfer | $429k | 1 | 2021 |
| 84 | Jérôme Onguéné | $353k | 1 | 2017 |
| 85 | Nat Phillips | $339k | 1 | 2020 |
| 86 | Dzenis Burnic | $304k | 1 | 2018 |
| 87 | Maxime Awoudja | $270k | 1 | 2020 |
| 88 | Leonidas Stergiou Current squad | $207k | 1 | 2024 |
| 89 | Alexander Meyer | $173k | 1 | 2018 |
| 90 | Marvin Wanitzek | $131k | 1 | 2017 |
| 91 | Benjamin Uphoff | $104k | 1 | 2017 |
| 92 | Naouirou Ahamada | $78k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 93 | Florian Kastenmeier | $53k | 1 | 2018 |
| 94 | Anrie Chase | $51k | 1 | 2024 |
| 95 | Philipp Köhn | $20k | 1 | 2017 |
| 96 | Eric Hottmann | $8k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 97 | Jarzinho Malanga | $4k | 1 | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at VfB Stuttgart?
Gonzalo Castro, with $25.9m across 7 seasons at VfB Stuttgart.
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 97 players we hold a VfB Stuttgart salary for, from 2014 to 2026.