Highest paid player at every Croatian First League club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Ismaël Bennacer of GNK Dinamo Zagreb leads on $155,610 a week. At the other end, NK Slaven Belupo pays its own best paid player, Mihail Caimacov, $2,527 — a gap of 62×.
The best paid at each club
Weekly salary of the top earner at every club
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
Every club's top earner
All 10 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 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Ismaël Bennacer | $155,610 | $8,091,720 | 27 | DM | $421k | 38/80 | 37% |
| 02 | HNK Hajduk Split | Iker Almena | $69,160 | $3,596,320 | 21 | AM RLC | $197k | 28/74 | 35% |
| 03 | NK Osijek | David Čolina | $15,960 | $829,920 | 24 | D/WB L | $72k | 24/62 | 22% |
| 04 | NK Istra 1961 | Josip Radosevic | $6,783 | $352,716 | 31 | DM | $28k | 21/49 | 24% |
| 05 | HNK Rijeka | Ante Majstorović | $5,985 | $311,220 | 31 | D RC, DM | $44k | 28/58 | 14% |
| 06 | HNK Gorica | Ante Erceg | $4,655 | $242,060 | 35 | AM LC, F C | $18k | 20/49 | 26% |
| 07 | NK Varaždin | Aleksa Latković | $3,325 | $172,900 | 24 | AM RLC | $20k | 27/47 | 17% |
| 08 | NK Lokomotiva Zagreb | Domagoj Antolić | $3,192 | $165,984 | 35 | DM | $26k | 32/66 | 12% |
| 09 | HNK Vukovar 1991 | Lovre Kulušić | $2,660 | $138,320 | 18 | AM RC, F C | $14k | 25/40 | 19% |
| 10 | NK Slaven Belupo | Mihail Caimacov | $2,527 | $131,404 | 26 | DM, AM RC | $13k | 26/55 | 19% |
Frequently asked questions
Croatian First League club top earners
Which Croatian First League club pays the biggest single salary?
GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Ismaël Bennacer earns $155,610 per week there, $8,091,720 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which Croatian First League club has the lowest paid top earner?
NK Slaven Belupo, where the best paid player we hold a salary for is Mihail Caimacov on $2,527 per week. GNK Dinamo Zagreb pays 62 times that for its own top earner.
Which Croatian First League club leans hardest on one player?
GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Ismaël Bennacer takes 37% of the $421,280 a week the club pays across the 38 squad members we hold a salary for.
How many Croatian First League clubs are on this list?
All 10 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's salary.