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LIGA MX · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every Liga MX club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Carlos Gruezo of CD Santos Laguna leads on $85,120 a week. At the other end, Atlante pays its own best paid player, Joaquín Esquivel, $8,113 — a gap of 10×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE $85k Carlos Gruezo · CD Santos Laguna
LOWEST TOP EARNER $8k Joaquín Esquivel · Atlante
TOP TO BOTTOM 10× CD Santos Laguna over Atlante
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 48% CD Necaxa's bill taken by Julián Carranza
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The best paid at each club

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

Carlos Gruezo CD Santos Laguna $85k Julián Carranza CD Necaxa $82k Hugo Cuypers CF Monterrey $68k Alan Pulido CD Guadalajara $45k Keylor Navas Pumas de la UNAM $39k Jordy Caicedo CD Atlas $37k Alexis Vega Deportivo Toluca $33k Erick Sánchez Club América $33k Kenedy Pachuca CF $33k Juan Brunetta Tigres de la UANL $31k Felipe Mora Club Atlético San Luis $31k Agustín Palavecino CD Cruz Azul $28k

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

CD Necaxa Julián Carranza 48% CD Santos Laguna Carlos Gruezo 32% Atlante Joaquín Esquivel 25% CD Atlas Jordy Caicedo 23% Club Atlético San Luis Felipe Mora 19% Querétaro FC Diego Reyes 19% CF Puebla de la Franja Lucas Cavallini 18% Pumas de la UNAM Keylor Navas 15% CD Guadalajara Alan Pulido 15% Pachuca CF Kenedy 15% CF Monterrey Hugo Cuypers 14% Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana Ignacio Rivero 14%

Every club's top earner

All 18 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 CD Santos Laguna Carlos Gruezo
$85,120
$4,426,240 30 DM $263k 32/55
02 CD Necaxa Julián Carranza
$82,460
$4,287,920 25 ST $171k 29/67
03 CF Monterrey Hugo Cuypers
$67,830
$3,527,160 28 ST $478k 38/56
04 CD Guadalajara Alan Pulido
$45,220
$2,351,440 34 AM/F C $300k 30/64
05 Pumas de la UNAM Keylor Navas
$38,570
$2,005,640 38 GK $250k 36/46
06 CD Atlas Jordy Caicedo
$37,240
$1,936,480 27 AM R, ST $163k 29/46
07 Deportivo Toluca Alexis Vega
$33,250
$1,729,000 27 AM RLC, F C $355k 34/63
08 Club América Erick Sánchez
$33,250
$1,729,000 25 M C $336k 44/55
09 Pachuca CF Kenedy
$33,250
$1,729,000 29 WB L, AM RL $222k 31/34
10 Tigres de la UANL Juan Brunetta
$30,590
$1,590,680 28 AM LC, F C $295k 31/50
11 Club Atlético San Luis Felipe Mora
$30,590
$1,590,680 31 ST $157k 30/45
12 CD Cruz Azul Agustín Palavecino
$27,930
$1,452,360 28 AM C $292k 29/49
13 Club León Diber Cambindo
$21,280
$1,106,560 29 ST $214k 33/67
14 Fútbol Club Juárez Diego Valoyes
$17,290
$899,080 28 AM RL $185k 36/53
15 Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana Ignacio Rivero
$15,960
$829,920 33 AM RL $117k 33/72
16 CF Puebla de la Franja Lucas Cavallini
$11,970
$622,440 32 ST $67k 27/36
17 Querétaro FC Diego Reyes
$9,842
$511,784 32 D C, DM $52k 23/72
18 Atlante Joaquín Esquivel
$8,113
$421,876 27 D C, DM $32k 9/34
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

Liga MX club top earners

Which Liga MX club pays the biggest single salary?

CD Santos Laguna. Carlos Gruezo earns $85,120 per week there, $4,426,240 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which Liga MX club has the lowest paid top earner?

Atlante, where the best paid player we hold a salary for is Joaquín Esquivel on $8,113 per week. CD Santos Laguna pays 10 times that for its own top earner.

Which Liga MX club leans hardest on one player?

CD Necaxa. Julián Carranza takes 48% of the $171,333 a week the club pays across the 29 squad members we hold a salary for.

How many Liga MX clubs are on this list?

All 18 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's salary.