VEIKKAUSLIIGA · TOP 100
Highest paid Veikkausliiga players
Otto Ruoppi leads on $12,150 per week. These 100 players take $116,971 a week between them - 74% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 205 of the 322 players in Veikkausliiga.
TOP 100 WEEKLY $117k
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL74%
MEDIAN AGE25
MOST IN THE LIST15 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Where the top 100 play
Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes
Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rank #1 $12k #10 $3k #100 $587
Otto Ruoppi earns 4.7× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 21× the 100th. Half of the $117k a week on this page goes to the first 18 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Otto Ruoppi | $12,150 | $631,800 | Kuopion Palloseura | Finland | 19 | AM RC |
| 02 | Alexander Ring | $6,075 | $315,900 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Finland | 34 | DM, AM C |
| 03 | Teemu Pukki | $4,860 | $252,720 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Finland | 35 | ST |
| 04 | Emmanuel Boateng | $4,455 | $231,660 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Ghana | 28 | DM, AM C |
| 05 | Ville Tikkanen | $3,375 | $175,500 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Finland | 25 | D C |
| 06 | Alfie Cicale | $3,375 | $175,500 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | England | 23 | WB/AM L |
| 07 | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | $3,240 | $168,480 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Finland | 30 | D LC |
| 08 | Leonel Montano | $2,700 | $140,400 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Denmark | 25 | D/WB/M L |
| 09 | Lucas Lingman | $2,700 | $140,400 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Finland | 27 | DM, AM C |
| 10 | Matej Marković | $2,565 | $133,380 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 28 | GK |
| 11 | Mihailo Bogićević | $2,565 | $133,380 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Switzerland | 27 | D C |
| 12 | Till Cissokho | $2,160 | $112,320 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | France | 25 | D C |
| 13 | Taneli Hämäläinen | $2,160 | $112,320 | Kuopion Palloseura | Finland | 24 | D RLC |
| 14 | Brooklyn Lyons-Foster | $2,025 | $105,300 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | England | 24 | D RLC |
| 15 | Johannes Kreidl | $1,485 | $77,220 | Kuopion Palloseura | Austria | 29 | GK |
| 16 | Mads Borchers | $1,215 | $63,180 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Denmark | 23 | AM L, ST |
| 17 | Alie Conteh | $1,111 | $57,775 | FC Inter Turku | Sierra Leone | 20 | ST |
| 18 | Clinton Antwi | $1,019 | $53,001 | Kuopion Palloseura | Ghana | 25 | D/WB L |
| 19 | Evgeny Bashkirov | $921 | $47,876 | IF Gnistan | Russia | 34 | DM, AM C |
| 20 | Gustav Engvall | $906 | $47,104 | Kuopion Palloseura | Sweden | 29 | AM LC, F C |
| 21 | Anton Popovitch | $896 | $46,613 | Ilves | Finland | 28 | DM |
| 22 | Kasper Paananen | $891 | $46,332 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Finland | 22 | AM RC |
| 23 | Albin Granlund | $890 | $46,262 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 35 | D RLC |
| 24 | Jasse Tuominen | $884 | $45,981 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 29 | ST |
| 25 | Danny Pérez | $864 | $44,928 | IF Gnistan | Venezuela | 25 | AM RL, ST |
| 26 | Ayo Obileye | $851 | $44,226 | IF Gnistan | Nigeria | 30 | D C, DM |
| 27 | Petteri Pennanen | $844 | $43,875 | Kuopion Palloseura | Finland | 34 | AM LC |
| 28 | Loic Essomba | $838 | $43,594 | FC Inter Turku | Cameroon | 21 | AM RL, ST |
| 29 | Adam Vidjeskog | $830 | $43,173 | FF Jaro | Finland | 27 | DM |
| 30 | Atomu Tanaka | $830 | $43,173 | Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat | Japan | 37 | AM RLC |
| 31 | Anton Lepola | $811 | $42,190 | Valkeakosken Haka | Finland | 28 | GK |
| 32 | Julius Tauriainen | $807 | $41,980 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 24 | D/WB RL |
| 33 | Niklas Friberg | $805 | $41,839 | Valkeakosken Haka | Finland | 29 | D RLC |
| 34 | Bismark Ampofo | $799 | $41,558 | FC Inter Turku | Ghana | 22 | DM |
| 35 | Sauli Väisänen | $784 | $40,786 | Ilves | Finland | 31 | D C |
| 36 | Eetu Mömmö | $778 | $40,435 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Finland | 23 | D/WB L, AM RL |
| 37 | Herman Sjögrell | $774 | $40,225 | FF Jaro | Sweden | 24 | AM RL |
| 38 | Jean Botué | $768 | $39,944 | FC Inter Turku | Burkina Faso | 22 | ST |
| 39 | Eetu Huuhtanen | $759 | $39,452 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 22 | GK |
| 40 | Jayden Turfkruier | $756 | $39,312 | Vaasan Palloseura | Suriname | 22 | WB/AM L |
| 41 | Matias Ojala | $755 | $39,242 | AC Oulu | Finland | 30 | DM, AM C |
| 42 | Jesper Svenungsen Skau | $747 | $38,821 | FF Jaro | Norway | 22 | D C, DM |
| 43 | Adeleke Akinyemi | $747 | $38,821 | IF Gnistan | Nigeria | 26 | ST |
| 44 | Anttoni Huttunen | $747 | $38,821 | IFK Mariehamn | Finland | 23 | AM RC |
| 45 | Armaan Wilson | $734 | $38,189 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Canada | 23 | D C, DM |
| 46 | Elias Mastokangas | $720 | $37,417 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Finland | 24 | AM RLC |
| 47 | Emmanuel Patut | $713 | $37,066 | IFK Mariehamn | Finland | 22 | DM |
| 48 | Ramilson Almeida | $710 | $36,925 | IF Gnistan | Brazil | 25 | GK |
| 49 | Jeremiah Streng | $710 | $36,925 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Finland | 23 | ST |
| 50 | Max Bjurstrøm | $705 | $36,644 | IF Gnistan | Norway | 19 | D/WB R |
| 51 | Álex Craninx | $698 | $36,293 | IF Gnistan | Belgium | 29 | GK |
| 52 | Kelvin Pires | $697 | $36,223 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Cape Verde | 25 | D C |
| 53 | Juhani Ojala | $694 | $36,083 | IF Gnistan | Finland | 36 | D C |
| 54 | Artur Atarah | $694 | $36,083 | IF Gnistan | Finland | 20 | AM RL, ST |
| 55 | Danila Bulgakov | $694 | $36,083 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Finland | 20 | AM RLC |
| 56 | Juuso Hämäläinen | $691 | $35,942 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 31 | D C |
| 57 | Adam Larsson | $691 | $35,942 | IFK Mariehamn | Sweden | 25 | ST |
| 58 | Andre Raymond | $691 | $35,942 | Ilves | Trinidad & Tobago | 24 | D/WB L |
| 59 | Fabian Østigård Ness | $684 | $35,591 | FF Jaro | Norway | 25 | D/WB/M L |
| 60 | Aron Bjonbäck | $684 | $35,591 | FF Jaro | Finland | 23 | D/WB RL |
| 61 | Joona Veteli | $682 | $35,451 | Ilves | Finland | 30 | DM, AM LC |
| 62 | Erik Gunnarsson | $679 | $35,311 | FF Jaro | Sweden | 26 | D C |
| 63 | Matias Rale | $678 | $35,240 | Ilves | Finland | 24 | D LC |
| 64 | Eero-Matti Auvinen | $675 | $35,100 | Valkeakosken Haka | Finland | 29 | D C |
| 65 | Luka Smyth | $674 | $35,030 | Vaasan Palloseura | Australia | 21 | ST |
| 66 | Markus Arsalo | $670 | $34,819 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Finland | 22 | DM |
| 67 | Michael Ogungbaro | $668 | $34,749 | FF Jaro | Nigeria | 29 | D C, DM |
| 68 | Roope Riski | $667 | $34,679 | Ilves | Finland | 33 | ST |
| 69 | Luka Kuittinen | $664 | $34,538 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 22 | D C |
| 70 | Jabir Abdihakim Ali | $663 | $34,468 | Vaasan Palloseura | Sweden | 26 | ST |
| 71 | Calvin Kabuye | $659 | $34,258 | Kuopion Palloseura | Uganda | 22 | AM L, ST |
| 72 | Jesse Öst | $655 | $34,047 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Finland | 34 | GK |
| 73 | Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba | $652 | $33,907 | Kuopion Palloseura | Finland | 22 | AM R, ST |
| 74 | Rasmus Karjalainen | $651 | $33,836 | AC Oulu | Finland | 29 | AM L, ST |
| 75 | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan | $649 | $33,766 | Vaasan Palloseura | Finland | 26 | D/WB/M RL |
| 76 | Jardell Kanga | $645 | $33,556 | Ilves | Sweden | 19 | AM RC |
| 77 | Saku Ylätupa | $644 | $33,485 | IF Gnistan | Finland | 25 | AM RLC, F C |
| 78 | Martti Haukioja | $641 | $33,345 | Vaasan Palloseura | Finland | 25 | D LC |
| 79 | Jerry Voutilainen | $633 | $32,924 | Kuopion Palloseura | Finland | 30 | DM, AM C |
| 80 | Juha Pirinen | $632 | $32,854 | AC Oulu | Finland | 33 | D LC |
| 81 | Kalle Wallius | $632 | $32,854 | Ilves | Finland | 22 | D/WB R |
| 82 | Samuel Chukwudi | $628 | $32,643 | Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Faroe Islands | 22 | D C |
| 83 | Iiro Järvinen | $626 | $32,573 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 28 | WB R, M RC |
| 84 | Edmund Arko-Mensah | $622 | $32,362 | IF Gnistan | Ghana | 23 | D/WB/M L |
| 85 | Niklas Jokelainen | $614 | $31,941 | AC Oulu | Finland | 25 | AM RC, F C |
| 86 | Petteri Forsell | $610 | $31,730 | Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat | Finland | 34 | AM LC |
| 87 | Rachide Gnanou | $603 | $31,379 | IF Gnistan | Burkina Faso | 20 | D C |
| 88 | Roman Eremenko | $603 | $31,379 | IF Gnistan | Finland | 38 | AM C |
| 89 | Ollie Whyte | $602 | $31,309 | Valkeakosken Haka | New Zealand | 25 | DM, AM C |
| 90 | Lauri Ala-Myllymäki | $598 | $31,099 | Ilves | Finland | 28 | AM LC |
| 91 | Arttu Heinonen | $598 | $31,099 | Kuopion Palloseura | Finland | 26 | AM LC, F C |
| 92 | Jere Kallinen | $597 | $31,028 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Finland | 23 | DM |
| 93 | Otso Virtanen | $595 | $30,958 | Ilves | Finland | 31 | GK |
| 94 | Jussi Niska | $594 | $30,888 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 22 | D/WB/M L |
| 95 | Jim Myrevik | $593 | $30,818 | FF Jaro | Finland | 29 | D/WB/M L |
| 96 | Senne Vits | $591 | $30,748 | FF Jaro | Belgium | 28 | GK |
| 97 | Noah Nurmi | $591 | $30,748 | IFK Mariehamn | Finland | 24 | D C, DM |
| 98 | Sergey Eremenko | $590 | $30,677 | IF Gnistan | Russia | 26 | AM C |
| 99 | Seth Saarinen | $589 | $30,607 | FC Inter Turku | Finland | 24 | D/WB R |
| 100 | Tuomas Kaukua | $587 | $30,537 | AC Oulu | Finland | 24 | D/WB L, AM RL |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in Veikkausliiga?
Otto Ruoppi of Kuopion Palloseura, on $12,150 per week — $631,800 a year.
How much do the top 100 Veikkausliiga players earn between them?
$116,971 per week and $6,082,479 per year, which is 74% of the entire Veikkausliiga wage bill.
Which Veikkausliiga club has the most players in the top 100?
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, with 15 of them, paying $42,561 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
$587 per week — that is what Tuomas Kaukua earns in 100th place.