A-LEAGUE · ATTACKERS · 2026/27
Highest paid A-League attackers
Chris Ikonomidis is the best-paid attacker in the A-League, on £17,000 a week at Macarthur Football Club, or £884,000 a year. Ryan Fraser is next on £8,000 at Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club. We hold wages for 129 A-League attackers in 2026/27.
BEST PAID £17k
AVERAGE WAGE £1,642
SHARE OF WAGE BILL51%
TOP 10 A WEEK £58k
WAGES HELD129
The 50 best-paid A-League attackers
Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | CLUB | AGE | POSITION | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Ikonomidis | £17,000£17k | £884,000£884k | Macarthur Football Club | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Australia |
| 2 | Ryan Fraser | £8,000£8k | £416,000£416k | Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club | 31 | Winger | Scotland |
| 3 | Piero Quispe | £6,800£7k | £353,600£354k | Sydney Football Club | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Peru |
| 4 | Nikos Vergos | £5,900£6k | £306,800£307k | Melbourne Victory Football Club | 29 | Striker | Greece |
| 5 | Andrew Nabbout | £3,500£4k | £182,000£182k | Melbourne City FC | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Australia |
| 6 | Adam Taggart | £3,500£4k | £182,000£182k | Perth Glory Football Club | 32 | Striker | Australia |
| 7 | Brandon Borrello | £3,500£4k | £182,000£182k | Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club | 29 | Winger | Australia |
| 8 | Jake Brimmer | £3,100£3k | £161,200£161k | Auckland Football Club | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Malta |
| 9 | Juan Mata | £3,100£3k | £161,200£161k | Melbourne Victory Football Club | 37 | Attacking midfielder | Spain |
| 10 | Joe Lolley | £3,100£3k | £161,200£161k | Sydney Football Club | 32 | Attacking midfielder | England |
| 11 | Kota Mizunuma | £3,000£3k | £156,000£156k | Newcastle Jets FC | 35 | Right winger | Japan |
| 12 | Mathew Leckie | £2,900£3k | £150,800£151k | Melbourne City FC | 34 | Winger | Australia |
| 13 | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | £2,500£3k | £130,000£130k | Sydney Football Club | 26 | Striker | Australia |
| 14 | Craig Goodwin | £2,400£2k | £124,800£125k | Adelaide United | 33 | Left wing-back, winger | Australia |
| 15 | Daniel Arzani | £2,400£2k | £124,800£125k | Melbourne City FC | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Australia |
| 16 | Elba Rashani | £2,300£2k | £119,600£120k | Melbourne City FC | 32 | Attacking midfielder | Kosovo |
| 17 | Jay O'Shea | £2,100£2k | £109,200£109k | Brisbane Roar Football Club | 36 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Ireland |
| 18 | Keegan Jelacic | £2,000£2k | £104,000£104k | Melbourne Victory Football Club | 22 | Attacking midfielder | New Zealand |
| 19 | Lachlan Rose | £2,000£2k | £104,000£104k | Newcastle Jets FC | 26 | Winger, striker | Australia |
| 20 | Max Burgess | £1,900£2k | £98,800£99k | Newcastle Jets FC | 30 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Australia |
| 21 | Patrick Wood | £1,800£2k | £93,600£94k | Sydney Football Club | 22 | Striker | Australia |
| 22 | Santos | £1,600£2k | £83,200£83k | Melbourne Victory Football Club | 23 | Left winger, striker | Brazil |
| 23 | Tom Lawrence | £1,600£2k | £83,200£83k | Perth Glory Football Club | 31 | Attacking midfielder | Wales |
| 24 | Sander Kartum | £1,600£2k | £83,200£83k | Wellington Phoenix Football Club | 29 | Left wing-back, attacking midfielder | Norway |
| 25 | Ben Halloran | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | Brisbane Roar Football Club | 33 | Winger | Australia |
| 26 | Andreas Kuen | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | Melbourne City FC | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Austria |
| 27 | Víctor Campuzano | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | Sydney Football Club | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Spain |
| 28 | Ahmet Arslan | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | Sydney Football Club | 31 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Türkiye |
| 29 | Angus Thurgate | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Australia |
| 30 | Bozhidar Kraev | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Bulgaria |
| 31 | Aidan Simmons | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club | 22 | Right-back, winger | Australia |
| 32 | Christian Theoharous | £1,400£1k | £72,800£73k | Central Coast Mariners | 25 | Winger, striker | Australia |
| 33 | Juan Muñiz | £1,100£1k | £57,200£57k | Adelaide United | 33 | Attacking midfielder | Spain |
| 34 | Ji Dong-Won | £1,100£1k | £57,200£57k | Macarthur Football Club | 34 | Attacking midfielder, striker | South Korea |
| 35 | Al Hassan Touré | £1,072£1k | £55,744£56k | Sydney Football Club | 25 | Winger, striker | Australia |
| 36 | Kaito Taniguchi | £1,000£1k | £52,000£52k | Central Coast Mariners | 29 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Japan |
| 37 | Kosta Grozos | £1,000£1k | £52,000£52k | Newcastle Jets FC | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Australia |
| 38 | Šime Gržan | £974£974 | £50,648£51k | Macarthur Football Club | 31 | Right-back, right winger | Croatia |
| 39 | Anthony Cáceres | £966£966 | £50,232£50k | Macarthur Football Club | 32 | Attacking midfielder | Australia |
| 40 | Kosta Barbarouses | £931£931 | £48,412£48k | Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club | 35 | Right winger, striker | New Zealand |
| 41 | Mitchell Duke | £900£900 | £46,800£47k | Macarthur Football Club | 34 | Striker | Australia |
| 42 | Max Caputo | £900£900 | £46,800£47k | Melbourne City FC | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Australia |
| 43 | Nishan Velupillay | £900£900 | £46,800£47k | Melbourne Victory Football Club | 24 | Winger | Australia |
| 44 | Sarpreet Singh | £880£880 | £45,760£46k | Wellington Phoenix Football Club | 26 | Attacking midfielder | New Zealand |
| 45 | Jonny Yull | £860£860 | £44,720£45k | Adelaide United | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Australia |
| 46 | Dylan Pierias | £842£842 | £43,784£44k | Adelaide United | 25 | Right-back, right winger | Australia |
| 47 | Henry Hore | £842£842 | £43,784£44k | Brisbane Roar Football Club | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Australia |
| 48 | Lachlan Wales | £816£816 | £42,432£42k | Perth Glory Football Club | 27 | Winger | Australia |
| 49 | Nick D'Agostino | £802£802 | £41,704£42k | Brisbane Roar Football Club | 27 | Striker | Australia |
| 50 | Ben Folami | £785£785 | £40,820£41k | Adelaide United | 26 | Left winger, striker | Australia |
What each position earns in the A-League
Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for
Attackers take 51% of what the A-League pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.
The clubs that pay their attackers the most
Every attacker wage we hold at each A-League club, added together, a week
Macarthur Football Club pay 11 attackers £24,285 a week between them, and Chris Ikonomidis takes 70% of it.
The best-paid attacker at every A-League club
12 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers
| CLUB | PLAYER | WEEKLY | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macarthur Football Club | Chris Ikonomidis | £17,000£17k | 1 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club | Ryan Fraser | £8,000£8k | 2 |
| Sydney Football Club | Piero Quispe | £6,800£7k | 3 |
| Melbourne Victory Football Club | Nikos Vergos | £5,900£6k | 4 |
| Melbourne City FC | Andrew Nabbout | £3,500£4k | 5 |
| Perth Glory Football Club | Adam Taggart | £3,500£4k | 6 |
| Auckland Football Club | Jake Brimmer | £3,100£3k | 8 |
| Newcastle Jets FC | Kota Mizunuma | £3,000£3k | 11 |
| Adelaide United | Craig Goodwin | £2,400£2k | 14 |
| Brisbane Roar Football Club | Jay O'Shea | £2,100£2k | 17 |
| Wellington Phoenix Football Club | Sander Kartum | £1,600£2k | 24 |
| Central Coast Mariners | Christian Theoharous | £1,400£1k | 32 |
The best-paid attacker in every men's league
43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The A-League ranks 34th.
| LEAGUE | BEST PAID | WEEKLY | AVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Pro League | Cristiano Ronaldo | £3,000,000£3.0m | £99,591£100k |
| La Liga | Kylian Mbappé | £497,000£497k | £44,024£44k |
| Premier League | Erling Haaland | £450,000£450k | £92,799£93k |
| Süper Lig | Victor Osimhen | £436,000£436k | £28,205£28k |
| Major League Soccer | Robert Lewandowski | £432,000£432k | £22,732£23k |
| Bundesliga | Jamal Musiala | £414,000£414k | £50,516£51k |
| Ligue 1 | Ousmane Dembélé | £332,000£332k | £29,142£29k |
| Primeira Liga | Jhon Durán | £300,000£300k | £8,858£9k |
| Serie A | Lautaro Martínez | £277,000£277k | £42,915£43k |
| La Liga 2 | Álvaro Morata | £138,000£138k | £6,395£6k |
| Championship | James Ward-Prowse | £125,000£125k | £18,757£19k |
| Eredivisie | Julian Brandt | £124,000£124k | £9,719£10k |
| Super Liga | Thiago Almada | £123,000£123k | £5,256£5k |
| Serie B | Lorenzo Insigne | £92,000£92k | £8,599£9k |
| Brasileirão Série A | Fred | £85,000£85k | £12,689£13k |
| Russian Premier League | Wendel | £71,000£71k | £16,420£16k |
| Belgian Pro League | Hans Vanaken | £70,000£70k | £8,070£8k |
| Superleague Greece | Ayoub El Kaabi | £64,000£64k | £13,954£14k |
| Liga MX | Julián Carranza | £62,000£62k | £9,234£9k |
| Ekstraklasa | Mateusz Klich | £61,000£61k | £3,685£4k |
| 2. Bundesliga | Christian Eriksen | £60,000£60k | £9,170£9k |
| Austrian Bundesliga | Saša Kalajdžic | £53,000£53k | £5,308£5k |
| Croatian First League | Iker Almena | £52,000£52k | £2,068£2k |
| League One | Bobby De Cordova-Reid | £48,000£48k | £5,492£5k |
| Chinese Super League | Cryzan | £43,000£43k | £7,644£8k |
| Scottish Premiership | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | £43,000£43k | £5,076£5k |
| Ligue 2 | Téji Savanier | £39,000£39k | £4,021£4k |
| Danish Superliga | Mohamed Elyounoussi | £37,000£37k | £6,453£6k |
| J1 League | Erik | £36,000£36k | £5,315£5k |
| Czech First League | Muhammed-Cham Saracevic | £26,000£26k | £2,047£2k |
| Categoría Primera A | Luis Muriel | £21,000£21k | £4,564£5k |
| Belgian Challenger Pro League | Alexis Flips | £20,000£20k | £1,862£2k |
| Thai League | Bissoli | £17,000£17k | £2,563£3k |
| A-League | Chris Ikonomidis | £17,000£17k | £1,642£2k |
| League Two | Andreas Weimann | £16,000£16k | £2,954£3k |
| Indian Super League | Dimitri Petratos | £13,000£13k | £985£985 |
| Eliteserien | Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson | £10,000£10k | £1,789£2k |
| Veikkausliiga | Otto Ruoppi | £9,000£9k | £670£670 |
| Scottish Championship | Adam Montgomery | £5,500£6k | £928£928 |
| I-League | Blair Spittal | £4,500£5k | £459£459 |
| National League | James Berry | £4,100£4k | £1,397£1k |
| Meistriliiga | Rauno Sappinen | £1,700£2k | £242£242 |
| Canadian Premier League | Ballou Tabla | £839£839 | £491£491 |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid attacker in the A-League?
Chris Ikonomidis of Macarthur Football Club, on £17,000 a week in 2026/27, or £884,000 a year. Ryan Fraser of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is second on £8,000 a week.
How much do A-League attackers earn?
The average A-League attacker aged 22 or over earns £1,642 a week, and the median one £900. Attackers take 51% of what the A-League pays its players of that age.
Which A-League club pays its attackers the most?
Macarthur Football Club, £24,285 a week across the 11 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Chris Ikonomidis on £17,000.
Who is the highest paid attacker in football?
Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the A-League ranks 34th of the 43 leagues on that measure.
Where to next
The same A-League squads, cut a different way
See the highest paid A-League players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what A-League players are paid at every age, or the A-League wage bill, club by club.