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AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Austrian Bundesliga attackers

Saša Kalajdžic is the best-paid attacker in the Austrian Bundesliga, on £53,000 a week at Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, or £2,756,000 a year. Jesper Lindstrøm is next on £49,000 at Fussballclub RB Salzburg. We hold wages for 123 Austrian Bundesliga attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £53k
AVERAGE WAGE £5,308
SHARE OF WAGE BILL50%
TOP 10 A WEEK £235k
WAGES HELD123

The 50 best-paid Austrian Bundesliga attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in the Austrian Bundesliga in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £2,756,000£2.8m Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 28 Striker Austria
2 Jesper Lindstrøm £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m Fussballclub RB Salzburg 25 Attacking midfielder Denmark
3 Haris Tabaković £31,000£31k £1,612,000£1.6m Fussballclub RB Salzburg 31 Striker Bosnia & Herzegovina
4 Karim Onisiwo £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Fussballclub RB Salzburg 33 Attacking midfielder, striker Austria
5 Nelson Weiper £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Sportklub Sturm Graz 20 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
6 Clement Bischoff £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Fussballclub RB Salzburg 19 Left wing-back, left winger Denmark
7 Dominik Fitz £14,000£14k £728,000£728k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club 26 Attacking midfielder Austria
8 Otar Kiteishvili £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Sportklub Sturm Graz 29 Attacking midfielder Georgia
9 Michael Olakigbe £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol 21 Attacking midfielder England
10 Moses Usor £8,900£9k £462,800£463k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 23 Winger Nigeria
11 Sascha Horvath £8,600£9k £447,200£447k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 28 Attacking midfielder Austria
12 Stefan Hierländer £8,600£9k £447,200£447k Sportklub Sturm Graz 34 Attacking midfielder Austria
13 Alessandro Schöpf £8,500£9k £442,000£442k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 31 Right wing-back, attacking midfielder Austria
14 Julian Hettwer £8,100£8k £421,200£421k Fussballklub Austria Vienna 22 Winger Germany
15 Yorbe Vertessen £8,000£8k £416,000£416k Fussballclub RB Salzburg 24 Winger, striker Belgium
16 Sota Kitano £6,600£7k £343,200£343k Fussballclub RB Salzburg 20 Attacking midfielder, striker Japan
17 Dejan Zukić £6,400£6k £332,800£333k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club 24 Attacking midfielder Serbia
18 Johannes Eggestein £6,100£6k £317,200£317k Fussballklub Austria Vienna 27 Striker Germany
19 Karim Konaté £6,000£6k £312,000£312k Fussballclub RB Salzburg 21 Striker Côte d’Ivoire
20 Manprit Sarkaria £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Fussballklub Austria Vienna 28 Attacking midfielder, striker Austria
21 Marko Raguž £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Sportclub Rheindorf Altach 27 Attacking midfielder, striker Austria
22 Seedy Jatta £5,600£6k £291,200£291k Sportklub Sturm Graz 22 Winger, striker Norway
23 Alexander Gorgon £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Sportclub Rheindorf Altach 36 Attacking midfielder, striker Austria
24 Christoph Lang £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 23 Attacking midfielder, striker Austria
25 Claudy Mbuyi £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Sportklub Rapid 26 Winger, striker France
26 Donis Avdijaj £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club 28 Attacking midfielder, striker Kosovo
27 David Atanga £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club 28 Attacking midfielder Ghana
28 Edmund Baidoo £5,300£5k £275,600£276k Fussballclub RB Salzburg 19 Winger, striker Ghana
29 Ercan Kara £5,300£5k £275,600£276k Sportklub Rapid 29 Striker Austria
30 Louis Schaub £5,000£5k £260,000£260k Sportklub Rapid 30 Attacking midfielder Austria
31 Markus Pink £4,900£5k £254,800£255k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club 34 Winger, striker Austria
32 Petter Nosa Dahl £4,800£5k £249,600£250k Sportklub Rapid 21 Winger, striker Norway
33 Angelo Gattermayer £4,500£5k £234,000£234k Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg 23 Winger Austria
34 Boris Matić £4,500£5k £234,000£234k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club 20 Right-back, right winger Serbia
35 Damir Redžić £4,400£4k £228,800£229k Fussballclub RB Salzburg 22 Winger, striker Hungary
36 Yusuf Demir £4,300£4k £223,600£224k Sportklub Rapid 22 Attacking midfielder Austria
37 Manfred Fischer £3,900£4k £202,800£203k Fussballklub Austria Vienna 29 Attacking midfielder Austria
38 Marco Tilio £3,900£4k £202,800£203k Sportklub Rapid 23 Attacking midfielder Australia
39 Patrick Greil £3,800£4k £197,600£198k Sportclub Rheindorf Altach 28 Attacking midfielder Austria
40 Samuel Adeniran £3,600£4k £187,200£187k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 26 Winger, striker United States
41 Axel Kayombo £3,500£4k £182,000£182k Sportklub Sturm Graz 19 Winger, striker Congo - Kinshasa
42 Ante Bajic £3,500£4k £182,000£182k Sportvereinigung Ried 29 Right winger Austria
43 Antonio Van Wyk £3,500£4k £182,000£182k Sportvereinigung Ried 23 Attacking midfielder South Africa
44 Florian Flecker £3,300£3k £171,600£172k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub 29 Right wing-back, winger Austria
45 Filip Rózga £3,300£3k £171,600£172k Sportklub Sturm Graz 18 Attacking midfielder Poland
46 Jonas Auer £3,100£3k £161,200£161k Sportklub Rapid 24 Left-back, left winger Austria
47 Quincy Butler £2,700£3k £140,400£140k Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol 23 Right winger, striker United States
48 Abdoulaye Kanté £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Fussballklub Austria Vienna 20 Attacking midfielder, striker Côte d’Ivoire
49 Alexander Hofleitner £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Grazer AK 1902 25 Striker Austria
50 Blendi Idrizi £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Sportclub Rheindorf Altach 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Kosovo

What each position earns in the Austrian Bundesliga

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £2,221 Defenders £4,095 Midfielders £3,500 Attackers £5,308

Attackers take 50% of what the Austrian Bundesliga 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 Austrian Bundesliga club, added together, a week

Fussballclub RB Salzburg £149k Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub £98k Sportklub Sturm Graz £58k Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club £47k Sportklub Rapid £38k Fussballklub Austria Vienna £35k Sportclub Rheindorf Altach £29k Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol £26k Sportvereinigung Ried £16k Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg £14k

Fussballclub RB Salzburg pay 11 attackers £148,996 a week between them, and Jesper Lindstrøm takes 33% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Austrian Bundesliga club

12 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Austrian Bundesliga club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k 1
Fussballclub RB Salzburg Jesper Lindstrøm £49,000£49k 2
Sportklub Sturm Graz Nelson Weiper £19,000£19k 5
Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club Dominik Fitz £14,000£14k 7
Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol Michael Olakigbe £11,000£11k 9
Fussballklub Austria Vienna Julian Hettwer £8,100£8k 14
Sportclub Rheindorf Altach Marko Raguž £5,900£6k 21
Sportklub Rapid Claudy Mbuyi £5,400£5k 25
Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg Angelo Gattermayer £4,500£5k 33
Sportvereinigung Ried Ante Bajic £3,500£4k 42
Grazer AK 1902 Alexander Hofleitner £2,500£3k 49
SC Austria Lustenau Daniel Au Yeong £934£934 86

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Austrian Bundesliga ranks 22nd.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
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 Austrian Bundesliga?

Saša Kalajdžic of Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, on £53,000 a week in 2026/27, or £2,756,000 a year. Jesper Lindstrøm of Fussballclub RB Salzburg is second on £49,000 a week.

How much do Austrian Bundesliga attackers earn?

The average Austrian Bundesliga attacker aged 22 or over earns £5,308 a week, and the median one £2,500. Attackers take 50% of what the Austrian Bundesliga pays its players of that age.

Which Austrian Bundesliga club pays its attackers the most?

Fussballclub RB Salzburg, £148,996 a week across the 11 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Jesper Lindstrøm on £49,000.

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 Austrian Bundesliga ranks 22nd of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

The same Austrian Bundesliga squads, cut a different way

See the highest paid Austrian Bundesliga players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Austrian Bundesliga players are paid at every age, or the Austrian Bundesliga wage bill, club by club.