KAA Gent 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Siebe Van der Heyden on £14,000 per week · see the current KAA Gent wage bill
We hold a wage for all 60 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 21 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
KAA Gent pay £162,176 a week in 2026/27 — 6% higher than the £153,200 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siebe Van der Heyden | £14,000 | £728,000 | 27 | D C, DM | Belgium | ||
| Atsuki Ito | £13,000 | £676,000 | 26 | DM | Japan | ||
| Hong Hyun-Seok | £11,000 | £572,000 | 26 | DM | South Korea | ||
| Momodou Sonko | £11,000 | £572,000 | 20 | AM RL | Sweden | ||
| Michał Skóraś | £8,900 | £462,800 | 25 | D/WB R, AM RL | Poland | ||
| Mathias Delorge | £8,900 | £462,800 | 20 | DM | Belgium | ||
| Tiago Araújo | £8,600 | £447,200 | 24 | D/WB/AM L | Portugal | ||
| Davy Roef | £8,400 | £436,800 | 31 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Matisse Samoise | £6,900 | £358,800 | 23 | WB R, AM RC | Belgium | ||
| Wilfried Kanga | £6,000 | £312,000 | 27 | ST | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Jean-Kévin Duverne | £4,100 | £213,200 | 28 | D RLC | Haiti | ||
| Leonardo Lopes | £4,000 | £208,000 | 26 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Aimé Omgba | £3,500 | £182,000 | 22 | AM RLC | Netherlands | ||
| Hatim Essouabi | £3,200 | £166,400 | 26 | D C | Morocco | ||
| Tom Vandenberghe | £2,600 | £135,200 | 32 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Abdelkahar Kadri | £2,500 | £130,000 | 25 | AM C | Algeria | ||
| Abdul Ayindé | £2,500 | £130,000 | 19 | D L | Burkina Faso | ||
| Abubakar Abdullahi | £2,500 | £130,000 | 19 | ST | |||
| David Mukuna-Trouet | £2,400 | £124,800 | 23 | ST | Belgium | ||
| Hyllarion Goore | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | ST | |||
| Kjell Peersman | £2,000 | £104,000 | 21 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Max Dean | £1,900 | £98,800 | 21 | AM R, ST | England | ||
| Maksim Paskotši | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | D RC | Estonia | ||
| Mohamed Soumah | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | D C, DM | |||
| Moctar Diop | £1,900 | £98,800 | 20 | ST | Senegal | ||
| Mathieu Vanderschaeghe | £900 | £46,800 | 29 | ST | |||
| Daiki Hashioka | £827 | £43,004 | 26 | D RC, M R | Japan | ||
| Gilles De Meyer | £769 | £39,988 | 18 | D/WB R | Belgium | ||
| Kelefa Camara | £728 | £37,856 | 18 | ST | Belgium | ||
| Wout Asselman | £694 | £36,088 | 20 | DM | Belgium | ||
| Hannes Vernemmen | £673 | £34,996 | 20 | D C, DM | Belgium | ||
| Tibe De Vlieger | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | AM RC | Belgium | ||
| Paeneach Mavinga | £593 | £30,836 | 18 | AM R | Belgium | ||
| Ali Donny Sylla | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | AM C | Belgium | ||
| Allan Verlinden | £546 | £28,392 | 17 | ST | |||
| Briek Morel | £528 | £27,456 | 19 | D RC | Belgium | ||
| Marley Felix | £520 | £27,040 | 22 | D C | |||
| Michiel Cauwel | £514 | £26,728 | 18 | D C | Belgium | ||
| Sota Tsukuda | £511 | £26,572 | 17 | D L | |||
| Andres Van Wymersch | £492 | £25,584 | 17 | AM R, ST | |||
| Alexandre Chaidron | £492 | £25,584 | 19 | D/WB L | Belgium | ||
| Bas Evers | £482 | £25,064 | 16 | GK | |||
| Briek Van Hoorick | £482 | £25,064 | 19 | M C | Belgium | ||
| Javier Bares Fernandez | £476 | £24,752 | 17 | D L | |||
| Trey Kongolo | £464 | £24,128 | 17 | D C | |||
| Joachim Djamba-Shango | £456 | £23,712 | 17 | DM | |||
| Ferre Van Herrewege | £442 | £22,984 | 18 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Gyano Vanderdonck | £432 | £22,464 | 18 | DM | Belgium | ||
| Michel Chedid | £420 | £21,840 | 17 | M C | Luxembourg | ||
| Jassim Mazouz | £402 | £20,904 | 21 | AM C | Belgium | ||
| Saïdou Touré | £399 | £20,748 | 18 | AM R, ST | Belgium | ||
| Liam Wauters | £397 | £20,644 | 17 | GK | |||
| Ruslan Vydysh | £389 | £20,228 | 19 | D C | |||
| Matties Volckaert | £372 | £19,344 | 22 | D R | Belgium | ||
| Oleksandr Soroka | £370 | £19,240 | 18 | DM | Ukraine | ||
| Pablo Capilla Rivera | £342 | £17,784 | 16 | D R | |||
| René Vanden Borre | £322 | £16,744 | 21 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Viktor Viðarsson | £282 | £14,664 | 18 | DM | Iceland | ||
| Victor De Coninck | £282 | £14,664 | 19 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Yamine Zahiri | £252 | £13,104 | 17 | D C | |||
Wage vs age, 2024/25
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2024/25 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 38% of the squad wage bill, across the 60 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
KAA Gent wages, 2024/25
What was KAA Gent's wage bill in 2024/25?
KAA Gent paid £153,200 a week in 2024/25 - £7,966,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 60. We hold a wage for all 60 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid KAA Gent player in 2024/25?
Siebe Van der Heyden was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £14,000 a week, 2.8x the 22+ squad average of £5,025.
What was the average KAA Gent salary in 2024/25?
The average KAA Gent player aged 22 or over earned £5,025 a week in 2024/25, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 60. The top five earners took 38% of the bill between them.
How do KAA Gent's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
KAA Gent pay £162,176 a week in 2026/27, 6% higher than the £153,200 of 2024/25. The current squad is 56 players against 60 then.