BELGIAN PRO LEAGUE · TOP 100
Highest paid Belgian Pro League players
Hans Vanaken leads on £70,000 per week. These 100 players take £1,164,100 a week between them - 68% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 373 of the 819 players in the Belgian Pro League.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £1.2m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL68%
MEDIAN AGE25
MOST IN THE LIST14 Club Brugge KV
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 £70k #10 £21k #100 £5k
Hans Vanaken earns 3.3× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 13× the 100th. Half of the £1.2m a week on this page goes to the first 26 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Hans Vanaken | £70,000 | £3,640,000 | Club Brugge KV | Belgium | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 02 | Matteo Dams | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Club Brugge KV | Belgium | 21 | Centre-back |
| 03 | Yann Sommer | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Club Brugge KV | Switzerland | 36 | Goalkeeper |
| 04 | Dennis Praet | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Belgium | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 05 | László Bénes | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | KAA Gent | Slovakia | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 06 | Jun'ya Itô | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | K Racing Club Genk | Japan | 32 | Right winger |
| 07 | Kota Takai | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | K Sint-Truidense VV | Japan | 20 | Centre-back |
| 08 | Félix Lemaréchal | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Club Brugge KV | France | 21 | Attacking midfielder |
| 09 | Andi Zeqiri | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | R Standard de Liège | Switzerland | 26 | Striker |
| 10 | Hong Hyun-Seok | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | KAA Gent | South Korea | 26 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 11 | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | K Racing Club Genk | Belgium | 32 | Goalkeeper |
| 12 | Hugo Vetlesen | £18,000 | £936,000 | Club Brugge KV | Norway | 25 | Central midfielder |
| 13 | Danylo Sikan | £17,000 | £884,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Ukraine | 24 | Striker |
| 14 | Brandon Mechele | £17,000 | £884,000 | Club Brugge KV | Belgium | 32 | Centre-back |
| 15 | Rafiu Durosinmi | £17,000 | £884,000 | K Racing Club Genk | Nigeria | 22 | Striker |
| 16 | Benjamin Tahirovic | £17,000 | £884,000 | K Racing Club Genk | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 22 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 17 | Killian Sardella | £16,000 | £832,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Belgium | 23 | Right-back |
| 18 | Joel Ordóñez | £16,000 | £832,000 | Club Brugge KV | Ecuador | 21 | Centre-back |
| 19 | Nicolò Tresoldi | £16,000 | £832,000 | Club Brugge KV | Germany | 20 | Striker |
| 20 | Adem Zorgane | £16,000 | £832,000 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Algeria | 25 | Defensive midfielder |
| 21 | Michel-Ange Balikwisha | £15,000 | £780,000 | KAA Gent | Congo - Kinshasa | 24 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 22 | Bryan Heynen | £15,000 | £780,000 | K Racing Club Genk | Belgium | 28 | Defensive midfielder |
| 23 | Botond Balogh | £15,000 | £780,000 | KVC Westerlo | Hungary | 23 | Centre-back |
| 24 | Leo Fuhr Hjelde | £15,000 | £780,000 | Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Norway | 21 | Centre-back |
| 25 | Aimé Omgba | £14,000 | £728,000 | KAA Gent | Netherlands | 22 | Attacking midfielder |
| 26 | Oliver Antman | £14,000 | £728,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Finland | 23 | Winger |
| 27 | Maxime Busi | £14,000 | £728,000 | R Antwerp FC | Belgium | 25 | Right-back, right midfielder |
| 28 | Dante Vanzeir | £14,000 | £728,000 | KSV Cercle Brugge | Belgium | 27 | Right winger, striker |
| 29 | Dimitri Lavalée | £14,000 | £728,000 | R Standard de Liège | Belgium | 28 | Centre-back |
| 30 | Hervé Koffi | £13,000 | £676,000 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Burkina Faso | 28 | Goalkeeper |
| 31 | Enric Llansana | £12,000 | £624,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Netherlands | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 32 | Mohammed el Hankouri | £12,000 | £624,000 | R Standard de Liège | Morocco | 28 | Full-back, winger |
| 33 | Siebe Van der Heyden | £11,000 | £572,000 | KAA Gent | Belgium | 27 | Centre-back |
| 34 | Momodou Sonko | £11,000 | £572,000 | KAA Gent | Sweden | 20 | Winger |
| 35 | Majeed Ashimeru | £10,000 | £520,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Ghana | 27 | Central midfielder |
| 36 | Carlos Forbs | £9,400 | £488,800 | Club Brugge KV | Portugal | 21 | Winger |
| 37 | Casper Nielsen | £9,400 | £488,800 | R Standard de Liège | Denmark | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 38 | Gaetan Coucke | £9,200 | £478,400 | KSV Cercle Brugge | Belgium | 26 | Goalkeeper |
| 39 | Jan Virgili | £9,100 | £473,200 | Club Brugge KV | Spain | 18 | Winger |
| 40 | Pieter Gerkens | £9,000 | £468,000 | KAA Gent | Belgium | 30 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 41 | Tobias Lawal | £9,000 | £468,000 | K Racing Club Genk | Austria | 25 | Goalkeeper |
| 42 | Myron van Brederode | £9,000 | £468,000 | Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Netherlands | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 43 | Siebe Schrijvers | £9,000 | £468,000 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Belgium | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 44 | Marlon Fossey | £9,000 | £468,000 | R Standard de Liège | United States | 26 | Right-back |
| 45 | Matisse Samoise | £8,900 | £462,800 | KAA Gent | Belgium | 23 | Right-back, right midfielder |
| 46 | Tobias Mohr | £8,600 | £447,200 | R Standard de Liège | Germany | 29 | Left winger |
| 47 | Salim Diakité | £8,600 | £447,200 | SV Zulte Waregem | Mali | 25 | Centre-back |
| 48 | Davy Roef | £8,400 | £436,800 | KAA Gent | Belgium | 31 | Goalkeeper |
| 49 | Giulian Biancone | £8,200 | £426,400 | RSC Anderlecht | France | 25 | Centre-back |
| 50 | Ludwig Augustinsson | £8,000 | £416,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Sweden | 31 | Left-back |
| 51 | Marco Kana | £7,900 | £410,800 | RSC Anderlecht | Belgium | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 52 | Patrick Pflücke | £7,800 | £405,600 | Royal Charleroi Sporting Club | Germany | 28 | Right wing-back, right winger |
| 53 | Rob Schoofs | £7,700 | £400,400 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Belgium | 31 | Defensive midfielder |
| 54 | Tommy St. Jago | £7,600 | £395,200 | Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Curaçao | 25 | Centre-back |
| 55 | Thibaud Verlinden | £7,600 | £395,200 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Belgium | 26 | Winger |
| 56 | Anouar Ait El Hadj | £7,500 | £390,000 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Morocco | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 57 | Daam Foulon | £7,400 | £384,800 | R Antwerp FC | Belgium | 26 | Left-back |
| 58 | Geoffry Hairemans | £7,200 | £374,400 | R Antwerp FC | Belgium | 33 | Attacking midfielder |
| 59 | Hugo Siquet | £7,200 | £374,400 | Club Brugge KV | Belgium | 23 | Right-back |
| 60 | Goduine Koyalipou | £7,200 | £374,400 | KV Kortrijk | Central African Republic | 25 | Right winger, striker |
| 61 | Ilay Camara | £7,100 | £369,200 | RSC Anderlecht | Senegal | 22 | Full-back, right midfielder |
| 62 | Joaquin Seys | £7,100 | £369,200 | Club Brugge KV | Belgium | 20 | Full-back |
| 63 | Joedrick Pupe | £7,100 | £369,200 | K Sint-Truidense VV | Belgium | 28 | Centre-back |
| 64 | Josué Homawoo | £7,100 | £369,200 | R Standard de Liège | Togo | 27 | Centre-back |
| 65 | Ivan Pavlić | £7,100 | £369,200 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Serbia | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 66 | Jannik Robatsch | £7,100 | £369,200 | Waasland-Beveren | Austria | 20 | Centre-back |
| 67 | Jakob Kiilerich | £7,100 | £369,200 | SV Zulte Waregem | Denmark | 25 | Centre-back |
| 68 | Kyriani Sabbe | £7,000 | £364,000 | Club Brugge KV | Belgium | 20 | Right-back |
| 69 | Marten Winkler | £6,900 | £358,800 | RSC Anderlecht | Germany | 22 | Winger |
| 70 | Nordin Jackers | £6,900 | £358,800 | Club Brugge KV | Belgium | 27 | Goalkeeper |
| 71 | Rein Van Helden | £6,700 | £348,400 | R Antwerp FC | Belgium | 22 | Centre-back |
| 72 | Taiga Hata | £6,600 | £343,200 | K Sint-Truidense VV | Japan | 23 | Full-back, left midfielder |
| 73 | Adriano Bertaccini | £6,500 | £338,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Belgium | 24 | Winger, striker |
| 74 | Bill Antonio | £6,500 | £338,000 | Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Zimbabwe | 22 | Right winger |
| 75 | Christian Burgess | £6,400 | £332,800 | KAA Gent | England | 33 | Centre-back |
| 76 | Coba | £6,400 | £332,800 | RSC Anderlecht | Guinea-Bissau | 22 | Winger |
| 77 | Christopher Scott | £6,400 | £332,800 | R Antwerp FC | Germany | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 78 | Doğucan Haspolat | £6,400 | £332,800 | KVC Westerlo | Türkiye | 25 | Defensive midfielder |
| 79 | Don-Angelo Konadu | £6,400 | £332,800 | Lommel SK | Netherlands | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 80 | Dennis Eckert | £6,400 | £332,800 | R Standard de Liège | Germany | 28 | Striker |
| 81 | Hannes Van Der Bruggen | £6,200 | £322,400 | KSV Cercle Brugge | Belgium | 32 | Defensive midfielder |
| 82 | Joris Kayembe | £6,100 | £317,200 | K Racing Club Genk | Congo - Kinshasa | 30 | Left-back |
| 83 | Jellert Van Landschoot | £6,100 | £317,200 | KV Kortrijk | Belgium | 27 | Left winger |
| 84 | Kévin Van Den Kerkhof | £6,000 | £312,000 | Royal Charleroi Sporting Club | Algeria | 29 | Right-back, right winger |
| 85 | Ken Nkuba | £6,000 | £312,000 | K Racing Club Genk | Belgium | 23 | Right winger |
| 86 | Mario Stroeykens | £5,900 | £306,800 | RSC Anderlecht | Congo - Kinshasa | 20 | Attacking midfielder |
| 87 | Nikolas Sattlberger | £5,900 | £306,800 | K Racing Club Genk | Austria | 21 | Defensive midfielder |
| 88 | Matte Smets | £5,900 | £306,800 | K Racing Club Genk | Belgium | 21 | Centre-back |
| 89 | Nayel Mehssatou | £5,900 | £306,800 | KV Kortrijk | Chile | 23 | Central midfielder |
| 90 | Noë Dussenne | £5,900 | £306,800 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Belgium | 33 | Centre-back |
| 91 | Raul Florucz | £5,700 | £296,400 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Austria | 24 | Winger, striker |
| 92 | Thierry Ambrose | £5,600 | £291,200 | KV Kortrijk | Guadeloupe | 28 | Right winger, striker |
| 93 | Thibault Vlietinck | £5,600 | £291,200 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Belgium | 27 | Right-back |
| 94 | Abdelkahar Kadri | £5,500 | £286,000 | KAA Gent | Algeria | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 95 | Benito Raman | £5,500 | £286,000 | Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Belgium | 30 | Striker |
| 96 | Birger Verstraete | £5,500 | £286,000 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Belgium | 31 | Defensive midfielder |
| 97 | Arno Verschueren | £5,500 | £286,000 | Waasland-Beveren | Belgium | 28 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 98 | Daan Heymans | £5,400 | £280,800 | K Racing Club Genk | Belgium | 26 | Attacking midfielder |
| 99 | Dries Wouters | £5,400 | £280,800 | Lommel SK | Belgium | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 100 | Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi | £5,400 | £280,800 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Nigeria | 23 | Striker |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the Belgian Pro League?
Hans Vanaken of Club Brugge KV, on £70,000 per week — £3,640,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Belgian Pro League players earn between them?
£1,164,100 per week and £60,533,200 per year, which is 68% of the entire Belgian Pro League wage bill.
Which Belgian Pro League club has the most players in the top 100?
Club Brugge KV, with 14 of them, paying £304,700 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£5,400 per week — that is what Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi earns in 100th place.
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