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BELGIAN PRO LEAGUE · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Belgian Pro League attackers

Hans Vanaken is the best-paid attacker in the Belgian Pro League, on £70,000 a week at Club Brugge KV, or £3,640,000 a year. Dennis Praet is next on £27,000 at Yellow Red KV Mechelen. We hold wages for 149 Belgian Pro League attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £70k
AVERAGE WAGE £8,070
SHARE OF WAGE BILL42%
TOP 10 A WEEK £265k
WAGES HELD149

The 50 best-paid Belgian Pro League 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 Belgian Pro League in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £3,640,000£3.6m Club Brugge KV 32 Attacking midfielder Belgium
2 Dennis Praet £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Yellow Red KV Mechelen 31 Attacking midfielder Belgium
3 László Bénes £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m KAA Gent 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Slovakia
4 Jun'ya Itô £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m K Racing Club Genk 32 Right winger Japan
5 Félix Lemaréchal £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m Club Brugge KV 21 Attacking midfielder France
6 Andi Zeqiri £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m R Standard de Liège 26 Striker Switzerland
7 Hong Hyun-Seok £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m KAA Gent 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder South Korea
8 Danylo Sikan £17,000£17k £884,000£884k RSC Anderlecht 24 Striker Ukraine
9 Rafiu Durosinmi £17,000£17k £884,000£884k K Racing Club Genk 22 Striker Nigeria
10 Benjamin Tahirovic £17,000£17k £884,000£884k K Racing Club Genk 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Bosnia & Herzegovina
11 Nicolò Tresoldi £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Club Brugge KV 20 Striker Germany
12 Michel-Ange Balikwisha £15,000£15k £780,000£780k KAA Gent 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Congo - Kinshasa
13 Aimé Omgba £14,000£14k £728,000£728k KAA Gent 22 Attacking midfielder Netherlands
14 Oliver Antman £14,000£14k £728,000£728k RSC Anderlecht 23 Winger Finland
15 Dante Vanzeir £14,000£14k £728,000£728k KSV Cercle Brugge 27 Right winger, striker Belgium
16 Mohammed el Hankouri £12,000£12k £624,000£624k R Standard de Liège 28 Full-back, winger Morocco
17 Momodou Sonko £11,000£11k £572,000£572k KAA Gent 20 Winger Sweden
18 Carlos Forbs £9,400£9k £488,800£489k Club Brugge KV 21 Winger Portugal
19 Casper Nielsen £9,400£9k £488,800£489k R Standard de Liège 31 Attacking midfielder Denmark
20 Jan Virgili £9,100£9k £473,200£473k Club Brugge KV 18 Winger Spain
21 Pieter Gerkens £9,000£9k £468,000£468k KAA Gent 30 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Belgium
22 Myron van Brederode £9,000£9k £468,000£468k Yellow Red KV Mechelen 22 Attacking midfielder, striker Netherlands
23 Siebe Schrijvers £9,000£9k £468,000£468k Oud-Heverlee Leuven 28 Attacking midfielder Belgium
24 Tobias Mohr £8,600£9k £447,200£447k R Standard de Liège 29 Left winger Germany
25 Patrick Pflücke £7,800£8k £405,600£406k Royal Charleroi Sporting Club 28 Right wing-back, right winger Germany
26 Thibaud Verlinden £7,600£8k £395,200£395k Oud-Heverlee Leuven 26 Winger Belgium
27 Anouar Ait El Hadj £7,500£8k £390,000£390k Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 23 Attacking midfielder Morocco
28 Geoffry Hairemans £7,200£7k £374,400£374k R Antwerp FC 33 Attacking midfielder Belgium
29 Goduine Koyalipou £7,200£7k £374,400£374k KV Kortrijk 25 Right winger, striker Central African Republic
30 Ivan Pavlić £7,100£7k £369,200£369k Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 23 Attacking midfielder Serbia
31 Marten Winkler £6,900£7k £358,800£359k RSC Anderlecht 22 Winger Germany
32 Adriano Bertaccini £6,500£7k £338,000£338k RSC Anderlecht 24 Winger, striker Belgium
33 Bill Antonio £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Yellow Red KV Mechelen 22 Right winger Zimbabwe
34 Coba £6,400£6k £332,800£333k RSC Anderlecht 22 Winger Guinea-Bissau
35 Christopher Scott £6,400£6k £332,800£333k R Antwerp FC 23 Attacking midfielder Germany
36 Don-Angelo Konadu £6,400£6k £332,800£333k Lommel SK 19 Attacking midfielder, striker Netherlands
37 Dennis Eckert £6,400£6k £332,800£333k R Standard de Liège 28 Striker Germany
38 Jellert Van Landschoot £6,100£6k £317,200£317k KV Kortrijk 27 Left winger Belgium
39 Kévin Van Den Kerkhof £6,000£6k £312,000£312k Royal Charleroi Sporting Club 29 Right-back, right winger Algeria
40 Ken Nkuba £6,000£6k £312,000£312k K Racing Club Genk 23 Right winger Belgium
41 Mario Stroeykens £5,900£6k £306,800£307k RSC Anderlecht 20 Attacking midfielder Congo - Kinshasa
42 Raul Florucz £5,700£6k £296,400£296k Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 24 Winger, striker Austria
43 Thierry Ambrose £5,600£6k £291,200£291k KV Kortrijk 28 Right winger, striker Guadeloupe
44 Abdelkahar Kadri £5,500£6k £286,000£286k KAA Gent 25 Attacking midfielder Algeria
45 Benito Raman £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Yellow Red KV Mechelen 30 Striker Belgium
46 Arno Verschueren £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Waasland-Beveren 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Belgium
47 Daan Heymans £5,400£5k £280,800£281k K Racing Club Genk 26 Attacking midfielder Belgium
48 Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Oud-Heverlee Leuven 23 Striker Nigeria
49 Jakob Napoleon Romsaas £5,100£5k £265,200£265k Royal Charleroi Sporting Club 21 Attacking midfielder, striker Norway
50 Ilias Sebaoui £5,100£5k £265,200£265k K Sint-Truidense VV 23 Left winger Morocco

What each position earns in the Belgian Pro League

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

Goalkeepers £6,044 Defenders £5,133 Midfielders £6,702 Attackers £8,070

Attackers take 42% of what the Belgian Pro 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 Belgian Pro League club, added together, a week

Club Brugge KV £135k KAA Gent £115k K Racing Club Genk £91k RSC Anderlecht £73k R Standard de Liège £66k Yellow Red KV Mechelen £53k Royale Union Saint-Gilloise £40k KSV Cercle Brugge £39k Royal Charleroi Sporting Club £37k Oud-Heverlee Leuven £32k

Club Brugge KV pay 9 attackers £135,450 a week between them, and Hans Vanaken takes 52% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Belgian Pro League club

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

Each Belgian Pro League 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
Club Brugge KV Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k 1
Yellow Red KV Mechelen Dennis Praet £27,000£27k 2
KAA Gent László Bénes £25,000£25k 3
K Racing Club Genk Jun'ya Itô £25,000£25k 4
R Standard de Liège Andi Zeqiri £23,000£23k 6
RSC Anderlecht Danylo Sikan £17,000£17k 8
KSV Cercle Brugge Dante Vanzeir £14,000£14k 15
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Siebe Schrijvers £9,000£9k 23
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club Patrick Pflücke £7,800£8k 25
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Anouar Ait El Hadj £7,500£8k 27
KV Kortrijk Goduine Koyalipou £7,200£7k 29
R Antwerp FC Geoffry Hairemans £7,200£7k 28
Lommel SK Don-Angelo Konadu £6,400£6k 36
Waasland-Beveren Arno Verschueren £5,500£6k 46
K Sint-Truidense VV Ilias Sebaoui £5,100£5k 50
SV Zulte Waregem Anosike Ementa £3,500£4k 69
KVC Westerlo Isa Sakamoto £3,100£3k 73
RAAL La Louvière Joel Ito £2,100£2k 95

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Belgian Pro League ranks 17th.

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 Belgian Pro League?

Hans Vanaken of Club Brugge KV, on £70,000 a week in 2026/27, or £3,640,000 a year. Dennis Praet of Yellow Red KV Mechelen is second on £27,000 a week.

How much do Belgian Pro League attackers earn?

The average Belgian Pro League attacker aged 22 or over earns £8,070 a week, and the median one £5,550. Attackers take 42% of what the Belgian Pro League pays its players of that age.

Which Belgian Pro League club pays its attackers the most?

Club Brugge KV, £135,450 a week across the 9 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Hans Vanaken on £70,000.

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 Belgian Pro League ranks 17th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

The same Belgian Pro League squads, cut a different way

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