Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema £829,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané £625,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix £580,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé £497,000/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly £497,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio £472,000/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland £450,000/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen £436,000/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski £432,000/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala £414,000/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves £414,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman £414,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah £400,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane £381,000/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic £369,000/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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FC St. Pauli 2017/18 - player wages

Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Mats Møller Dæhli on £16,000 per week · see the current FC St. Pauli wage bill

WEEKLY WAGE BILL £162k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £8.4m
SQUAD SIZE48
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £5k

We hold a wage for all 48 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 25 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.

Then and now

FC St. Pauli pay £270,975 a week in 2026/27 — 67% higher than the £162,200 of 2017/18.

Current squad →

Where the money went in 2017/18

Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each

Goalkeepers
£9,460 · 6%
Defenders
£42,895 · 26%
Midfielders
£24,425 · 15%
Attackers
£85,420 · 53%

2017/18 squad salaries

FC St. Pauli squad salaries for the 2017/18 season. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
Watch PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY AGE POSITION NATION COMPARE
Mats Møller Dæhli
£16,000
£832,000 22 AM LC Norway
Cenk Şahin
£9,400
£488,800 22 AM RL Türkiye
Johannes Flum
£9,100
£473,200 29 DM Germany
Lasse Sobiech
£9,000
£468,000 26 D C Germany
Sami Allagui
£8,000
£416,000 31 AM RL, ST Tunisia
Ryo Miyaichi
£7,700
£400,400 24 AM RL Japan
Aziz Bouhaddouz
£7,500
£390,000 30 ST Morocco
Waldemar Sobota
£6,400
£332,800 30 AM RL Poland
Dimitris Diamantakos
£6,400
£332,800 24 ST Greece
Philipp Ziereis
£5,800
£301,600 24 D RC Germany
Bernd Nehrig
£5,500
£286,000 30 D/WB R, DM Germany
Christopher Buchtmann
£5,400
£280,800 25 DM, AM C Germany
Robin Himmelmann
£4,700
£244,400 28 GK Germany
Thibaud Verlinden
£4,600
£239,200 17 AM RL Belgium
Choi Kyoung-Rok
£4,400
£228,800 22 AM RLC South Korea
Daniel Buballa
£4,400
£228,800 27 D/WB L Germany
Christopher Avevor
£4,400
£228,800 25 D RC, DM Germany
Jan-Philipp Kalla
£4,100
£213,200 30 D/WB/AM RL Germany
Jeremy Dudziak
£4,100
£213,200 21 D/WB L, AM LC Germany
Luca Zander
£4,000
£208,000 21 D/WB R Germany
Marc Hornschuh
£3,900
£202,800 26 D RC, DM Germany
Richard Neudecker
£3,700
£192,400 20 DM Germany
Philipp Heerwagen
£2,800
£145,600 34 GK Germany
Clemens Schoppenhauer
£2,400
£124,800 25 D C Germany
Joël Keller
£2,100
£109,200 22 D LC Switzerland
Jan-Marc Schneider
£2,100
£109,200 23 AM LC, F C Germany
Maurice Litka
£1,900
£98,800 21 AM RL Germany
Svend Brodersen
£1,600
£83,200 20 GK Germany
Brian Koglin
£980
£50,960 20 D RLC, DM Germany
Sirlord Conteh
£810
£42,120 20 AM RL Germany
Benjamin Nadjem
£800
£41,600 22 D/WB RL Afghanistan
Ersin Zehir
£770
£40,040 19 DM Germany
Rudolf González Vass
£700
£36,400 18 D/WB R Germany
Michael Ambrosius
£690
£35,880 21 D RC Germany
Marcell Sobotta
£690
£35,880 20 AM RL Germany
Robin Meißner
£690
£35,880 17 ST Germany
Kerim Carolus
£670
£34,840 23 D C Germany
Florian Carstens
£580
£30,160 18 D C Germany
Park Yi-Young
£530
£27,560 22 D R, DM South Korea
Luis Coordes
£520
£27,040 18 AM RLC Germany
Lee Seung-Won
£520
£27,040 20 AM C South Korea
Christian Viet
£460
£23,920 18 AM RLC Germany
Theodor Bräuning
£440
£22,880 20 DM Germany
Finn Becker
£410
£21,320 17 AM C Germany
Stefan Rakocevic
£360
£18,720 18 GK Serbia
Jakob Münzner
£60
£3,120 17 DM Germany
Tom Protzek
£60
£3,120 16 ST Germany
Niclas Nadj
£60
£3,120 16 AM C Germany

Wage vs age, 2017/18

Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young

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Squad wage pyramid

Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took

PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
20
Under £1k
7%
2
£1k-£2k
2%
14
£2k-£5k
32%
11
£5k-£10k
49%
1
£10k-£25k
10%

Top 5 earners took 32% of the squad wage bill, across the 48 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.

Contract expiries

When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out

2018
21 players
2019
20 players
2020
5 players
2021
2 players

Frequently asked questions

FC St. Pauli wages, 2017/18

What was FC St. Pauli's wage bill in 2017/18?

FC St. Pauli paid £162,200 a week in 2017/18 - £8,434,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 48. We hold a wage for all 48 players in that squad.

Who was the highest paid FC St. Pauli player in 2017/18?

Mats Møller Dæhli was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £16,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £5,340.

What was the average FC St. Pauli salary in 2017/18?

The average FC St. Pauli player aged 22 or over earned £5,340 a week in 2017/18, across the 25 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 48. The top five earners took 32% of the bill between them.

How do FC St. Pauli's 2017/18 wages compare with now?

FC St. Pauli pay £270,975 a week in 2026/27, 67% higher than the £162,200 of 2017/18. The current squad is 30 players against 48 then.

More FC St. Pauli seasons

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