FC St. Pauli 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner James Lawrence on £9,100 per week · see the current FC St. Pauli wage bill
We hold a wage for all 30 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
FC St. Pauli pay £270,975 a week in 2026/27 — 89% higher than the £143,340 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 9 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lawrence | £9,100 | £473,200 | 26 | D LC, DM, M LC | Wales | ||
| Marvin Knoll | £8,900 | £462,800 | 28 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Christopher Avevor | £7,400 | £384,800 | 27 | D RC, DM | Germany | ||
| Christopher Buchtmann | £7,400 | £384,800 | 27 | DM, AM C | Germany | ||
| Henk Veerman | £7,200 | £374,400 | 28 | ST | Holland | ||
| Johannes Flum | £7,100 | £369,200 | 31 | DM | Germany | ||
| Rico Benatelli | £6,700 | £348,400 | 27 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Ryo Miyaichi | £6,700 | £348,400 | 26 | AM RL | Japan | ||
| Sebastian Ohlsson | £6,600 | £343,200 | 26 | D/WB R, AM RL | Sweden | ||
| Borys Tashchy | £6,500 | £338,000 | 25 | AM/F C | Ukraine | ||
| Waldemar Sobota | £6,400 | £332,800 | 32 | AM RL | Poland | ||
| Philipp Ziereis | £5,800 | £301,600 | 26 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Daniel Buballa | £5,400 | £280,800 | 29 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Dimitris Diamantakos | £5,400 | £280,800 | 26 | ST | Greece | ||
| Luca Zander | £5,000 | £260,000 | 23 | D/WB R | Germany | ||
| Robin Himmelmann | £4,700 | £244,400 | 30 | GK | Germany | ||
| Viktor Gyökeres | £4,500 | £234,000 | 21 | AM RL, ST | Sweden | ||
| Leo Østigård | £4,000 | £208,000 | 19 | D C | Norway | ||
| Matt Penney | £3,900 | £202,800 | 21 | D/WB/M L | England | ||
| Marc Hornschuh | £3,900 | £202,800 | 28 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Park Yi-Young | £3,800 | £197,600 | 25 | D R, DM | South Korea | ||
| Jan-Philipp Kalla | £3,100 | £161,200 | 32 | D/WB RL, AM R | Germany | ||
| Florian Carstens | £2,300 | £119,600 | 20 | D C | Germany | ||
| Finn Becker | £2,300 | £119,600 | 19 | DM, AM C | Germany | ||
| Jakub Bednarczyk | £2,100 | £109,200 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Poland | ||
| Kevin Lankford | £2,000 | £104,000 | 20 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Svend Brodersen | £1,600 | £83,200 | 22 | GK | Germany | ||
| Christian Conteh | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Ersin Zehir | £1,300 | £67,600 | 21 | DM | Germany | ||
| Korbinian Müller | £840 | £43,680 | 28 | GK | Germany | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 28% of the squad wage bill, across the 30 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC St. Pauli wages, 2019/20
What was FC St. Pauli's wage bill in 2019/20?
FC St. Pauli paid £143,340 a week in 2019/20 - £7,453,680 across the year - spread over a squad of 30. We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC St. Pauli player in 2019/20?
James Lawrence was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £9,100 a week, 1.6x the 22+ squad average of £5,692.
What was the average FC St. Pauli salary in 2019/20?
The average FC St. Pauli player aged 22 or over earned £5,692 a week in 2019/20, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 30. The top five earners took 28% of the bill between them.
How do FC St. Pauli's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
FC St. Pauli pay £270,975 a week in 2026/27, 89% higher than the £143,340 of 2019/20. The current squad is 30 players against 30 then.