2. BUNDESLIGA · TOP 100
Highest paid 2. Bundesliga players
Maximilian Arnold leads on £74,000 per week. These 100 players take £1,778,500 a week between them - 52% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 498 of the 530 players in the 2. Bundesliga.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £1.8m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL52%
MEDIAN AGE26
MOST IN THE LIST22 VfL Wolfsburg
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 £74k #10 £32k #100 £9k
Maximilian Arnold earns 2.3× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 8.2× the 100th. Half of the £1.8m a week on this page goes to the first 30 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Maximilian Arnold | £74,000 | £3,848,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 31 | DM |
| 02 | Christian Eriksen | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Denmark | 33 | DM, AM RLC |
| 03 | Mattias Svanberg | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Sweden | 26 | DM, AM C |
| 04 | Yannick Gerhardt | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 31 | D L, DM |
| 05 | Vinicius Souza | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Brazil | 26 | DM |
| 06 | Joakim Mæhle | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Denmark | 28 | D/WB RL |
| 07 | Aster Vranckx | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Belgium | 22 | DM, AM C |
| 08 | Fabian Reese | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 27 | AM RL |
| 09 | Muhammed Damar | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 21 | AM RLC |
| 10 | Moritz Jenz | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 26 | D C |
| 11 | Rogério | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Brazil | 27 | D/WB/M L |
| 12 | Marcel Hartel | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Hannover 96 | Germany | 29 | DM, AM C |
| 13 | Aaron Zehnter | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 20 | D/WB L |
| 14 | Robert Glatzel | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 31 | ST |
| 15 | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | VfL Osnabrück | Ghana | 29 | AM RLC |
| 16 | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Kosovo | 27 | DM |
| 17 | Jonas Adjetey | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Ghana | 21 | D C |
| 18 | Kento Shiogai | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Japan | 20 | AM RL, ST |
| 19 | Patrick Mainka | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 30 | D C |
| 20 | Nicolas Cozza | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | France | 26 | D LC |
| 21 | Saël Kumbedi | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | France | 20 | D/WB R |
| 22 | Eric Smith | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | FC St. Pauli | Sweden | 28 | D C, DM |
| 23 | William Bøving | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Denmark | 22 | AM LC, F C |
| 24 | Hauke Wahl | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 31 | D C, DM |
| 25 | Budu Zivzivadze | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Georgia | 31 | ST |
| 26 | Mika Faye | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Senegal | 20 | D LC |
| 27 | Diego Demme | £19,000 | £988,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 33 | DM |
| 28 | Márton Dárdai | £19,000 | £988,000 | Hertha BSC | Hungary | 23 | D C, DM |
| 29 | Marvin Wanitzek | £19,000 | £988,000 | Karlsruher SC | Germany | 32 | AM LC |
| 30 | Emir Sahiti | £17,000 | £884,000 | Hannover 96 | Kosovo | 26 | AM RL |
| 31 | Jordan | £17,000 | £884,000 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | United States | 29 | ST |
| 32 | Bence Dárdai | £17,000 | £884,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Hungary | 19 | DM, AM C |
| 33 | Maximilian Bauer | £16,000 | £832,000 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Germany | 25 | D C |
| 34 | Ben Bobzien | £16,000 | £832,000 | Dynamo Dresden | Germany | 22 | AM RLC, F C |
| 35 | Mathias Pereira Lage | £16,000 | £832,000 | FC St. Pauli | Portugal | 28 | AM LC, F C |
| 36 | Martijn Kaars | £16,000 | £832,000 | FC St. Pauli | Netherlands | 26 | AM/F C |
| 37 | Dominique Heintz | £16,000 | £832,000 | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | Germany | 31 | D LC |
| 38 | Mads Pedersen | £16,000 | £832,000 | Hertha BSC | Denmark | 28 | D/WB L |
| 39 | Farid Alfa-Ruprecht | £16,000 | £832,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 19 | AM RL |
| 40 | Erencan Yardımcı | £16,000 | £832,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Türkiye | 23 | ST |
| 41 | Adrian Beck | £16,000 | £832,000 | VfL Osnabrück | Germany | 28 | DM, AM C |
| 42 | Cleiton | £16,000 | £832,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Brazil | 22 | D C |
| 43 | Jan Schöppner | £15,000 | £780,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 26 | DM |
| 44 | Connor Metcalfe | £15,000 | £780,000 | FC St. Pauli | Australia | 25 | DM, AM RC |
| 45 | Boris Tomiak | £15,000 | £780,000 | Hannover 96 | Germany | 26 | D C, DM |
| 46 | Hendry Blank | £15,000 | £780,000 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Germany | 20 | D LC |
| 47 | Christian Clemens | £15,000 | £780,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Germany | 28 | M/AM (RL) |
| 48 | David Nemeth | £14,000 | £728,000 | FC St. Pauli | Austria | 24 | D C |
| 49 | Joel Chima Fujita | £14,000 | £728,000 | FC St. Pauli | Japan | 23 | DM, AM C |
| 50 | Branimir Hrgota | £14,000 | £728,000 | FC St. Pauli | Sweden | 32 | AM/F C |
| 51 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | £14,000 | £728,000 | Hertha BSC | Netherlands | 27 | D/WB RL |
| 52 | Kilian Fischer | £14,000 | £728,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 24 | D/WB RL |
| 53 | Leart Paqarada | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Kosovo | 30 | D/WB L |
| 54 | Louis Oppie | £13,000 | £676,000 | FC St. Pauli | Germany | 23 | D/WB L |
| 55 | Adam Dźwigała | £13,000 | £676,000 | FC St. Pauli | Poland | 29 | D RC, DM |
| 56 | Josip Brekalo | £13,000 | £676,000 | Hertha BSC | Croatia | 27 | AM RLC |
| 57 | Kevin Sessa | £13,000 | £676,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 25 | DM, AM C |
| 58 | Ivan Prtajin | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Croatia | 29 | ST |
| 59 | Barış Atik | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Türkiye | 30 | AM LC |
| 60 | Aleksandar Vukotić | £13,000 | £676,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Serbia | 29 | D C |
| 61 | Karol Mets | £13,000 | £676,000 | VfL Bochum 1848 | Estonia | 32 | D C, DM |
| 62 | Mikkel Kaufmann | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Denmark | 24 | ST |
| 63 | Christian Conteh | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 25 | AM RLC |
| 64 | Jonas Föhrenbach | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 29 | D LC |
| 65 | Marnon Busch | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 30 | D RC |
| 66 | Luca Kerber | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 23 | DM |
| 67 | Julian Niehues | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 24 | D C, DM |
| 68 | Julian Justvan | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Germany | 27 | AM RC |
| 69 | Finn Becker | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Germany | 25 | DM, AM C |
| 70 | Erik Ahlstrand | £12,000 | £624,000 | FC St. Pauli | Sweden | 23 | WB L, AM LC |
| 71 | Fabian Kunze | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Germany | 27 | DM |
| 72 | Jacob Rasmussen | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Denmark | 28 | D C |
| 73 | Noah Weißhaupt | £12,000 | £624,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Germany | 23 | WB L, AM RL |
| 74 | Mathias Honsak | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Austria | 28 | AM LC |
| 75 | Henri Koudossou | £11,000 | £572,000 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Germany | 25 | D/WB RL, M R |
| 76 | Noah Katterbach | £11,000 | £572,000 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Germany | 24 | D/WB L |
| 77 | Mathias Rasmussen | £11,000 | £572,000 | FC St. Pauli | Norway | 27 | DM, AM C |
| 78 | Matthias Zimmermann | £11,000 | £572,000 | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | Germany | 33 | D/WB R, DM |
| 79 | Mustapha Bundu | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hannover 96 | Sierra Leone | 28 | AM RLC |
| 80 | Maurice Neubauer | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hannover 96 | Germany | 29 | D/WB RL |
| 81 | Linus Gechter | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 21 | D RC |
| 82 | Paul Seguin | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 30 | DM |
| 83 | Giorgi Kvilitaia | £11,000 | £572,000 | Holstein Kiel | Georgia | 31 | ST |
| 84 | Semih Şahin | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Germany | 25 | DM |
| 85 | Naatan Skyttä | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Finland | 23 | AM RC |
| 86 | Mërgim Berisha | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Germany | 27 | AM/F C |
| 87 | Tim Siersleben | £10,000 | £520,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 25 | D C, DM |
| 88 | Leon Jensen | £10,000 | £520,000 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Germany | 28 | DM |
| 89 | Robert Wagner | £10,000 | £520,000 | Dynamo Dresden | Germany | 22 | DM |
| 90 | Lino Tempelmann | £10,000 | £520,000 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Germany | 26 | DM |
| 91 | Taichi Hara | £10,000 | £520,000 | FC St. Pauli | Japan | 26 | AM RL, ST |
| 92 | Tomoya Ando | £10,000 | £520,000 | FC St. Pauli | Japan | 26 | D C |
| 93 | Luca Itter | £10,000 | £520,000 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Germany | 26 | D LC |
| 94 | Emmanuel Iyoha | £9,300 | £483,600 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Germany | 27 | D/WB/AM RL |
| 95 | Gustaf Nilsson | £9,200 | £478,400 | Hertha BSC | Sweden | 28 | ST |
| 96 | Maximilian Breunig | £9,000 | £468,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 24 | AM/F C |
| 97 | Ricky-Jade Jones | £9,000 | £468,000 | FC St. Pauli | England | 22 | AM L, ST |
| 98 | Lars Ritzka | £9,000 | £468,000 | FC St. Pauli | Germany | 27 | D LC |
| 99 | Sebastian Schonlau | £9,000 | £468,000 | Holstein Kiel | Germany | 30 | D C, DM |
| 100 | Patric Pfeiffer | £9,000 | £468,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Ghana | 25 | D C |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the 2. Bundesliga?
Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg, on £74,000 per week — £3,848,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 2. Bundesliga players earn between them?
£1,778,500 per week and £92,482,000 per year, which is 52% of the entire 2. Bundesliga wage bill.
Which 2. Bundesliga club has the most players in the top 100?
VfL Wolfsburg, with 22 of them, paying £711,000 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£9,000 per week — that is what Patric Pfeiffer earns in 100th place.