Highest paid player at every 2. Bundesliga club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Maximilian Arnold of VfL Wolfsburg leads on £74,000 a week. At the other end, FC Energie Cottbus pays its own best paid player, Marcel Lotka, £7,900 — a gap of 9.4×.
The best paid at each club
Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most
Clubs leaning hardest on one player
Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages
Every club's top earner
All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank
| # | CLUB | TOP EARNER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | CLUB WEEKLY BILL | WAGES HELD | SHARE OF BILL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  | Maximilian Arnold | £74,000 | £3,848,000 | 31 | DM | £758k | 30/31 | 10% |
| 02 |  | Marcel Hartel | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 29 | DM, AM C | £178k | 28/30 | 17% |
| 03 |  | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 29 | AM RLC | £118k | 25/26 | 23% |
| 04 |  | Patrick Mainka | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 30 | D C | £203k | 21/21 | 12% |
| 05 |  | Eric Smith | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 28 | D C, DM | £251k | 29/29 | 9% |
| 06 |  | William Bøving | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 22 | AM LC, F C | £160k | 27/28 | 13% |
| 07 |  | Diego Demme | £19,000 | £988,000 | 33 | DM | £205k | 27/27 | 9% |
| 08 |  | Marvin Wanitzek | £19,000 | £988,000 | 32 | AM LC | £89k | 25/25 | 21% |
| 09 |  | Jordan | £17,000 | £884,000 | 29 | ST | £132k | 27/27 | 13% |
| 10 |  | Erencan Yardımcı | £16,000 | £832,000 | 23 | ST | £176k | 28/29 | 9% |
| 11 |  | Ben Bobzien | £16,000 | £832,000 | 22 | AM RLC, F C | £157k | 28/29 | 10% |
| 12 |  | Maximilian Bauer | £16,000 | £832,000 | 25 | D C | £151k | 30/31 | 11% |
| 13 |  | Dominique Heintz | £16,000 | £832,000 | 31 | D LC | £142k | 27/27 | 11% |
| 14 |  | Christian Clemens | £15,000 | £780,000 | 28 | M/AM (RL) | £167k | 28/28 | 9% |
| 15 |  | Karol Mets | £13,000 | £676,000 | 32 | D C, DM | £135k | 27/28 | 10% |
| 16 |  | Barış Atik | £13,000 | £676,000 | 30 | AM LC | £126k | 27/28 | 10% |
| 17 |  | Giorgi Kvilitaia | £11,000 | £572,000 | 31 | ST | £136k | 29/31 | 8% |
| 18 |  | Noah Katterbach | £11,000 | £572,000 | 24 | D/WB L | £130k | 27/28 | 8% |
| 19 | FC Energie Cottbus | Marcel Lotka | £7,900 | £410,800 | 24 | GK | £35k | 8/27 | 23% |
Frequently asked questions
2. Bundesliga club top earners
Which 2. Bundesliga club pays the biggest single wage?
VfL Wolfsburg. Maximilian Arnold earns £74,000 per week there, £3,848,000 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which 2. Bundesliga club has the lowest paid top earner?
FC Energie Cottbus, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Marcel Lotka on £7,900 per week. VfL Wolfsburg pays 9.4 times that for its own top earner.
Which 2. Bundesliga club leans hardest on one player?
VfL Osnabrück. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh takes 23% of the £117,757 a week the club pays across the 25 squad members we hold a wage for.
How many 2. Bundesliga clubs are on this list?
All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.