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 | Defensive midfielder |
| 02 | Christian Eriksen | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Denmark | 33 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 03 | Mattias Svanberg | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Sweden | 26 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 04 | Yannick Gerhardt | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 31 | Left-back, defensive midfielder |
| 05 | Vinicius Souza | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Brazil | 26 | Defensive midfielder |
| 06 | Joakim Mæhle | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Denmark | 28 | Full-back |
| 07 | Aster Vranckx | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Belgium | 22 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 08 | Fabian Reese | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 27 | Winger |
| 09 | Moritz Jenz | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 26 | Centre-back |
| 10 | Muhammed Damar | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 21 | Attacking midfielder |
| 11 | Rogério | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Brazil | 27 | Left-back, left midfielder |
| 12 | Marcel Hartel | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Hannover 96 | Germany | 29 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 13 | Robert Glatzel | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 31 | Striker |
| 14 | Aaron Zehnter | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 20 | Left-back |
| 15 | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | VfL Osnabrück | Ghana | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 16 | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Kosovo | 27 | Defensive midfielder |
| 17 | Kento Shiogai | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Japan | 20 | Winger, striker |
| 18 | Jonas Adjetey | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Ghana | 21 | Centre-back |
| 19 | Patrick Mainka | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 30 | Centre-back |
| 20 | Nicolas Cozza | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | France | 26 | Centre-back |
| 21 | Saël Kumbedi | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | France | 20 | Right-back |
| 22 | Eric Smith | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | FC St. Pauli | Sweden | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 23 | William Bøving | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Denmark | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 24 | Hauke Wahl | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 31 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 25 | Budu Zivzivadze | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Georgia | 31 | Striker |
| 26 | Mika Faye | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Senegal | 20 | Centre-back |
| 27 | Diego Demme | £19,000 | £988,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 33 | Defensive midfielder |
| 28 | Márton Dárdai | £19,000 | £988,000 | Hertha BSC | Hungary | 23 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 29 | Marvin Wanitzek | £19,000 | £988,000 | Karlsruher SC | Germany | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 30 | Emir Sahiti | £17,000 | £884,000 | Hannover 96 | Kosovo | 26 | Winger |
| 31 | Jordan | £17,000 | £884,000 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | United States | 29 | Striker |
| 32 | Bence Dárdai | £17,000 | £884,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Hungary | 19 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 33 | Maximilian Bauer | £16,000 | £832,000 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Germany | 25 | Centre-back |
| 34 | Ben Bobzien | £16,000 | £832,000 | Dynamo Dresden | Germany | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 35 | Martijn Kaars | £16,000 | £832,000 | FC St. Pauli | Netherlands | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 36 | Mathias Pereira Lage | £16,000 | £832,000 | FC St. Pauli | Portugal | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 37 | Dominique Heintz | £16,000 | £832,000 | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | Germany | 31 | Centre-back |
| 38 | Mads Pedersen | £16,000 | £832,000 | Hertha BSC | Denmark | 28 | Left-back |
| 39 | Farid Alfa-Ruprecht | £16,000 | £832,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 19 | Winger |
| 40 | Erencan Yardımcı | £16,000 | £832,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Türkiye | 23 | Striker |
| 41 | Adrian Beck | £16,000 | £832,000 | VfL Osnabrück | Germany | 28 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 42 | Cleiton | £16,000 | £832,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Brazil | 22 | Centre-back |
| 43 | Jan Schöppner | £15,000 | £780,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 26 | Defensive midfielder |
| 44 | Connor Metcalfe | £15,000 | £780,000 | FC St. Pauli | Australia | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 45 | Boris Tomiak | £15,000 | £780,000 | Hannover 96 | Germany | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 46 | Hendry Blank | £15,000 | £780,000 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Germany | 20 | Centre-back |
| 47 | Christian Clemens | £15,000 | £780,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Germany | 28 | Wide midfielder, winger |
| 48 | Branimir Hrgota | £14,000 | £728,000 | FC St. Pauli | Sweden | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 49 | Joel Chima Fujita | £14,000 | £728,000 | FC St. Pauli | Japan | 23 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 50 | David Nemeth | £14,000 | £728,000 | FC St. Pauli | Austria | 24 | Centre-back |
| 51 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | £14,000 | £728,000 | Hertha BSC | Netherlands | 27 | Full-back |
| 52 | Kilian Fischer | £14,000 | £728,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | 24 | Full-back |
| 53 | Leart Paqarada | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Kosovo | 30 | Left-back |
| 54 | Louis Oppie | £13,000 | £676,000 | FC St. Pauli | Germany | 23 | Left-back |
| 55 | Adam Dźwigała | £13,000 | £676,000 | FC St. Pauli | Poland | 29 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 56 | Kevin Sessa | £13,000 | £676,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 57 | Josip Brekalo | £13,000 | £676,000 | Hertha BSC | Croatia | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 58 | Ivan Prtajin | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Croatia | 29 | Striker |
| 59 | Barış Atik | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Türkiye | 30 | Attacking midfielder |
| 60 | Aleksandar Vukotić | £13,000 | £676,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Serbia | 29 | Centre-back |
| 61 | Karol Mets | £13,000 | £676,000 | VfL Bochum 1848 | Estonia | 32 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 62 | Marnon Busch | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 30 | Centre-back |
| 63 | Jonas Föhrenbach | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 29 | Centre-back |
| 64 | Julian Niehues | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 65 | Christian Conteh | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 66 | Mikkel Kaufmann | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Denmark | 24 | Striker |
| 67 | Luca Kerber | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 23 | Defensive midfielder |
| 68 | Julian Justvan | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Germany | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 69 | Finn Becker | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Germany | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 70 | Erik Ahlstrand | £12,000 | £624,000 | FC St. Pauli | Sweden | 23 | Left wing-back, attacking midfielder |
| 71 | Jacob Rasmussen | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Denmark | 28 | Centre-back |
| 72 | Fabian Kunze | £12,000 | £624,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Germany | 27 | Defensive midfielder |
| 73 | Noah Weißhaupt | £12,000 | £624,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Germany | 23 | Left wing-back, winger |
| 74 | Mathias Honsak | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Austria | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 75 | Henri Koudossou | £11,000 | £572,000 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Germany | 25 | Full-back, right midfielder |
| 76 | Noah Katterbach | £11,000 | £572,000 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Germany | 24 | Left-back |
| 77 | Mathias Rasmussen | £11,000 | £572,000 | FC St. Pauli | Norway | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 78 | Matthias Zimmermann | £11,000 | £572,000 | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | Germany | 33 | Right-back, defensive midfielder |
| 79 | Mustapha Bundu | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hannover 96 | Sierra Leone | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 80 | Maurice Neubauer | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hannover 96 | Germany | 29 | Full-back |
| 81 | Paul Seguin | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 30 | Defensive midfielder |
| 82 | Linus Gechter | £11,000 | £572,000 | Hertha BSC | Germany | 21 | Centre-back |
| 83 | Giorgi Kvilitaia | £11,000 | £572,000 | Holstein Kiel | Georgia | 31 | Striker |
| 84 | Mërgim Berisha | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Germany | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 85 | Naatan Skyttä | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Finland | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 86 | Semih Şahin | £11,000 | £572,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Germany | 25 | Defensive midfielder |
| 87 | Tim Siersleben | £10,000 | £520,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 25 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 88 | Leon Jensen | £10,000 | £520,000 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Germany | 28 | Defensive midfielder |
| 89 | Robert Wagner | £10,000 | £520,000 | Dynamo Dresden | Germany | 22 | Defensive midfielder |
| 90 | Lino Tempelmann | £10,000 | £520,000 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Germany | 26 | Defensive midfielder |
| 91 | Tomoya Ando | £10,000 | £520,000 | FC St. Pauli | Japan | 26 | Centre-back |
| 92 | Taichi Hara | £10,000 | £520,000 | FC St. Pauli | Japan | 26 | Winger, striker |
| 93 | Luca Itter | £10,000 | £520,000 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Germany | 26 | Centre-back |
| 94 | Emmanuel Iyoha | £9,300 | £483,600 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Germany | 27 | Full-back, winger |
| 95 | Gustaf Nilsson | £9,200 | £478,400 | Hertha BSC | Sweden | 28 | Striker |
| 96 | Maximilian Breunig | £9,000 | £468,000 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Germany | 24 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 97 | Lars Ritzka | £9,000 | £468,000 | FC St. Pauli | Germany | 27 | Centre-back |
| 98 | Ricky-Jade Jones | £9,000 | £468,000 | FC St. Pauli | England | 22 | Left winger, striker |
| 99 | Sebastian Schonlau | £9,000 | £468,000 | Holstein Kiel | Germany | 30 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 100 | Patric Pfeiffer | £9,000 | £468,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Ghana | 25 | Centre-back |
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.
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