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2. BUNDESLIGA · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid 2. Bundesliga attackers

Christian Eriksen is the best-paid attacker in the 2. Bundesliga, on £60,000 a week at VfL Wolfsburg, or £3,120,000 a year. Mattias Svanberg is next on £46,000 at VfL Wolfsburg. We hold wages for 213 2. Bundesliga attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £60k
AVERAGE WAGE £9,170
SHARE OF WAGE BILL36%
TOP 10 A WEEK £340k
WAGES HELD213

The 50 best-paid 2. Bundesliga attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in the 2. Bundesliga in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £3,120,000£3.1m VfL Wolfsburg 33 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Denmark
2 Mattias Svanberg £46,000£46k £2,392,000£2.4m VfL Wolfsburg 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Sweden
3 Aster Vranckx £36,000£36k £1,872,000£1.9m VfL Wolfsburg 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Belgium
4 Fabian Reese £35,000£35k £1,820,000£1.8m VfL Wolfsburg 27 Winger Germany
5 Muhammed Damar £32,000£32k £1,664,000£1.7m VfL Wolfsburg 21 Attacking midfielder Germany
6 Marcel Hartel £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m Hannover 96 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
7 Robert Glatzel £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m VfL Wolfsburg 31 Striker Germany
8 Daniel-Kofi Kyereh £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m VfL Osnabrück 29 Attacking midfielder Ghana
9 Kento Shiogai £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m VfL Wolfsburg 20 Winger, striker Japan
10 William Bøving £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m 1. FC Nürnberg 22 Attacking midfielder, striker Denmark
11 Budu Zivzivadze £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 31 Striker Georgia
12 Marvin Wanitzek £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Karlsruher SC 32 Attacking midfielder Germany
13 Emir Sahiti £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Hannover 96 26 Winger Kosovo
14 Jordan £17,000£17k £884,000£884k SpVgg Greuther Fürth 29 Striker United States
15 Bence Dárdai £17,000£17k £884,000£884k VfL Wolfsburg 19 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Hungary
16 Ben Bobzien £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Dynamo Dresden 22 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
17 Martijn Kaars £16,000£16k £832,000£832k FC St. Pauli 26 Attacking midfielder, striker Netherlands
18 Mathias Pereira Lage £16,000£16k £832,000£832k FC St. Pauli 28 Attacking midfielder, striker Portugal
19 Farid Alfa-Ruprecht £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Hertha BSC 19 Winger Germany
20 Erencan Yardımcı £16,000£16k £832,000£832k 1. FC Kaiserslautern 23 Striker Türkiye
21 Adrian Beck £16,000£16k £832,000£832k VfL Osnabrück 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
22 Connor Metcalfe £15,000£15k £780,000£780k FC St. Pauli 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Australia
23 Christian Clemens £15,000£15k £780,000£780k SV Darmstadt 98 28 Wide midfielder, winger Germany
24 Branimir Hrgota £14,000£14k £728,000£728k FC St. Pauli 32 Attacking midfielder, striker Sweden
25 Joel Chima Fujita £14,000£14k £728,000£728k FC St. Pauli 23 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Japan
26 Kevin Sessa £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Hertha BSC 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
27 Josip Brekalo £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Hertha BSC 27 Attacking midfielder Croatia
28 Ivan Prtajin £13,000£13k £676,000£676k 1. FC Kaiserslautern 29 Striker Croatia
29 Barış Atik £13,000£13k £676,000£676k 1. FC Magdeburg 30 Attacking midfielder Türkiye
30 Christian Conteh £12,000£12k £624,000£624k 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 25 Attacking midfielder Germany
31 Mikkel Kaufmann £12,000£12k £624,000£624k 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 24 Striker Denmark
32 Julian Justvan £12,000£12k £624,000£624k 1. FC Nürnberg 27 Attacking midfielder Germany
33 Finn Becker £12,000£12k £624,000£624k 1. FC Nürnberg 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
34 Erik Ahlstrand £12,000£12k £624,000£624k FC St. Pauli 23 Left wing-back, attacking midfielder Sweden
35 Noah Weißhaupt £12,000£12k £624,000£624k SV Darmstadt 98 23 Left wing-back, winger Germany
36 Mathias Honsak £11,000£11k £572,000£572k 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 28 Attacking midfielder Austria
37 Mathias Rasmussen £11,000£11k £572,000£572k FC St. Pauli 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
38 Mustapha Bundu £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Hannover 96 28 Attacking midfielder Sierra Leone
39 Giorgi Kvilitaia £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Holstein Kiel 31 Striker Georgia
40 Mërgim Berisha £11,000£11k £572,000£572k 1. FC Kaiserslautern 27 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
41 Naatan Skyttä £11,000£11k £572,000£572k 1. FC Kaiserslautern 23 Attacking midfielder Finland
42 Taichi Hara £10,000£10k £520,000£520k FC St. Pauli 26 Winger, striker Japan
43 Emmanuel Iyoha £9,300£9k £483,600£484k 1. FC Magdeburg 27 Full-back, winger Germany
44 Gustaf Nilsson £9,200£9k £478,400£478k Hertha BSC 28 Striker Sweden
45 Maximilian Breunig £9,000£9k £468,000£468k 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
46 Ricky-Jade Jones £9,000£9k £468,000£468k FC St. Pauli 22 Left winger, striker England
47 Philipp Hofmann £9,000£9k £468,000£468k VfL Bochum 1848 32 Striker Germany
48 Mario Sauer £8,900£9k £462,800£463k 1. FC Kaiserslautern 21 Attacking midfielder Slovakia
49 Adriano Grimaldi £8,500£9k £442,000£442k 1. FC Nürnberg 34 Striker Germany
50 Benedikt Pichler £8,500£9k £442,000£442k Hannover 96 27 Striker Austria

What each position earns in the 2. Bundesliga

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £4,703 Defenders £8,296 Midfielders £11k Attackers £9,170

Attackers take 36% of what the 2. Bundesliga pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.

The clubs that pay their attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each 2. Bundesliga club, added together, a week

VfL Wolfsburg £295k FC St. Pauli £133k Hannover 96 £105k 1. FC Nürnberg £96k 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 £81k 1. FC Magdeburg £79k VfL Osnabrück £75k Hertha BSC £74k 1. FC Kaiserslautern £71k DSC Arminia Bielefeld £68k

VfL Wolfsburg pay 11 attackers £295,304 a week between them, and Christian Eriksen takes 20% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every 2. Bundesliga club

19 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each 2. Bundesliga club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
VfL Wolfsburg Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k 1
Hannover 96 Marcel Hartel £30,000£30k 6
VfL Osnabrück Daniel-Kofi Kyereh £27,000£27k 8
1. FC Nürnberg William Bøving £21,000£21k 10
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Budu Zivzivadze £20,000£20k 11
Karlsruher SC Marvin Wanitzek £19,000£19k 12
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Jordan £17,000£17k 14
FC St. Pauli Martijn Kaars £16,000£16k 17
Hertha BSC Farid Alfa-Ruprecht £16,000£16k 19
1. FC Kaiserslautern Erencan Yardımcı £16,000£16k 20
Dynamo Dresden Ben Bobzien £16,000£16k 16
SV Darmstadt 98 Christian Clemens £15,000£15k 23
1. FC Magdeburg Barış Atik £13,000£13k 29
Holstein Kiel Giorgi Kvilitaia £11,000£11k 39
VfL Bochum 1848 Philipp Hofmann £9,000£9k 47
DSC Arminia Bielefeld Jannik Rochelt £8,100£8k 57
Eintracht Braunschweig Sebastian Polter £7,600£8k 66
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 Fabian Schleusener £7,300£7k 75
FC Energie Cottbus Dmytro Bogdanov £6,400£6k 94

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The 2. Bundesliga ranks 21st.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in the 2. Bundesliga?

Christian Eriksen of VfL Wolfsburg, on £60,000 a week in 2026/27, or £3,120,000 a year. Mattias Svanberg of VfL Wolfsburg is second on £46,000 a week.

How much do 2. Bundesliga attackers earn?

The average 2. Bundesliga attacker aged 22 or over earns £9,170 a week, and the median one £7,000. Attackers take 36% of what the 2. Bundesliga pays its players of that age.

Which 2. Bundesliga club pays its attackers the most?

VfL Wolfsburg, £295,304 a week across the 11 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Christian Eriksen on £60,000.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the 2. Bundesliga ranks 21st of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

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See the highest paid 2. Bundesliga players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what 2. Bundesliga players are paid at every age, or the 2. Bundesliga wage bill, club by club.