2. BUNDESLIGA · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27
Highest paid 2. Bundesliga goalkeepers
Marcel Schuhen is the best-paid goalkeeper in the 2. Bundesliga, on £9,000 a week at SV Darmstadt 98, or £468,000 a year. Julian Krahl is next on £8,100 at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. We hold wages for 55 2. Bundesliga goalkeepers in 2026/27.
BEST PAID £9k
AVERAGE WAGE £4,703
SHARE OF WAGE BILL6%
TOP 10 A WEEK £76k
WAGES HELD55
The 50 best-paid 2. Bundesliga goalkeepers
Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | CLUB | AGE | POSITION | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Schuhen | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | SV Darmstadt 98 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 2 | Julian Krahl | £8,100£8k | £421,200£421k | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 25 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 3 | Marcel Lotka | £7,900£8k | £410,800£411k | FC Energie Cottbus | 24 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 4 | Marius Gersbeck | £7,900£8k | £410,800£411k | Hertha BSC | 30 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 5 | Ben Voll | £7,500£8k | £390,000£390k | FC St. Pauli | 24 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 6 | Dominik Reimann | £7,400£7k | £384,800£385k | 1. FC Magdeburg | 28 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 7 | Jonas Kersken | £7,100£7k | £369,200£369k | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 8 | Lasse Rieß | £7,000£7k | £364,000£364k | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 9 | Timo Horn | £7,000£7k | £364,000£364k | VfL Bochum 1848 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 10 | Pavao Pervan | £6,800£7k | £353,600£354k | VfL Wolfsburg | 37 | Goalkeeper | Austria |
| 11 | Thorben Hoffmann | £6,700£7k | £348,400£348k | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 12 | Timon Weiner | £6,600£7k | £343,200£343k | Holstein Kiel | 26 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 13 | Frank Feller | £6,300£6k | £327,600£328k | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 14 | Elias Bethke | £6,300£6k | £327,600£328k | Dynamo Dresden | 22 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 15 | Simon Spari | £5,600£6k | £291,200£291k | FC St. Pauli | 23 | Goalkeeper | Austria |
| 16 | Jakub Zieliński | £5,100£5k | £265,200£265k | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | Goalkeeper | Poland |
| 17 | Lennart Grill | £5,000£5k | £260,000£260k | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 18 | Leo Weinkauf | £5,000£5k | £260,000£260k | Hannover 96 | 29 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 19 | Tim Schreiber | £4,600£5k | £239,200£239k | Dynamo Dresden | 23 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 20 | Timon Wellenreuther | £4,600£5k | £239,200£239k | VfL Wolfsburg | 29 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 21 | Benjamin Uphoff | £4,500£5k | £234,000£234k | Eintracht Braunschweig | 31 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 22 | Christian Mathenia | £4,400£4k | £228,800£229k | 1. FC Nürnberg | 33 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 23 | Hans Christian Bernat | £4,200£4k | £218,400£218k | Karlsruher SC | 24 | Goalkeeper | Denmark |
| 24 | Pelle Boevink | £3,800£4k | £197,600£198k | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 27 | Goalkeeper | Netherlands |
| 25 | Tim Goller | £3,600£4k | £187,200£187k | Hertha BSC | 20 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 26 | Alexander Brunst | £3,500£4k | £182,000£182k | SV Darmstadt 98 | 30 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 27 | Dimitar Mitov | £3,400£3k | £176,800£177k | FC St. Pauli | 28 | Goalkeeper | Bulgaria |
| 28 | Jonas Krumrey | £3,100£3k | £161,200£161k | VfL Osnabrück | 21 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 29 | Lukas Jonsson | £3,000£3k | £156,000£156k | VfL Osnabrück | 32 | Goalkeeper | Sweden |
| 30 | Nils Körber | £2,900£3k | £150,800£151k | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 28 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 31 | Niklas Sauter | £2,900£3k | £150,800£151k | VfL Osnabrück | 22 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 32 | Daniel Mesenhöler | £2,400£2k | £124,800£125k | Dynamo Dresden | 29 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 33 | Florian Schock | £2,300£2k | £119,600£120k | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 34 | Hugo Rölleke | £2,200£2k | £114,400£114k | VfL Bochum 1848 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 35 | Jan Reichert | £2,100£2k | £109,200£109k | 1. FC Nürnberg | 24 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 36 | Lindsay Gutaj | £2,000£2k | £104,000£104k | 1. FC Nürnberg | 18 | Goalkeeper | Kosovo |
| 37 | Leo Oppermann | £2,000£2k | £104,000£104k | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 23 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 38 | Louis Lord | £2,000£2k | £104,000£104k | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 39 | Konstantin Heide | £2,000£2k | £104,000£104k | Hertha BSC | 19 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 40 | Marcel Engelhardt | £1,900£2k | £98,800£99k | Holstein Kiel | 32 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 41 | Noah Kruth | £1,900£2k | £98,800£99k | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 42 | Robin Lisewski | £1,700£2k | £88,400£88k | 1. FC Nürnberg | 19 | Goalkeeper | Poland |
| 43 | Robin Himmelmann | £1,700£2k | £88,400£88k | Karlsruher SC | 36 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 44 | Artem Zaloha | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | Goalkeeper | Ukraine |
| 45 | Alexander Sebald | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | FC Energie Cottbus | 28 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 46 | Benedict Börner | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | SV Darmstadt 98 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 47 | Enis Kamga | £1,054£1k | £54,808£55k | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 18 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 48 | Jonas Schwanke | £838£838 | £43,576£44k | Hannover 96 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 49 | Leon Herdes | £818£818 | £42,536£43k | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 50 | Lio Rothenhagen | £818£818 | £42,536£43k | Holstein Kiel | 18 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
What each position earns in the 2. Bundesliga
Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for
Goalkeepers take 6% 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 goalkeepers the most
Every goalkeeper wage we hold at each 2. Bundesliga club, added together, a week
Dynamo Dresden pay 4 goalkeepers £18,300 a week between them, and Elias Bethke takes 34% of it.
The best-paid goalkeeper at every 2. Bundesliga club
19 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's goalkeepers
| CLUB | PLAYER | WEEKLY | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| SV Darmstadt 98 | Marcel Schuhen | £9,000£9k | 1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Julian Krahl | £8,100£8k | 2 |
| Hertha BSC | Marius Gersbeck | £7,900£8k | 4 |
| FC Energie Cottbus | Marcel Lotka | £7,900£8k | 3 |
| FC St. Pauli | Ben Voll | £7,500£8k | 5 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | Dominik Reimann | £7,400£7k | 6 |
| DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Jonas Kersken | £7,100£7k | 7 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 | Lasse Rieß | £7,000£7k | 8 |
| VfL Bochum 1848 | Timo Horn | £7,000£7k | 9 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Pavao Pervan | £6,800£7k | 10 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Thorben Hoffmann | £6,700£7k | 11 |
| Holstein Kiel | Timon Weiner | £6,600£7k | 12 |
| Dynamo Dresden | Elias Bethke | £6,300£6k | 14 |
| 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | Frank Feller | £6,300£6k | 13 |
| Hannover 96 | Leo Weinkauf | £5,000£5k | 18 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Christian Mathenia | £4,400£4k | 22 |
| Karlsruher SC | Hans Christian Bernat | £4,200£4k | 23 |
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Pelle Boevink | £3,800£4k | 24 |
| VfL Osnabrück | Jonas Krumrey | £3,100£3k | 28 |
The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league
42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. The 2. Bundesliga ranks 29th.
| LEAGUE | BEST PAID | WEEKLY | AVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Liga | Jan Oblak | £308,000£308k | £33,550£34k |
| Bundesliga | Manuel Neuer | £298,000£298k | £26,779£27k |
| Premier League | Gianluigi Donnarumma | £250,000£250k | £49,479£49k |
| Eredivisie | Marc-André ter Stegen | £232,000£232k | £9,671£10k |
| Süper Lig | Ederson | £229,000£229k | £19,950£20k |
| Saudi Pro League | Édouard Mendy | £170,000£170k | £40,756£41k |
| Championship | Alphonse Areola | £120,000£120k | £13,758£14k |
| Serie A | Mike Maignan | £109,000£109k | £24,594£25k |
| Ligue 1 | Brice Samba | £102,000£102k | £20,578£21k |
| Primeira Liga | Diogo Costa | £82,000£82k | £7,355£7k |
| Scottish Premiership | Sam Johnstone | £78,000£78k | £7,256£7k |
| Superleague Greece | Stefan Ortega | £58,000£58k | £6,841£7k |
| Belgian Pro League | Yann Sommer | £49,000£49k | £6,044£6k |
| Serie B | Mattia Perin | £45,000£45k | £6,094£6k |
| Danish Superliga | Diant Ramaj | £43,000£43k | £5,493£5k |
| Croatian First League | Dominik Livaković | £35,000£35k | £2,378£2k |
| Liga MX | Keylor Navas | £29,000£29k | £7,296£7k |
| La Liga 2 | Paulo Gazzaniga | £29,000£29k | £4,582£5k |
| Major League Soccer | Angus Gunn | £28,000£28k | £5,216£5k |
| Russian Premier League | Igor Akinfeev | £28,000£28k | £10,471£10k |
| League One | Alex McCarthy | £27,000£27k | £5,034£5k |
| Brasileirão Série A | Cássio | £24,000£24k | £5,729£6k |
| J1 League | Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) | £20,000£20k | £2,645£3k |
| Ekstraklasa | Bartlomiej Dragowski | £20,000£20k | £2,314£2k |
| Super Liga | Fernando Muslera | £17,000£17k | £3,207£3k |
| Chinese Super League | Bao Yaxiong | £13,000£13k | £3,606£4k |
| Austrian Bundesliga | Christian Früchtl | £9,400£9k | £2,221£2k |
| Categoría Primera A | Jean | £9,100£9k | £3,699£4k |
| 2. Bundesliga | Marcel Schuhen | £9,000£9k | £4,703£5k |
| Ligue 2 | Gautier Larsonneur | £8,200£8k | £2,571£3k |
| League Two | Matthew Cox | £7,900£8k | £2,048£2k |
| Czech First League | Ondřej Kolář | £6,800£7k | £1,182£1k |
| National League | Ted Curd | £6,600£7k | £932£932 |
| Thai League | Neil Etheridge | £5,900£6k | £1,122£1k |
| Belgian Challenger Pro League | Emile Doucouré | £3,300£3k | £1,148£1k |
| Indian Super League | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | £3,200£3k | £427£427 |
| Eliteserien | Ľubomír Belko | £3,000£3k | £1,145£1k |
| Scottish Championship | Aston Oxborough | £2,500£3k | £787£787 |
| A-League | Filip Kurto | £2,300£2k | £1,190£1k |
| Veikkausliiga | Matej Marković | £1,900£2k | £564£564 |
| I-League | Ryan Fulton | £830£830 | £191£191 |
| Meistriliiga | Marko Meerits | £427£427 | £160£160 |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in the 2. Bundesliga?
Marcel Schuhen of SV Darmstadt 98, on £9,000 a week in 2026/27, or £468,000 a year. Julian Krahl of 1. FC Kaiserslautern is second on £8,100 a week.
How much do 2. Bundesliga goalkeepers earn?
The average 2. Bundesliga goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £4,703 a week, and the median one £4,550. Goalkeepers take 6% of what the 2. Bundesliga pays its players of that age.
Which 2. Bundesliga club pays its goalkeepers the most?
Dynamo Dresden, £18,300 a week across the 4 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Elias Bethke on £6,300.
Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in football?
Of the 42 men's leagues we rank goalkeepers in, the best-paid is Jan Oblak of Atlético Madrid in La Liga, on £308,000 a week. The best-paid in the 2. Bundesliga ranks 29th of the 42 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.