BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sven Bender has earned £40m at Bayer 04 Leverkusen across 9 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 13 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £633m
PLAYERS RANKED84
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB61
YEARS2017-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Bayer 04 Leverkusen history
These 20 players took £402m between them, 63% of everything Bayer 04 Leverkusen has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Bayer 04 Leverkusen player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Bender Current squad | £40m | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 2 | Lars Bender Current squad | £36m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 3 | Patrik Schick Current squad | £35m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 4 | Karim Bellarabi | £30m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 5 | Exequiel Palacios | £27m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 6 | Charles Aránguiz | £24m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 7 | Edmond Tapsoba Current squad | £23m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 8 | Lukás Hrádecký | £23m | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 9 | Jonathan Tah | £19m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 10 | Kevin Volland | £18m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 11 | Kerem Demirbay | £17m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 12 | Álex Grimaldo | £16m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 13 | Leon Bailey | £14m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 14 | Lucas Alario | £13m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 15 | Jonas Hofmann Current squad | £13m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 16 | Florian Wirtz | £12m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 17 | Aleksandar Dragovic | £11m | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 18 | Robert Andrich Current squad | £11m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 19 | Julian Baumgartlinger | £10m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 20 | Moussa Diaby Current squad | £9.4m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 21 | Jeremie Frimpong | £8.2m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 22 | Loïc Badé Current squad | £8.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 23 | Mitchell Weiser | £7.9m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 24 | Nadiem Amiri | £7.8m | 3 | 2020-2023 |
| 25 | Wendell | £7.8m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 26 | Kai Havertz | £7.2m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 27 | Lucas Vázquez Current squad | £7.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 28 | Nathan Tella Current squad | £7.1m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 29 | Malik Tillman Current squad | £7.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Bernd Leno | £6.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 31 | Aleix García Current squad | £6.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 32 | Callum Hudson-Odoi | £6.2m | 1 | 2023 |
| 33 | Piero Hincapié | £6.2m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 34 | Ezequiel Fernández Current squad | £6.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 35 | Daley Sinkgraven | £5.7m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 36 | Eliesse Ben Seghir Current squad | £5.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 37 | Granit Xhaka | £5.6m | 1 | 2024 |
| 38 | Mark Flekken Current squad | £5.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Martin Terrier Current squad | £5.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 40 | Julian Brandt | £5.4m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 41 | Paulinho | £5.1m | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 42 | Jarell Quansah Current squad | £4.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Tin Jedvaj | £4.7m | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 44 | Jonas Omlin | £4.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 45 | Arthur | £4.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 46 | Amine Adli | £4.5m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 47 | Chicharito | £4.4m | 1 | 2017 |
| 48 | Timothy Fosu-Mensah | £4.4m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 49 | Odilon Kossounou | £4.2m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 50 | Panagiotis Retsos | £3.5m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 51 | Adam Hložek | £3.3m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 52 | Ernest Poku | £3.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 53 | Dominik Kohr | £2.9m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 54 | Demarai Gray | £2.7m | 1 | 2021 |
| 55 | Mitchel Bakker | £2.5m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 56 | Hakan Çalhanoglu | £2.4m | 1 | 2017 |
| 57 | Ibrahim Maza Current squad | £2.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Janis Blaswich Current squad | £2.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 59 | Ramazan Özcan | £2.3m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 60 | Joel Pohjanpalo | £2.1m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 61 | Josip Stanišic | £2.1m | 1 | 2024 |
| 62 | Kevin Kampl | £2.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 63 | Ömer Toprak | £2.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 64 | Andrey Lunev | £2.0m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 65 | Victor Boniface Current squad | £2.0m | 1 | 2024 |
| 66 | Admir Mehmedi | £1.9m | 1 | 2017 |
| 67 | Benjamin Henrichs | £1.7m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 68 | Tim Oermann Current squad | £1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 69 | Axel Tape | £1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 70 | Borja Iglesias | £1.5m | 1 | 2024 |
| 71 | Matěj Kovář | £1.5m | 1 | 2024 |
| 72 | Christian Kofane Current squad | £1.4m | 1 | 2026 |
| 73 | Lennart Grill | £1.4m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 74 | Santiago Arias | £1.2m | 1 | 2021 |
| 75 | Gustavo Puerta | £780k | 1 | 2024 |
| 76 | Danny da Costa | £728k | 1 | 2017 |
| 77 | Montrell Culbreath Current squad | £520k | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 78 | Patrick Pentz | £520k | 1 | 2023 |
| 79 | Güven Yalçın | £114k | 1 | 2018 |
| 80 | Ayman Azhil | £110k | 3 | 2019-2023 |
| 81 | Cedric Harenbrock | £35k | 1 | 2017 |
| 82 | Leon Pesch | £29k | 1 | 2022 |
| 83 | Francis Onyeka | £3k | 1 | 2024 |
| 84 | Marvin Alexa | £3k | 1 | 2020 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Bayer 04 Leverkusen?
Sven Bender, with £40m across 9 seasons at Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 84 players we hold a Bayer 04 Leverkusen wage for, from 2017 to 2026.