BUNDESLIGA · 2016/17 · ARCHIVE
Borussia Dortmund 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Marco Reus on £165,000 per week · see the current Borussia Dortmund wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £1.4m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £71m
SQUAD SIZE68
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £47k
Then and now
Borussia Dortmund pay £1,711,314 a week in 2026/27 — 25% higher than the £1,369,190 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 17 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Reus | £165,000 | £8,580,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mario Götze | £133,000 | £6,916,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| André Schürrle | £102,000 | £5,304,000 | 25 | Winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 27 | Right winger, striker | Gabon | JUN 2020 | ||
| Marc Bartra | £74,000 | £3,848,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Spain | JUN 2020 | ||
| Julian Weigl | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Shinji Kagawa | £64,000 | £3,328,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Japan | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gonzalo Castro | £59,000 | £3,068,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nuri Sahin | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Türkiye | JUN 2018 | ||
| Park Joo-Ho | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 29 | Left-back, defensive midfielder | South Korea | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ousmane Dembélé | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Roman Weidenfeller | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | 35 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Sebastian Rode | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Sven Bender | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Greece | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marcel Schmelzer | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 28 | Left-back | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Roman Bürki | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Switzerland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lukasz Piszczek | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 31 | Right-back | Poland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Matthias Ginter | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Raphaël Guerreiro | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 22 | Left-back, attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Erik Durm | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 24 | Full-back | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Christian Pulisic | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | U.S.A. | JUN 2020 | ||
| Emre Mor | £19,000 | £988,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Türkiye | JUN 2021 | ||
| Mikel Merino | £8,900 | £462,800 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Spain | JUN 2021 | ||
| Felix Passlack | £4,300 | £223,600 | 18 | Right-back, right winger | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Hendrik Bonmann | £3,200 | £166,400 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| David Solga | £2,400 | £124,800 | 33 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Burak Çamoğlu | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | Right-back, right winger | Türkiye | JUN 2017 | ||
| Atakan Karazor | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Christoph Zimmermann | £1,400 | £72,800 | 23 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| David Sauerland | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jano Baxmann | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | Winger | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Junior Flores | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | U.S.A. | JUN 2017 | ||
| Orel Mangala | £800 | £41,600 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2017 | ||
| Etienne Amenyido | £750 | £39,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dominik Reimann | £720 | £37,440 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Till Schumacher | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | Left-back | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Moritz Fritz | £670 | £34,840 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lars Dietz | £640 | £33,280 | 19 | Defender | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Patrick Mainka | £600 | £31,200 | 21 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sören Dieckmann | £600 | £31,200 | 20 | Full-back, left winger | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Michael Eberwein | £540 | £28,080 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Massih Wassey | £540 | £28,080 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Canada | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jan Reckert | £530 | £27,560 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Herbert Bockhorn | £500 | £26,000 | 21 | Full-back | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | £460 | £23,920 | 25 | Striker | Morocco | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sahin Kösecik | £440 | £22,880 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Amos Pieper | £440 | £22,880 | 18 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Dario Scuderi | £410 | £21,320 | 18 | Full-back, winger | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Dominik Wanner | £410 | £21,320 | 17 | Left-back, winger | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dzenis Burnic | £410 | £21,320 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| David Kopacz | £410 | £21,320 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Poland | AUG 2018 | ||
| Janni Serra | £350 | £18,200 | 18 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jan Binias | £350 | £18,200 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Jonas Arweiler | £350 | £18,200 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Alexander Isak | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Sweden | JUN 2019 | ||
| Patrick Fritsch | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Niklas Beste | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Left-back, left winger | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Luca Kilian | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Julian Schwermann | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jacob Bruun Larsen | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Winger | Denmark | JUN 2017 | ||
| Gabriel Kyeremateng | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Emre Aydinel | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Robin Kehr | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sören Lippert | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tim Sechelmann | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2017 | ||
| Marius von Cysewski | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tobias Raschl | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
35 Under £1k 1%
6 £1k-£2k 1%
3 £2k-£5k 1%
1 £5k-£10k 1%
1 £10k-£25k 1%
19 £25k-£100k 67%
3 £100k+
29%
Top 5 earners took 41% of the squad wage bill, across the 68 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Borussia Dortmund wages, 2016/17
What was Borussia Dortmund's wage bill in 2016/17?
Borussia Dortmund paid £1,369,190 a week in 2016/17 - £71,197,880 across the year - spread over a squad of 68. We hold a wage for all 68 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Borussia Dortmund player in 2016/17?
Marco Reus was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £165,000 a week, 3.5x the 22+ squad average of £47,107.
What was the average Borussia Dortmund salary in 2016/17?
The average Borussia Dortmund player aged 22 or over earned £47,107 a week in 2016/17, across the 25 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 68. The top five earners took 41% of the bill between them.
How do Borussia Dortmund's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Borussia Dortmund pay £1,711,314 a week in 2026/27, 25% higher than the £1,369,190 of 2016/17. The current squad is 32 players against 68 then.