Borussia Dortmund 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Marco Reus on £189,000 per week · see the current Borussia Dortmund wage bill
We hold a wage for all 25 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 17 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Borussia Dortmund pay £1,648,314 a week in 2026/27 — level with the £1,641,340 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 2 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Reus | £189,000 | £9,828,000 | 29 | AM RLC | Germany | ||
| Mario Götze | £172,000 | £8,944,000 | 26 | AM/F C | Germany | ||
| Christian Pulisic | £150,000 | £7,800,000 | 19 | AM RLC | U.S.A. | ||
| Axel Witsel | £138,000 | £7,176,000 | 29 | DM | Belgium | ||
| Thomas Delaney | £104,000 | £5,408,000 | 26 | DM | Denmark | ||
| Marius Wolf | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | 23 | WB R, AM RL | Germany | ||
| Mahmoud Dahoud | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | 22 | DM | Germany | ||
| Abdou Diallo | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | 22 | D LC | France | ||
| Julian Weigl | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 22 | DM | Germany | ||
| Paco Alcácer | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 24 | ST | Spain | ||
| Maximilian Philipp | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 24 | AM RLC, F C | Germany | ||
| Ömer Toprak | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 28 | D C | Türkiye | ||
| Jadon Sancho | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 18 | AM RL | England | ||
| Lukasz Piszczek | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 33 | D/WB R | Poland | ||
| Manuel Akanji | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 22 | D C | Switzerland | ||
| Marcel Schmelzer | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 30 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Roman Bürki | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 27 | GK | Switzerland | ||
| Marwin Hitz | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 30 | GK | Switzerland | ||
| Raphaël Guerreiro | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 24 | D/WB L, AM LC | Portugal | ||
| Achraf Hakimi | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 19 | D/WB RL | Morocco | ||
| Leonardo Balerdi | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 19 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Sergio Gómez | £15,000 | £780,000 | 17 | AM LC | Spain | ||
| Dan-Axel Zagadou | £9,400 | £488,800 | 19 | D C | France | ||
| Jacob Bruun Larsen | £8,100 | £421,200 | 19 | AM RL | Denmark | ||
| Immanuel Pherai | £840 | £43,680 | 17 | AM C | Holland | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 46% of the squad wage bill, across the 25 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Borussia Dortmund wages, 2018/19
What was Borussia Dortmund's wage bill in 2018/19?
Borussia Dortmund paid £1,641,340 a week in 2018/19 - £85,349,680 across the year - spread over a squad of 25. We hold a wage for all 25 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Borussia Dortmund player in 2018/19?
Marco Reus was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £189,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £79,471.
What was the average Borussia Dortmund salary in 2018/19?
The average Borussia Dortmund player aged 22 or over earned £79,471 a week in 2018/19, across the 17 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 25. The top five earners took 46% of the bill between them.
How do Borussia Dortmund's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Borussia Dortmund pay £1,648,314 a week in 2026/27, level with the £1,641,340 of 2018/19. The current squad is 30 players against 25 then.