Borussia Dortmund 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Thomas Meunier on £164,000 per week · see the current Borussia Dortmund wage bill
We hold a wage for all 56 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 20 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 — 14% lower than the £1,906,380 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Meunier | £164,000 | £8,528,000 | 29 | D/WB/M R | Belgium | ||
| Marco Reus | £164,000 | £8,528,000 | 32 | AM RLC, F C | Germany | ||
| Mats Hummels | £164,000 | £8,528,000 | 32 | D C | Germany | ||
| Emre Can | £139,000 | £7,228,000 | 27 | D RC, DM | Germany | ||
| Erling Haaland | £132,000 | £6,864,000 | 20 | ST | Norway | ||
| Axel Witsel | £123,000 | £6,396,000 | 32 | DM | Belgium | ||
| Julian Brandt | £115,000 | £5,980,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Germany | ||
| Nico Schulz | £97,000 | £5,044,000 | 28 | D/WB/AM L | Germany | ||
| Roman Bürki | £96,000 | £4,992,000 | 30 | GK | Switzerland | ||
| Raphaël Guerreiro | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | 27 | D/WB L, M C | Portugal | ||
| Thorgan Hazard | £79,000 | £4,108,000 | 28 | AM RLC, F C | Belgium | ||
| Donyell Malen | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 22 | AM RL, ST | Holland | ||
| Mahmoud Dahoud | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | 25 | DM | Germany | ||
| Marius Wolf | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | 26 | D/WB R, AM RL | Germany | ||
| Jude Bellingham | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| Manuel Akanji | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | 25 | D C | Switzerland | ||
| Giovanni Reyna | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 18 | AM LC | U.S.A. | ||
| Marin Pongracic | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 23 | D RC | Croatia | ||
| Dan-Axel Zagadou | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 22 | D C | France | ||
| Gregor Kobel | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 23 | GK | Switzerland | ||
| Marwin Hitz | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 33 | GK | Switzerland | ||
| Soumaïla Coulibaly | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 17 | D C | France | ||
| Felix Passlack | £18,000 | £936,000 | 23 | D/WB RL, AM R | Germany | ||
| Mateu Morey | £15,000 | £780,000 | 21 | D/WB R | Spain | ||
| Marcel Schmelzer | £7,900 | £410,800 | 33 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Nnamdi Collins | £5,900 | £306,800 | 17 | D C | Germany | ||
| Reinier | £5,700 | £296,400 | 19 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| Luca Unbehaun | £4,000 | £208,000 | 20 | GK | Germany | ||
| Bradley Fink | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | ST | Switzerland | ||
| Immanuel Pherai | £840 | £43,680 | 20 | AM LC | Holland | ||
| Ayukayoh Mengot | £810 | £42,120 | 17 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Abu-Bekir El-Zein | £650 | £33,800 | 18 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Göktan Gürpüz | £650 | £33,800 | 18 | M C | Türkiye | ||
| Colin Kleine-Bekel | £640 | £33,280 | 18 | D C | Germany | ||
| Faroukou Cissé | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | D C | Germany | ||
| Lion Semić | £560 | £29,120 | 17 | D R | Germany | ||
| Silas Ostrzinski | £490 | £25,480 | 17 | GK | Germany | ||
| Daniel Dudek | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Germany | ||
| Filippo Calixte Mane | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Italy | ||
| Michel Ludwig | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Isaak Nwachukwu | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM L, ST | Germany | ||
| Vincenzo Onofrietti | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RC | Italy | ||
| Noah Mrosek | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D RL | Poland | ||
| Jamie Bynoe-Gittens | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | England | ||
| Marc-Niclas Dühring | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D/WB/M L | Germany | ||
| Jaden Korzynietz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Germany | ||
| Vasco Walz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Italy | ||
| Jonah Husseck | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Abdoulaye Kamara | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | France | ||
| Samuel Bamba | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM R, ST | Germany | ||
| Marian Kirsch | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Germany | ||
| Tom Rothe | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Rafael Lubach | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Youssoufa Moukoko | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Germany | ||
| Emilio Schiano | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Julian Rijkhoff | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Holland | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 40% of the squad wage bill, across the 56 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Borussia Dortmund wages, 2021/22
What was Borussia Dortmund's wage bill in 2021/22?
Borussia Dortmund paid £1,906,380 a week in 2021/22 - £99,131,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 56. We hold a wage for all 56 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Borussia Dortmund player in 2021/22?
Thomas Meunier was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £164,000 a week, 2x the 22+ squad average of £80,895.
What was the average Borussia Dortmund salary in 2021/22?
The average Borussia Dortmund player aged 22 or over earned £80,895 a week in 2021/22, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 56. The top five earners took 40% of the bill between them.
How do Borussia Dortmund's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Borussia Dortmund pay £1,648,314 a week in 2026/27, 14% lower than the £1,906,380 of 2021/22. The current squad is 30 players against 56 then.