Highest paid player at every Bundesliga club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Jamal Musiala of FC Bayern München leads on £414,000 a week. At the other end, SC Paderborn 07 pays its own best paid player, Deniz Zeitler, £12,000 — a gap of 35×.
The best paid at each club
Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most
Clubs leaning hardest on one player
Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages
Every club's top earner
All 18 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank
| # | CLUB | TOP EARNER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | CLUB WEEKLY BILL | WAGES HELD | SHARE OF BILL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  | Jamal Musiala | £414,000 | £21,528,000 | 22 | AM RLC | £4.2m | 33/35 | 10% |
| 02 |  | Serhou Guirassy | £174,000 | £9,048,000 | 29 | ST | £1.6m | 28/30 | 11% |
| 03 |  | Patrik Schick | £166,000 | £8,632,000 | 29 | ST | £2m | 35/35 | 8% |
| 04 |  | Lukas Klostermann | £108,000 | £5,616,000 | 29 | D RLC | £1.8m | 39/42 | 6% |
| 05 |  | Angelo Stiller | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 24 | DM | £1.1m | 36/37 | 8% |
| 06 |  | Andrej Kramaric | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | 34 | AM RLC, F C | £780k | 31/31 | 11% |
| 07 |  | Robin Koch | £81,000 | £4,212,000 | 28 | D C, DM | £925k | 38/40 | 9% |
| 08 |  | Florian Neuhaus | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 28 | DM, AM C | £720k | 35/38 | 9% |
| 09 |  | Emmanuel Latte Lath | £59,000 | £3,068,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | £580k | 31/31 | 10% |
| 10 |  | Robin Gosens | £59,000 | £3,068,000 | 31 | D/WB/M L | £365k | 37/38 | 16% |
| 11 |  | Matthias Ginter | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 31 | D C | £682k | 35/35 | 7% |
| 12 |  | Nadiem Amiri | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 28 | DM, AM C | £630k | 32/33 | 8% |
| 13 |  | Patson Daka | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 26 | ST | £503k | 31/32 | 10% |
| 14 |  | Chrislain Matsima | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 23 | D RC | £516k | 33/33 | 8% |
| 15 |  | Naby Keïta | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 30 | DM, AM C | £552k | 37/37 | 7% |
| 16 |  | Jan Thielmann | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 23 | D/WB R, AM RC | £389k | 28/29 | 8% |
| 17 |  | Cole Campbell | £19,000 | £988,000 | 19 | AM RLC | £186k | 27/27 | 10% |
| 18 |  | Deniz Zeitler | £12,000 | £624,000 | 18 | AM RL, ST | £127k | 30/33 | 9% |
Frequently asked questions
Bundesliga club top earners
Which Bundesliga club pays the biggest single wage?
FC Bayern München. Jamal Musiala earns £414,000 per week there, £21,528,000 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which Bundesliga club has the lowest paid top earner?
SC Paderborn 07, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Deniz Zeitler on £12,000 per week. FC Bayern München pays 35 times that for its own top earner.
Which Bundesliga club leans hardest on one player?
FC Schalke 04. Robin Gosens takes 16% of the £364,587 a week the club pays across the 37 squad members we hold a wage for.
How many Bundesliga clubs are on this list?
All 18 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.