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BUNDESLIGA · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Bundesliga attackers

Jamal Musiala is the best-paid attacker in the Bundesliga, on £414,000 a week at FC Bayern München, or £21,528,000 a year. Harry Kane is next on £381,000 at FC Bayern München. We hold wages for 242 Bundesliga attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £414k
AVERAGE WAGE £50,516
SHARE OF WAGE BILL41%
TOP 10 A WEEK £2.5m
WAGES HELD242

The 50 best-paid Bundesliga attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in the Bundesliga in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £21,528,000£21.5m FC Bayern München 22 Attacking midfielder Germany
2 Harry Kane £381,000£381k £19,812,000£19.8m FC Bayern München 31 Attacking midfielder, striker England
3 Moussa Diaby £254,000£254k £13,208,000£13.2m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 Winger France
4 Alphonso Davies £249,000£249k £12,948,000£12.9m FC Bayern München 24 Left-back, left winger Canada
5 Luis Díaz £232,000£232k £12,064,000£12.1m FC Bayern München 28 Winger Colombia
6 Serge Gnabry £232,000£232k £12,064,000£12.1m FC Bayern München 30 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
7 Michael Olise £224,000£224k £11,648,000£11.6m FC Bayern München 23 Attacking midfielder France
8 Serhou Guirassy £174,000£174k £9,048,000£9.0m Borussia Dortmund 29 Striker Guinea
9 Patrik Schick £166,000£166k £8,632,000£8.6m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 29 Striker Czechia
10 Felix Nmecha £166,000£166k £8,632,000£8.6m Borussia Dortmund 24 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
11 Christopher Nkunku £154,000£154k £8,008,000£8.0m RB Leipzig 27 Attacking midfielder, striker France
12 Marcel Sabitzer £133,000£133k £6,916,000£6.9m Borussia Dortmund 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Austria
13 Niclas Füllkrug £125,000£125k £6,500,000£6.5m SV Werder Bremen 32 Striker Germany
14 Lucas Vázquez £108,000£108k £5,616,000£5.6m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 Right-back, right winger Spain
15 Fábio Silva £101,000£101k £5,252,000£5.3m Borussia Dortmund 22 Attacking midfielder, striker Portugal
16 Carney Chukwuemeka £101,000£101k £5,252,000£5.3m Borussia Dortmund 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Austria
17 Malik Tillman £98,000£98k £5,096,000£5.1m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 23 Attacking midfielder United States
18 Tom Bischof £96,000£96k £4,992,000£5.0m FC Bayern München 20 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
19 Maximilian Beier £90,000£90k £4,680,000£4.7m Borussia Dortmund 22 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
20 Aleix García £86,000£86k £4,472,000£4.5m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Spain
21 Andrej Kramaric £86,000£86k £4,472,000£4.5m TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 Attacking midfielder, striker Croatia
22 Eliesse Ben Seghir £85,000£85k £4,420,000£4.4m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 20 Attacking midfielder Morocco
23 Jonas Hofmann £83,000£83k £4,316,000£4.3m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 32 Attacking midfielder Germany
24 Jobe Bellingham £83,000£83k £4,316,000£4.3m Borussia Dortmund 19 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
25 Johan Bakayoko £83,000£83k £4,316,000£4.3m RB Leipzig 22 Winger Belgium
26 Martin Terrier £82,000£82k £4,264,000£4.3m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 28 Attacking midfielder, striker France
27 Fábio Vieira £82,000£82k £4,264,000£4.3m Hamburger Sport-Verein 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Portugal
28 Victor Boniface £80,000£80k £4,160,000£4.2m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Nigeria
29 Christoph Baumgartner £77,000£77k £4,004,000£4.0m RB Leipzig 25 Attacking midfielder Austria
30 Deniz Undav £77,000£77k £4,004,000£4.0m VfB Stuttgart 28 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
31 Ritsu Doan £73,000£73k £3,796,000£3.8m Eintracht Frankfurt 27 Attacking midfielder Japan
32 Florian Neuhaus £68,000£68k £3,536,000£3.5m Borussia Mönchengladbach 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
33 Chris Führich £68,000£68k £3,536,000£3.5m VfB Stuttgart 27 Attacking midfielder Germany
34 Jonathan Burkardt £66,000£66k £3,432,000£3.4m Eintracht Frankfurt 25 Striker Germany
35 Jamie Leweling £66,000£66k £3,432,000£3.4m VfB Stuttgart 24 Attacking midfielder Germany
36 Ridle Baku £64,000£64k £3,328,000£3.3m RB Leipzig 27 Right-back, right winger Germany
37 Tim Kleindienst £63,000£63k £3,276,000£3.3m Borussia Mönchengladbach 29 Striker Germany
38 Brajan Gruda £63,000£63k £3,276,000£3.3m RB Leipzig 21 Attacking midfielder Germany
39 Ethan Nwaneri £62,000£62k £3,224,000£3.2m Borussia Dortmund 18 Attacking midfielder England
40 Franck Honorat £60,000£60k £3,120,000£3.1m Borussia Mönchengladbach 28 Right wing-back, attacking midfielder France
41 Ermedin Demirovic £60,000£60k £3,120,000£3.1m VfB Stuttgart 27 Left winger, striker Bosnia & Herzegovina
42 Emmanuel Latte Lath £59,000£59k £3,068,000£3.1m 1. FC Union Berlin 26 Winger, striker Côte d’Ivoire
43 Mario Götze £57,000£57k £2,964,000£3.0m Eintracht Frankfurt 33 Attacking midfielder Germany
44 Antonio Nusa £53,000£53k £2,756,000£2.8m RB Leipzig 20 Winger Norway
45 Terem Moffi £52,000£52k £2,704,000£2.7m Hamburger Sport-Verein 26 Striker Nigeria
46 Kevin Stöger £50,000£50k £2,600,000£2.6m Borussia Mönchengladbach 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Austria
47 Nadiem Amiri £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m 1. FSV Mainz 05 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
48 Nathan Tella £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 Right wing-back, attacking midfielder Nigeria
49 Patson Daka £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m Hamburger Sport-Verein 26 Striker Zambia
50 Rômulo Cardoso £48,000£48k £2,496,000£2.5m RB Leipzig 23 Striker Brazil

What each position earns in the Bundesliga

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £27k Defenders £42k Midfielders £39k Attackers £51k

Attackers take 41% of what the Bundesliga pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.

The clubs that pay their attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Bundesliga club, added together, a week

FC Bayern München £1.9m Bayer 04 Leverkusen £1.2m Borussia Dortmund £975k RB Leipzig £740k VfB Stuttgart £477k Borussia Mönchengladbach £442k Eintracht Frankfurt £383k Hamburger Sport-Verein £355k SV Werder Bremen £349k TSG 1899 Hoffenheim £333k

FC Bayern München pay 12 attackers £1,878,200 a week between them, and Jamal Musiala takes 22% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Bundesliga club

18 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Bundesliga club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
FC Bayern München Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k 1
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Moussa Diaby £254,000£254k 3
Borussia Dortmund Serhou Guirassy £174,000£174k 8
RB Leipzig Christopher Nkunku £154,000£154k 11
SV Werder Bremen Niclas Füllkrug £125,000£125k 13
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Andrej Kramaric £86,000£86k 21
Hamburger Sport-Verein Fábio Vieira £82,000£82k 27
VfB Stuttgart Deniz Undav £77,000£77k 30
Eintracht Frankfurt Ritsu Doan £73,000£73k 31
Borussia Mönchengladbach Florian Neuhaus £68,000£68k 32
1. FC Union Berlin Emmanuel Latte Lath £59,000£59k 42
1. FSV Mainz 05 Nadiem Amiri £49,000£49k 47
Sport-Club Freiburg Vincenzo Grifo £47,000£47k 51
1. FC Köln Thijs Dallinga £46,000£46k 52
FC Augsburg Marius Wolf £32,000£32k 71
FC Schalke 04 Junior Adamu £21,000£21k 115
SV Elversberg Cole Campbell £19,000£19k 127
SC Paderborn 07 Rayan Philippe £18,000£18k 131

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Bundesliga ranks sixth.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in the Bundesliga?

Jamal Musiala of FC Bayern München, on £414,000 a week in 2026/27, or £21,528,000 a year. Harry Kane of FC Bayern München is second on £381,000 a week.

How much do Bundesliga attackers earn?

The average Bundesliga attacker aged 22 or over earns £50,516 a week, and the median one £29,000. Attackers take 41% of what the Bundesliga pays its players of that age.

Which Bundesliga club pays its attackers the most?

FC Bayern München, £1,878,200 a week across the 12 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Jamal Musiala on £414,000.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the Bundesliga ranks sixth of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

The same Bundesliga squads, cut a different way

See the highest paid Bundesliga players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Bundesliga players are paid at every age, or the Bundesliga wage bill, club by club.