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BUNDESLIGA · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Bundesliga goalkeepers

Manuel Neuer is the best-paid goalkeeper in the Bundesliga, on £298,000 a week at FC Bayern München, or £15,496,000 a year. Gregor Kobel is next on £149,000 at Borussia Dortmund. We hold wages for 61 Bundesliga goalkeepers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £298k
AVERAGE WAGE £26,779
SHARE OF WAGE BILL8%
TOP 10 A WEEK £846k
WAGES HELD61

The 50 best-paid Bundesliga goalkeepers

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 goalkeepers 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 Manuel Neuer £298,000£298k £15,496,000£15.5m FC Bayern München 39 Goalkeeper Germany
2 Gregor Kobel £149,000£149k £7,748,000£7.7m Borussia Dortmund 27 Goalkeeper Switzerland
3 Mark Flekken £82,000£82k £4,264,000£4.3m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 32 Goalkeeper Netherlands
4 Oliver Baumann £74,000£74k £3,848,000£3.8m TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 35 Goalkeeper Germany
5 Jonas Urbig £66,000£66k £3,432,000£3.4m FC Bayern München 21 Goalkeeper Germany
6 Maarten Vandevoordt £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m RB Leipzig 23 Goalkeeper Belgium
7 Frederik Rønnow £43,000£43k £2,236,000£2.2m 1. FC Union Berlin 32 Goalkeeper Denmark
8 Marvin Schwäbe £29,000£29k £1,508,000£1.5m 1. FC Köln 30 Goalkeeper Germany
9 Robin Zentner £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m 1. FSV Mainz 05 30 Goalkeeper Germany
10 Alexander Meyer £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Borussia Dortmund 34 Goalkeeper Germany
11 Finn Dahmen £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m FC Augsburg 27 Goalkeeper Germany
12 Janis Blaswich £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 Goalkeeper Germany
13 Kauã Santos £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Eintracht Frankfurt 22 Goalkeeper Brazil
14 Moritz Nicolas £24,000£24k £1,248,000£1.2m Borussia Mönchengladbach 27 Goalkeeper Germany
15 Florian Müller £22,000£22k £1,144,000£1.1m Sport-Club Freiburg 27 Goalkeeper Germany
16 Noah Atubolu £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Eintracht Frankfurt 23 Goalkeeper Germany
17 Alexander Schlager £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m SV Werder Bremen 29 Goalkeeper Austria
18 Nediljko Labrović £19,000£19k £988,000£988k FC Augsburg 25 Goalkeeper Croatia
19 Daniel Heuer Fernandes £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Hamburger Sport-Verein 32 Goalkeeper Portugal
20 Sven Ulreich £18,000£18k £936,000£936k FC Bayern München 36 Goalkeeper Germany
21 Kevin Müller £17,000£17k £884,000£884k FC Schalke 04 34 Goalkeeper Germany
22 Fabian Bredlow £17,000£17k £884,000£884k VfB Stuttgart 30 Goalkeeper Germany
23 Mio Backhaus £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Sport-Club Freiburg 21 Goalkeeper Germany
24 Sander Tangvik £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Hamburger Sport-Verein 22 Goalkeeper Norway
25 Karl Hein £15,000£15k £780,000£780k SV Werder Bremen 23 Goalkeeper Estonia
26 Dennis Seimen £15,000£15k £780,000£780k VfB Stuttgart 19 Goalkeeper Germany
27 Matheo Raab £13,000£13k £676,000£676k 1. FC Union Berlin 26 Goalkeeper Germany
28 Jan Olschowsky £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Borussia Mönchengladbach 23 Goalkeeper Germany
29 Ørjan Nyland £12,000£12k £624,000£624k RB Leipzig 34 Goalkeeper Norway
30 Nahuel Noll £12,000£12k £624,000£624k SC Paderborn 07 22 Goalkeeper Germany
31 Ron-Robert Zieler £11,000£11k £572,000£572k 1. FC Köln 36 Goalkeeper Germany
32 Patrick Drewes £10,000£10k £520,000£520k Borussia Dortmund 32 Goalkeeper Germany
33 Luca Philipp £10,000£10k £520,000£520k TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 24 Goalkeeper Germany
34 Daniel Batz £8,400£8k £436,800£437k Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 Goalkeeper Germany
35 Loris Karius £8,000£8k £416,000£416k FC Schalke 04 32 Goalkeeper Germany
36 Markus Kolke £7,900£8k £410,800£411k SV Werder Bremen 34 Goalkeeper Germany
37 Alexander Schwolow £7,500£8k £390,000£390k 1. FSV Mainz 05 33 Goalkeeper Germany
38 Jens Grahl £7,100£7k £369,200£369k Eintracht Frankfurt 36 Goalkeeper Germany
39 Jannik Huth £7,100£7k £369,200£369k Sport-Club Freiburg 31 Goalkeeper Germany
40 Leopold Zingerle £7,000£7k £364,000£364k RB Leipzig 31 Goalkeeper Germany
41 Stefan Drljaca £6,600£7k £343,200£343k VfB Stuttgart 26 Goalkeeper Germany
42 Niklas Lomb £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Bayer 04 Leverkusen 31 Goalkeeper Germany
43 Nicolas Kristof £5,900£6k £306,800£307k SV Elversberg 25 Goalkeeper Austria
44 Carl Klaus £5,400£5k £280,800£281k 1. FC Union Berlin 31 Goalkeeper Germany
45 Lúkas Petersson £5,000£5k £260,000£260k TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 21 Goalkeeper Iceland
46 Tobias Sippel £4,600£5k £239,200£239k Borussia Mönchengladbach 37 Goalkeeper Germany
47 Stefan Smarkalev £3,600£4k £187,200£187k SV Werder Bremen 18 Goalkeeper Bulgaria
48 Fernando Dickes £3,300£3k £171,600£172k Hamburger Sport-Verein 17 Goalkeeper Germany
49 Marcello Trippel £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 Goalkeeper Germany
50 Markus Schubert £2,900£3k £150,800£151k SC Paderborn 07 27 Goalkeeper Germany

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

Goalkeepers take 8% 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 goalkeepers the most

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

FC Bayern München £386k Borussia Dortmund £189k Bayer 04 Leverkusen £113k TSG 1899 Hoffenheim £89k RB Leipzig £68k 1. FC Union Berlin £61k Eintracht Frankfurt £55k Borussia Mönchengladbach £52k FC Augsburg £48k SV Werder Bremen £47k

FC Bayern München pay 5 goalkeepers £386,100 a week between them, and Manuel Neuer takes 77% of it.

The best-paid goalkeeper at every Bundesliga club

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

Each Bundesliga club's best-paid goalkeeper in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every goalkeeper in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
FC Bayern München Manuel Neuer £298,000£298k 1
Borussia Dortmund Gregor Kobel £149,000£149k 2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Mark Flekken £82,000£82k 3
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Oliver Baumann £74,000£74k 4
RB Leipzig Maarten Vandevoordt £49,000£49k 6
1. FC Union Berlin Frederik Rønnow £43,000£43k 7
1. FC Köln Marvin Schwäbe £29,000£29k 8
1. FSV Mainz 05 Robin Zentner £28,000£28k 9
FC Augsburg Finn Dahmen £27,000£27k 11
Eintracht Frankfurt Kauã Santos £25,000£25k 13
Borussia Mönchengladbach Moritz Nicolas £24,000£24k 14
Sport-Club Freiburg Florian Müller £22,000£22k 15
SV Werder Bremen Alexander Schlager £20,000£20k 17
Hamburger Sport-Verein Daniel Heuer Fernandes £19,000£19k 19
VfB Stuttgart Fabian Bredlow £17,000£17k 22
FC Schalke 04 Kevin Müller £17,000£17k 21
SC Paderborn 07 Nahuel Noll £12,000£12k 30
SV Elversberg Nicolas Kristof £5,900£6k 43

The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league

42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. The Bundesliga ranks second.

The best-paid goalkeeper in each men's league we rank goalkeepers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average goalkeeper wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
La Liga Jan Oblak £308,000£308k £33,550£34k
Bundesliga Manuel Neuer £298,000£298k £26,779£27k
Premier League Gianluigi Donnarumma £250,000£250k £49,479£49k
Eredivisie Marc-André ter Stegen £232,000£232k £9,671£10k
Süper Lig Ederson £229,000£229k £19,950£20k
Saudi Pro League Édouard Mendy £170,000£170k £40,756£41k
Championship Alphonse Areola £120,000£120k £13,758£14k
Serie A Mike Maignan £109,000£109k £24,594£25k
Ligue 1 Brice Samba £102,000£102k £20,578£21k
Primeira Liga Diogo Costa £82,000£82k £7,355£7k
Scottish Premiership Sam Johnstone £78,000£78k £7,256£7k
Superleague Greece Stefan Ortega £58,000£58k £6,841£7k
Belgian Pro League Yann Sommer £49,000£49k £6,044£6k
Serie B Mattia Perin £45,000£45k £6,094£6k
Danish Superliga Diant Ramaj £43,000£43k £5,493£5k
Croatian First League Dominik Livaković £35,000£35k £2,378£2k
Liga MX Keylor Navas £29,000£29k £7,296£7k
La Liga 2 Paulo Gazzaniga £29,000£29k £4,582£5k
Major League Soccer Angus Gunn £28,000£28k £5,216£5k
Russian Premier League Igor Akinfeev £28,000£28k £10,471£10k
League One Alex McCarthy £27,000£27k £5,034£5k
Brasileirão Série A Cássio £24,000£24k £5,729£6k
J1 League Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) £20,000£20k £2,645£3k
Ekstraklasa Bartlomiej Dragowski £20,000£20k £2,314£2k
Super Liga Fernando Muslera £17,000£17k £3,207£3k
Chinese Super League Bao Yaxiong £13,000£13k £3,606£4k
Austrian Bundesliga Christian Früchtl £9,400£9k £2,221£2k
Categoría Primera A Jean £9,100£9k £3,699£4k
2. Bundesliga Marcel Schuhen £9,000£9k £4,703£5k
Ligue 2 Gautier Larsonneur £8,200£8k £2,571£3k
League Two Matthew Cox £7,900£8k £2,048£2k
Czech First League Ondřej Kolář £6,800£7k £1,182£1k
National League Ted Curd £6,600£7k £932£932
Thai League Neil Etheridge £5,900£6k £1,122£1k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Emile Doucouré £3,300£3k £1,148£1k
Indian Super League Gurpreet Singh Sandhu £3,200£3k £427£427
Eliteserien Ľubomír Belko £3,000£3k £1,145£1k
Scottish Championship Aston Oxborough £2,500£3k £787£787
A-League Filip Kurto £2,300£2k £1,190£1k
Veikkausliiga Matej Marković £1,900£2k £564£564
I-League Ryan Fulton £830£830 £191£191
Meistriliiga Marko Meerits £427£427 £160£160

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in the Bundesliga?

Manuel Neuer of FC Bayern München, on £298,000 a week in 2026/27, or £15,496,000 a year. Gregor Kobel of Borussia Dortmund is second on £149,000 a week.

How much do Bundesliga goalkeepers earn?

The average Bundesliga goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £26,779 a week, and the median one £14,000. Goalkeepers take 8% of what the Bundesliga pays its players of that age.

Which Bundesliga club pays its goalkeepers the most?

FC Bayern München, £386,100 a week across the 5 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Manuel Neuer on £298,000.

Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in football?

Of the 42 men's leagues we rank goalkeepers in, the best-paid is Jan Oblak of Atlético Madrid in La Liga, on £308,000 a week. The best-paid in the Bundesliga ranks second of the 42 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

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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.