SV WERDER BREMEN · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of SV Werder Bremen
Leonardo Bittencourt has earned £12m at SV Werder Bremen across 7 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 13 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £253m
PLAYERS RANKED82
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB63
YEARS2017-2026
The 20 biggest earners in SV Werder Bremen history
These 20 players took £153m between them, 60% of everything SV Werder Bremen has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every SV Werder Bremen player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a SV Werder Bremen wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Bittencourt | £12m | 7 | 2020-2026 |
| 2 | Jirí Pavlenka | £12m | 7 | 2018-2024 |
| 3 | Theodor Gebre Selassie Current squad | £12m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 4 | Cameron Puertas | £9.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 5 | Ömer Toprak | £9.0m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 6 | Niklas Moisander | £8.5m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 7 | Mitchell Weiser Current squad | £8.0m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 8 | Yûya Ôsako | £7.9m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 9 | Max Kruse | £7.3m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 10 | Niclas Füllkrug Current squad | £7.3m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 11 | Milot Rashica | £6.9m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 12 | Marco Friedl Current squad | £6.7m | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 13 | Ludwig Augustinsson | £6.6m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 14 | Davy Klaassen | £6.3m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 15 | Naby Keïta Current squad | £6.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 16 | Maximilian Eggestein | £6.2m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 17 | Victor Boniface | £6.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 18 | Miloš Veljkovic | £5.3m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 19 | Niklas Stark Current squad | £5.0m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 20 | Felix Agu Current squad | £4.5m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 21 | Amos Pieper Current squad | £4.2m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 22 | Marvin Ducksch | £4.2m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 23 | Fin Bartels | £3.8m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 24 | Jens Stage Current squad | £3.7m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 25 | Isaac Schmidt | £3.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 26 | Romano Schmid | £3.4m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 27 | Nuri Sahin | £3.4m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 28 | Florian Kainz | £3.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 29 | Maximilian Philipp | £3.4m | 1 | 2023 |
| 30 | Senne Lynen Current squad | £3.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 31 | Philipp Bargfrede | £3.1m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 32 | Davie Selke | £2.9m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 33 | Maximilian Wöber | £2.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 34 | Kevin Möhwald | £2.7m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 35 | Rafael Santos Borré | £2.4m | 1 | 2024 |
| 36 | Thomas Delaney | £2.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 37 | Johannes Eggestein | £2.3m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 38 | Justin Njinmah Current squad | £2.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 39 | Yukinari Sugawara | £2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 40 | Anthony Jung | £2.1m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 41 | Julián Malatini Current squad | £2.0m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 42 | Olivier Deman Current squad | £2.0m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 43 | Marco Grüll Current squad | £2.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 44 | Jovan Milošević | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 45 | Samuel Kinduelu Mbangula | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 46 | Martin Harnik | £1.8m | 1 | 2019 |
| 47 | Kevin Vogt | £1.7m | 1 | 2020 |
| 48 | Sebastian Langkamp | £1.7m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 49 | Mio Backhaus | £1.7m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 50 | Josh Sargent | £1.7m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 51 | Michael Lang | £1.7m | 1 | 2020 |
| 52 | Zhang Yuning | £1.6m | 1 | 2018 |
| 53 | Isak Hansen-Aarøen | £1.5m | 2 | 2024-2025 |
| 54 | Keke Topp Current squad | £1.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Luca Caldirola | £1.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 56 | Dawid Kownacki Current squad | £1.2m | 1 | 2024 |
| 57 | Ishak Belfodil | £1.2m | 1 | 2018 |
| 58 | Serge Gnabry | £1.2m | 1 | 2017 |
| 59 | Michael Zetterer | £1.1m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 60 | Karl Hein Current squad | £936k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 61 | Stefanos Kapino | £738k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 62 | Iliya Gruev | £725k | 5 | 2017-2023 |
| 63 | Skelly Alvero Current squad | £676k | 1 | 2024 |
| 64 | Jérôme Gondorf | £572k | 1 | 2018 |
| 65 | Raphael Wolf | £572k | 1 | 2017 |
| 66 | Nicolai Rapp | £520k | 1 | 2022 |
| 67 | Roger Assalé | £520k | 1 | 2022 |
| 68 | Patrick Erras | £406k | 1 | 2021 |
| 69 | Eren Dinkci Current squad | £395k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 70 | Nick Woltemade | £388k | 3 | 2021-2024 |
| 71 | Felix Wiedwald | £380k | 1 | 2017 |
| 72 | Florian Grillitsch | £380k | 1 | 2017 |
| 73 | Ulisses Garcia | £338k | 1 | 2017 |
| 74 | Lukas Mai | £312k | 1 | 2022 |
| 75 | Lee Buchanan | £208k | 1 | 2023 |
| 76 | Niklas Beste | £203k | 1 | 2019 |
| 77 | Leon Jensen | £63k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 78 | Fabio Chiarodia | £35k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 79 | Benjamin Goller | £14k | 1 | 2020 |
| 80 | David Philipp | £3k | 1 | 2018 |
| 81 | Luc Ihorst | £3k | 1 | 2018 |
| 82 | Maik Nawrocki | £3k | 1 | 2018 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at SV Werder Bremen?
Leonardo Bittencourt, with £12m across 7 seasons at SV Werder Bremen.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 82 players we hold a SV Werder Bremen wage for, from 2017 to 2026.