VfB Stuttgart 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Mario Gómez on £76,000 per week · see the current VfB Stuttgart wage bill
Then and now
VfB Stuttgart pay £1,032,420 a week in 2026/27 — 107% higher than the £498,450 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Gómez | £76,000 | £3,952,000 | 31 | ST | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Christian Gentner | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 31 | DM | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Holger Badstuber | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 28 | D C | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Emiliano Insúa | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 28 | D/WB L | Argentina | JUN 2018 | ||
| Andreas Beck | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 30 | D/WB RL | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dennis Aogo | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 30 | D/WB L, M C | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Takuma Asano | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 22 | AM L, ST | Japan | JUN 2018 | ||
| Benjamin Pavard | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 21 | D RC | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ron-Robert Zieler | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 28 | GK | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Timo Baumgartl | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 21 | D C | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Daniel Ginczek | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 26 | ST | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Chadrac Akolo | £19,000 | £988,000 | 22 | AM RL | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2021 | ||
| Santiago Ascacíbar | £16,000 | £832,000 | 20 | DM | Argentina | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ebenezer Ofori | £15,000 | £780,000 | 21 | DM | Ghana | JUN 2020 | ||
| Tasos Donis | £10,000 | £520,000 | 20 | AM LC, F C | Greece | JUN 2021 | ||
| Berkay Özcan | £9,500 | £494,000 | 19 | AM LC, F C | Türkiye | JUN 2021 | ||
| Matthias Zimmermann | £8,900 | £462,800 | 25 | D/WB R, DM | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Erik Thommy | £8,300 | £431,600 | 22 | AM RL | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jacob Bruun Larsen | £8,100 | £421,200 | 18 | AM RL | Denmark | JUN 2018 | ||
| Marcin Kaminski | £7,900 | £410,800 | 25 | D C | Poland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Carlos Mané | £6,400 | £332,800 | 23 | AM RLC | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Dzenis Burnic | £4,400 | £228,800 | 19 | DM | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jens Grahl | £4,100 | £213,200 | 28 | GK | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Orel Mangala | £3,800 | £197,600 | 19 | AM C | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alexander Meyer | £2,500 | £130,000 | 26 | GK | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marco Stefandl | £900 | £46,800 | 19 | AM RLC, F C | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Hayk Galstyan | £830 | £43,160 | 19 | AM RLC | Armenia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nicolas Sessa | £770 | £40,040 | 21 | AM C | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jan Ferdinand | £770 | £40,040 | 20 | ST | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Florian Kastenmeier | £760 | £39,520 | 19 | GK | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Caniggia Elva | £750 | £39,000 | 20 | AM RL | St Lucia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Alexander Groiß | £720 | £37,440 | 18 | D C, DM | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Benjamin Hadzic | £710 | £36,920 | 18 | AM RL, ST | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lukas Kiefer | £700 | £36,400 | 24 | DM | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Dijon Ramaj | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | AM RL | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Georgios Spanoudakis | £660 | £34,320 | 18 | DM | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Danny Collinge | £650 | £33,800 | 19 | D C | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Niklas Sommer | £640 | £33,280 | 19 | D/WB/M R | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Andreas Scheidl | £630 | £32,760 | 22 | D/WB/M R | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Benedict dos Santos | £620 | £32,240 | 19 | D C, DM | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lars Össwein | £610 | £31,720 | 19 | D L | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ramon Castellucci | £600 | £31,200 | 20 | GK | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Stefan Peric | £600 | £31,200 | 20 | D C | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Samir Bajrami | £590 | £30,680 | 19 | D/WB RL | Switzerland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Stjepan Radeljic | £500 | £26,000 | 19 | D C | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2018 | ||
| David Grözinger | £430 | £22,360 | 18 | D L | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Philipp Walter | £390 | £20,280 | 21 | D C | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Manuel Kober | £310 | £16,120 | 18 | D C | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Per Lockl | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM L | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Maximilian Maier | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Pedro Morais | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | WB/AM R | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Umut Güneş | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM, AM C | Türkiye | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kevin Grimm | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Okan Turp | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Türkiye | JUN 2019 | ||
| José-Enrique Ríos Alonso | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alexander Kopf | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Eric Hottmann | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | ST | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sebastian Hornung | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Leon Dajaku | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nick Bätzner | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM RC | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 43% of the squad wage bill, across the 60 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
VfB Stuttgart wages, 2017/18
What was VfB Stuttgart's wage bill in 2017/18?
VfB Stuttgart paid £498,450 a week in 2017/18 - £25,919,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 60. We hold a wage for all 60 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid VfB Stuttgart player in 2017/18?
Mario Gómez was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £76,000 a week, 3.7x the 22+ squad average of £20,579.
What was the average VfB Stuttgart salary in 2017/18?
The average VfB Stuttgart player aged 22 or over earned £20,579 a week in 2017/18, across the 18 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 60. The top five earners took 43% of the bill between them.
How do VfB Stuttgart's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
VfB Stuttgart pay £1,032,420 a week in 2026/27, 107% higher than the £498,450 of 2017/18. The current squad is 32 players against 60 then.