VfB Stuttgart 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Gonzalo Castro on £54,000 per week · see the current VfB Stuttgart wage bill
Then and now
VfB Stuttgart pay £1,032,420 a week in 2026/27 — 199% higher than the £345,692 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 16 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo Castro | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 33 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Daniel Didavi | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 30 | Left midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Konstantinos Mavropanos | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 22 | Centre-back | Greece | JUN 2023 | ||
| Erik Thommy | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 25 | Wing-back, wide midfielder, winger | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Nicolás González | £17,000 | £884,000 | 22 | Wide midfielder, winger, striker | Argentina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marc Oliver Kempf | £17,000 | £884,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gregor Kobel | £15,000 | £780,000 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Switzerland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Borna Sosa | £15,000 | £780,000 | 22 | Left-back, left midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Philipp Klement | £12,000 | £624,000 | 27 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pascal Stenzel | £11,000 | £572,000 | 24 | Centre-back, right wing-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marcin Kaminski | £10,000 | £520,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Waldemar Anton | £10,000 | £520,000 | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Fabian Bredlow | £9,300 | £483,600 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Silas | £9,000 | £468,000 | 20 | Right midfielder, right winger, striker | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2024 | ||
| Atakan Karazor | £8,500 | £442,000 | 23 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Wataru Endo | £8,400 | £436,800 | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Japan | JUN 2024 | ||
| Clinton Mola | £8,400 | £436,800 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Philipp Förster | £7,800 | £405,600 | 25 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Saša Kalajdžic | £7,600 | £395,200 | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Austria | JUN 2023 | ||
| Günther Schäfer | £6,200 | £322,400 | 59 | Germany | JUN 2022 | |||
| Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | £4,200 | £218,400 | 29 | Striker | Morocco | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jens Grahl | £4,100 | £213,200 | 31 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mateo Klimowicz | £3,900 | £202,800 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Orel Mangala | £3,800 | £197,600 | 22 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2023 | ||
| Roberto Massimo | £3,700 | £192,400 | 19 | Right wing-back, wide midfielder, winger | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tanguy Coulibaly | £3,600 | £187,200 | 19 | Left wing-back, left midfielder, winger | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Darko Churlinov | £3,400 | £176,800 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | North Macedonia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Lilian Egloff | £988 | £51,376 | 17 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mohamed Cissé | £571 | £29,692 | 17 | Striker | Guinea | JUN 2021 | ||
| Naouirou Ahamada | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | France | JUN 2022 | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 47% of the squad wage bill, across the 30 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
VfB Stuttgart wages, 2020/21
What was VfB Stuttgart's wage bill in 2020/21?
VfB Stuttgart paid £345,692 a week in 2020/21 - £17,975,984 across the year - spread over a squad of 30. We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid VfB Stuttgart player in 2020/21?
Gonzalo Castro was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £54,000 a week, 3.6x the 22+ squad average of £14,852.
What was the average VfB Stuttgart salary in 2020/21?
The average VfB Stuttgart player aged 22 or over earned £14,852 a week in 2020/21, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 30. The top five earners took 47% of the bill between them.
How do VfB Stuttgart's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
VfB Stuttgart pay £1,032,420 a week in 2026/27, 199% higher than the £345,692 of 2020/21. The current squad is 32 players against 30 then.