VfB Stuttgart 2022/23 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2022/23 · 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 — 191% higher than the £354,610 of 2022/23.
Where the money went in 2022/23
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 15 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2022/23 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo Castro | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 30 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | - | ||
| Serhou Guirassy | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 26 | Left winger, striker | Guinea | JUN 2025 | ||
| Konstantinos Mavropanos | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 24 | Centre-back | Greece | JUN 2025 | ||
| Waldemar Anton | £17,000 | £884,000 | 25 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2025 | ||
| Hiroki Itô | £15,000 | £780,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Japan | JUN 2025 | ||
| Gil Dias | £15,000 | £780,000 | 25 | Left-back, attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Borna Sosa | £15,000 | £780,000 | 24 | Left-back, left midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Dan-Axel Zagadou | £15,000 | £780,000 | 23 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Genki Haraguchi | £14,000 | £728,000 | 31 | Attacking midfielder | Japan | JUN 2024 | ||
| Pascal Stenzel | £14,000 | £728,000 | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Chris Führich | £14,000 | £728,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2025 | ||
| Fabian Bredlow | £13,000 | £676,000 | 27 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Josha Vagnoman | £10,000 | £520,000 | 21 | Full-back | Germany | JUN 2026 | ||
| Silas | £9,000 | £468,000 | 23 | Winger, striker | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2026 | ||
| Tiago Tomás | £8,600 | £447,200 | 20 | Right winger, striker | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Wataru Endo | £8,400 | £436,800 | 29 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Japan | JUN 2024 | ||
| Atakan Karazor | £7,500 | £390,000 | 25 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2026 | ||
| Enzo Millot | £7,300 | £379,600 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Luca Pfeiffer | £7,000 | £364,000 | 25 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2026 | ||
| Laurin Ulrich | £7,000 | £364,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2026 | ||
| Tanguy Coulibaly | £6,600 | £343,200 | 21 | Left wing-back, winger | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Juan Perea | £6,100 | £317,200 | 22 | Right winger, striker | Colombia | JUN 2026 | ||
| Thomas Kastanaras | £5,600 | £291,200 | 19 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2025 | ||
| Florian Müller | £5,300 | £275,600 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2025 | ||
| Lilian Egloff | £4,000 | £208,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nikolas Nartey | £3,900 | £202,800 | 22 | Left-back, defensive midfielder | Denmark | JUN 2025 | ||
| Paulo Fritschi | £3,800 | £197,600 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alou Kuol | £3,500 | £182,000 | 21 | Striker | Australia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Luca Raimund | £3,000 | £156,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ömer Beyaz | £2,000 | £104,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Türkiye | JUN 2025 | ||
| Antonis Aidonis | £1,500 | £78,000 | 21 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Florian Schock | £990 | £51,480 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Maximilian Wagner | £720 | £37,440 | 18 | Left winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Benjamin Boakye | £650 | £33,800 | 17 | Winger | Ghana | JUN 2023 | ||
| Colin Farnerud | £640 | £33,280 | 18 | Central midfielder | Sweden | - | ||
| Elton Krasniqi | £620 | £32,240 | 17 | Left winger | Kosovo | - | ||
| Elisio Widmann | £620 | £32,240 | 18 | Winger | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Leon Reichardt | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luís Ribeiro | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luca Battista | £550 | £28,600 | 17 | Central midfielder | Germany | - | ||
| Mehmet Sahin | £540 | £28,080 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Austria | JUN 2023 | ||
| Nathan Winkler | £530 | £27,560 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Paul König | £520 | £27,040 | 17 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Peter Reinhardt | £510 | £26,520 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Semih Kara | £480 | £24,960 | 17 | Left-back, left midfielder | Türkiye | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tom Barth | £470 | £24,440 | 17 | Right-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nino Kutoš | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right winger, striker | Slovenia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Eliot Bujupi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nuredin Rexhepi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Karlo Kurányi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mike Huras | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Poland | - | ||
| Christopher Olivier | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Austria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Luca Telles-Villalobos | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Noah Dotzauer | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Samuel di Benedetto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2026 | ||
Wage vs age, 2022/23
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2022/23 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 38% of the squad wage bill, across the 55 players we hold a 2022/23 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2022/23 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
VfB Stuttgart wages, 2022/23
What was VfB Stuttgart's wage bill in 2022/23?
VfB Stuttgart paid £354,610 a week in 2022/23 - £18,439,720 across the year - spread over a squad of 55. We hold a wage for all 55 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid VfB Stuttgart player in 2022/23?
Gonzalo Castro was the highest earner in the 2022/23 squad on £54,000 a week, 3.6x the 22+ squad average of £14,853.
What was the average VfB Stuttgart salary in 2022/23?
The average VfB Stuttgart player aged 22 or over earned £14,853 a week in 2022/23, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 55. The top five earners took 38% of the bill between them.
How do VfB Stuttgart's 2022/23 wages compare with now?
VfB Stuttgart pay £1,032,420 a week in 2026/27, 191% higher than the £354,610 of 2022/23. The current squad is 32 players against 55 then.