EKSTRAKLASA · TOP 100
Highest paid Ekstraklasa players
Mateusz Klich leads on £61,000 per week. These 100 players take £727,800 a week between them - 68% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 464 of the 967 players in the Ekstraklasa.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £728k
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL68%
MEDIAN AGE27
MOST IN THE LIST13 Lech Poznań
Where the top 100 play
Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes
Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rank #1 £61k #10 £16k #100 £3k
Mateusz Klich earns 3.8× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 21× the 100th. Half of the £728k a week on this page goes to the first 20 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mateusz Klich | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | Cracovia | Poland | 35 | Attacking midfielder |
| 02 | Attila Szalai | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Pogoń Szczecin | Hungary | 27 | Centre-back |
| 03 | Karol Linetty | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Śląsk Wrocław | Poland | 30 | Defensive midfielder |
| 04 | Janis Antiste | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Górnik Zabrze | France | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 05 | Bartlomiej Dragowski | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Widzew Łódź | Poland | 27 | Goalkeeper |
| 06 | Gustav Berggren | £17,000 | £884,000 | Lech Poznań | Sweden | 27 | Defensive midfielder |
| 07 | Nik Prelec | £16,000 | £832,000 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Slovenia | 24 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 08 | Alejandro Pozo | £16,000 | £832,000 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Spain | 26 | Right-back, right winger |
| 09 | Luis Palma | £16,000 | £832,000 | Lech Poznań | Honduras | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 10 | Mikael Ishak | £16,000 | £832,000 | Lech Poznań | Sweden | 32 | Striker |
| 11 | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | £16,000 | £832,000 | Lech Poznań | Iran | 24 | Winger, striker |
| 12 | Damian Szymanski | £15,000 | £780,000 | Legia Warszawa | Poland | 30 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 13 | Steve Kapuadi | £14,000 | £728,000 | Widzew Łódź | Congo - Kinshasa | 27 | Centre-back |
| 14 | Filip Marchwiński | £13,000 | £676,000 | Cracovia | Poland | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 15 | Lukas Lerager | £13,000 | £676,000 | Widzew Łódź | Denmark | 32 | Defensive midfielder |
| 16 | Paulo Bernardo | £12,000 | £624,000 | Górnik Zabrze | Portugal | 23 | Central midfielder |
| 17 | Mahir Emreli | £12,000 | £624,000 | Raków Częstochowa | Azerbaijan | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 18 | Ondřej Lingr | £11,000 | £572,000 | Korona Kielce | Czechia | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 19 | Stipe Biuk | £11,000 | £572,000 | Widzew Łódź | Croatia | 22 | Attacking midfielder |
| 20 | Kacper Urbański | £10,000 | £520,000 | Górnik Zabrze | Poland | 20 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 21 | Rúben Vinagre | £10,000 | £520,000 | Legia Warszawa | Portugal | 26 | Left-back |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Nsamé | £9,100 | £473,200 | Pogoń Szczecin | Cameroon | 32 | Striker |
| 23 | Nahuel Leiva | £9,000 | £468,000 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Spain | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 24 | Antonio Colak | £8,500 | £442,000 | Legia Warszawa | Croatia | 31 | Striker |
| 25 | Kamil Grosicki | £8,000 | £416,000 | Pogoń Szczecin | Poland | 37 | Winger |
| 26 | Marcel Łubik | £7,900 | £410,800 | Wisła Kraków | Poland | 21 | Goalkeeper |
| 27 | Robert Gumny | £7,700 | £400,400 | Lech Poznań | Poland | 27 | Right-back |
| 28 | Sidnei Tavares | £7,600 | £395,200 | Wisła Płock | Cape Verde | 23 | Defensive midfielder |
| 29 | Bartosz Kapustka | £7,500 | £390,000 | Legia Warszawa | Poland | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 30 | Ali Gholizadeh | £6,500 | £338,000 | Lech Poznań | Iran | 29 | Winger |
| 31 | Arkadiusz Reca | £6,500 | £338,000 | Legia Warszawa | Poland | 30 | Left-back, left midfielder |
| 32 | Christopher Cheng | £6,400 | £332,800 | Widzew Łódź | Norway | 23 | Left-back, winger |
| 33 | Maximilian Dietz | £5,900 | £306,800 | Górnik Zabrze | United States | 23 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 34 | Mileta Rajović | £5,900 | £306,800 | Legia Warszawa | Denmark | 25 | Striker |
| 35 | Mikkel Maigaard | £5,900 | £306,800 | Wieczysta Kraków | Denmark | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 36 | Patryk Kun | £5,800 | £301,600 | Wisła Płock | Poland | 30 | Left-back, left winger |
| 37 | Fran Tudor | £5,300 | £275,600 | Raków Częstochowa | Croatia | 29 | Centre-back |
| 38 | Zoran Arsenić | £5,000 | £260,000 | Legia Warszawa | Croatia | 31 | Centre-back |
| 39 | Kellyn Acosta | £5,000 | £260,000 | Pogoń Szczecin | United States | 29 | Defensive midfielder |
| 40 | Elie Youan | £5,000 | £260,000 | Wisła Kraków | France | 26 | Winger, striker |
| 41 | Ángel Rodado | £5,000 | £260,000 | Wisła Kraków | Spain | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 42 | Mateusz Lis | £4,900 | £254,800 | Lech Poznań | Poland | 28 | Goalkeeper |
| 43 | Peter | £4,800 | £249,600 | Górnik Zabrze | Dominican Republic | 22 | Winger |
| 44 | Piotr Samiec-Talar | £4,800 | £249,600 | Śląsk Wrocław | Poland | 23 | Winger, striker |
| 45 | Sayfallah Ltaief | £4,600 | £239,200 | Cracovia | Tunisia | 25 | Winger |
| 46 | Terry Yegbe | £4,600 | £239,200 | Lech Poznań | Ghana | 24 | Centre-back |
| 47 | Benjamin Mendy | £4,500 | £234,000 | Pogoń Szczecin | France | 30 | Left-back |
| 48 | Arvid Brorsson | £4,500 | £234,000 | Raków Częstochowa | Sweden | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 49 | Dominik Baumgartner | £4,400 | £228,800 | Cracovia | Austria | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 50 | Daniel Håkans | £4,400 | £228,800 | Lech Poznań | Finland | 24 | Winger |
| 51 | Jesús Imaz | £4,100 | £213,200 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Spain | 34 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 52 | Jakub Czerwiński | £4,100 | £213,200 | Piast Gliwice | Poland | 33 | Centre-back |
| 53 | Jason Lokilo | £4,100 | £213,200 | Piast Gliwice | Congo - Kinshasa | 26 | Winger |
| 54 | Jorge Yriarte | £4,100 | £213,200 | Śląsk Wrocław | Venezuela | 25 | Defensive midfielder |
| 55 | Lukáš Sadílek | £4,000 | £208,000 | Górnik Zabrze | Czechia | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 56 | Kamil Piątkowski | £4,000 | £208,000 | Legia Warszawa | Poland | 25 | Centre-back |
| 57 | Linus Wahlqvist | £4,000 | £208,000 | Pogoń Szczecin | Sweden | 28 | Centre-back |
| 58 | Karol Struski | £4,000 | £208,000 | Raków Częstochowa | Poland | 24 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 59 | Lucas Piazón | £4,000 | £208,000 | Wieczysta Kraków | Brazil | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 60 | Marko Bulat | £3,900 | £202,800 | Raków Częstochowa | Croatia | 23 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 61 | Marc Llinares | £3,900 | £202,800 | Śląsk Wrocław | Spain | 25 | Left-back |
| 62 | Mariusz Malec | £3,900 | £202,800 | Śląsk Wrocław | Poland | 30 | Centre-back |
| 63 | Pablo Rodríguez | £3,800 | £197,600 | Lech Poznań | Spain | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 64 | Patrik Wålemark | £3,800 | £197,600 | Lech Poznań | Sweden | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 65 | Petar Stojanović | £3,800 | £197,600 | Legia Warszawa | Slovenia | 29 | Right-back, right midfielder |
| 66 | Pawel Wszolek | £3,800 | £197,600 | Legia Warszawa | Poland | 33 | Right-back, right winger |
| 67 | Przemysław Banaszak | £3,800 | £197,600 | Śląsk Wrocław | Poland | 28 | Right winger, striker |
| 68 | Olaf Kobacki | £3,800 | £197,600 | Wisła Płock | Poland | 24 | Winger, striker |
| 69 | Rafał Augustyniak | £3,700 | £192,400 | Legia Warszawa | Poland | 31 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 70 | Quentin Boisgard | £3,700 | £192,400 | Piast Gliwice | France | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 71 | Vincent Burlet | £3,500 | £182,000 | Cracovia | Belgium | 19 | Left-back |
| 72 | Bartosz Nowak | £3,500 | £182,000 | GKS Katowice | Poland | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 73 | Bernardo Vital | £3,500 | £182,000 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Portugal | 24 | Centre-back |
| 74 | Bogdan Racoviţan | £3,500 | £182,000 | Raków Częstochowa | Romania | 25 | Centre-back |
| 75 | Dijon Kameri | £3,400 | £176,800 | Cracovia | Austria | 21 | Attacking midfielder |
| 76 | Damian Michalski | £3,400 | £176,800 | KGHM Zagłębie Lubin | Poland | 27 | Centre-back |
| 77 | Damian Dąbrowski | £3,400 | £176,800 | KGHM Zagłębie Lubin | Poland | 32 | Defensive midfielder |
| 78 | Filip Jagiełło | £3,300 | £171,600 | Lech Poznań | Poland | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 79 | František Plach | £3,300 | £171,600 | Piast Gliwice | Slovakia | 33 | Goalkeeper |
| 80 | Fredrik Ulvestad | £3,300 | £171,600 | Pogoń Szczecin | Norway | 33 | Defensive midfielder |
| 81 | Erick Otieno | £3,300 | £171,600 | Raków Częstochowa | Kenya | 28 | Left-back |
| 82 | Fran Álvarez | £3,300 | £171,600 | Widzew Łódź | Spain | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 83 | Jesse Bosch | £3,100 | £161,200 | GKS Katowice | Netherlands | 25 | Defensive midfielder |
| 84 | Josema | £3,100 | £161,200 | Górnik Zabrze | Spain | 29 | Centre-back |
| 85 | Joel Pereira | £3,100 | £161,200 | Lech Poznań | Portugal | 28 | Right-back |
| 86 | Jorge Félix | £3,100 | £161,200 | Piast Gliwice | Spain | 33 | Attacking midfielder |
| 87 | José Pozo | £3,100 | £161,200 | Pogoń Szczecin | Spain | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 88 | Kamil Glik | £3,000 | £156,000 | Cracovia | Poland | 37 | Centre-back |
| 89 | Kacper Lopata | £3,000 | £156,000 | Lechia Gdańsk | Poland | 23 | Centre-back |
| 90 | Kacper Chodyna | £3,000 | £156,000 | Legia Warszawa | Poland | 26 | Right-back, right winger |
| 91 | Luka Marjanac | £3,000 | £156,000 | Śląsk Wrocław | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 22 | Winger |
| 92 | Lamine Bâ | £3,000 | £156,000 | Śląsk Wrocław | Mauritania | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 93 | Žan Rogelj | £3,000 | £156,000 | Wisła Płock | Slovenia | 25 | Right-back, right midfielder |
| 94 | Mauro Perković | £2,900 | £150,800 | Cracovia | Croatia | 22 | Centre-back |
| 95 | Martin Minchev | £2,900 | £150,800 | Cracovia | Bulgaria | 24 | Winger, striker |
| 96 | Michal Sáček | £2,900 | £150,800 | Górnik Zabrze | Czechia | 28 | Right-back, central midfielder |
| 97 | Michał Nalepa | £2,900 | £150,800 | KGHM Zagłębie Lubin | Poland | 32 | Centre-back |
| 98 | Michał Szromnik | £2,900 | £150,800 | Śląsk Wrocław | Poland | 32 | Goalkeeper |
| 99 | Michał Mokrzycki | £2,900 | £150,800 | Śląsk Wrocław | Poland | 27 | Defensive midfielder |
| 100 | Miłosz Kozak | £2,900 | £150,800 | Śląsk Wrocław | Poland | 28 | Winger |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the Ekstraklasa?
Mateusz Klich of Cracovia, on £61,000 per week — £3,172,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Ekstraklasa players earn between them?
£727,800 per week and £37,845,600 per year, which is 68% of the entire Ekstraklasa wage bill.
Which Ekstraklasa club has the most players in the top 100?
Lech Poznań, with 13 of them, paying £107,100 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£2,900 per week — that is what Miłosz Kozak earns in 100th place.
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