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ELITESERIEN · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Eliteserien attackers

Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson is the best-paid attacker in the Eliteserien, on £10,000 a week at SK Brann, or £520,000 a year. Fredrik Gulbrandsen is next on £7,300 at Molde FK. We hold wages for 194 Eliteserien attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £10k
AVERAGE WAGE £1,789
SHARE OF WAGE BILL37%
TOP 10 A WEEK £61k
WAGES HELD194

The 50 best-paid Eliteserien attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in the Eliteserien in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £520,000£520k SK Brann 26 Attacking midfielder Iceland
2 Fredrik Gulbrandsen £7,300£7k £379,600£380k Molde FK 32 Winger, striker Norway
3 Emil Breivik £7,300£7k £379,600£380k Molde FK 25 Right-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
4 Jens Petter Hauge £7,100£7k £369,200£369k FK Bodø/Glimt 25 Attacking midfielder Norway
5 Mats Møller Dæhli £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Molde FK 30 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
6 Eirik Hestad £5,300£5k £275,600£276k Molde FK 30 Attacking midfielder Norway
7 Kristian Eriksen £5,000£5k £260,000£260k Molde FK 29 Attacking midfielder, striker Norway
8 Zlatko Tripic £5,000£5k £260,000£260k Viking FK 32 Winger Norway
9 Caleb Zady Sery £4,400£4k £228,800£229k Molde FK 25 Attacking midfielder Côte d’Ivoire
10 Jalal Abdullai £4,100£4k £213,200£213k Molde FK 20 Striker Ghana
11 Kasper Høgh £4,000£4k £208,000£208k FK Bodø/Glimt 24 Striker Denmark
12 August Mikkelsen £3,500£4k £182,000£182k FK Bodø/Glimt 24 Attacking midfielder Norway
13 Bård Finne £3,500£4k £182,000£182k SK Brann 30 Winger, striker Norway
14 Veton Berisha £3,500£4k £182,000£182k Viking FK 31 Striker Norway
15 Dávid Ďuriš £3,400£3k £176,800£177k Rosenborg BK 26 Winger, striker Slovakia
16 Dino Islamović £3,400£3k £176,800£177k Rosenborg BK 31 Striker Montenegro
17 Emil Ceïde £3,300£3k £171,600£172k Rosenborg BK 23 Winger Norway
18 Halldor Stenevik £3,200£3k £166,400£166k Molde FK 25 Full-back, right winger Norway
19 Gustav Wikheim £3,200£3k £166,400£166k Strømsgodset Toppfotball 32 Winger Norway
20 Magnus Bech Riisnæs £2,900£3k £150,800£151k FK Bodø/Glimt 20 Right-back, attacking midfielder Norway
21 Mads Bomholt £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Rosenborg BK 19 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Denmark
22 Ole Sæter £2,800£3k £145,600£146k Vålerenga Fotball 29 Striker Norway
23 Ruben Alte £2,700£3k £140,400£140k Viking FK 25 Attacking midfielder Norway
24 Trent Kone-Doherty £2,600£3k £135,200£135k Molde FK 19 Winger Ireland
25 Andreas Nibe £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Sarpsborg 08 FF 22 Attacking midfielder Denmark
26 Daniel Karlsbakk £2,400£2k £124,800£125k Sarpsborg 08 FF 22 Winger, striker Norway
27 Elias Hoff Melkersen £2,300£2k £119,600£120k Strømsgodset Toppfotball 22 Right winger, striker Norway
28 Elias Sørensen £2,300£2k £119,600£120k Vålerenga Fotball 25 Winger, striker Denmark
29 Håkon Evjen £2,200£2k £114,400£114k FK Bodø/Glimt 25 Attacking midfielder Norway
30 Henrik Bjørdal £2,200£2k £114,400£114k Vålerenga Fotball 28 Attacking midfielder Norway
31 Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson £2,200£2k £114,400£114k Viking FK 21 Striker Iceland
32 Isak Määttä £2,100£2k £109,200£109k FK Bodø/Glimt 23 Left-back, winger Norway
33 Johannes Hummelvoll-Nuñez £2,100£2k £109,200£109k Fredrikstad FK 28 Attacking midfielder, striker Chile
34 Iver Fossum £2,100£2k £109,200£109k Rosenborg BK 28 Attacking midfielder Norway
35 Jesper Grundt £2,100£2k £109,200£109k Tromsø IL 22 Attacking midfielder Norway
36 Lars Olden Larsen £2,000£2k £104,000£104k Tromsø IL 26 Attacking midfielder Norway
37 Nikolaj Möller £1,900£2k £98,800£99k Sandefjord Fotball 22 Striker Sweden
38 Noa Williams £1,900£2k £98,800£99k Sarpsborg 08 FF 23 Winger Sweden
39 Noah Jean Holm £1,900£2k £98,800£99k SK Brann 24 Striker Norway
40 Niklas Castro £1,900£2k £98,800£99k SK Brann 29 Attacking midfielder Chile
41 Ole-Didrik Blomberg £1,800£2k £93,600£94k FK Bodø/Glimt 25 Right winger Norway
42 Oskar Spiten-Nysæter £1,800£2k £93,600£94k Molde FK 17 Attacking midfielder, striker Norway
43 Rocco Robert Shein £1,700£2k £88,400£88k Fredrikstad FK 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Estonia
44 Sondre Auklend £1,600£2k £83,200£83k FK Bodø/Glimt 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
45 Sondre Brunstad Fet £1,600£2k £83,200£83k FK Bodø/Glimt 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
46 Samuel Leach Holm £1,600£2k £83,200£83k Fredrikstad FK 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Sweden
47 Sondre Sørli £1,600£2k £83,200£83k Sarpsborg 08 FF 29 Winger Norway
48 Sævar Atli Magnússon £1,600£2k £83,200£83k SK Brann 25 Attacking midfielder, striker Iceland
49 Ulrik Saltnes £1,500£2k £78,000£78k FK Bodø/Glimt 32 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
50 Andreas Helmersen £1,500£2k £78,000£78k FK Bodø/Glimt 27 Striker Norway

What each position earns in the Eliteserien

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £1,145 Defenders £1,630 Midfielders £2,231 Attackers £1,789

Attackers take 37% of what the Eliteserien pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.

The clubs that pay their attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Eliteserien club, added together, a week

Molde FK £50k FK Bodø/Glimt £33k SK Brann £25k Rosenborg BK £20k Viking FK £19k Sarpsborg 08 FF £18k Vålerenga Fotball £14k Fredrikstad FK £11k Strømsgodset Toppfotball £10k Tromsø IL £8,516

Molde FK pay 16 attackers £49,506 a week between them, and Fredrik Gulbrandsen takes 15% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Eliteserien club

16 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Eliteserien club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
SK Brann Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k 1
Molde FK Fredrik Gulbrandsen £7,300£7k 2
FK Bodø/Glimt Jens Petter Hauge £7,100£7k 4
Viking FK Zlatko Tripic £5,000£5k 8
Rosenborg BK Dávid Ďuriš £3,400£3k 15
Strømsgodset Toppfotball Gustav Wikheim £3,200£3k 19
Vålerenga Fotball Ole Sæter £2,800£3k 22
Sarpsborg 08 FF Andreas Nibe £2,500£3k 25
Fredrikstad FK Johannes Hummelvoll-Nuñez £2,100£2k 33
Tromsø IL Jesper Grundt £2,100£2k 35
Sandefjord Fotball Nikolaj Möller £1,900£2k 37
Hamarkameratene Loris Mettler £1,000£1k 64
Kristiansund BK Adrian Kurd Rønning £968£968 66
FK Haugesund Ismaël Seoné £961£961 68
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo Magnus Grødem £900£900 74
Bryne FK Alfred Scriven £679£679 107

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Eliteserien ranks 37th.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in the Eliteserien?

Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson of SK Brann, on £10,000 a week in 2026/27, or £520,000 a year. Fredrik Gulbrandsen of Molde FK is second on £7,300 a week.

How much do Eliteserien attackers earn?

The average Eliteserien attacker aged 22 or over earns £1,789 a week, and the median one £984. Attackers take 37% of what the Eliteserien pays its players of that age.

Which Eliteserien club pays its attackers the most?

Molde FK, £49,506 a week across the 16 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Fredrik Gulbrandsen on £7,300.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the Eliteserien ranks 37th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

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