Highest paid player at every Eredivisie club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Marc-André ter Stegen of AFC Ajax leads on £232,000 a week. At the other end, SC Telstar pays its own best paid player, Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp, £2,100 — a gap of 110×.
The best paid at each club
Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most
Clubs leaning hardest on one player
Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages
Every club's top earner
All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank
| # | CLUB | TOP EARNER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | CLUB WEEKLY BILL | WAGES HELD | SHARE OF BILL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  | Marc-André ter Stegen | £232,000 | £12,064,000 | 33 | GK | £1m | 57/88 | 23% |
| 02 |  | Filip Kostic | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | 32 | WB/AM L | £453k | 52/84 | 12% |
| 03 |  | Wout Weghorst | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 32 | ST | £141k | 28/54 | 26% |
| 04 | N.E.C. Nijmegen | Danilo | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | £91k | 21/61 | 29% |
| 05 |  | Anel Ahmedhodžić | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 26 | D C | £299k | 63/101 | 7% |
| 06 |  | Dimitris Limnios | £17,000 | £884,000 | 27 | AM RL | £66k | 31/68 | 26% |
| 07 |  | Jacob Ondrejka | £15,000 | £780,000 | 22 | AM RLC | £62k | 34/52 | 24% |
| 08 |  | Kevin Paredes | £14,000 | £728,000 | 22 | D/WB L, AM RL | £109k | 47/80 | 13% |
| 09 |  | Calvin Stengs | £13,000 | £676,000 | 26 | AM RC | £176k | 58/90 | 7% |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | Tomas Galvez | £7,600 | £395,200 | 20 | D/WB L | £36k | 19/75 | 21% |
| 11 |  | Hidde ter Avest | £6,200 | £322,400 | 28 | D RC | £46k | 44/58 | 13% |
| 12 |  | Yannick Eduardo | £6,000 | £312,000 | 19 | AM R, ST | £44k | 31/56 | 14% |
| 13 |  | Dirk Proper | £5,400 | £280,800 | 23 | DM, AM C | £58k | 36/66 | 9% |
| 14 |  | Nick Viergever | £4,900 | £254,800 | 35 | D LC, DM | £46k | 30/69 | 11% |
| 15 |  | Bas Kuipers | £4,500 | £234,000 | 30 | D/WB L | £51k | 40/73 | 9% |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | Alfons Sampsted | £4,500 | £234,000 | 27 | D/WB R | £48k | 21/65 | 9% |
| 17 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Emil Hansson | £4,300 | £223,600 | 27 | AM RLC | £32k | 19/55 | 13% |
| 18 |  | Ajdin Hrustic | £3,500 | £182,000 | 29 | AM RC | £37k | 18/19 | 9% |
| 19 | SC Telstar | Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp | £2,100 | £109,200 | 21 | DM, AM RC | £14k | 17/49 | 15% |
Frequently asked questions
Eredivisie club top earners
Which Eredivisie club pays the biggest single wage?
AFC Ajax. Marc-André ter Stegen earns £232,000 per week there, £12,064,000 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which Eredivisie club has the lowest paid top earner?
SC Telstar, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp on £2,100 per week. AFC Ajax pays 110 times that for its own top earner.
Which Eredivisie club leans hardest on one player?
N.E.C. Nijmegen. Danilo takes 29% of the £90,994 a week the club pays across the 21 squad members we hold a wage for.
How many Eredivisie clubs are on this list?
All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.