EREDIVISIE · TOP 100
Highest paid Eredivisie players
Marc-André ter Stegen leads on £232,000 per week. These 100 players take £2,029,300 a week between them - 70% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 632 of the 1,227 players in the Eredivisie.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £2.0m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL70%
MEDIAN AGE24
MOST IN THE LIST26 AFC Ajax
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 £232k #10 £37k #100 £5k
Marc-André ter Stegen earns 6.3× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 45× the 100th. Half of the £2.0m a week on this page goes to the first 15 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Marc-André ter Stegen | £232,000 | £12,064,000 | AFC Ajax | Germany | 33 | Goalkeeper |
| 02 | Julian Brandt | £124,000 | £6,448,000 | AFC Ajax | Germany | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 03 | Lutsharel Geertruida | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 24 | Defender, defensive midfielder |
| 04 | Marcos Leonardo | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | AFC Ajax | Brazil | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 05 | Thilo Kehrer | £77,000 | £4,004,000 | AFC Ajax | Germany | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 06 | Steven Berghuis | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 33 | Attacking midfielder |
| 07 | Filip Kostic | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Serbia | 32 | Left wing-back, left winger |
| 08 | Caio Henrique | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | AFC Ajax | Brazil | 27 | Left-back, left midfielder |
| 09 | Toluwalase Arokodare | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | AFC Ajax | Nigeria | 24 | Striker |
| 10 | Wout Weghorst | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | FC Twente | Netherlands | 32 | Striker |
| 11 | Alassane Pléa | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | PSV Eindhoven | France | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 12 | Eric da Silva Moreira | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Germany | 19 | Right-back, right winger |
| 13 | Oscar Gloukh | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | AFC Ajax | Israel | 21 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 14 | Sergiño Dest | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | PSV Eindhoven | United States | 24 | Full-back |
| 15 | Daley Blind | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 35 | Centre-back |
| 16 | Kasper Dolberg | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | AFC Ajax | Denmark | 27 | Striker |
| 17 | Viktor Tsygankov | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | AFC Ajax | Ukraine | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 18 | Ivan Perišic | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Croatia | 36 | Winger |
| 19 | Dennis Man | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Romania | 26 | Right winger |
| 20 | Tonny Vilhena | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Willem II | Netherlands | 30 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 21 | Guus Til | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 22 | Danilo | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | N.E.C. Nijmegen | Brazil | 26 | Winger, striker |
| 23 | Paul Wanner | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Austria | 19 | Attacking midfielder |
| 24 | Owen Wijndal | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 25 | Left-back, left midfielder |
| 25 | Adamo Nagalo | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Burkina Faso | 22 | Centre-back |
| 26 | Davy Klaassen | £18,000 | £936,000 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 27 | Jakov Medic | £18,000 | £936,000 | FC Utrecht | Croatia | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 28 | Hwang In-Beom | £18,000 | £936,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | South Korea | 28 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 29 | Gonçalo Borges | £18,000 | £936,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Portugal | 24 | Winger |
| 30 | Amourricho van Axel Dongen | £17,000 | £884,000 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 20 | Left winger |
| 31 | Jerry St. Juste | £17,000 | £884,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 28 | Centre-back |
| 32 | Jakub Moder | £17,000 | £884,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Poland | 26 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 33 | Jordan Lotomba | £17,000 | £884,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Switzerland | 26 | Full-back, right midfielder |
| 34 | Dimitris Limnios | £17,000 | £884,000 | Fortuna Sittard | Greece | 27 | Winger |
| 35 | Jerdy Schouten | £17,000 | £884,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 28 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 36 | Ricardo Pepi | £17,000 | £884,000 | PSV Eindhoven | United States | 22 | Striker |
| 37 | Kiliann Sildillia | £17,000 | £884,000 | PSV Eindhoven | France | 23 | Centre-back |
| 38 | Jacob Ondrejka | £15,000 | £780,000 | FC Groningen | Sweden | 22 | Attacking midfielder |
| 39 | Esmir Bajraktarevic | £15,000 | £780,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 20 | Attacking midfielder |
| 40 | Sofyan Amrabat | £14,000 | £728,000 | AFC Ajax | Morocco | 28 | Defensive midfielder |
| 41 | Kevin Paredes | £14,000 | £728,000 | FC Utrecht | United States | 22 | Left-back, winger |
| 42 | Anton Gaaei | £13,000 | £676,000 | AFC Ajax | Denmark | 22 | Right-back, right midfielder |
| 43 | Lucas Rosa | £13,000 | £676,000 | AFC Ajax | Brazil | 25 | Full-back, right midfielder |
| 44 | Calvin Stengs | £13,000 | £676,000 | AZ Alkmaar | Netherlands | 26 | Attacking midfielder |
| 45 | Youri Baas | £12,000 | £624,000 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 22 | Centre-back |
| 46 | Oliver Edvardsen | £12,000 | £624,000 | AFC Ajax | Norway | 26 | Winger |
| 47 | Florian Kastenmeier | £12,000 | £624,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Germany | 28 | Goalkeeper |
| 48 | Matěj Kovář | £12,000 | £624,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Czechia | 25 | Goalkeeper |
| 49 | Gastón Ávila | £11,000 | £572,000 | AFC Ajax | Argentina | 23 | Centre-back |
| 50 | Sem Steijn | £11,000 | £572,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 51 | Ryan Flamingo | £11,000 | £572,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 52 | Ruben van Bommel | £11,000 | £572,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 20 | Left winger, striker |
| 53 | Jordy Clasie | £10,000 | £520,000 | AZ Alkmaar | Netherlands | 34 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 54 | Javi López | £10,000 | £520,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Spain | 23 | Left-back |
| 55 | Oussama Targhalline | £10,000 | £520,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Morocco | 23 | Defensive midfielder |
| 56 | Charles Vanhoutte | £9,400 | £488,800 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Belgium | 26 | Defensive midfielder |
| 57 | Gaoussou Diarra | £9,200 | £478,400 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Mali | 22 | Winger |
| 58 | Joeri Jesse Heerkens | £9,100 | £473,200 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 19 | Goalkeeper |
| 59 | Jorthy Mokio | £9,100 | £473,200 | AFC Ajax | Belgium | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 60 | Rion Ichihara | £9,000 | £468,000 | AZ Alkmaar | Japan | 20 | Defender |
| 61 | Maarten Paes | £8,900 | £462,800 | AFC Ajax | Indonesia | 27 | Goalkeeper |
| 62 | Mateo Chávez | £8,900 | £462,800 | AZ Alkmaar | Mexico | 21 | Left-back |
| 63 | Ole Romeny | £8,800 | £457,600 | Fortuna Sittard | Indonesia | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 64 | Artem Stepanov | £8,500 | £442,000 | FC Utrecht | Ukraine | 17 | Striker |
| 65 | Givairo Read | £8,200 | £426,400 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 19 | Full-back, right midfielder |
| 66 | Tjark Ernst | £8,000 | £416,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Germany | 22 | Goalkeeper |
| 67 | Luciano Valente | £8,000 | £416,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 21 | Attacking midfielder |
| 68 | Tsuyoshi Watanabe | £8,000 | £416,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Japan | 28 | Centre-back |
| 69 | Rayane Bounida | £7,700 | £400,400 | AFC Ajax | Belgium | 19 | Attacking midfielder |
| 70 | Seiya Maikuma | £7,600 | £395,200 | AZ Alkmaar | Japan | 27 | Right-back |
| 71 | Thomas Beelen | £7,600 | £395,200 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 24 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 72 | Aaron Bouwman | £7,500 | £390,000 | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | 17 | Centre-back |
| 73 | Armando Obispo | £7,500 | £390,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Curaçao | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 74 | Koki Ogawa | £7,000 | £364,000 | N.E.C. Nijmegen | Japan | 27 | Striker |
| 75 | Mika Mármol | £6,900 | £358,800 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Spain | 24 | Centre-back |
| 76 | Noah Fernandez | £6,900 | £358,800 | PSV Eindhoven | Belgium | 17 | Attacking midfielder |
| 77 | Nick Olij | £6,900 | £358,800 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 29 | Goalkeeper |
| 78 | Mauro Júnior | £6,900 | £358,800 | PSV Eindhoven | Brazil | 26 | Full-back, defensive midfielder, left winger |
| 79 | Marko Farji | £6,900 | £358,800 | sc Heerenveen | Iraq | 21 | Attacking midfielder |
| 80 | Sam Lammers | £6,600 | £343,200 | FC Twente | Netherlands | 28 | Right winger, striker |
| 81 | Sondre Ørjasæter | £6,600 | £343,200 | FC Twente | Norway | 21 | Winger |
| 82 | Ayoub Oufkir | £6,500 | £338,000 | AZ Alkmaar | Netherlands | 19 | Winger, striker |
| 83 | Andrea Natali | £6,500 | £338,000 | AZ Alkmaar | Italy | 17 | Centre-back |
| 84 | Bart Nieuwkoop | £6,500 | £338,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 29 | Right-back |
| 85 | Anis Hadj Moussa | £6,500 | £338,000 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Algeria | 23 | Winger |
| 86 | Denso Kasius | £6,400 | £332,800 | AZ Alkmaar | Netherlands | 22 | Full-back, right midfielder |
| 87 | Dani de Wit | £6,400 | £332,800 | FC Utrecht | Netherlands | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 88 | Yarek Gąsiorowski | £6,300 | £327,600 | PSV Eindhoven | Spain | 20 | Centre-back |
| 89 | Hidde ter Avest | £6,200 | £322,400 | Willem II | Netherlands | 28 | Centre-back |
| 90 | Jinairo Johnson | £6,100 | £317,200 | AFC Ajax | Jamaica | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 91 | Yannick Eduardo | £6,000 | £312,000 | ADO Den Haag | Czechia | 19 | Right winger, striker |
| 92 | Zidane Iqbal | £6,000 | £312,000 | FC Utrecht | Iraq | 22 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 93 | Nacho Ferri | £5,900 | £306,800 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Spain | 20 | Striker |
| 94 | Mats Deijl | £5,900 | £306,800 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 95 | Mees Hilgers | £5,900 | £306,800 | sc Heerenveen | Indonesia | 24 | Centre-back |
| 96 | Ramiz Zerrouki | £5,700 | £296,400 | FC Twente | Algeria | 27 | Defensive midfielder |
| 97 | Taylor Booth | £5,600 | £291,200 | FC Twente | United States | 24 | Attacking midfielder |
| 98 | Sven Mijnans | £5,600 | £291,200 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 99 | Dirk Proper | £5,400 | £280,800 | sc Heerenveen | Netherlands | 23 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 100 | Gijs Smal | £5,200 | £270,400 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Netherlands | 27 | Left-back, left midfielder |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the Eredivisie?
Marc-André ter Stegen of AFC Ajax, on £232,000 per week — £12,064,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Eredivisie players earn between them?
£2,029,300 per week and £105,523,600 per year, which is 70% of the entire Eredivisie wage bill.
Which Eredivisie club has the most players in the top 100?
AFC Ajax, with 26 of them, paying £963,400 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£5,200 per week — that is what Gijs Smal earns in 100th place.
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