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EREDIVISIE · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Eredivisie attackers

Julian Brandt is the best-paid attacker in the Eredivisie, on £124,000 a week at AFC Ajax, or £6,448,000 a year. Marcos Leonardo is next on £82,000 at AFC Ajax. We hold wages for 286 Eredivisie attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £124k
AVERAGE WAGE £9,719
SHARE OF WAGE BILL44%
TOP 10 A WEEK £528k
WAGES HELD286

The 50 best-paid Eredivisie 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 Eredivisie in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £6,448,000£6.4m AFC Ajax 29 Attacking midfielder Germany
2 Marcos Leonardo £82,000£82k £4,264,000£4.3m AFC Ajax 22 Attacking midfielder, striker Brazil
3 Steven Berghuis £58,000£58k £3,016,000£3.0m AFC Ajax 33 Attacking midfielder Netherlands
4 Filip Kostic £55,000£55k £2,860,000£2.9m PSV Eindhoven 32 Left wing-back, left winger Serbia
5 Toluwalase Arokodare £37,000£37k £1,924,000£1.9m AFC Ajax 24 Striker Nigeria
6 Wout Weghorst £37,000£37k £1,924,000£1.9m FC Twente 32 Striker Netherlands
7 Alassane Pléa £36,000£36k £1,872,000£1.9m PSV Eindhoven 32 Attacking midfielder, striker France
8 Eric da Silva Moreira £35,000£35k £1,820,000£1.8m Excelsior Rotterdam 19 Right-back, right winger Germany
9 Oscar Gloukh £34,000£34k £1,768,000£1.8m AFC Ajax 21 Attacking midfielder, striker Israel
10 Kasper Dolberg £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m AFC Ajax 27 Striker Denmark
11 Viktor Tsygankov £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m AFC Ajax 27 Attacking midfielder Ukraine
12 Ivan Perišic £29,000£29k £1,508,000£1.5m PSV Eindhoven 36 Winger Croatia
13 Dennis Man £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m PSV Eindhoven 26 Right winger Romania
14 Tonny Vilhena £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Willem II 30 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Netherlands
15 Guus Til £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m PSV Eindhoven 27 Attacking midfielder, striker Netherlands
16 Danilo £26,000£26k £1,352,000£1.4m N.E.C. Nijmegen 26 Winger, striker Brazil
17 Paul Wanner £24,000£24k £1,248,000£1.2m PSV Eindhoven 19 Attacking midfielder Austria
18 Davy Klaassen £18,000£18k £936,000£936k AFC Ajax 32 Attacking midfielder Netherlands
19 Hwang In-Beom £18,000£18k £936,000£936k Feyenoord Rotterdam 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder South Korea
20 Gonçalo Borges £18,000£18k £936,000£936k Feyenoord Rotterdam 24 Winger Portugal
21 Amourricho van Axel Dongen £17,000£17k £884,000£884k AFC Ajax 20 Left winger Netherlands
22 Jakub Moder £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Feyenoord Rotterdam 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Poland
23 Dimitris Limnios £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Fortuna Sittard 27 Winger Greece
24 Ricardo Pepi £17,000£17k £884,000£884k PSV Eindhoven 22 Striker United States
25 Jacob Ondrejka £15,000£15k £780,000£780k FC Groningen 22 Attacking midfielder Sweden
26 Esmir Bajraktarevic £15,000£15k £780,000£780k PSV Eindhoven 20 Attacking midfielder Bosnia & Herzegovina
27 Kevin Paredes £14,000£14k £728,000£728k FC Utrecht 22 Left-back, winger United States
28 Calvin Stengs £13,000£13k £676,000£676k AZ Alkmaar 26 Attacking midfielder Netherlands
29 Oliver Edvardsen £12,000£12k £624,000£624k AFC Ajax 26 Winger Norway
30 Sem Steijn £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Feyenoord Rotterdam 23 Attacking midfielder Netherlands
31 Ruben van Bommel £11,000£11k £572,000£572k PSV Eindhoven 20 Left winger, striker Netherlands
32 Gaoussou Diarra £9,200£9k £478,400£478k Feyenoord Rotterdam 22 Winger Mali
33 Ole Romeny £8,800£9k £457,600£458k Fortuna Sittard 25 Attacking midfielder, striker Indonesia
34 Artem Stepanov £8,500£9k £442,000£442k FC Utrecht 17 Striker Ukraine
35 Luciano Valente £8,000£8k £416,000£416k Feyenoord Rotterdam 21 Attacking midfielder Netherlands
36 Rayane Bounida £7,700£8k £400,400£400k AFC Ajax 19 Attacking midfielder Belgium
37 Koki Ogawa £7,000£7k £364,000£364k N.E.C. Nijmegen 27 Striker Japan
38 Noah Fernandez £6,900£7k £358,800£359k PSV Eindhoven 17 Attacking midfielder Belgium
39 Mauro Júnior £6,900£7k £358,800£359k PSV Eindhoven 26 Full-back, defensive midfielder, left winger Brazil
40 Marko Farji £6,900£7k £358,800£359k sc Heerenveen 21 Attacking midfielder Iraq
41 Sam Lammers £6,600£7k £343,200£343k FC Twente 28 Right winger, striker Netherlands
42 Sondre Ørjasæter £6,600£7k £343,200£343k FC Twente 21 Winger Norway
43 Ayoub Oufkir £6,500£7k £338,000£338k AZ Alkmaar 19 Winger, striker Netherlands
44 Anis Hadj Moussa £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Feyenoord Rotterdam 23 Winger Algeria
45 Dani de Wit £6,400£6k £332,800£333k FC Utrecht 27 Attacking midfielder, striker Netherlands
46 Yannick Eduardo £6,000£6k £312,000£312k ADO Den Haag 19 Right winger, striker Czechia
47 Zidane Iqbal £6,000£6k £312,000£312k FC Utrecht 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Iraq
48 Nacho Ferri £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Feyenoord Rotterdam 20 Striker Spain
49 Taylor Booth £5,600£6k £291,200£291k FC Twente 24 Attacking midfielder United States
50 Sven Mijnans £5,600£6k £291,200£291k PSV Eindhoven 25 Attacking midfielder Netherlands

What each position earns in the Eredivisie

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

Goalkeepers £9,671 Defenders £8,088 Midfielders £9,142 Attackers £9,719

Attackers take 44% of what the Eredivisie 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 Eredivisie club, added together, a week

AFC Ajax £480k PSV Eindhoven £279k Feyenoord Rotterdam £114k FC Twente £82k FC Utrecht £68k AZ Alkmaar £65k N.E.C. Nijmegen £56k Willem II £48k Fortuna Sittard £41k Excelsior Rotterdam £40k

AFC Ajax pay 25 attackers £479,671 a week between them, and Julian Brandt takes 26% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Eredivisie club

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

Each Eredivisie 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
AFC Ajax Julian Brandt £124,000£124k 1
PSV Eindhoven Filip Kostic £55,000£55k 4
FC Twente Wout Weghorst £37,000£37k 6
Excelsior Rotterdam Eric da Silva Moreira £35,000£35k 8
Willem II Tonny Vilhena £28,000£28k 14
N.E.C. Nijmegen Danilo £26,000£26k 16
Feyenoord Rotterdam Hwang In-Beom £18,000£18k 19
Fortuna Sittard Dimitris Limnios £17,000£17k 23
FC Groningen Jacob Ondrejka £15,000£15k 25
FC Utrecht Kevin Paredes £14,000£14k 27
AZ Alkmaar Calvin Stengs £13,000£13k 28
sc Heerenveen Marko Farji £6,900£7k 40
ADO Den Haag Yannick Eduardo £6,000£6k 46
Sparta Rotterdam Casper Terho £4,400£4k 66
PEC Zwolle Ibrahim Cissoko £4,100£4k 71
Go Ahead Eagles Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson £3,600£4k 81
Heracles Almelo Ajdin Hrustic £3,500£4k 84
SC Cambuur Fabian Kvam £2,300£2k 133
SC Telstar Jelani Seedorf £766£766 200

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Eredivisie ranks 12th.

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 Eredivisie?

Julian Brandt of AFC Ajax, on £124,000 a week in 2026/27, or £6,448,000 a year. Marcos Leonardo of AFC Ajax is second on £82,000 a week.

How much do Eredivisie attackers earn?

The average Eredivisie attacker aged 22 or over earns £9,719 a week, and the median one £3,500. Attackers take 44% of what the Eredivisie pays its players of that age.

Which Eredivisie club pays its attackers the most?

AFC Ajax, £479,671 a week across the 25 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Julian Brandt on £124,000.

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 Eredivisie ranks 12th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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