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LA LIGA 2 · DEFENDERS · 2026/27

Highest paid La Liga 2 defenders

David López is the best-paid defender in La Liga 2, on £58,000 a week at Girona, or £3,016,000 a year. Àlex Moreno is next on £33,000 at Girona. We hold wages for 197 La Liga 2 defenders in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £58k
AVERAGE WAGE £4,473
SHARE OF WAGE BILL25%
TOP 10 A WEEK £226k
WAGES HELD197

The 50 best-paid La Liga 2 defenders

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 defenders in La Liga 2 in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 David López £58,000£58k £3,016,000£3.0m Girona 35 Centre-back Spain
2 Àlex Moreno £33,000£33k £1,716,000£1.7m Girona 32 Left-back, left winger Spain
3 Dimitris Siovas £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Huesca 31 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Greece
4 Homam Ahmed £22,000£22k £1,144,000£1.1m Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa 25 Left-back Qatar
5 Juan Bernat £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Eibar 32 Left-back, left winger Spain
6 Benedikt Gimber £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Granada 28 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Germany
7 Antonio Raíllo £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Mallorca 33 Centre-back Spain
8 Aboubaka Soumahoro £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Mallorca 20 Centre-back, defensive midfielder France
9 Martin Valjent £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Mallorca 29 Centre-back Slovakia
10 Álex Sola £10,000£10k £520,000£520k Almería 26 Right-back, right winger Spain
11 Nicholas Opoku £9,000£9k £468,000£468k Las Palmas 27 Centre-back Ghana
12 Marvin Park £8,900£9k £462,800£463k Las Palmas 25 Right-back, right winger Spain
13 Miguel Ángel Rubio £8,900£9k £462,800£463k Valladolid 27 Centre-back Spain
14 Alejandro Francés £8,500£9k £442,000£442k Girona 22 Defender Spain
15 Arnau Puigmal £8,500£9k £442,000£442k Mallorca 24 Right wing-back, attacking midfielder Spain
16 Carlos Neva £8,400£8k £436,800£437k Albacete 29 Left-back, left winger Spain
17 Chumi (Juan Brandáriz) £8,400£8k £436,800£437k Almería 26 Centre-back Spain
18 Carlos Clerc £8,400£8k £436,800£437k Valladolid 33 Left-back Spain
19 Fali £8,300£8k £431,600£432k Cádiz 31 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Spain
20 Guille Rosas £8,200£8k £426,400£426k Sporting Gijón 25 Right-back Spain
21 Jesús Vallejo £8,100£8k £421,200£421k Albacete 28 Centre-back Spain
22 Mateu Morey £7,900£8k £410,800£411k Girona 25 Right-back Spain
23 Nacho Vidal £7,900£8k £410,800£411k Oviedo 30 Right-back Spain
24 Rubén Peña £7,700£8k £400,400£400k Leganés 33 Full-back, right winger Spain
25 Tomás Ribeiro £7,600£8k £395,200£395k Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa 26 Centre-back Portugal
26 Sergio Álvarez £7,600£8k £395,200£395k Eibar 33 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Spain
27 Arvin Appiah £7,500£8k £390,000£390k Almería 24 Left wing-back, winger England
28 Guille Bueno £7,200£7k £374,400£374k Valladolid 22 Left-back Spain
29 Iza £7,100£7k £369,200£369k Cádiz 32 Right-back, right winger Spain
30 Iván Calero £7,100£7k £369,200£369k Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa 30 Right-back, winger Spain
31 Ignasi Miquel £7,100£7k £369,200£369k Leganés 32 Centre-back Spain
32 Viti Rozada £7,000£7k £364,000£364k Las Palmas 27 Right-back, winger Spain
33 Álex Suárez £7,000£7k £364,000£364k Las Palmas 32 Centre-back Spain
34 Álvaro Tejero £7,000£7k £364,000£364k Leganés 28 Full-back Spain
35 Valery £7,000£7k £364,000£364k Zaragoza 25 Full-back, winger Spain
36 Pablo Insua £6,800£7k £353,600£354k Zaragoza 31 Centre-back Spain
37 Rodrigo Ely £6,700£7k £348,400£348k Almería 31 Centre-back Brazil
38 Sergio López £6,600£7k £343,200£343k Granada 26 Right-back Spain
39 Toni Lato £6,600£7k £343,200£343k Mallorca 27 Left-back Spain
40 Brian Oliván £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Sporting Gijón 31 Left-back Spain
41 Clément Michelin £6,400£6k £332,800£333k Valladolid 28 Right-back France
42 Federico Bonini £6,300£6k £327,600£328k Almería 23 Centre-back Italy
43 Edgar £6,300£6k £327,600£328k F.C. Andorra 28 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Spain
44 Enric Franquesa £6,300£6k £327,600£328k Leganés 28 Left-back, left midfielder Spain
45 Jérémy Mellot £6,100£6k £317,200£317k Castellón 31 Full-back France
46 Leonardo Lelo £6,000£6k £312,000£312k Almería 25 Left-back, left midfielder Portugal
47 Álex Muñoz £6,000£6k £312,000£312k Almería 30 Centre-back Spain
48 Nélson Monte £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Almería 29 Centre-back Portugal
49 Ramón £5,700£6k £296,400£296k Valladolid 22 Centre-back Spain
50 Carlos Albarrán £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Córdoba 31 Full-back Spain

What each position earns in La Liga 2

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

Goalkeepers £4,582 Defenders £4,473 Midfielders £5,199 Attackers £6,395

Defenders take 25% of what La Liga 2 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 defenders the most

Every defender wage we hold at each La Liga 2 club, added together, a week

Girona £111k Almería £66k Mallorca £60k Valladolid £52k Eibar £50k Huesca £45k Las Palmas £45k Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa £40k Granada £39k Cádiz £37k

Girona pay 5 defenders £110,900 a week between them, and David López takes 52% of it.

The best-paid defender at every La Liga 2 club

26 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's defenders

Each La Liga 2 club's best-paid defender in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every defender in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Girona David López £58,000£58k 1
Huesca Dimitris Siovas £27,000£27k 3
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Homam Ahmed £22,000£22k 4
Eibar Juan Bernat £19,000£19k 5
Granada Benedikt Gimber £17,000£17k 6
Mallorca Antonio Raíllo £15,000£15k 7
Almería Álex Sola £10,000£10k 10
Las Palmas Nicholas Opoku £9,000£9k 11
Valladolid Miguel Ángel Rubio £8,900£9k 13
Albacete Carlos Neva £8,400£8k 16
Cádiz Fali £8,300£8k 19
Sporting Gijón Guille Rosas £8,200£8k 20
Oviedo Nacho Vidal £7,900£8k 23
Leganés Rubén Peña £7,700£8k 24
Zaragoza Valery £7,000£7k 35
F.C. Andorra Edgar £6,300£6k 43
Castellón Jérémy Mellot £6,100£6k 45
Córdoba Carlos Albarrán £5,400£5k 50
Tenerife José León £4,100£4k 67
A.D. Ceuta F.C. José Matos £4,100£4k 60
Mirandés Aritz Arambarri £3,500£4k 75
Burgos Grego £3,200£3k 83
Eldense Jordi Martín £3,100£3k 85
Sabadell David Astals £1,400£1k 152
Real Sociedad de Fútbol B Kazunari Kita £441£441 189
R.C. Celta Fortuna No wage held - -

The best-paid defender in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid defender. La Liga 2 ranks 14th.

The best-paid defender in each men's league we rank defenders in, the weekly wage, and the league's average defender wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Kalidou Koulibaly £497,000£497k £40,351£40k
Premier League Virgil van Dijk £350,000£350k £69,840£70k
Bundesliga Dayot Upamecano £331,000£331k £42,331£42k
Ligue 1 Lucas Hernández £316,000£316k £27,702£28k
La Liga João Cancelo £249,000£249k £37,418£37k
Serie A John Stones £200,000£200k £36,415£36k
Süper Lig Milan Škriniar £166,000£166k £15,078£15k
Superleague Greece Stefan de Vrij £117,000£117k £10,420£10k
Championship Kieran Trippier £115,000£115k £18,082£18k
Eredivisie Lutsharel Geertruida £99,000£99k £8,088£8k
Major League Soccer Jordi Alba £85,000£85k £7,805£8k
Scottish Premiership Ben Godfrey £80,000£80k £5,860£6k
Primeira Liga Jakub Kiwior £58,000£58k £5,910£6k
La Liga 2 David López £58,000£58k £4,473£4k
Russian Premier League Matheus Reis £57,000£57k £12,772£13k
Brasileirão Série A Guillermo Maripán £53,000£53k £8,284£8k
Belgian Pro League Matteo Dams £49,000£49k £5,133£5k
League One Wes Morgan £46,000£46k £5,700£6k
2. Bundesliga Yannick Gerhardt £42,000£42k £8,296£8k
Super Liga Nicolás Otamendi £41,000£41k £3,253£3k
Danish Superliga Rasmus Kristensen £39,000£39k £5,418£5k
Ekstraklasa Attila Szalai £36,000£36k £2,883£3k
Serie B Federico Baschirotto £33,000£33k £6,876£7k
Czech First League David Jurásek £29,000£29k £1,857£2k
Chinese Super League Matheus Jussa (Matheus Isaias dos Santos) £27,000£27k £4,788£5k
Liga MX Kenedy £25,000£25k £6,926£7k
Austrian Bundesliga Stefan Lainer £21,000£21k £4,095£4k
Ligue 2 Frédéric Guilbert £18,000£18k £4,556£5k
J1 League Gotoku Sakai £15,000£15k £3,457£3k
Croatian First League Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel £15,000£15k £2,078£2k
Thai League Erik Sviatchenko £14,000£14k £2,172£2k
Eliteserien Hrannar Snær Magnússon £13,000£13k £1,630£2k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Thomas Foket £8,600£9k £1,529£2k
League Two Alfie Dorrington £8,500£9k £2,352£2k
Categoría Primera A Frank Fabra £8,300£8k £3,994£4k
Scottish Championship Leon King £8,000£8k £952£952
A-League Jacob Farrell £6,100£6k £1,262£1k
Indian Super League Anwar Ali £4,500£5k £595£595
National League Jake Rooney £4,100£4k £1,165£1k
I-League Jamie McCart £4,100£4k £547£547
Veikkausliiga Alfie Cicale £2,500£3k £646£646
Canadian Premier League Curtis Ofori £1,400£1k £443£443
Meistriliiga Modou Tambedou £484£484 £152£152

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid defender in La Liga 2?

David López of Girona, on £58,000 a week in 2026/27, or £3,016,000 a year. Àlex Moreno of Girona is second on £33,000 a week.

How much do La Liga 2 defenders earn?

The average La Liga 2 defender aged 22 or over earns £4,473 a week, and the median one £2,950. Defenders take 25% of what La Liga 2 pays its players of that age.

Which La Liga 2 club pays its defenders the most?

Girona, £110,900 a week across the 5 defenders we hold a wage for, led by David López on £58,000.

Who is the highest paid defender in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank defenders in, the best-paid is Kalidou Koulibaly of Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £497,000 a week. The best-paid in La Liga 2 ranks 14th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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