Highest paid player at every La Liga club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid leads on £497,000 a week. At the other end, Deportivo Alavés pays its own best paid player, Hugo Novoa, £13,000 — a gap of 38×.
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 20 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 |  | Kylian Mbappé | £497,000 | £25,844,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | £4.5m | 28/28 | 11% |
| 02 |  | Jan Oblak | £308,000 | £16,016,000 | 32 | GK | £1.8m | 22/22 | 17% |
| 03 |  | Lamine Yamal | £281,000 | £14,612,000 | 18 | AM R | £3.2m | 22/22 | 9% |
| 04 |  | Nico Williams | £232,000 | £12,064,000 | 23 | AM RL | £835k | 26/27 | 28% |
| 05 |  | Cucho Hernández | £123,000 | £6,396,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | £739k | 26/26 | 17% |
| 06 |  | José Gayà | £97,000 | £5,044,000 | 30 | D/WB/AM L | £628k | 25/26 | 15% |
| 07 |  | Youssouf Fofana | £88,000 | £4,576,000 | 26 | DM | £521k | 21/22 | 17% |
| 08 |  | José Giménez | £83,000 | £4,316,000 | 30 | D C | £347k | 27/28 | 24% |
| 09 |  | Borja Mayoral | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 28 | ST | £414k | 20/23 | 20% |
| 10 |  | Sergio Canales | £81,000 | £4,212,000 | 34 | AM C | £281k | 22/24 | 29% |
| 11 |  | Bryan Zaragoza | £69,000 | £3,588,000 | 24 | AM RL | £385k | 28/28 | 18% |
| 12 |  | Péter Gulácsi | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | 35 | GK | £467k | 22/25 | 12% |
| 13 |  | Marash Kumbulla | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 25 | D C | £357k | 25/25 | 15% |
| 14 |  | Thomas Lemar | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 29 | AM RLC | £213k | 27/28 | 23% |
| 15 |  | Iago Aspas | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 37 | AM RC, F C | £346k | 25/25 | 13% |
| 16 |  | Sergio Gómez | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 24 | D/WB L, AM RL | £460k | 25/25 | 9% |
| 17 |  | Ante Budimir | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 33 | ST | £303k | 25/25 | 10% |
| 18 |  | Axel Tape | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 17 | D RC, DM | £162k | 23/23 | 17% |
| 19 |  | Jens Cajuste | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 25 | DM | £153k | 32/32 | 17% |
| 20 | Deportivo Alavés | Hugo Novoa | £13,000 | £676,000 | 22 | D/WB/AM R | £25k | 6/22 | 53% |
Frequently asked questions
La Liga club top earners
Which La Liga club pays the biggest single wage?
Real Madrid. Kylian Mbappé earns £497,000 per week there, £25,844,000 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which La Liga club has the lowest paid top earner?
Deportivo Alavés, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Hugo Novoa on £13,000 per week. Real Madrid pays 38 times that for its own top earner.
Which La Liga club leans hardest on one player?
Racing Santander. Sergio Canales takes 29% of the £281,186 a week the club pays across the 22 squad members we hold a wage for.
How many La Liga clubs are on this list?
All 20 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.