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LA LIGA · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27

Highest paid La Liga goalkeepers

Jan Oblak is the best-paid goalkeeper in La Liga, on £308,000 a week at Atlético Madrid, or £16,016,000 a year. Thibaut Courtois is next on £256,000 at Real Madrid. We hold wages for 47 La Liga goalkeepers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £308k
AVERAGE WAGE £33,550
SHARE OF WAGE BILL9%
TOP 10 A WEEK £1.0m
WAGES HELD47

All 47 La Liga goalkeepers, best paid first

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 goalkeepers in La Liga in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Jan Oblak £308,000£308k £16,016,000£16.0m Atlético Madrid 32 Goalkeeper Slovenia
2 Thibaut Courtois £256,000£256k £13,312,000£13.3m Real Madrid 33 Goalkeeper Belgium
3 Joan García £99,000£99k £5,148,000£5.1m Barcelona 24 Goalkeeper Spain
4 Unai Simón £68,000£68k £3,536,000£3.5m Athletic Bilbao 28 Goalkeeper Spain
5 Péter Gulácsi £57,000£57k £2,964,000£3.0m Villarreal 35 Goalkeeper Hungary
6 Andriy Lunin £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m Real Madrid 26 Goalkeeper Ukraine
7 Wojciech Szczesny £48,000£48k £2,496,000£2.5m Barcelona 35 Goalkeeper Poland
8 Odysseas Vlachodimos £44,000£44k £2,288,000£2.3m Sevilla 31 Goalkeeper Greece
9 Altay Bayındır £43,000£43k £2,236,000£2.2m Celta Vigo 27 Goalkeeper Türkiye
10 Álex Remiro £33,000£33k £1,716,000£1.7m Real Sociedad 30 Goalkeeper Spain
11 Emil Audero £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m Rayo Vallecano 28 Goalkeeper Indonesia
12 Julen Agirrezabala £26,000£26k £1,352,000£1.4m Racing Santander 24 Goalkeeper Spain
13 Aitor Fernández £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Osasuna 34 Goalkeeper Spain
14 David Soria £22,000£22k £1,144,000£1.1m Getafe 32 Goalkeeper Spain
15 Juan Musso £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m Atlético Madrid 31 Goalkeeper Argentina
16 Diego Conde £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m Real Betis 26 Goalkeeper Spain
17 Ionut Radu £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Celta Vigo 28 Goalkeeper Romania
18 Augusto Batalla £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Rayo Vallecano 29 Goalkeeper Argentina
19 Lúcio Júnior £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Villarreal 24 Goalkeeper Brazil
20 Álvaro Vallés £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Real Betis 27 Goalkeeper Spain
21 Stole Dimitrievski £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Valencia 31 Goalkeeper North Macedonia
22 Iván Villar £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Celta Vigo 28 Goalkeeper Spain
23 Sergio Herrera £14,000£14k £728,000£728k Osasuna 32 Goalkeeper Spain
24 Álvaro Fernández £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Deportivo La Coruña 27 Goalkeeper Spain
25 Marko Dmitrovic £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Espanyol 33 Goalkeeper Serbia
26 Matías Dituro £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Elche 38 Goalkeeper Argentina
27 Adrián £8,500£9k £442,000£442k Real Betis 38 Goalkeeper Spain
28 Dani Cárdenas £8,400£8k £436,800£437k Rayo Vallecano 28 Goalkeeper Spain
29 Leo Román £6,000£6k £312,000£312k Deportivo La Coruña 25 Goalkeeper Spain
30 Mathew Ryan £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Levante 33 Goalkeeper Australia
31 Pablo Cuñat £5,800£6k £301,600£302k Levante 23 Goalkeeper Spain
32 Cristian Rivero £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Valencia 27 Goalkeeper Spain
33 Alfonso Herrero £4,500£5k £234,000£234k Málaga 31 Goalkeeper Spain
34 Ángel Fortuño £4,000£4k £208,000£208k Espanyol 23 Goalkeeper Spain
35 Germán Parreño £3,200£3k £166,400£166k Deportivo La Coruña 32 Goalkeeper Spain
36 Jiří Letáček £3,100£3k £161,200£161k Getafe 26 Goalkeeper Czechia
37 Álex Padilla £3,000£3k £156,000£156k Athletic Bilbao 21 Goalkeeper Mexico
38 Alejandro Iturbe £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Elche 21 Goalkeeper Spain
39 Unai Marrero £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Real Sociedad 23 Goalkeeper Spain
40 Fran González £2,300£2k £119,600£120k Sevilla 20 Goalkeeper Spain
41 Rubén Gómez £1,700£2k £88,400£88k Villarreal 23 Goalkeeper Spain
42 Simon Eriksson £1,600£2k £83,200£83k Racing Santander 19 Goalkeeper Sweden
43 Carlos López £1,400£1k £72,800£73k Málaga 20 Goalkeeper Spain
44 Eric Puerto £1,300£1k £67,600£68k Deportivo La Coruña 22 Goalkeeper Spain
45 Álex Ruiz £1,000£1k £52,000£52k Espanyol 24 Goalkeeper Spain
46 Lucas Jiménez £340£340 £17,680£18k Málaga 18 Goalkeeper Spain
47 Paco £260£260 £13,520£14k Málaga 22 Goalkeeper Spain

What each position earns in La Liga

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

Goalkeepers £34k Defenders £37k Midfielders £41k Attackers £44k

Goalkeepers take 9% of what La Liga 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 goalkeepers the most

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

Atlético Madrid £329k Real Madrid £305k Barcelona £147k Celta Vigo £79k Villarreal £79k Athletic Bilbao £71k Rayo Vallecano £58k Real Betis £49k Sevilla £46k Osasuna £39k

Atlético Madrid pay 2 goalkeepers £329,000 a week between them, and Jan Oblak takes 94% of it.

The best-paid goalkeeper at every La Liga club

20 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's goalkeepers

Each La Liga club's best-paid goalkeeper in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every goalkeeper in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Atlético Madrid Jan Oblak £308,000£308k 1
Real Madrid Thibaut Courtois £256,000£256k 2
Barcelona Joan García £99,000£99k 3
Athletic Bilbao Unai Simón £68,000£68k 4
Villarreal Péter Gulácsi £57,000£57k 5
Sevilla Odysseas Vlachodimos £44,000£44k 8
Celta Vigo Altay Bayındır £43,000£43k 9
Real Sociedad Álex Remiro £33,000£33k 10
Rayo Vallecano Emil Audero £30,000£30k 11
Racing Santander Julen Agirrezabala £26,000£26k 12
Osasuna Aitor Fernández £25,000£25k 13
Getafe David Soria £22,000£22k 14
Real Betis Diego Conde £21,000£21k 16
Valencia Stole Dimitrievski £19,000£19k 21
Deportivo La Coruña Álvaro Fernández £13,000£13k 24
Espanyol Marko Dmitrovic £12,000£12k 25
Elche Matías Dituro £11,000£11k 26
Levante Mathew Ryan £5,900£6k 30
Málaga Alfonso Herrero £4,500£5k 33
Deportivo Alavés No wage held - -

The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league

42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. La Liga ranks first.

The best-paid goalkeeper in each men's league we rank goalkeepers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average goalkeeper wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
La Liga Jan Oblak £308,000£308k £33,550£34k
Bundesliga Manuel Neuer £298,000£298k £26,779£27k
Premier League Gianluigi Donnarumma £250,000£250k £49,479£49k
Eredivisie Marc-André ter Stegen £232,000£232k £9,671£10k
Süper Lig Ederson £229,000£229k £19,950£20k
Saudi Pro League Édouard Mendy £170,000£170k £40,756£41k
Championship Alphonse Areola £120,000£120k £13,758£14k
Serie A Mike Maignan £109,000£109k £24,594£25k
Ligue 1 Brice Samba £102,000£102k £20,578£21k
Primeira Liga Diogo Costa £82,000£82k £7,355£7k
Scottish Premiership Sam Johnstone £78,000£78k £7,256£7k
Superleague Greece Stefan Ortega £58,000£58k £6,841£7k
Belgian Pro League Yann Sommer £49,000£49k £6,044£6k
Serie B Mattia Perin £45,000£45k £6,094£6k
Danish Superliga Diant Ramaj £43,000£43k £5,493£5k
Croatian First League Dominik Livaković £35,000£35k £2,378£2k
Liga MX Keylor Navas £29,000£29k £7,296£7k
La Liga 2 Paulo Gazzaniga £29,000£29k £4,582£5k
Major League Soccer Angus Gunn £28,000£28k £5,216£5k
Russian Premier League Igor Akinfeev £28,000£28k £10,471£10k
League One Alex McCarthy £27,000£27k £5,034£5k
Brasileirão Série A Cássio £24,000£24k £5,729£6k
J1 League Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) £20,000£20k £2,645£3k
Ekstraklasa Bartlomiej Dragowski £20,000£20k £2,314£2k
Super Liga Fernando Muslera £17,000£17k £3,207£3k
Chinese Super League Bao Yaxiong £13,000£13k £3,606£4k
Austrian Bundesliga Christian Früchtl £9,400£9k £2,221£2k
Categoría Primera A Jean £9,100£9k £3,699£4k
2. Bundesliga Marcel Schuhen £9,000£9k £4,703£5k
Ligue 2 Gautier Larsonneur £8,200£8k £2,571£3k
League Two Matthew Cox £7,900£8k £2,048£2k
Czech First League Ondřej Kolář £6,800£7k £1,182£1k
National League Ted Curd £6,600£7k £932£932
Thai League Neil Etheridge £5,900£6k £1,122£1k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Emile Doucouré £3,300£3k £1,148£1k
Indian Super League Gurpreet Singh Sandhu £3,200£3k £427£427
Eliteserien Ľubomír Belko £3,000£3k £1,145£1k
Scottish Championship Aston Oxborough £2,500£3k £787£787
A-League Filip Kurto £2,300£2k £1,190£1k
Veikkausliiga Matej Marković £1,900£2k £564£564
I-League Ryan Fulton £830£830 £191£191
Meistriliiga Marko Meerits £427£427 £160£160

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in La Liga?

Jan Oblak of Atlético Madrid, on £308,000 a week in 2026/27, or £16,016,000 a year. Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid is second on £256,000 a week.

How much do La Liga goalkeepers earn?

The average La Liga goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £33,550 a week, and the median one £19,000. Goalkeepers take 9% of what La Liga pays its players of that age.

Which La Liga club pays its goalkeepers the most?

Atlético Madrid, £329,000 a week across the 2 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Jan Oblak on £308,000.

Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in football?

Of the 42 men's leagues we rank goalkeepers in, the best-paid is Jan Oblak of Atlético Madrid in La Liga, on £308,000 a week. No league pays a goalkeeper more than La Liga does.

Where to next

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See the highest paid La Liga players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what La Liga players are paid at every age, or La Liga wage bill, club by club.