Highest paid player at every Ligue 1 club
One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Ousmane Dembélé of Paris Saint-Germain leads on £332,000 a week. At the other end, ESTAC Troyes pays its own best paid player, Renaud Ripart, £9,000 — a gap of 37×.
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
17 of the 18 clubs we track are ranked, one row each. We hold no wage for any player at the other one, so it sits under the table rather than being ranked on a figure we do not have. Tap a column heading to re-rank
| # | CLUB | TOP EARNER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | CLUB WEEKLY BILL | WAGES HELD | SHARE OF BILL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  | Ousmane Dembélé | £332,000 | £17,264,000 | 28 | AM RL, ST | £2.9m | 40/83 | 11% |
| 02 |  | Séko Fofana | £139,000 | £7,228,000 | 30 | DM | £842k | 42/78 | 17% |
| 03 |  | Ansu Fati | £138,000 | £7,176,000 | 22 | AM LC, F C | £1m | 49/83 | 14% |
| 04 |  | Loïs Openda | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | 25 | AM LC, F C | £769k | 43/82 | 13% |
| 05 |  | Geoffrey Kondogbia | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | 32 | D C, DM | £649k | 47/83 | 14% |
| 06 |  | Filip Jörgensen | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | 23 | GK | £416k | 41/85 | 17% |
| 07 |  | Tanguy Nianzou | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | 23 | D C, DM | £441k | 42/79 | 15% |
| 08 |  | Kevin Trapp | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 35 | GK | £374k | 36/77 | 16% |
| 09 |  | Terem Moffi | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | 26 | ST | £338k | 33/72 | 15% |
| 10 |  | Amadou Haïdara | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 27 | DM | £349k | 35/69 | 13% |
| 11 |  | Branco van den Boomen | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 29 | DM | £246k | 32/63 | 17% |
| 12 |  | Amir Richardson | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 23 | DM | £158k | 32/80 | 25% |
| 13 |  | Romain Faivre | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 27 | AM RC | £229k | 35/80 | 14% |
| 14 |  | Lucas Tousart | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 28 | DM | £259k | 42/82 | 10% |
| 15 |  | Mark McKenzie | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 26 | D C | £114k | 34/73 | 22% |
| 16 |  | Souleymane Faye | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 22 | AM RL, ST | £152k | 31/78 | 14% |
| 17 |  | Renaud Ripart | £9,000 | £468,000 | 32 | AM RL, ST | £51k | 38/73 | 18% |
Clubs with no wage on record
1 club here has no player we hold a wage for, so it has no top earner to rank. Squads, and any wage we do add, show on the club pages.
Frequently asked questions
Ligue 1 club top earners
Which Ligue 1 club pays the biggest single wage?
Paris Saint-Germain. Ousmane Dembélé earns £332,000 per week there, £17,264,000 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.
Which Ligue 1 club has the lowest paid top earner?
ESTAC Troyes, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Renaud Ripart on £9,000 per week. Paris Saint-Germain pays 37 times that for its own top earner.
Which Ligue 1 club leans hardest on one player?
Havre AC. Amir Richardson takes 25% of the £157,705 a week the club pays across the 32 squad members we hold a wage for.
How many Ligue 1 clubs are on this list?
17 of the 18 clubs we track are ranked, one row each. We hold no wage for any player at the other one, so it sits under the table rather than being ranked on a figure we do not have.