LIGUE 1 · TOP 100
Highest paid Ligue 1 players
Ousmane Dembélé leads on £332,000 per week. These 100 players take £6,713,000 a week between them - 74% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 631 of the 1,346 players in Ligue 1.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £6.7m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL74%
MEDIAN AGE26
MOST IN THE LIST18 Paris Saint-Germain
Where the top 100 play
Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes
Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rank #1 £332k #10 £138k #100 £25k
Ousmane Dembélé earns 2.4× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 13× the 100th. Half of the £6.7m a week on this page goes to the first 22 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ousmane Dembélé | £332,000 | £17,264,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 28 | AM RL, ST |
| 02 | Lucas Hernández | £316,000 | £16,432,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 29 | D LC |
| 03 | Marquinhos | £279,000 | £14,508,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Brazil | 31 | D C, DM |
| 04 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | £272,000 | £14,144,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Georgia | 24 | AM LC |
| 05 | Achraf Hakimi | £242,000 | £12,584,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Morocco | 26 | D/WB/M R |
| 06 | Ferran Torres | £166,000 | £8,632,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Spain | 25 | AM RL, ST |
| 07 | Fabián | £151,000 | £7,852,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Spain | 29 | DM, AM C |
| 08 | João Neves | £151,000 | £7,852,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Portugal | 20 | DM |
| 09 | Warren Zaïre-Emery | £140,000 | £7,280,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 19 | D/WB R, DM |
| 10 | Ansu Fati | £138,000 | £7,176,000 | AS Monaco | Spain | 22 | AM LC, F C |
| 11 | Lucas Digne | £135,000 | £7,020,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 31 | D/WB L |
| 12 | Nuno Mendes | £128,000 | £6,656,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Portugal | 23 | D/WB L |
| 13 | Vitinha | £108,000 | £5,616,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Portugal | 25 | DM |
| 14 | Illia Zabarnyi | £104,000 | £5,408,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Ukraine | 22 | D C |
| 15 | Brice Samba | £102,000 | £5,304,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 31 | GK |
| 16 | Alexandr Golovin | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | AS Monaco | Russia | 29 | AM LC |
| 17 | Loïs Openda | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Belgium | 25 | AM LC, F C |
| 18 | Folarin Balogun | £98,000 | £5,096,000 | AS Monaco | United States | 24 | ST |
| 19 | Lucas Chevalier | £98,000 | £5,096,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 23 | GK |
| 20 | Geoffrey Kondogbia | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | Olympique de Marseille | Central African Republic | 32 | D C, DM |
| 21 | Corentin Tolisso | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | France | 30 | DM, AM C |
| 22 | Eric Dier | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | AS Monaco | England | 31 | D C, DM |
| 23 | Valentin Rongier | £77,000 | £4,004,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 30 | DM |
| 24 | Jean-Clair Todibo | £75,000 | £3,900,000 | RC Lens | France | 25 | D C |
| 25 | Takumi Minamino | £73,000 | £3,796,000 | AS Monaco | Japan | 30 | AM RLC |
| 26 | Filip Jörgensen | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | RC Strasbourg Alsace | Denmark | 23 | GK |
| 27 | Willian Pacho | £71,000 | £3,692,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Ecuador | 23 | D LC |
| 28 | Denis Zakaria | £67,000 | £3,484,000 | AS Monaco | Switzerland | 28 | DM |
| 29 | Tanguy Nianzou | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | LOSC Lille | France | 23 | D C, DM |
| 30 | Dilane Bakwa | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | LOSC Lille | France | 22 | AM RL |
| 31 | Clément Grenier | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 29 | DM, M (C) |
| 32 | Conrad Harder | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | RC Strasbourg Alsace | Denmark | 20 | AM RL, ST |
| 33 | Moussa Niakhaté | £59,000 | £3,068,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Senegal | 29 | D C |
| 34 | Kevin Trapp | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | Paris FC | Germany | 35 | GK |
| 35 | Igor Paixão | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | Olympique de Marseille | Brazil | 25 | AM RL, ST |
| 36 | Amine Gouiri | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | Olympique de Marseille | Algeria | 25 | AM L, ST |
| 37 | Beraldo (Lucas Lopes Beraldo) | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Brazil | 21 | D C |
| 38 | Amine Harit | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | Olympique de Marseille | Morocco | 28 | AM RLC |
| 39 | Ernest Nuamah | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Ghana | 21 | AM RL |
| 40 | Mohammed Salisu | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | AS Monaco | Ghana | 26 | D C |
| 41 | Lukás Hrádecký | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | AS Monaco | Finland | 35 | GK |
| 42 | Matvey Safonov | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | Russia | 26 | GK |
| 43 | Neal Maupay | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Olympique de Marseille | France | 28 | ST |
| 44 | Nicolás Tagliafico | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Argentina | 32 | D/WB/M L |
| 45 | Matt Turner | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | United States | 31 | GK |
| 46 | Benjamin André | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | LOSC Lille | France | 34 | DM |
| 47 | Sofiane Diop | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | OGC Nice | Morocco | 25 | AM RLC |
| 48 | Vanderson | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | AS Monaco | Brazil | 24 | D/WB/M R |
| 49 | Moses Simon | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | Paris FC | Nigeria | 30 | AM L |
| 50 | Désiré Doué | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 20 | AM RLC |
| 51 | Dário Essugo | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | RC Strasbourg Alsace | Portugal | 20 | DM |
| 52 | Boulaye Dia | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | Stade Rennais FC | Senegal | 28 | AM/F C |
| 53 | Amadou Haïdara | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | RC Lens | Mali | 27 | DM |
| 54 | Elye Wahi | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | OGC Nice | France | 22 | ST |
| 55 | Ludovic Blas | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 27 | AM RC |
| 56 | Branco van den Boomen | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Angers SCO | Netherlands | 29 | DM |
| 57 | Morgan Sanson | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | OGC Nice | France | 30 | AM C |
| 58 | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Olympique de Marseille | Denmark | 29 | DM |
| 59 | Giovanni Reyna | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | RC Strasbourg Alsace | United States | 22 | AM RLC |
| 60 | Eliezer Mayenda | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Stade Rennais FC | Spain | 20 | AM R, ST |
| 61 | Mahdi Camara | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 27 | AM C |
| 62 | Jonathan Clauss | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | OGC Nice | France | 32 | D/WB/M R |
| 63 | Amir Richardson | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | Havre AC | Morocco | 23 | DM |
| 64 | Timothy Weah | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | Olympique de Marseille | United States | 25 | D/WB R, AM RL |
| 65 | Haris Belkebla | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | Angers SCO | Algeria | 31 | DM |
| 66 | Clinton Mata | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Angola | 32 | D RC |
| 67 | Anthony Rouault | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 24 | D RC |
| 68 | Dominik Greif | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Slovakia | 28 | GK |
| 69 | Przemyslaw Frankowski | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Stade Rennais FC | Poland | 30 | D/WB RL |
| 70 | Romain Faivre | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | AJ Auxerre | France | 27 | AM RC |
| 71 | Angel Gomes | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Olympique de Marseille | England | 24 | DM, AM C |
| 72 | Tanner Tessmann | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | United States | 23 | DM |
| 73 | Sékou Mara | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | RC Strasbourg Alsace | France | 22 | ST |
| 74 | Sékou Mara | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | RC Strasbourg Alsace | France | 22 | ST |
| 75 | Esteban Lepaul | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 25 | AM/F C |
| 76 | Carlens Arcus | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Angers SCO | Haiti | 29 | D/WB R |
| 77 | Jordan Teze | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | AS Monaco | Netherlands | 25 | D RC, DM |
| 78 | Mohamed Amoura | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | OGC Nice | Algeria | 25 | AM L, ST |
| 79 | Zachary Athekame | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Switzerland | 20 | D/WB R |
| 80 | Jordan Lefort | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Angers SCO | France | 31 | D LC |
| 81 | Axel Witsel | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | OGC Nice | Belgium | 36 | D C, DM |
| 82 | Nayef Aguerd | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Olympique de Marseille | Morocco | 29 | D C |
| 83 | Franjo Ivanović | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | RC Lens | Croatia | 21 | AM L, ST |
| 84 | Odsonne Édouard | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | RC Lens | Haiti | 27 | AM L, ST |
| 85 | Saud Abdulhamid | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | RC Lens | Saudi Arabia | 25 | D/WB R |
| 86 | Mika Biereth | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | AS Monaco | Denmark | 22 | ST |
| 87 | Maxime Lopez | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Paris FC | France | 27 | DM, AM C |
| 88 | Arnaud Nordin | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Stade Rennais FC | France | 27 | AM RLC |
| 89 | Jim Allevinah | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Angers SCO | Gabon | 30 | WB R, AM RL |
| 90 | Olivier Giroud | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | LOSC Lille | France | 38 | ST |
| 91 | Hamza Igamane | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | LOSC Lille | Morocco | 22 | ST |
| 92 | Abner Vinicius | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Brazil | 25 | D/WB L |
| 93 | Diego Coppola | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Paris FC | Italy | 21 | D C |
| 94 | Thorgan Hazard | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | RC Lens | Belgium | 32 | AM LC, F C |
| 95 | Florian Thauvin | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | RC Lens | France | 32 | AM RC, F C |
| 96 | Cameron Archer | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | AJ Auxerre | England | 23 | ST |
| 97 | Niels Nkounkou | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | OGC Nice | France | 24 | D/WB/M L |
| 98 | Luca Koleosho | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Paris FC | Italy | 20 | AM RLC, F C |
| 99 | Lucas Tousart | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Stade Brestois 29 | France | 28 | DM |
| 100 | Mark McKenzie | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Toulouse FC | United States | 26 | D C |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in Ligue 1?
Ousmane Dembélé of Paris Saint-Germain, on £332,000 per week — £17,264,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Ligue 1 players earn between them?
£6,713,000 per week and £349,076,000 per year, which is 74% of the entire Ligue 1 wage bill.
Which Ligue 1 club has the most players in the top 100?
Paris Saint-Germain, with 18 of them, paying £2,847,000 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£25,000 per week — that is what Mark McKenzie earns in 100th place.