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LIGUE 1 · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Ligue 1 goalkeepers

Brice Samba is the best-paid goalkeeper in Ligue 1, on £102,000 a week at Stade Rennais FC, or £5,304,000 a year. Lucas Chevalier is next on £98,000 at Paris Saint-Germain. We hold wages for 65 Ligue 1 goalkeepers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £102k
AVERAGE WAGE £20,578
SHARE OF WAGE BILL9%
TOP 10 A WEEK £556k
WAGES HELD65

The 50 best-paid Ligue 1 goalkeepers

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 Ligue 1 in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Brice Samba £102,000£102k £5,304,000£5.3m Stade Rennais FC 31 Goalkeeper France
2 Lucas Chevalier £98,000£98k £5,096,000£5.1m Paris Saint-Germain 23 Goalkeeper France
3 Filip Jörgensen £72,000£72k £3,744,000£3.7m RC Strasbourg Alsace 23 Goalkeeper Denmark
4 Kevin Trapp £58,000£58k £3,016,000£3.0m Paris FC 35 Goalkeeper Germany
5 Lukás Hrádecký £50,000£50k £2,600,000£2.6m AS Monaco 35 Goalkeeper Finland
6 Matvey Safonov £50,000£50k £2,600,000£2.6m Paris Saint-Germain 26 Goalkeeper Russia
7 Matt Turner £49,000£49k £2,548,000£2.5m Olympique Lyonnais 31 Goalkeeper United States
8 Dominik Greif £35,000£35k £1,820,000£1.8m Olympique Lyonnais 28 Goalkeeper Slovakia
9 Anthony Lopes £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m Angers SCO 34 Goalkeeper Portugal
10 Matthieu Patouillet £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m Stade Brestois 29 21 Goalkeeper France
11 Radoslaw Majecki £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Stade Brestois 29 25 Goalkeeper Poland
12 Egil Selvik £18,000£18k £936,000£936k Stade Brestois 29 27 Goalkeeper Norway
13 Philipp Köhn £17,000£17k £884,000£884k AS Monaco 27 Goalkeeper Switzerland
14 Guillaume Restes £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Toulouse FC 20 Goalkeeper France
15 Yehvann Diouf £11,000£11k £572,000£572k OGC Nice 25 Goalkeeper Senegal
16 Jeffrey de Lange £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Olympique de Marseille 27 Goalkeeper Netherlands
17 Yvon Mvogo £10,000£10k £520,000£520k FC Lorient 31 Goalkeeper Switzerland
18 Arnaud Bodart £9,500£10k £494,000£494k LOSC Lille 27 Goalkeeper Belgium
19 Paul Nardi £9,000£9k £468,000£468k AJ Auxerre 31 Goalkeeper France
20 Rémy Descamps £7,700£8k £400,400£400k Olympique Lyonnais 29 Goalkeeper France
21 Berke Özer £7,500£8k £390,000£390k LOSC Lille 25 Goalkeeper Türkiye
22 Orlando Gill £6,800£7k £353,600£354k LOSC Lille 25 Goalkeeper Paraguay
23 Robin Risser Birckel £6,700£7k £348,400£348k RC Lens 20 Goalkeeper France
24 Obed Nkambadio £5,800£6k £301,600£302k Paris FC 22 Goalkeeper France
25 Nicolas Lemaître £4,900£5k £254,800£255k Stade Rennais FC 28 Goalkeeper France
26 Régis Gurtner £4,700£5k £244,400£244k RC Lens 38 Goalkeeper France
27 Bingourou Kamara £4,500£5k £234,000£234k FC Lorient 28 Goalkeeper Senegal
28 Benjamin Leroy £3,500£4k £182,000£182k FC Lorient 36 Goalkeeper France
29 Lionel M'pasi £3,000£3k £156,000£156k Havre AC 30 Goalkeeper Congo - Kinshasa
30 Mamadou Diop £2,900£3k £150,800£151k AJ Auxerre 25 Goalkeeper Mauritania
31 Zacharie Boucher £2,000£2k £104,000£104k ESTAC Troyes 33 Goalkeeper France
32 Mathieu Gorgelin £1,900£2k £98,800£99k RC Lens 34 Goalkeeper France
33 Yann Lienard £1,300£1k £67,600£68k AS Monaco 22 Goalkeeper France
34 Bilal Laurendon £923£923 £47,996£48k Paris Saint-Germain 19 Goalkeeper Morocco
35 Miłosz Piekutowski £913£913 £47,476£47k RC Strasbourg Alsace 19 Goalkeeper Poland
36 Ethan Schulz £891£891 £46,332£46k AS Monaco 19 Goalkeeper France
37 Lassine Diarra £845£845 £43,940£44k Olympique Lyonnais 22 Goalkeeper Mali
38 Enzo Sautereau £840£840 £43,680£44k Angers SCO 19 Goalkeeper France
39 Ibrahim Gomis £819£819 £42,588£43k Olympique de Marseille 20 Goalkeeper Morocco
40 Oumar Pona £800£800 £41,600£42k Angers SCO 19 Goalkeeper Mali
41 Paul Argney £800£800 £41,600£42k Havre AC 19 Goalkeeper France
42 Naïme Said Mchindra £785£785 £40,820£41k Toulouse FC 20 Goalkeeper Comoros
43 Marvin Dossche £784£784 £40,768£41k Stade Brestois 29 19 Goalkeeper France
44 Hugo Rauch £779£779 £40,508£41k RC Strasbourg Alsace 19 Goalkeeper France
45 Yanis Benchaouch £695£695 £36,140£36k AS Monaco 19 Goalkeeper Morocco
46 Hillel Konaté £690£690 £35,880£36k ESTAC Troyes 30 Goalkeeper Burkina Faso
47 Adam Delplace £653£653 £33,956£34k RC Lens 18 Goalkeeper France
48 Melvin Zinga £637£637 £33,124£33k Angers SCO 23 Goalkeeper France
49 Jules Stawiecki £563£563 £29,276£29k AS Monaco 18 Goalkeeper France
50 Jelle Van Neck £563£563 £29,276£29k Olympique de Marseille 21 Goalkeeper Belgium

What each position earns in Ligue 1

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

Goalkeepers £21k Defenders £28k Midfielders £30k Attackers £29k

Goalkeepers take 9% of what Ligue 1 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 Ligue 1 club, added together, a week

Paris Saint-Germain £149k Stade Rennais FC £107k Olympique Lyonnais £93k RC Strasbourg Alsace £74k AS Monaco £71k Paris FC £64k Stade Brestois 29 £60k LOSC Lille £24k Angers SCO £24k FC Lorient £18k

Paris Saint-Germain pay 3 goalkeepers £148,923 a week between them, and Lucas Chevalier takes 66% of it.

The best-paid goalkeeper at every Ligue 1 club

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

Each Ligue 1 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
Stade Rennais FC Brice Samba £102,000£102k 1
Paris Saint-Germain Lucas Chevalier £98,000£98k 2
RC Strasbourg Alsace Filip Jörgensen £72,000£72k 3
Paris FC Kevin Trapp £58,000£58k 4
AS Monaco Lukás Hrádecký £50,000£50k 5
Olympique Lyonnais Matt Turner £49,000£49k 7
Stade Brestois 29 Matthieu Patouillet £21,000£21k 10
Angers SCO Anthony Lopes £21,000£21k 9
Toulouse FC Guillaume Restes £12,000£12k 14
Olympique de Marseille Jeffrey de Lange £11,000£11k 16
OGC Nice Yehvann Diouf £11,000£11k 15
FC Lorient Yvon Mvogo £10,000£10k 17
LOSC Lille Arnaud Bodart £9,500£10k 18
AJ Auxerre Paul Nardi £9,000£9k 19
RC Lens Robin Risser Birckel £6,700£7k 23
Havre AC Lionel M'pasi £3,000£3k 29
ESTAC Troyes Zacharie Boucher £2,000£2k 31
Le Mans FC No wage held - -

The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league

42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. Ligue 1 ranks ninth.

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 Ligue 1?

Brice Samba of Stade Rennais FC, on £102,000 a week in 2026/27, or £5,304,000 a year. Lucas Chevalier of Paris Saint-Germain is second on £98,000 a week.

How much do Ligue 1 goalkeepers earn?

The average Ligue 1 goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £20,578 a week, and the median one £8,350. Goalkeepers take 9% of what Ligue 1 pays its players of that age.

Which Ligue 1 club pays its goalkeepers the most?

Paris Saint-Germain, £148,923 a week across the 3 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Lucas Chevalier on £98,000.

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. The best-paid in Ligue 1 ranks ninth of the 42 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

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