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LIGUE 2 · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Ligue 2 attackers

Téji Savanier is the best-paid attacker in Ligue 2, on £39,000 a week at FC Metz, or £2,028,000 a year. Mohamed Daramy is next on £24,000 at Stade de Reims. We hold wages for 204 Ligue 2 attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £39k
AVERAGE WAGE £4,021
SHARE OF WAGE BILL33%
TOP 10 A WEEK £163k
WAGES HELD204

The 50 best-paid Ligue 2 attackers

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 attackers in Ligue 2 in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £2,028,000£2.0m FC Metz 33 Attacking midfielder France
2 Mohamed Daramy £24,000£24k £1,248,000£1.2m Stade de Reims 23 Winger Denmark
3 Augustine Boakye £15,000£15k £780,000£780k AS Saint-Étienne 24 Attacking midfielder Ghana
4 Zuriko Davitashvili £15,000£15k £780,000£780k AS Saint-Étienne 24 Winger Georgia
5 Keito Nakamura £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Stade de Reims 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Japan
6 Ignatius Ganago £14,000£14k £728,000£728k FC Nantes 26 Striker Cameroon
7 Fodé Doucouré £13,000£13k £676,000£676k FC Nantes 24 Right-back, right winger Mali
8 Irvin Cardona £11,000£11k £572,000£572k AS Saint-Étienne 27 Winger, striker Malta
9 Mahmoud Jaber £9,000£9k £468,000£468k AS Saint-Étienne 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Israel
10 Killian Corredor £8,000£8k £416,000£416k FC Nantes 24 Attacking midfielder, striker France
11 Oumar Diakité £7,800£8k £405,600£406k Stade de Reims 21 Striker Côte d’Ivoire
12 Adrien Lebeau £7,500£8k £390,000£390k USL Dunkerque 26 Attacking midfielder, striker France
13 Yaya Kader Fofana £7,300£7k £379,600£380k Stade de Reims 21 Attacking midfielder Mali
14 Yassine Benhattab £6,300£6k £327,600£328k FC Nantes 22 Attacking midfielder France
15 Ilyes Housni £6,100£6k £317,200£317k AS Nancy Lorraine 20 Left winger, striker France
16 Meissa Bâ £5,800£6k £301,600£302k AS Nancy Lorraine 28 Striker Senegal
17 Adrien Hunou £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Clermont Foot 63 31 Attacking midfielder France
18 Antoine Joujou £5,500£6k £286,000£286k FC Nantes 22 Winger France
19 Jessy Benet £5,100£5k £265,200£265k Pau FC 30 Attacking midfielder France
20 Don Deedson £5,000£5k £260,000£260k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 24 Right winger, striker Haiti
21 Mathieu Cafaro £4,900£5k £254,800£255k FC Nantes 28 Winger France
22 Mathis Clairicia £4,900£5k £254,800£255k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 22 Left winger, striker France
23 Bouna Sarr £4,500£5k £234,000£234k FC Metz 33 Right-back, right winger Senegal
24 Boubacar Fofana £4,500£5k £234,000£234k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 26 Winger, striker France
25 Florian Bianchini £4,300£4k £223,600£224k Clermont Foot 63 24 Winger, striker France
26 Nordine Kandil £3,900£4k £202,800£203k AS Nancy Lorraine 23 Attacking midfielder Morocco
27 Thierno Ballo £3,600£4k £187,200£187k AS Saint-Étienne 23 Attacking midfielder Austria
28 Thomas Robinet £3,600£4k £187,200£187k FC Nantes 28 Attacking midfielder, striker France
29 Aboubakary Kanté £3,500£4k £182,000£182k USL Dunkerque 30 Striker Gambia
30 Amine Hemia £3,500£4k £182,000£182k En Avant Guingamp 27 Attacking midfielder France
31 Victor Lobry £3,500£4k £182,000£182k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 30 Attacking midfielder France
32 Yohan Demoncy £3,300£3k £171,600£172k Stade de Reims 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
33 Gautier Ott £3,200£3k £166,400£166k En Avant Guingamp 23 Left winger France
34 Julio Tavares £3,100£3k £161,200£161k Dijon FCO 36 Striker Cape Verde
35 Julien Maggiotti £3,100£3k £161,200£161k Stade Lavallois MFC 29 Attacking midfielder France
36 Lucas Bernadou £3,000£3k £156,000£156k Grenoble Foot 38 24 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
37 Zakaria Fdaouch £3,000£3k £156,000£156k AS Nancy Lorraine 28 Attacking midfielder, striker France
38 Lorenzo Rajot £3,000£3k £156,000£156k Pau FC 27 Attacking midfielder France
39 Maidine Douane £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Clermont Foot 63 22 Attacking midfielder France
40 Michaël Barreto £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Dijon FCO 34 Attacking midfielder France
41 Mamady Bangré £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Grenoble Foot 38 24 Winger Burkina Faso
42 Sambou Soumano £2,600£3k £135,200£135k Stade de Reims 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Senegal
43 Ugo Bonnet £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Grenoble Foot 38 31 Attacking midfielder, striker France
44 Benjamin Gomel £2,500£3k £130,000£130k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 27 Attacking midfielder France
45 Giovani Versini £2,200£2k £114,400£114k Pau FC 21 Winger France
46 Godson Kyeremeh £2,200£2k £114,400£114k Red Star FC 25 Winger France
47 Jakob Breum £2,100£2k £109,200£109k AS Saint-Étienne 21 Attacking midfielder Denmark
48 Jérémy Hatchi £2,100£2k £109,200£109k Montpellier Hérault SC 20 Winger France
49 Jérémy Sebas £2,100£2k £109,200£109k Pau FC 22 Left winger Martinique
50 Julien Vetro £2,100£2k £109,200£109k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 21 Attacking midfielder France

What each position earns in Ligue 2

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

Goalkeepers £2,571 Defenders £4,556 Midfielders £4,966 Attackers £4,021

Attackers take 33% of what Ligue 2 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 attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Ligue 2 club, added together, a week

Stade de Reims £63k FC Nantes £59k AS Saint-Étienne £58k FC Metz £50k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard £27k AS Nancy Lorraine £24k Clermont Foot 63 £19k Pau FC £17k Grenoble Foot 38 £16k USL Dunkerque £15k

Stade de Reims pay 13 attackers £62,779 a week between them, and Mohamed Daramy takes 38% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Ligue 2 club

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

Each Ligue 2 club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
FC Metz Téji Savanier £39,000£39k 1
Stade de Reims Mohamed Daramy £24,000£24k 2
AS Saint-Étienne Augustine Boakye £15,000£15k 3
FC Nantes Ignatius Ganago £14,000£14k 6
USL Dunkerque Adrien Lebeau £7,500£8k 12
AS Nancy Lorraine Ilyes Housni £6,100£6k 15
Clermont Foot 63 Adrien Hunou £5,500£6k 17
Pau FC Jessy Benet £5,100£5k 19
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Don Deedson £5,000£5k 20
En Avant Guingamp Amine Hemia £3,500£4k 30
Dijon FCO Julio Tavares £3,100£3k 34
Stade Lavallois MFC Julien Maggiotti £3,100£3k 35
Grenoble Foot 38 Lucas Bernadou £3,000£3k 36
Red Star FC Godson Kyeremeh £2,200£2k 46
Montpellier Hérault SC Jérémy Hatchi £2,100£2k 48
Rodez Aveyron Football Kenny Nagera £2,000£2k 51
SC Bastia Félix Tomi £856£856 74
Amiens SC Driss Kembo £485£485 116
FC Annecy No wage held - -
US Boulogne CO No wage held - -

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. Ligue 2 ranks 27th.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in Ligue 2?

Téji Savanier of FC Metz, on £39,000 a week in 2026/27, or £2,028,000 a year. Mohamed Daramy of Stade de Reims is second on £24,000 a week.

How much do Ligue 2 attackers earn?

The average Ligue 2 attacker aged 22 or over earns £4,021 a week, and the median one £2,500. Attackers take 33% of what Ligue 2 pays its players of that age.

Which Ligue 2 club pays its attackers the most?

Stade de Reims, £62,779 a week across the 13 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Mohamed Daramy on £24,000.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in Ligue 2 ranks 27th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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See the highest paid Ligue 2 players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Ligue 2 players are paid at every age, or Ligue 2 wage bill, club by club.