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LIGUE 2 · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Ligue 2 goalkeepers

Gautier Larsonneur is the best-paid goalkeeper in Ligue 2, on £8,200 a week at AS Saint-Étienne, or £426,400 a year. Maxime Dupé is next on £6,900 at FC Nantes. We hold wages for 64 Ligue 2 goalkeepers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £8k
AVERAGE WAGE £2,571
SHARE OF WAGE BILL8%
TOP 10 A WEEK £52k
WAGES HELD64

The 50 best-paid Ligue 2 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 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 Gautier Larsonneur £8,200£8k £426,400£426k AS Saint-Étienne 28 Goalkeeper France
2 Maxime Dupé £6,900£7k £358,800£359k FC Nantes 32 Goalkeeper France
3 Brice Maubleu £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Pau FC 35 Goalkeeper France
4 Alexandre Olliero £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Grenoble Foot 38 29 Goalkeeper France
5 Quentin Braat £4,700£5k £244,400£244k Rodez Aveyron Football 28 Goalkeeper France
6 Théo Guivarch £4,600£5k £239,200£239k Clermont Foot 63 29 Goalkeeper France
7 Simon Ngapandouetnbu £4,600£5k £239,200£239k Montpellier Hérault SC 22 Goalkeeper Cameroon
8 Adrián Ortolà £4,500£5k £234,000£234k En Avant Guingamp 31 Goalkeeper Spain
9 Enzo Basilio £3,300£3k £171,600£172k AS Nancy Lorraine 30 Goalkeeper France
10 Maxence Prévot £2,900£3k £150,800£151k USL Dunkerque 28 Goalkeeper France
11 Mamadou Sy £2,900£3k £150,800£151k FC Metz 28 Goalkeeper Senegal
12 Théo De Percin £2,600£3k £135,200£135k SC Bastia 24 Goalkeeper Martinique
13 Alexis Mirbach £2,500£3k £130,000£130k FC Nantes 20 Goalkeeper France
14 Mamadou Samassa £1,900£2k £98,800£99k Stade Lavallois MFC 35 Goalkeeper Mali
15 Mathieu Michel £1,900£2k £98,800£99k Montpellier Hérault SC 33 Goalkeeper France
16 Mehdi Jeannin £1,900£2k £98,800£99k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 34 Goalkeeper Algeria
17 Paul Delecroix £1,800£2k £93,600£94k Dijon FCO 36 Goalkeeper France
18 Teddy Bartouche £1,600£2k £83,200£83k En Avant Guingamp 28 Goalkeeper Guadeloupe
19 Ritzy Hülsmann £1,600£2k £83,200£83k Stade de Reims 21 Goalkeeper Germany
20 Esteban Salles £1,300£1k £67,600£68k Pau FC 31 Goalkeeper France
21 Jonathan Fischer £1,100£1k £57,200£57k FC Metz 23 Goalkeeper Denmark
22 Alexis Sauvage £1,080£1k £56,160£56k Stade de Reims 33 Goalkeeper France
23 Luca Pause £810£810 £42,120£42k FC Metz 19 Goalkeeper France
24 Lucas Bonelli £730£730 £37,960£38k FC Nantes 22 Goalkeeper France
25 Geoffrey Lembet £697£697 £36,244£36k AS Nancy Lorraine 36 Goalkeeper Central African Republic
26 Bobby Allain £619£619 £32,188£32k Grenoble Foot 38 33 Goalkeeper France
27 Almami Touré £515£515 £26,780£27k AS Nancy Lorraine 18 Goalkeeper France
28 Aristide Cornelis £515£515 £26,780£27k Stade de Reims 18 Goalkeeper France
29 Ousmane Ba £513£513 £26,676£27k FC Metz 23 Goalkeeper Senegal
30 Maxime Hautbois £484£484 £25,168£25k Stade Lavallois MFC 34 Goalkeeper France
31 Romain Jean-Baptiste £483£483 £25,116£25k FC Metz 19 Goalkeeper France
32 Enzo Crombez £475£475 £24,700£25k Rodez Aveyron Football 22 Goalkeeper France
33 Alexandre Pierre £461£461 £23,972£24k FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 24 Goalkeeper Haiti
34 Gaspard Franck Messobo Ambassa £455£455 £23,660£24k En Avant Guingamp 19 Goalkeeper Cameroon
35 Issiaka Touré £435£435 £22,620£23k AS Saint-Étienne 20 Goalkeeper France
36 Iheb Dams £435£435 £22,620£23k Grenoble Foot 38 19 Goalkeeper France
37 Kenzo Noël £415£415 £21,580£22k AS Nancy Lorraine 18 Goalkeeper France
38 Lou Alexandre £405£405 £21,060£21k Amiens SC 19 Goalkeeper France
39 Lucas Margueron £405£405 £21,060£21k Rodez Aveyron Football 24 Goalkeeper France
40 Massamba N'Diaye £395£395 £20,540£21k Clermont Foot 63 23 Goalkeeper Senegal
41 Mathis Delebarre £395£395 £20,540£21k Rodez Aveyron Football 18 Goalkeeper France
42 Maxime Debove £395£395 £20,540£21k Stade de Reims 19 Goalkeeper France
43 Noa Delacroix £385£385 £20,020£20k AS Saint-Étienne 19 Goalkeeper France
44 Noah Marec £385£385 £20,020£20k En Avant Guingamp 20 Goalkeeper France
45 Théo Ramousse £362£362 £18,824£19k Clermont Foot 63 20 Goalkeeper France
46 Quentin Lamy £355£355 £18,460£18k Stade Lavallois MFC 19 Goalkeeper France
47 Soumaïlla Sylla £344£344 £17,888£18k Stade de Reims 21 Goalkeeper Guinea
48 Sacha Contena £335£335 £17,420£17k SC Bastia 19 Goalkeeper France
49 Sébastien Koula Tou £335£335 £17,420£17k USL Dunkerque 20 Goalkeeper Burkina Faso
50 Tony Algarin £325£325 £16,900£17k Stade de Reims 18 Goalkeeper Haiti

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

Goalkeepers take 8% 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 goalkeepers the most

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

FC Nantes £10k AS Saint-Étienne £9,110 Pau FC £7,800 En Avant Guingamp £7,030 Montpellier Hérault SC £6,590 Grenoble Foot 38 £6,554 Rodez Aveyron Football £5,975 FC Metz £5,806 Clermont Foot 63 £5,537 AS Nancy Lorraine £4,927

FC Nantes pay 5 goalkeepers £10,330 a week between them, and Maxime Dupé takes 67% of it.

The best-paid goalkeeper at every Ligue 2 club

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

Each Ligue 2 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
AS Saint-Étienne Gautier Larsonneur £8,200£8k 1
FC Nantes Maxime Dupé £6,900£7k 2
Pau FC Brice Maubleu £6,500£7k 3
Grenoble Foot 38 Alexandre Olliero £5,500£6k 4
Rodez Aveyron Football Quentin Braat £4,700£5k 5
Montpellier Hérault SC Simon Ngapandouetnbu £4,600£5k 7
Clermont Foot 63 Théo Guivarch £4,600£5k 6
En Avant Guingamp Adrián Ortolà £4,500£5k 8
AS Nancy Lorraine Enzo Basilio £3,300£3k 9
FC Metz Mamadou Sy £2,900£3k 11
USL Dunkerque Maxence Prévot £2,900£3k 10
SC Bastia Théo De Percin £2,600£3k 12
Stade Lavallois MFC Mamadou Samassa £1,900£2k 14
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Mehdi Jeannin £1,900£2k 16
Dijon FCO Paul Delecroix £1,800£2k 17
Stade de Reims Ritzy Hülsmann £1,600£2k 19
Amiens SC Lou Alexandre £405£405 38
FC Annecy No wage held - -
Red Star FC No wage held - -
US Boulogne CO No wage held - -

The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league

42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. Ligue 2 ranks 30th.

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 2?

Gautier Larsonneur of AS Saint-Étienne, on £8,200 a week in 2026/27, or £426,400 a year. Maxime Dupé of FC Nantes is second on £6,900 a week.

How much do Ligue 2 goalkeepers earn?

The average Ligue 2 goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £2,571 a week, and the median one £1,900. Goalkeepers take 8% of what Ligue 2 pays its players of that age.

Which Ligue 2 club pays its goalkeepers the most?

FC Nantes, £10,330 a week across the 5 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Maxime Dupé on £6,900.

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 2 ranks 30th of the 42 leagues on that measure.

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