MEISTRILIIGA · TOP 100

Highest paid Meistriliiga players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in the Meistriliiga?

Rauno Sappinen of FC Flora Tallinn, on £1,700 per week — £88,400 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 Meistriliiga players earn between them?

£20,339 per week and £1,057,628 per year, which is 78% of the entire Meistriliiga wage bill.

Q: Which Meistriliiga club has the most players in the top 100?

FC Flora Tallinn, with 17 of them, paying £4,419 a week across those players.

Q: What does it take to make the top 100?

£100 per week — that is what Tanel Lang earns in 100th place.

Rauno Sappinen leads on £1,700 per week. These 100 players take £20,339 a week between them - 78% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 191 of the 289 players in the Meistriliiga.

TOP 100 WEEKLY £20k

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL78%

MEDIAN AGE25

MOST IN THE LIST22 JK Narva Trans

Meistriliiga league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

FC Flora Tallinn 17 £4k

Paide Linnameeskond 15 £4k

FCI Levadia Tallinn 16 £4k

JK Narva Trans 22 £3k

Nõmme Kalju FC 10 £2k

Pärnu JK Vaprus 6 £1k

FC Kuressaare 7 £977

JK Tammeka Tartu 4 £860

JK Tallinna Kalev 2 £455

Harju JK Laagri 1 £129

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 39 £6k

23-26 21 £4k

27-30 23 £7k

Over 30 17 £4k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 £2k #10 £320 #100 £100

Rauno Sappinen earns 5.3× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 17× the 100th. Half of the £20k a week on this page goes to the first 27 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Rauno Sappinen	£1,700	£88,400	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	29	AM/F C
02	Robert Kirss	£788	£40,976	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	30	ST
03	Modou Tambedou	£484	£25,168	Nõmme Kalju FC	Senegal	22	D C, DM
04	Bubacarr Trawally	£450	£23,400	Paide Linnameeskond	Gambia	30	AM RL, ST
05	Daniel Cabral	£444	£23,088	Paide Linnameeskond	Brazil	23	DM
06	Marko Meerits	£427	£22,204	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	33	GK
07	Henri Anier	£390	£20,280	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	34	ST
08	Ilja Antonov	£347	£18,044	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	32	DM
09	João Pedro	£337	£17,524	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Brazil	23	AM C
10	Muhammed Hydara	£320	£16,640	JK Tammeka Tartu	Gambia	20	AM C

11	Nikita Baranov	£318	£16,536	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	32	D RC
12	Karl Andre Vallner	£306	£15,912	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	27	GK
13	Mark Oliver Roosnupp	£297	£15,444	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	28	AM RLC
14	Michael Lilander	£294	£15,288	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	28	D/WB RL
15	Ats Purje	£288	£14,976	JK Tallinna Kalev	Estonia	39	AM RL, ST
16	Mark Anders Lepik	£285	£14,820	Pärnu JK Vaprus	Estonia	24	AM RL, ST
17	Sergei Zenjov	£280	£14,560	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	36	AM R, ST
18	German Slein	£278	£14,456	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	29	DM
19	Danil Kuraksin	£273	£14,196	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	22	AM RL
20	Kauã Davi	£273	£14,196	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Brazil	21	D C
21	Martin Miller	£273	£14,196	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	27	AM LC
22	Frank Liivak	£263	£13,676	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	29	AM RL
23	Siim Luts	£259	£13,468	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	36	AM LC
24	Tanel Tammik	£252	£13,104	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	23	D LC
25	Enock Otoo	£252	£13,104	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Ghana	21	AM LC, F C
26	Hindrek Ojamaa	£240	£12,480	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	30	D/WB R
27	Vladislav Kreida	£238	£12,376	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	25	DM
28	Gerdo Juhkam	£230	£11,960	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	31	D C
29	Reio Laabus	£225	£11,700	JK Tammeka Tartu	Estonia	35	AM/F C
30	Rasmus Peetson	£219	£11,388	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	30	D RC, DM
31	Aleksandr Nikolajev	£219	£11,388	Nõmme Kalju FC	Estonia	22	D/WB L
32	Willian	£219	£11,388	Paide Linnameeskond	Brazil	20	AM RLC
33	Magnus Karofeld	£216	£11,232	FC Kuressaare	Estonia	28	GK
34	Richard Aland	£215	£11,180	JK Tammeka Tartu	Estonia	31	GK
35	Kevin Aloe	£210	£10,920	Pärnu JK Vaprus	Estonia	30	D L
36	Kaur Kivila	£198	£10,296	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	21	GK
37	Edgar Tur	£190	£9,880	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	28	D/WB/M R
38	Rauno Alliku	£186	£9,672	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	35	AM R, ST
39	Henrik Ojamaa	£186	£9,672	Paide Linnameeskond	Estonia	34	AM RL, ST
40	Marco Lukka	£180	£9,360	FC Kuressaare	Estonia	28	D LC

41	Bubacarr Tambedou	£176	£9,152	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Gambia	23	AM RL, ST
42	Daniil Tarassenkov	£176	£9,152	Nõmme Kalju FC	Estonia	22	AM R
43	Roko Vukušić	£176	£9,152	Nõmme Kalju FC	Croatia	21	D C
44	Henri Perk	£176	£9,152	Nõmme Kalju FC	Estonia	25	GK
45	Michael Udebuluzor	£167	£8,684	JK Tallinna Kalev	Hong Kong	21	AM R, ST
46	Kevin Kauber	£167	£8,684	Pärnu JK Vaprus	Estonia	30	AM R, ST
47	Artjom Skinjov	£166	£8,632	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	29	D/WB L
48	Marko Lipp	£158	£8,216	Pärnu JK Vaprus	Estonia	26	D C
49	Tristan Teeväli	£153	£7,956	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	22	DM
50	Josué Doké	£145	£7,540	JK Narva Trans	Togo	21	AM R, ST
51	Shalva Burjanadze	£145	£7,540	JK Narva Trans	Georgia	26	D C
52	Andreas Vaher	£143	£7,436	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	21	D C, DM
53	Mihhail Kolobov	£143	£7,436	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	20	D C
54	Uku Kõrre	£143	£7,436	Nõmme Kalju FC	Estonia	25	D RLC
55	Kristjan Kask	£143	£7,436	Nõmme Kalju FC	Estonia	26	AM C
56	Maksim Pavlov	£143	£7,436	Nõmme Kalju FC	Russia	21	GK
57	Ebrima Jarju	£143	£7,436	Paide Linnameeskond	Gambia	27	GK
58	Maksim Kalimullin	£136	£7,072	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	19	ST
59	Maksim Podholjuzin	£136	£7,072	Nõmme Kalju FC	Estonia	32	D LC
60	Pavel Dõmov	£132	£6,864	FC Kuressaare	Estonia	31	DM
61	Karl-Romet Nõmm	£132	£6,864	FC Kuressaare	Estonia	27	GK
62	Usalifa Indi	£129	£6,708	Harju JK Laagri	Guinea-Bissau	25	DM, AM C
63	Cristian Campagna	£129	£6,708	JK Narva Trans	Canada	23	D C
64	Mihhail Orlov	£129	£6,708	Nõmme Kalju FC	Estonia	21	ST
65	Markkus Seppik	£123	£6,396	Pärnu JK Vaprus	Estonia	24	D C
66	Robert Veering	£122	£6,344	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	19	D LC
67	Alexandre (Alexandre Lopes Gomes)	£122	£6,344	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Brazil	22	DM
68	Sander Sinilaid	£117	£6,084	FC Kuressaare	Estonia	34	M C
69	Tristan Pajo	£114	£5,928	Pärnu JK Vaprus	Estonia	19	AM C
70	Victor Hugo	£106	£5,512	Paide Linnameeskond	Brazil	23	D C

71	Sander Tovstik	£100	£5,200	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	19	D/WB L
72	Evert Grünvald	£100	£5,200	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	24	GK
73	Taaniel Usta	£100	£5,200	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	22	ST
74	Kristen Lapa	£100	£5,200	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	25	GK
75	Oscar Pihela	£100	£5,200	FC Flora Tallinn	Estonia	18	D C
76	Houd Boukhelkhal	£100	£5,200	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	19	ST
77	Gregor Lehtmets	£100	£5,200	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	21	AM/F C
78	Alexandr Zakarlyuka	£100	£5,200	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Russia	30	AM LC
79	Oliver Ani	£100	£5,200	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Estonia	26	GK
80	Wendell	£100	£5,200	FCI Levadia Tallinn	Brazil	21	ST
81	Gregor Rõivassepp	£100	£5,200	FC Kuressaare	Estonia	19	ST
82	Deivid Andreas	£100	£5,200	FC Kuressaare	Estonia	23	AM C
83	Denis Sibul	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	19	D C
84	Ahmad Gero	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Nigeria	26	ST
85	Mark Maksimkin	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	22	DM
86	Denis Polyakov	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Russia	33	DM
87	Daniil Pareiko	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	20	GK
88	Murad Velijev	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Azerbaijan	23	WB/AM R
89	Stanislav Agaptšev	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	19	DM
90	Mykhaylo Kozhushko	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Ukraine	19	ST
91	Oleg Gonsevich	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Russia	20	D R
92	Aleksandr Jegorov	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	19	DM
93	Viktor Kudriashov	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Russia	19	AM L
94	Aleksandr Ivanjušin	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	29	D R
95	Elysée	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Côte d’Ivoire	35	DM, M RC
96	Valeri Shantenkov	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	18	D C
97	Eriks Santos	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Brazil	29	D LC
98	Harvey Rowe	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	England	21	D RC
99	Aleksander Filatov	£100	£5,200	JK Narva Trans	Estonia	21	D/WB L, DM
100	Tanel Lang	£100	£5,200	JK Tammeka Tartu	Estonia	29	DM

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in the Meistriliiga?

Rauno Sappinen of FC Flora Tallinn, on £1,700 per week — £88,400 a year.

How much do the top 100 Meistriliiga players earn between them?

£20,339 per week and £1,057,628 per year, which is 78% of the entire Meistriliiga wage bill.

Which Meistriliiga club has the most players in the top 100?

FC Flora Tallinn, with 17 of them, paying £4,419 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

£100 per week — that is what Tanel Lang earns in 100th place.