Highest paid players from Burkina Faso
Edmond Tapsoba is the best paid player from Burkina Faso at £85,000 a week. We hold a wage for 32 of the 40 players in the squads we track who give Burkina Faso, and they earn £318,307 a week between them, across 19 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Burkina Faso
The eleven highest-paid players from Burkina Faso that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Hervé Koffi £13,000 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
- D Edmond Tapsoba £85,000 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- D Nasser Djiga £39,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers
- D Issa Kaboré £21,000 Manchester City
- D Adamo Nagalo £20,000 PSV Eindhoven
- M Sacha Bansé £5,600 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- M Abdoul Guiebré £3,500 Ascoli Calcio 1898
- M Ismahila Ouédraogo £3,100 Odense Boldklub
- A Dango Ouattara £77,000 Brentford
- A Cyriaque Irié Bi £22,000 Sport-Club Freiburg
- A Mohamed Konaté £5,900 Akhmat Grozny
Combined £295,100 per week · £15,345,200 per year
Highest paid from Burkina Faso
Top 32 by weekly wage — 100% of every Burkina Faso wage we hold. Sortable.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | CLUB | LEAGUE | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Edmond Tapsoba | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 26 | D C |
| 02 | Dango Ouattara | £77,000 | £4,004,000 | Brentford | Premier League | 23 | AM RL, ST |
| 03 | Nasser Djiga | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Championship | 22 | D C |
| 04 | Cyriaque Irié Bi | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Sport-Club Freiburg | Bundesliga | 20 | AM RL |
| 05 | Issa Kaboré | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Manchester City | Premier League | 24 | D/WB RL |
| 06 | Adamo Nagalo | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Eredivisie | 22 | D RC |
| 07 | Hervé Koffi | £13,000 | £676,000 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Belgian Pro League | 28 | GK |
| 08 | Mohamed Konaté | £5,900 | £306,800 | Akhmat Grozny | Russian Premier League | 27 | ST |
| 09 | Sacha Bansé | £5,600 | £291,200 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | DM |
| 10 | Abdoul Guiebré | £3,500 | £182,000 | Ascoli Calcio 1898 | Serie B | 27 | D/WB/M L |
| 11 | Ismahila Ouédraogo | £3,100 | £161,200 | Odense Boldklub | Danish Superliga | 25 | DM |
| 12 | Mamady Bangré | £2,900 | £150,800 | Grenoble Foot 38 | Ligue 2 | 24 | AM RL |
| 13 | Abdoul Kader Ouattara | £2,500 | £130,000 | KSV Cercle Brugge | Belgian Pro League | 20 | AM RL, ST |
| 14 | Kilian Nikiéma | £2,000 | £104,000 | ADO Den Haag | Eredivisie | 22 | GK |
| 15 | Pierre Kaboré | £1,800 | £93,600 | MHDN FC | I-League | 24 | AM RL, ST |
| 16 | Ousséni Bouda | £1,800 | £93,600 | San Jose Earthquakes | Major League Soccer | 25 | AM RL, ST |
| 17 | Fayçal Konaté | £1,300 | £67,600 | MFK Karviná | Czech First League | 18 | ST |
| 18 | Georgi Minoungou | £1,200 | £62,400 | Colorado Rapids | Major League Soccer | 22 | AM RL, ST |
| 19 | Ismaël Seoné | £961 | £49,972 | FK Haugesund | Eliteserien | 20 | ST |
| 20 | Abdul Ayindé | £920 | £47,840 | Jong KAA Gent | Belgian Challenger Pro League | 19 | D L |
| 21 | Nassim Innocenti | £900 | £46,800 | FK Jablonec | Czech First League | 23 | D LC |
| 22 | Mazou Bambara | £882 | £45,864 | Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol | Austrian Bundesliga | 22 | AM/F C |
| 23 | Mohamed Ouédraogo | £882 | £45,864 | Olympique Lyonnais | Ligue 1 | 22 | D/WB/M L |
| 24 | Pierre Ismaelo Ganiou | £800 | £41,600 | RC Lens | Ligue 1 | 20 | D C |
| 25 | Souleymane Alio | £750 | £39,000 | Football Club Nordsjælland | Danish Superliga | 18 | ST |
| 26 | Hillel Konaté | £690 | £35,880 | ESTAC Troyes | Ligue 1 | 30 | GK |
| 27 | Jean Botué | £569 | £29,588 | FC Inter Turku | Veikkausliiga | 22 | ST |
| 28 | Salif Tietietta | £557 | £28,964 | Sportclub Rheindorf Altach | Austrian Bundesliga | 20 | AM/F C |
| 29 | Martin Nogoto | £533 | £27,716 | FC Lorient | Ligue 1 | 19 | AM C |
| 30 | Seydou Fofana | £481 | £25,012 | Santa Clara | Primeira Liga | 17 | DM |
| 31 | Rachide Gnanou | £447 | £23,244 | IF Gnistan | Veikkausliiga | 20 | D C |
| 32 | Sébastien Koula Tou | £335 | £17,420 | USL Dunkerque | Ligue 2 | 20 | GK |
Where Burkina Faso players play
Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them
What each position earns
Average weekly wage, and share of the Burkina Faso wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for
Peak earning years
Average weekly wage by age band
Clubs with the most Burkina Faso players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Burkina Faso
Who is the highest paid footballer from Burkina Faso?
Edmond Tapsoba of Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the highest paid player from Burkina Faso in our data, on £85,000 per week (£4,420,000 per year).
How much do players from Burkina Faso earn?
The 20 players from Burkina Faso aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for earn £14,336 per week on average. The median is £3,000 — lower, because a small number of very large contracts pull the average up. Squad lists here run down to academy age, so the average is taken over senior players only.
Which league has the most players from Burkina Faso?
Ligue 1 has the most, with 4 players from Burkina Faso on wages we hold, ahead of the Bundesliga on 2.
How many players from Burkina Faso do you cover?
40 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Burkina Faso, and we hold a weekly wage for 32 of them (80%). Figures are club wages — this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Burkina Faso?
ADO Den Haag, with 1 player from Burkina Faso in its current squad.
Every player from Burkina Faso
11 with a page of their own, A-Z — including players we hold no current club for