Highest paid players from Croatia
Joško Gvardiol is the best paid player from Croatia at £200,000 a week. We hold a wage for 273 of the 559 players in the squads we track who give Croatia, and they earn £2,301,065 a week between them, across 28 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Croatia
The eleven highest-paid players from Croatia that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Ivo Grbic £41,000 Sheffield United
- D Joško Gvardiol £200,000 Manchester City
- D Josip Stanišic £99,000 FC Bayern München
- D Borna Sosa £53,000 Crystal Palace
- D Marin Pongracic £44,000 ACF Fiorentina
- M Mateo Kovacic £165,000 Manchester City
- M Luka Modric £108,000 AC Milan
- M Petar Sučić £45,000 Inter Milan
- A Andrej Kramaric £86,000 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
- A Mario Pašalic £60,000 Atalanta
- A Lovro Majer £50,000 AEK Athens
Combined £951,000 per week · £49,452,000 per year
Highest paid from Croatia
Top 50 by weekly wage — 81% of every Croatia wage we hold. Sortable.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | CLUB | LEAGUE | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Joško Gvardiol | £200,000 | £10,400,000 | Manchester City | Premier League | 23 | D LC |
| 02 | Mateo Kovacic | £165,000 | £8,580,000 | Manchester City | Premier League | 31 | DM |
| 03 | Luka Modric | £108,000 | £5,616,000 | AC Milan | Serie A | 39 | DM, AM C |
| 04 | Josip Stanišic | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | FC Bayern München | Bundesliga | 25 | D RLC |
| 05 | Andrej Kramaric | £86,000 | £4,472,000 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Bundesliga | 34 | AM RLC, F C |
| 06 | Mario Pašalic | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | Atalanta | Serie A | 30 | AM C |
| 07 | Borna Sosa | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 27 | D/WB/M L |
| 08 | Lovro Majer | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | AEK Athens | Superleague Greece | 27 | AM RC |
| 09 | Petar Sučić | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | Inter Milan | Serie A | 21 | DM |
| 10 | Marin Pongracic | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | ACF Fiorentina | Serie A | 27 | D C |
| 11 | Nikola Vlašic | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Torino | Serie A | 27 | AM RLC, F C |
| 12 | Ivo Grbic | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | Sheffield United | Championship | 29 | GK |
| 13 | Josip Šutalo | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | AFC Ajax | Eredivisie | 25 | D C |
| 14 | Petar Musa | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | FC Dallas | Major League Soccer | 27 | ST |
| 15 | Dominik Livaković | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Croatian First League | 30 | GK |
| 16 | Bruno Petkovic | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Kocaelispor | Süper Lig | 30 | AM/F C |
| 17 | Josip Juranović | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 1. FC Union Berlin | Bundesliga | 29 | D/WB RL |
| 18 | Kristijan Jakić | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | FC Augsburg | Bundesliga | 28 | D RC, DM |
| 19 | Domagoj Bradaric | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Hellas Verona FC | Serie B | 25 | D/WB L |
| 20 | Toma Basic | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Venezia Football Club | Serie A | 28 | DM |
| 21 | Ante Budimir | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Osasuna | La Liga | 33 | ST |
| 22 | Ivan Perišic | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | PSV Eindhoven | Eredivisie | 36 | AM RL |
| 23 | Duje Caleta-Car | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Ligue 1 | 28 | D C |
| 24 | Franjo Ivanović | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | RC Lens | Ligue 1 | 21 | AM L, ST |
| 25 | Domagoj Vida | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | AEK Athens | Superleague Greece | 36 | D C |
| 26 | Igor Matanović | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | Sport-Club Freiburg | Bundesliga | 22 | ST |
| 27 | Luka Vušković | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | 18 | D C |
| 28 | Marco Pašalić | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Orlando City SC | Major League Soccer | 24 | AM RL |
| 29 | Dominik Prpić | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Futebol Clube do Porto | Primeira Liga | 21 | D C |
| 30 | Adrian Semper | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Pisa Sporting Club | Serie B | 27 | GK |
| 31 | Nikola Moro | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Bologna FC 1909 | Serie A | 27 | DM |
| 32 | Bartol Franjić | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Venezia Football Club | Serie A | 25 | D LC, DM |
| 33 | Marin Ljubičić | £19,000 | £988,000 | 1. FC Union Berlin | Bundesliga | 23 | AM R, ST |
| 34 | Nediljko Labrović | £19,000 | £988,000 | FC Augsburg | Bundesliga | 25 | GK |
| 35 | Dion Drena Beljo | £19,000 | £988,000 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Croatian First League | 23 | AM/F C |
| 36 | Marko Livaja | £19,000 | £988,000 | HNK Hajduk Split | Croatian First League | 31 | AM LC, F C |
| 37 | Matija Frigan | £19,000 | £988,000 | Parma Calcio 1913 | Serie A | 22 | ST |
| 38 | Jakov Medic | £18,000 | £936,000 | Norwich City | Championship | 26 | D C, DM |
| 39 | Hrvoje Smolčić | £18,000 | £936,000 | Kocaelispor | Süper Lig | 24 | D C |
| 40 | Robert Ljubičić | £17,000 | £884,000 | Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub | Austrian Bundesliga | 26 | DM |
| 41 | Tin Jedvaj | £16,000 | £832,000 | Al-Shabab Football Club | Saudi Pro League | 29 | D RC |
| 42 | Ante Crnac | £15,000 | £780,000 | Norwich City | Championship | 21 | AM RC, F C |
| 43 | Luka Sucic | £15,000 | £780,000 | Real Sociedad | La Liga | 22 | AM C |
| 44 | Gabriel Vidović | £14,000 | £728,000 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Croatian First League | 21 | AM LC |
| 45 | Dominik Kotarski | £14,000 | £728,000 | Football Club København | Danish Superliga | 25 | GK |
| 46 | Martin Baturina | £14,000 | £728,000 | Como 1907 | Serie A | 22 | AM C |
| 47 | Josip Brekalo | £13,000 | £676,000 | Hertha BSC | 2. Bundesliga | 27 | AM RLC |
| 48 | Ivan Prtajin | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | ST |
| 49 | Adriano Jagušić | £13,000 | £676,000 | Panathinaikos AO | Superleague Greece | 19 | AM RC |
| 50 | David Čolina | £12,000 | £624,000 | NK Osijek | Croatian First League | 24 | D/WB L |
Where Croatia 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 Croatia 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 Croatia players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Croatia
Who is the highest paid footballer from Croatia?
Joško Gvardiol of Manchester City is the highest paid player from Croatia in our data, on £200,000 per week (£10,400,000 per year).
How much do players from Croatia earn?
We hold a wage for 273 of the 559 players from Croatia in our data, so an average across them would describe those 273 rather than Croatia as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.
Which league has the most players from Croatia?
The Croatian First League has the most, with 159 players from Croatia on wages we hold, ahead of Serie A on 14.
How many players from Croatia do you cover?
559 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Croatia, and we hold a weekly wage for 273 of them (49%). Figures are club wages — this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Croatia?
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, with 22 players from Croatia in its current squad.
Every player from Croatia
76 with a page of their own, A-Z — including players we hold no current club for