Highest paid players from Ghana
Antoine Semenyo is the best paid player from Ghana at £165,000 a week. We hold a wage for 140 of the 180 players in the squads we track who give Ghana, and they earn £1,415,032 a week between them, across 38 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Ghana
The eleven highest-paid players from Ghana that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Abdulmanaf Nurudeen £3,500 KAS Eupen
- D Mohammed Salisu £51,000 AS Monaco
- D Jonas Adjetey £25,000 VfL Wolfsburg
- D Emmanuel Gyasi £24,000 Palermo F.C.
- D Alexander Djiku £24,000 Spartak Moscow
- M Alfred Duncan £40,000 Venezia Football Club
- M Tariq Lamptey £35,000 Queens Park Rangers
- M Kwadwo Asamoah £32,000 Cagliari Calcio
- A Antoine Semenyo £165,000 Manchester City
- A Iñaki Williams £149,000 Athletic Bilbao
- A Mohammed Kudus £100,000 Tottenham Hotspur
Combined £648,500 per week · £33,722,000 per year
Highest paid from Ghana
Top 50 by weekly wage — 91% of every Ghana wage we hold. Sortable.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | CLUB | LEAGUE | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Antoine Semenyo | £165,000 | £8,580,000 | Manchester City | Premier League | 25 | AM RL, ST |
| 02 | Iñaki Williams | £149,000 | £7,748,000 | Athletic Bilbao | La Liga | 31 | AM RLC, F C |
| 03 | Mohammed Kudus | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League | 24 | AM RLC, F C |
| 04 | Joseph Paintsil | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | LA Galaxy | Major League Soccer | 27 | AM RL |
| 05 | Ernest Nuamah | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | Olympique Lyonnais | Ligue 1 | 21 | AM RL |
| 06 | Mohammed Salisu | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | AS Monaco | Ligue 1 | 26 | D C |
| 07 | Kamaldeen Sulemana | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Atalanta | Serie A | 23 | AM RLC |
| 08 | Abdul Fatawu | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | Ipswich Town | Premier League | 21 | AM R |
| 09 | Alfred Duncan | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | Venezia Football Club | Serie A | 32 | DM |
| 10 | Tariq Lamptey | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Queens Park Rangers | Championship | 24 | D/WB RL, M R |
| 11 | Christopher Bonsu Baah | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Al-Qadsiah Football Club | Saudi Pro League | 20 | AM RL |
| 12 | Kwadwo Asamoah | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Cagliari Calcio | Serie A | 31 | D/WB (L), M (LC) |
| 13 | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | VfL Osnabrück | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | AM RLC |
| 14 | Jonas Adjetey | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | D C |
| 15 | Alexander Djiku | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Spartak Moscow | Russian Premier League | 30 | D C |
| 16 | Emmanuel Gyasi | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Palermo F.C. | Serie B | 31 | WB R, AM RL, ST |
| 17 | Derrick Köhn | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 1. FC Union Berlin | Bundesliga | 26 | D/WB/M L |
| 18 | Baba Rahman | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | AS PAOK Salonika | Superleague Greece | 31 | D/WB L |
| 19 | Frank Acheampong | £19,000 | £988,000 | Dalian Yingbo | Chinese Super League | 31 | AM RL, ST |
| 20 | Kwame Poku | £18,000 | £936,000 | Queens Park Rangers | Championship | 23 | AM RC |
| 21 | Brandon Thomas-Asante | £18,000 | £936,000 | Coventry City | Premier League | 26 | AM RL, ST |
| 22 | Alidu Seidu | £16,000 | £832,000 | Stade Rennais FC | Ligue 1 | 25 | D RLC |
| 23 | Ibrahim Osman | £16,000 | £832,000 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | 20 | AM RL, ST |
| 24 | Ibrahim Sulemana | £16,000 | £832,000 | Atalanta | Serie A | 22 | DM |
| 25 | Augustine Boakye | £15,000 | £780,000 | AS Saint-Étienne | Ligue 2 | 24 | AM RLC |
| 26 | Elisha Owusu | £14,000 | £728,000 | AJ Auxerre | Ligue 1 | 27 | DM |
| 27 | Gideon Mensah | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FC Köln | Bundesliga | 26 | D/WB L |
| 28 | Ransford Königsdörffer | £13,000 | £676,000 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Bundesliga | 23 | AM RLC, F C |
| 29 | Joseph Attamah | £13,000 | £676,000 | Ahlatcı Çorum Futbol Kulübü | Süper Lig | 31 | D C, DM |
| 30 | Leonard Owusu | £11,000 | £572,000 | Fredrikstad FK | Eliteserien | 28 | DM |
| 31 | Majeed Ashimeru | £10,000 | £520,000 | RSC Anderlecht | Belgian Pro League | 27 | M C |
| 32 | Lalas Abubakar | £10,000 | £520,000 | FC Dallas | Major League Soccer | 30 | D C |
| 33 | Amankwah Forson | £9,500 | £494,000 | Norwich City | Championship | 22 | AM RC |
| 34 | Ezekiel Kwame Alladoh | £9,300 | £483,600 | Philadelphia Union | Major League Soccer | 19 | ST |
| 35 | Patric Pfeiffer | £9,000 | £468,000 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 2. Bundesliga | 25 | D C |
| 36 | Nicholas Opoku | £9,000 | £468,000 | Las Palmas | La Liga 2 | 27 | D C |
| 37 | Salis Abdul Samed | £9,000 | £468,000 | OGC Nice | Ligue 1 | 25 | DM |
| 38 | Maxwell Woledzi | £8,900 | £462,800 | Nashville SC | Major League Soccer | 24 | D C, DM |
| 39 | Jan Gyamerah | £7,100 | £369,200 | SV Elversberg | Bundesliga | 30 | D/WB R |
| 40 | Jerome Opoku | £7,100 | £369,200 | Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü | Süper Lig | 26 | D C |
| 41 | Kingsley Schindler | £7,000 | £364,000 | Buriram United | Thai League | 32 | D/WB/AM R |
| 42 | Aziz Yakubu | £6,500 | £338,000 | Qingdao West Coast | Chinese Super League | 26 | ST |
| 43 | Yaw Yeboah | £6,300 | £327,600 | Qingdao Hainiu | Chinese Super League | 28 | WB L, AM RL |
| 44 | Iddrisu Baba | £6,100 | £317,200 | Almería | La Liga 2 | 29 | DM |
| 45 | Mohammed Fuseini | £5,900 | £306,800 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Belgian Pro League | 23 | AM RL, ST |
| 46 | Abu Francis | £5,500 | £286,000 | Toulouse FC | Ligue 1 | 24 | DM |
| 47 | David Atanga | £5,400 | £280,800 | Wolfsberger Athletiksport Club | Austrian Bundesliga | 28 | AM RLC |
| 48 | Edmund Baidoo | £5,300 | £275,600 | Fussballclub RB Salzburg | Austrian Bundesliga | 19 | AM RL, ST |
| 49 | Emmanuel Boateng | £5,300 | £275,600 | San Diego Football Club | Major League Soccer | 31 | AM RL |
| 50 | Ibrahim Sadiq | £5,100 | £265,200 | AZ Alkmaar | Eredivisie | 25 | AM RLC, F C |
Where Ghana 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 Ghana 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 Ghana players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Ghana
Who is the highest paid footballer from Ghana?
Antoine Semenyo of Manchester City is the highest paid player from Ghana in our data, on £165,000 per week (£8,580,000 per year).
How much do players from Ghana earn?
We hold a wage for 140 of the 180 players from Ghana in our data, so an average across them would describe those 140 rather than Ghana as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.
Which league has the most players from Ghana?
Major League Soccer has the most, with 14 players from Ghana on wages we hold, ahead of the Other clubs on 10.
How many players from Ghana do you cover?
180 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Ghana, and we hold a weekly wage for 140 of them (78%). Figures are club wages — this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Ghana?
San Diego Football Club, with 3 players from Ghana in its current squad.
Every player from Ghana
67 with a page of their own, A-Z — including players we hold no current club for