Highest paid players from Nigeria
Victor Osimhen is the best paid player from Nigeria at £436,000 a week. We hold a wage for 166 of the 228 players in the squads we track who give Nigeria, and they earn £2,095,314 a week between them, across 37 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Nigeria
The eleven highest-paid players from Nigeria that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Maduka Okoye £14,000 Udinese Calcio
- D Calvin Bassey £62,000 Fulham
- D Nathan Tella £49,000 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- D Bright Osayi-Samuel £35,000 Birmingham City
- D Jordan Torunarigha £25,000 Hamburger Sport-Verein
- M Ola Aina £79,000 Nottingham Forest
- M Wilfred Ndidi £79,000 Beşiktaş A.Ş.
- M Frank Onyeka £40,000 Coventry City
- A Victor Osimhen £436,000 Galatasaray A.Ş.
- A Alex Iwobi £98,000 Fulham
- A Samuel Chukwueze £83,000 AC Milan
Combined £1,000,000 per week · £52,000,000 per year
Highest paid from Nigeria
Top 50 by weekly wage, 93% of every Nigeria wage we hold. Sortable.
Where Nigeria 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 Nigeria 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 Nigeria players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Nigeria
Who is the highest paid footballer from Nigeria?
Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray A.Ş. is the highest paid player from Nigeria in our data, on £436,000 per week (£22,672,000 per year).
How much do players from Nigeria earn?
We hold a wage for 166 of the 228 players from Nigeria in our data, so an average across them would describe those 166 rather than Nigeria as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.
Which league has the most players from Nigeria?
The Czech First League has the most, with 24 players from Nigeria on wages we hold, ahead of the Premier League on 12.
How many players from Nigeria do you cover?
228 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Nigeria, and we hold a weekly wage for 166 of them (73%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Nigeria?
FK Pardubice, with 4 players from Nigeria in its current squad.
Every player from Nigeria
87 with a page of their own, A-Z, including players we hold no current club for