Highest paid players from Türkiye
Merih Demiral is the best paid player from Türkiye at £207,000 a week. We hold a wage for 299 of the 527 players in the squads we track who give Türkiye, and they earn £2,806,582 a week between them, across 22 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Türkiye
The eleven highest-paid players from Türkiye that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Uğurcan Çakır £46,000 Galatasaray A.Ş.
- D Merih Demiral £207,000 Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club
- D Yusuf Akçiçek £95,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
- D Ferdi Kadıoğlu £50,000 Brighton & Hove Albion
- D Zeki Çelik £43,000 Juventus
- M Hakan Çalhanoglu £185,000 Inter Milan
- M Salih Özcan £73,000 Beşiktaş A.Ş.
- M Atakan Karazor £53,000 VfB Stuttgart
- A Kenan Yıldız £184,000 Juventus
- A Kerem Aktürkoğlu £116,000 Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
- A Arda Güler £92,000 Real Madrid
Combined £1,144,000 per week · £59,488,000 per year
Highest paid from Türkiye
Top 50 by weekly wage — 78% of every Türkiye wage we hold. Sortable.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | CLUB | LEAGUE | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Merih Demiral | £207,000 | £10,764,000 | Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club | Saudi Pro League | 27 | D C |
| 02 | Hakan Çalhanoglu | £185,000 | £9,620,000 | Inter Milan | Serie A | 31 | DM |
| 03 | Kenan Yıldız | £184,000 | £9,568,000 | Juventus | Serie A | 20 | AM RLC, F C |
| 04 | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | £116,000 | £6,032,000 | Fenerbahçe A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 26 | AM RLC, F C |
| 05 | Yusuf Akçiçek | £95,000 | £4,940,000 | Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club | Saudi Pro League | 19 | D C |
| 06 | Arda Güler | £92,000 | £4,784,000 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 20 | AM RC |
| 07 | Salih Özcan | £73,000 | £3,796,000 | Beşiktaş A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 27 | DM |
| 08 | Cengiz Ünder | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | Fenerbahçe A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 28 | AM RL |
| 09 | Atakan Karazor | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | VfB Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 28 | DM |
| 10 | Enes Ünal | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | Getafe | La Liga | 28 | ST |
| 11 | Ferdi Kadıoğlu | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | 25 | D/WB RL |
| 12 | Yunus Akgün | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | Galatasaray A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 25 | AM RLC |
| 13 | Uğurcan Çakır | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | Galatasaray A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 29 | GK |
| 14 | Barış Yılmaz | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | Galatasaray A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 25 | AM RL, ST |
| 15 | Altay Bayındır | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | Celta Vigo | La Liga | 27 | GK |
| 16 | Zeki Çelik | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | Juventus | Serie A | 28 | D RC, M R |
| 17 | Abdülkerim Bardakcı | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Galatasaray A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 30 | D C |
| 18 | İrfan Kahveci | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Fenerbahçe A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 29 | AM RC |
| 19 | Eren Dinkci | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Sport-Club Freiburg | Bundesliga | 23 | AM RC, F C |
| 20 | Çaglar Söyüncü | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Fenerbahçe A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 29 | D C |
| 21 | Ozan Kabak | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Bundesliga | 25 | D C |
| 22 | İrfan Eğribayat | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Gençlerbirliği | Süper Lig | 27 | GK |
| 23 | Yusuf Yazici | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Olympiacos SF Piraeus | Superleague Greece | 28 | AM RC, F C |
| 24 | Orkun Kökçü | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Beşiktaş A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 24 | DM, AM C |
| 25 | Kaan Ayhan | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Galatasaray A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 30 | D RC, DM |
| 26 | Okay Yokuslu | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Trabzonspor A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 31 | D C, DM |
| 27 | Can Uzun | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 19 | AM LC |
| 28 | Ahmed Kutucu | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Rizespor A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 25 | AM RLC, F C |
| 29 | Ozan Tufan | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Trabzonspor A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 30 | D R, DM, AM C |
| 30 | Rıdvan Yılmaz | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Beşiktaş A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 24 | D/WB/M L |
| 31 | Mert Müldür | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Fenerbahçe A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 26 | D RLC |
| 32 | Cenk Özkacar | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Trabzonspor A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 24 | D C |
| 33 | Eren Elmalı | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Galatasaray A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 25 | D/WB/M L |
| 34 | Livan Burcu | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 1. FC Union Berlin | Bundesliga | 20 | AM RLC |
| 35 | Muhammed Şengezer | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü | Süper Lig | 28 | GK |
| 36 | Oğuz Aydın | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Fenerbahçe A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 24 | WB R, AM RL |
| 37 | Abdülkadir Ömür | £19,000 | £988,000 | Hull City | Premier League | 26 | AM RLC |
| 38 | İsmail Yüksek | £19,000 | £988,000 | Fenerbahçe A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 26 | DM |
| 39 | Güven Yalçın | £19,000 | £988,000 | Kasımpaşa A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 26 | AM LC, F C |
| 40 | Ahmetcan Kaplan | £18,000 | £936,000 | AFC Ajax | Eredivisie | 22 | D C |
| 41 | Samet Akaydin | £18,000 | £936,000 | Trabzonspor A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 31 | D C |
| 42 | Ahmed İldiz | £17,000 | £884,000 | Ahlatcı Çorum Futbol Kulübü | Süper Lig | 28 | DM, AM C |
| 43 | Kartal Kayra Yılmaz | £17,000 | £884,000 | Beşiktaş A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 24 | DM |
| 44 | Günay Güvenç | £17,000 | £884,000 | Galatasaray A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 34 | GK |
| 45 | Umut Nayir | £17,000 | £884,000 | Trabzonspor A.Ş. | Süper Lig | 32 | ST |
| 46 | Erencan Yardımcı | £16,000 | £832,000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | ST |
| 47 | Deniz Gül | £16,000 | £832,000 | Futebol Clube do Porto | Primeira Liga | 21 | ST |
| 48 | Yasin Özcan | £16,000 | £832,000 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 19 | D LC |
| 49 | Salih Uçan | £16,000 | £832,000 | Gençlerbirliği | Süper Lig | 31 | DM |
| 50 | Emre Akbaba | £15,000 | £780,000 | İKAS Eyüpspor | Süper Lig | 32 | AM C |
Where Türkiye 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 Türkiye 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 Türkiye players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Türkiye
Who is the highest paid footballer from Türkiye?
Merih Demiral of Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club is the highest paid player from Türkiye in our data, on £207,000 per week (£10,764,000 per year).
How much do players from Türkiye earn?
We hold a wage for 299 of the 527 players from Türkiye in our data, so an average across them would describe those 299 rather than Türkiye as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.
Which league has the most players from Türkiye?
The Süper Lig has the most, with 195 players from Türkiye on wages we hold, ahead of the Other clubs on 37.
How many players from Türkiye do you cover?
527 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Türkiye, and we hold a weekly wage for 299 of them (57%). Figures are club wages — this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Türkiye?
Erzurumspor Futbol Kulübü, with 17 players from Türkiye in its current squad.
Every player from Türkiye
68 with a page of their own, A-Z — including players we hold no current club for