SAUDI PRO LEAGUE · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27
Highest paid Saudi Pro League goalkeepers
Édouard Mendy is the best-paid goalkeeper in the Saudi Pro League, on £170,000 a week at Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club, or £8,840,000 a year. Yassine Bounou is next on £166,000 at Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club. We hold wages for 39 Saudi Pro League goalkeepers in 2026/27.
BEST PAID £170k
AVERAGE WAGE £40,756
SHARE OF WAGE BILL9%
TOP 10 A WEEK £1.1m
WAGES HELD39
All 39 Saudi Pro League goalkeepers, best paid first
Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | CLUB | AGE | POSITION | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Édouard Mendy | £170,000£170k | £8,840,000£8.8m | Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club | 33 | Goalkeeper | Senegal |
| 2 | Yassine Bounou | £166,000£166k | £8,632,000£8.6m | Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club | 34 | Goalkeeper | Morocco |
| 3 | Marcin Bulka | £166,000£166k | £8,632,000£8.6m | Neom Sports Club | 25 | Goalkeeper | Poland |
| 4 | Koen Casteels | £133,000£133k | £6,916,000£6.9m | Al-Qadsiah Football Club | 33 | Goalkeeper | Belgium |
| 5 | Bento | £114,000£114k | £5,928,000£5.9m | Al-Nassr Football Club | 26 | Goalkeeper | Brazil |
| 6 | Fernando Pacheco | £81,000£81k | £4,212,000£4.2m | Al-Faisaly Football Club | 33 | Goalkeeper | Spain |
| 7 | Maílson | £67,000£67k | £3,484,000£3.5m | Al-Taawoun Football Club | 28 | Goalkeeper | Brazil |
| 8 | Anthony Moris | £59,000£59k | £3,068,000£3.1m | Al-Khaleej FC | 35 | Goalkeeper | Luxembourg |
| 9 | Marek Rodák | £58,000£58k | £3,016,000£3.0m | Al-Ettifaq Football Club | 28 | Goalkeeper | Slovakia |
| 10 | Predrag Rajkovic | £49,000£49k | £2,548,000£2.5m | Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) | 29 | Goalkeeper | Serbia |
| 11 | Adrian Semper | £21,000£21k | £1,092,000£1.1m | Al-Fateh Football Club | 27 | Goalkeeper | Croatia |
| 12 | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi | £19,000£19k | £988,000£988k | Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club | 24 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 13 | Abdullah Abdo | £14,000£14k | £728,000£728k | Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club | 24 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 14 | Mohammed Al-Rubaie | £14,000£14k | £728,000£728k | Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club | 27 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 15 | Ahmed Al-Kassar | £14,000£14k | £728,000£728k | Al-Qadsiah Football Club | 34 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 16 | Hamid Al-Shanqeeti | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) | 20 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 17 | Raghed Al-Najar | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Al-Nassr Football Club | 28 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 18 | Abdullah Al-Jadani | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Al-Taawoun Football Club | 34 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 19 | Meshari Sanyoor | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Al-Qadsiah Football Club | 23 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 20 | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | £11,000£11k | £572,000£572k | Al-Shabab Football Club | 27 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 21 | Mohammed Al-Hasawi | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Al-Faisaly Football Club | 36 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 22 | Marwan Al-Haidari | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Al-Khaleej FC | 29 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 23 | Nawaf Al-Aqidi | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Al-Nassr Football Club | 25 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 24 | Abdulbasit Hawsawi | £9,500£10k | £494,000£494k | Al-Ettifaq Football Club | 24 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 25 | Ahmed Abu Rasen | £9,500£10k | £494,000£494k | Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club | 21 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 26 | Faisal Al-Essa | £9,300£9k | £483,600£484k | Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) | 20 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 27 | Habib Al-Watyan | £9,200£9k | £478,400£478k | Al-Fateh Football Club | 28 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 28 | Salem Qabbos | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | Al-Faisaly Football Club | 28 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 29 | Mohammed Al-Absi | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) | 22 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 30 | Muataz Al-Bagawi | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | Damac Football Club | 27 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 31 | Mory Diaw | £8,900£9k | £462,800£463k | Al-Shabab Football Club | 32 | Goalkeeper | Senegal |
| 32 | Moateez Akagah | £7,900£8k | £410,800£411k | Abha Club | 27 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 33 | Bilal Al-Dawa | £7,500£8k | £390,000£390k | Al-Ettifaq Football Club | 21 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 34 | Abdulaziz Al-Awardi | £7,500£8k | £390,000£390k | Al-Shabab Football Club | 23 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 35 | Donovan Léon | £7,400£7k | £384,800£385k | Abha Club | 32 | Goalkeeper | French Guiana |
| 36 | Turki Baljoush | £4,600£5k | £239,200£239k | Al-Ettifaq Football Club | 21 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 37 | Rayan Al-Dossary | £3,700£4k | £192,400£192k | Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club | 21 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 38 | Osama Al-Mermesh | £2,800£3k | £145,600£146k | Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) | 22 | Goalkeeper | Saudi Arabia |
| 39 | Abdelrahman Ramadan | £1,056£1k | £54,912£55k | Al-Fayha Club | 18 | Goalkeeper | Egypt |
What each position earns in the Saudi Pro League
Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for
Goalkeepers take 9% of what the Saudi Pro League pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.
The clubs that pay their goalkeepers the most
Every goalkeeper wage we hold at each Saudi Pro League club, added together, a week
Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club pay 3 goalkeepers £203,000 a week between them, and Édouard Mendy takes 84% of it.
The best-paid goalkeeper at every Saudi Pro League club
19 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's goalkeepers
| CLUB | PLAYER | WEEKLY | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club | Édouard Mendy | £170,000£170k | 1 |
| Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club | Yassine Bounou | £166,000£166k | 2 |
| Neom Sports Club | Marcin Bulka | £166,000£166k | 3 |
| Al-Qadsiah Football Club | Koen Casteels | £133,000£133k | 4 |
| Al-Nassr Football Club | Bento | £114,000£114k | 5 |
| Al-Faisaly Football Club | Fernando Pacheco | £81,000£81k | 6 |
| Al-Taawoun Football Club | Maílson | £67,000£67k | 7 |
| Al-Khaleej FC | Anthony Moris | £59,000£59k | 8 |
| Al-Ettifaq Football Club | Marek Rodák | £58,000£58k | 9 |
| Al-Ittihad Club (KSA) | Predrag Rajkovic | £49,000£49k | 10 |
| Al-Fateh Football Club | Adrian Semper | £21,000£21k | 11 |
| Al-Shabab Football Club | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | £11,000£11k | 20 |
| Damac Football Club | Muataz Al-Bagawi | £9,000£9k | 30 |
| Abha Club | Moateez Akagah | £7,900£8k | 32 |
| Al-Fayha Club | Abdelrahman Ramadan | £1,056£1k | 39 |
| Al-Hazem Saudi Club | No wage held | - | - |
| Al-Kholood Club | No wage held | - | - |
| Al-Riyadh Saudi Club | No wage held | - | - |
| Diriyah Sport Club | No wage held | - | - |
The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league
42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. The Saudi Pro League ranks sixth.
| LEAGUE | BEST PAID | WEEKLY | AVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Liga | Jan Oblak | £308,000£308k | £33,550£34k |
| Bundesliga | Manuel Neuer | £298,000£298k | £26,779£27k |
| Premier League | Gianluigi Donnarumma | £250,000£250k | £49,479£49k |
| Eredivisie | Marc-André ter Stegen | £232,000£232k | £9,671£10k |
| Süper Lig | Ederson | £229,000£229k | £19,950£20k |
| Saudi Pro League | Édouard Mendy | £170,000£170k | £40,756£41k |
| Championship | Alphonse Areola | £120,000£120k | £13,758£14k |
| Serie A | Mike Maignan | £109,000£109k | £24,594£25k |
| Ligue 1 | Brice Samba | £102,000£102k | £20,578£21k |
| Primeira Liga | Diogo Costa | £82,000£82k | £7,355£7k |
| Scottish Premiership | Sam Johnstone | £78,000£78k | £7,256£7k |
| Superleague Greece | Stefan Ortega | £58,000£58k | £6,841£7k |
| Belgian Pro League | Yann Sommer | £49,000£49k | £6,044£6k |
| Serie B | Mattia Perin | £45,000£45k | £6,094£6k |
| Danish Superliga | Diant Ramaj | £43,000£43k | £5,493£5k |
| Croatian First League | Dominik Livaković | £35,000£35k | £2,378£2k |
| Liga MX | Keylor Navas | £29,000£29k | £7,296£7k |
| La Liga 2 | Paulo Gazzaniga | £29,000£29k | £4,582£5k |
| Major League Soccer | Angus Gunn | £28,000£28k | £5,216£5k |
| Russian Premier League | Igor Akinfeev | £28,000£28k | £10,471£10k |
| League One | Alex McCarthy | £27,000£27k | £5,034£5k |
| Brasileirão Série A | Cássio | £24,000£24k | £5,729£6k |
| J1 League | Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) | £20,000£20k | £2,645£3k |
| Ekstraklasa | Bartlomiej Dragowski | £20,000£20k | £2,314£2k |
| Super Liga | Fernando Muslera | £17,000£17k | £3,207£3k |
| Chinese Super League | Bao Yaxiong | £13,000£13k | £3,606£4k |
| Austrian Bundesliga | Christian Früchtl | £9,400£9k | £2,221£2k |
| Categoría Primera A | Jean | £9,100£9k | £3,699£4k |
| 2. Bundesliga | Marcel Schuhen | £9,000£9k | £4,703£5k |
| Ligue 2 | Gautier Larsonneur | £8,200£8k | £2,571£3k |
| League Two | Matthew Cox | £7,900£8k | £2,048£2k |
| Czech First League | Ondřej Kolář | £6,800£7k | £1,182£1k |
| National League | Ted Curd | £6,600£7k | £932£932 |
| Thai League | Neil Etheridge | £5,900£6k | £1,122£1k |
| Belgian Challenger Pro League | Emile Doucouré | £3,300£3k | £1,148£1k |
| Indian Super League | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | £3,200£3k | £427£427 |
| Eliteserien | Ľubomír Belko | £3,000£3k | £1,145£1k |
| Scottish Championship | Aston Oxborough | £2,500£3k | £787£787 |
| A-League | Filip Kurto | £2,300£2k | £1,190£1k |
| Veikkausliiga | Matej Marković | £1,900£2k | £564£564 |
| I-League | Ryan Fulton | £830£830 | £191£191 |
| Meistriliiga | Marko Meerits | £427£427 | £160£160 |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in the Saudi Pro League?
Édouard Mendy of Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club, on £170,000 a week in 2026/27, or £8,840,000 a year. Yassine Bounou of Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club is second on £166,000 a week.
How much do Saudi Pro League goalkeepers earn?
The average Saudi Pro League goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £40,756 a week, and the median one £13,000. Goalkeepers take 9% of what the Saudi Pro League pays its players of that age.
Which Saudi Pro League club pays its goalkeepers the most?
Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club, £203,000 a week across the 3 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Édouard Mendy on £170,000.
Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in football?
Of the 42 men's leagues we rank goalkeepers in, the best-paid is Jan Oblak of Atlético Madrid in La Liga, on £308,000 a week. The best-paid in the Saudi Pro League ranks sixth of the 42 leagues on that measure.
Where to next
The same Saudi Pro League squads, cut a different way
See the highest paid Saudi Pro League players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Saudi Pro League players are paid at every age, or the Saudi Pro League wage bill, club by club.