CAGLIARI CALCIO · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Cagliari Calcio
Leonardo Pavoletti has earned £16m at Cagliari Calcio across 9 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 16 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £248m
PLAYERS RANKED116
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB105
YEARS2015-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Cagliari Calcio history
These 20 players took £138m between them, 56% of everything Cagliari Calcio has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Cagliari Calcio player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Cagliari Calcio wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Pavoletti | £16m | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 2 | Radja Nainggolan | £12m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 3 | Marko Rog Current squad | £10m | 6 | 2020-2025 |
| 4 | Kwadwo Asamoah Current squad | £10.0m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 5 | Nahitan Nández | £9.9m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 6 | João Pedro Galvão | £8.5m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 7 | Alessio Cragno | £7.2m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 8 | Luca Ceppitelli | £7.0m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 9 | Gastón Pereiro | £6.9m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 10 | Daniele Rugani | £5.9m | 1 | 2021 |
| 11 | Diego Godín | £5.2m | 1 | 2021 |
| 12 | Kevin Strootman | £5.1m | 1 | 2022 |
| 13 | Giovanni Simeone | £5.0m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 14 | Alessandro Deiola Current squad | £4.6m | 9 | 2017-2026 |
| 15 | Ragnar Klavan | £4.5m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 16 | Artur Ionita | £4.4m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 17 | Charalampos Lykogiannis | £4.4m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 18 | Alberto Dossena | £3.8m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 19 | Yerry Mina Current squad | £3.5m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 20 | Gianluca Lapadula | £3.3m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 21 | Andrea Belotti | £3.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 22 | Jakub Jankto | £3.2m | 2 | 2024-2025 |
| 23 | Gabriele Zappa | £3.2m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 24 | Razvan Marin | £3.1m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 25 | Andrea Petagna | £3.0m | 1 | 2024 |
| 26 | Elia Caprile Current squad | £3.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Luca Pellegrini | £3.0m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 28 | Alberto Cerri | £2.9m | 2 | 2019-2021 |
| 29 | Fabio Pisacane | £2.8m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 30 | Luca Cigarini | £2.8m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 31 | Diego Farias | £2.6m | 4 | 2015-2018 |
| 32 | Luca Mazzitelli | £2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 33 | Michael Folorunsho | £2.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 34 | Adam Obert Current squad | £2.4m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 35 | Alfred Duncan | £2.3m | 1 | 2021 |
| 36 | Daniele Baselli | £2.3m | 1 | 2022 |
| 37 | Nicolas Viola | £2.3m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 38 | Ibrahim Sulemana | £2.2m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 39 | Zé Pedro Current squad | £2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 40 | Dalbert | £2.0m | 1 | 2022 |
| 41 | Gianluca Gaetano | £2.0m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 42 | Michel Ndary Adopo Current squad | £2.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Paolo Faragò | £2.0m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 44 | Alberto Paloschi | £1.8m | 1 | 2020 |
| 45 | Edoardo Goldaniga | £1.8m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 46 | Eldor Shomurodov | £1.8m | 1 | 2024 |
| 47 | Marco Mancosu | £1.7m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 48 | Nicolò Barella | £1.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 49 | Rafael (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro) | £1.7m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 50 | Andrea Carboni | £1.7m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 51 | Daniele Dessena | £1.7m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 52 | Fabrizio Cacciatore | £1.7m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 53 | Valter Birsa | £1.6m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 54 | Alberto Grassi | £1.6m | 1 | 2022 |
| 55 | Boris Radunovic Current squad | £1.6m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 56 | Antonio Barreca | £1.5m | 1 | 2023 |
| 57 | Zito Luvumbo | £1.5m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 58 | Bruno Alves | £1.5m | 1 | 2017 |
| 59 | Cyril Théréau | £1.2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 60 | Keita Baldé | £1.2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 61 | Sebastiano Esposito | £1.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 62 | Bartosz Salamon | £1.2m | 2 | 2016-2017 |
| 63 | Lucas Castro | £1.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 64 | Filippo Romagna | £1.1m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 65 | Gennaro Borrelli Current squad | £1.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 66 | Filip Bradarić | £1.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 67 | Paulo Azzi | £1.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 68 | Sebastian Walukiewicz | £1.1m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 69 | Marco Palestra | £983k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 70 | Giorgio Altare | £905k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 71 | Kiril Despodov | £832k | 2 | 2019-2021 |
| 72 | Pantelis Hatzidiakos | £780k | 1 | 2024 |
| 73 | Raoul Bellanova | £728k | 1 | 2022 |
| 74 | Alessandro Tripaldelli | £676k | 1 | 2021 |
| 75 | Filippo Falco | £676k | 1 | 2023 |
| 76 | Robin Olsen | £676k | 1 | 2020 |
| 77 | Christian Oliva | £666k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 78 | Tommaso Augello | £624k | 1 | 2024 |
| 79 | Guglielmo Vicario | £572k | 1 | 2021 |
| 80 | Matteo Lovato | £572k | 1 | 2022 |
| 81 | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | £572k | 1 | 2017 |
| 82 | Mateusz Wieteska | £520k | 1 | 2024 |
| 83 | Davide Di Gennaro | £489k | 1 | 2017 |
| 84 | Federico Mattiello | £484k | 1 | 2020 |
| 85 | Nicola Murru | £463k | 1 | 2017 |
| 86 | Damir Ceter Valencia | £458k | 2 | 2018-2022 |
| 87 | Arturo Calabresi | £442k | 1 | 2021 |
| 88 | Senna Miangué | £374k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 89 | Simone Scuffet | £291k | 1 | 2024 |
| 90 | Vincenzo Millico | £286k | 1 | 2023 |
| 91 | Gaetano Oristanio | £270k | 1 | 2024 |
| 92 | Christos Kourfalidis | £262k | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 93 | Riccardo Sottil | £244k | 1 | 2021 |
| 94 | Luca Gagliano | £164k | 5 | 2017-2022 |
| 95 | Nunzio Lella | £111k | 2 | 2019-2023 |
| 96 | Nik Prelec | £99k | 1 | 2023 |
| 97 | Lisandru Tramoni | £78k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 98 | Riccardo Ladinetti | £57k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 99 | Davide Veroli | £54k | 1 | 2023 |
| 100 | Federico Marigosu | £35k | 3 | 2018-2020 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Cagliari Calcio?
Leonardo Pavoletti, with £16m across 9 seasons at Cagliari Calcio.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 116 players we hold a Cagliari Calcio wage for, from 2015 to 2026.