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SERIE A · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Serie A attackers

Lautaro Martínez is the best-paid attacker in Serie A, on £277,000 a week at Inter Milan, or £14,404,000 a year. Paulo Dybala is next on £215,000 at Associazione Sportiva Roma. We hold wages for 340 Serie A attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £277k
AVERAGE WAGE £42,915
SHARE OF WAGE BILL38%
TOP 10 A WEEK £1.7m
WAGES HELD340

The 50 best-paid Serie A attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in Serie A in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £14,404,000£14.4m Inter Milan 27 Striker Argentina
2 Paulo Dybala £215,000£215k £11,180,000£11.2m Associazione Sportiva Roma 31 Attacking midfielder, striker Argentina
3 Kevin De Bruyne £185,000£185k £9,620,000£9.6m Napoli 34 Attacking midfielder Belgium
4 Kenan Yıldız £184,000£184k £9,568,000£9.6m Juventus 20 Attacking midfielder, striker Türkiye
5 Randal Kolo Muani £149,000£149k £7,748,000£7.7m Juventus 26 Winger, striker France
6 Piotr Zielinski £138,000£138k £7,176,000£7.2m Inter Milan 31 Attacking midfielder Poland
7 Nick Woltemade £135,000£135k £7,020,000£7.0m Juventus 23 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
8 Donyell Malen £130,000£130k £6,760,000£6.8m Associazione Sportiva Roma 26 Winger, striker Netherlands
9 Marcus Thuram £128,000£128k £6,656,000£6.7m Inter Milan 27 Left winger, striker France
10 Weston McKennie £120,000£120k £6,240,000£6.2m Juventus 26 Right wing-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder United States
11 Francisco Conceição £117,000£117k £6,084,000£6.1m Juventus 22 Attacking midfielder Portugal
12 Curtis Jones £110,000£110k £5,720,000£5.7m Inter Milan 24 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
13 Luka Modric £108,000£108k £5,616,000£5.6m AC Milan 39 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Croatia
14 Lorenzo Pellegrini £108,000£108k £5,616,000£5.6m Associazione Sportiva Roma 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Italy
15 Giacomo Raspadori £108,000£108k £5,616,000£5.6m Atalanta 25 Attacking midfielder, striker Italy
16 Matteo Politano £108,000£108k £5,616,000£5.6m Napoli 31 Attacking midfielder Italy
17 Franco Mastantuono £104,000£104k £5,408,000£5.4m ACF Fiorentina 17 Attacking midfielder Argentina
18 Gianluca Scamacca £100,000£100k £5,200,000£5.2m Atalanta 26 Striker Italy
19 Artem Dovbyk £95,000£95k £4,940,000£4.9m Bologna FC 1909 28 Striker Ukraine
20 Moise Kean £95,000£95k £4,940,000£4.9m Como 1907 25 Striker Italy
21 David Neres £94,000£94k £4,888,000£4.9m Napoli 28 Attacking midfielder Brazil
22 Domenico Berardi £94,000£94k £4,888,000£4.9m U.S. Sassuolo Calcio 30 Right winger Italy
23 Teun Koopmeiners £93,000£93k £4,836,000£4.8m Juventus 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Netherlands
24 Gonçalo Ramos £92,000£92k £4,784,000£4.8m AC Milan 24 Striker Portugal
25 Mattia Zaccagni £91,000£91k £4,732,000£4.7m Lazio 30 Attacking midfielder Italy
26 Scott McTominay £90,000£90k £4,680,000£4.7m Napoli 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Scotland
27 Divock Origi £87,000£87k £4,524,000£4.5m AC Milan 30 Striker Belgium
28 Christian Pulisic £87,000£87k £4,524,000£4.5m AC Milan 26 Attacking midfielder, striker United States
29 Eljif Elmas £85,000£85k £4,420,000£4.4m Atalanta 25 Attacking midfielder North Macedonia
30 Duván Zapata £85,000£85k £4,420,000£4.4m Torino 34 Striker Colombia
31 Samuel Chukwueze £83,000£83k £4,316,000£4.3m AC Milan 26 Winger Nigeria
32 Ruben Loftus-Cheek £83,000£83k £4,316,000£4.3m AC Milan 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
33 Alexis Saelemaekers £79,000£79k £4,108,000£4.1m AC Milan 26 Right wing-back, winger Belgium
34 Edon Zhegrova £79,000£79k £4,108,000£4.1m Juventus 26 Attacking midfielder Kosovo
35 Rasmus Højlund £78,000£78k £4,056,000£4.1m Napoli 22 Striker Denmark
36 Nicolás González £77,000£77k £4,004,000£4.0m Juventus 27 Winger, striker Argentina
37 Andrea Pinamonti £77,000£77k £4,004,000£4.0m Lazio 26 Striker Italy
38 Noa Lang £76,000£76k £3,952,000£4.0m Napoli 26 Attacking midfielder Netherlands
39 Omari Hutchinson £74,000£74k £3,848,000£3.8m AC Milan 21 Attacking midfielder England
40 Álex Jiménez £65,000£65k £3,380,000£3.4m ACF Fiorentina 20 Full-back, right winger Spain
41 Luís Henrique £65,000£65k £3,380,000£3.4m Inter Milan 23 Right wing-back, winger Brazil
42 Pape Matar Sarr £65,000£65k £3,380,000£3.4m Juventus 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Senegal
43 Andy Diouf £64,000£64k £3,328,000£3.3m Inter Milan 22 Right wing-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
44 Lorenzo Lucca £61,000£61k £3,172,000£3.2m Napoli 24 Striker Italy
45 Matías Soulé £60,000£60k £3,120,000£3.1m Associazione Sportiva Roma 22 Attacking midfielder Argentina
46 Mario Pašalic £60,000£60k £3,120,000£3.1m Atalanta 30 Attacking midfielder Croatia
47 Riccardo Orsolini £59,000£59k £3,068,000£3.1m Bologna FC 1909 28 Right winger Italy
48 Federico Bernardeschi £57,000£57k £2,964,000£3.0m Bologna FC 1909 31 Attacking midfielder, striker Italy
49 Yoan Bonny £57,000£57k £2,964,000£3.0m Inter Milan 21 Attacking midfielder, striker France
50 Che Adams £57,000£57k £2,964,000£3.0m Torino 29 Attacking midfielder, striker Scotland

What each position earns in Serie A

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £25k Defenders £36k Midfielders £45k Attackers £43k

Attackers take 38% of what Serie A 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 attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Serie A club, added together, a week

Juventus £1.1m Inter Milan £916k Napoli £744k AC Milan £741k Atalanta £688k Associazione Sportiva Roma £599k ACF Fiorentina £532k Lazio £448k Torino £402k Bologna FC 1909 £367k

Juventus pay 17 attackers £1,122,278 a week between them, and Kenan Yıldız takes 16% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Serie A club

20 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Serie A club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Inter Milan Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k 1
Associazione Sportiva Roma Paulo Dybala £215,000£215k 2
Napoli Kevin De Bruyne £185,000£185k 3
Juventus Kenan Yıldız £184,000£184k 4
AC Milan Luka Modric £108,000£108k 13
Atalanta Giacomo Raspadori £108,000£108k 15
ACF Fiorentina Franco Mastantuono £104,000£104k 17
Bologna FC 1909 Artem Dovbyk £95,000£95k 19
Como 1907 Moise Kean £95,000£95k 20
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Domenico Berardi £94,000£94k 22
Lazio Mattia Zaccagni £91,000£91k 25
Torino Duván Zapata £85,000£85k 30
Genoa Cricket and Football Club Hamed Traoré £56,000£56k 51
Udinese Calcio Nicolò Zaniolo £56,000£56k 52
Venezia Football Club Gianluca Busio £44,000£44k 69
Associazione Calcio Monza Andrea Colpani £40,000£40k 75
Cagliari Calcio Jacopo Fazzini £37,000£37k 76
Parma Calcio 1913 El Bilal Touré £35,000£35k 82
Unione Sportiva Lecce Ivan Ilic £27,000£27k 93
Frosinone Calcio Romano Schmid £18,000£18k 121

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. Serie A ranks ninth.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in Serie A?

Lautaro Martínez of Inter Milan, on £277,000 a week in 2026/27, or £14,404,000 a year. Paulo Dybala of Associazione Sportiva Roma is second on £215,000 a week.

How much do Serie A attackers earn?

The average Serie A attacker aged 22 or over earns £42,915 a week, and the median one £25,000. Attackers take 38% of what Serie A pays its players of that age.

Which Serie A club pays its attackers the most?

Juventus, £1,122,278 a week across the 17 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Kenan Yıldız on £184,000.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in Serie A ranks ninth of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

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