SERIE B · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27
Highest paid Serie B goalkeepers
Mattia Perin is the best-paid goalkeeper in Serie B, on £45,000 a week at Palermo F.C., or £2,340,000 a year. Andrea Fulignati is next on £17,000 at U.S. Cremonese. We hold wages for 51 Serie B goalkeepers in 2026/27.
BEST PAID £45k
AVERAGE WAGE £6,094
SHARE OF WAGE BILL8%
TOP 10 A WEEK £138k
WAGES HELD51
The 50 best-paid Serie B goalkeepers
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 | Mattia Perin | £45,000£45k | £2,340,000£2.3m | Palermo F.C. | 32 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 2 | Andrea Fulignati | £17,000£17k | £884,000£884k | U.S. Cremonese | 30 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 3 | Mirko Pigliacelli | £13,000£13k | £676,000£676k | Catanzaro 1929 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 4 | Jesse Joronen | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Palermo F.C. | 32 | Goalkeeper | Finland |
| 5 | Simone Scuffet | £10,000£10k | £520,000£520k | Pisa Sporting Club | 29 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 6 | Michele Cerofolini | £9,000£9k | £468,000£468k | Società Sportiva Calcio Bari | 26 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 7 | Riccardo Gagno | £8,700£9k | £452,400£452k | Lanerossi Vicenza | 27 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 8 | Semuel Pizzignacco | £8,600£9k | £447,200£447k | Carrarese Calcio 1908 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 9 | Gianmarco Vannucchi | £8,200£8k | £426,400£426k | Benevento | 29 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 10 | Rafael (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro) | £8,000£8k | £416,000£416k | Spezia Calcio | 38 | Goalkeeper | Brazil |
| 11 | Nicola Leali | £7,900£8k | £410,800£411k | Hellas Verona FC | 32 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 12 | Simone Perilli | £7,600£8k | £395,200£395k | Hellas Verona FC | 30 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 13 | Alessandro Confente | £7,500£8k | £390,000£390k | Pisa Sporting Club | 27 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 14 | Leandro Chichizola | £7,000£7k | £364,000£364k | Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L | 35 | Goalkeeper | Argentina |
| 15 | Alessandro Plizzari | £5,500£6k | £286,000£286k | FC Südtirol | 25 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 16 | Samuele Perisan | £4,600£5k | £239,200£239k | Empoli Football Club | 27 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 17 | Alessandro Micai | £4,500£5k | £234,000£234k | Spezia Calcio | 31 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 18 | Alessandro Sorrentino | £3,500£4k | £182,000£182k | Calcio Padova | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 19 | Luca Gemello | £3,000£3k | £156,000£156k | Mantova 1911 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 20 | Paolo Vismara | £2,800£3k | £145,600£146k | S.S. Juve Stabia 1907 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 21 | Ante Vuković | £2,500£3k | £130,000£130k | S.S. Juve Stabia 1907 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Croatia |
| 22 | Christian Marietta | £2,400£2k | £124,800£125k | Catanzaro 1929 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 23 | Giacomo Toniolo | £2,200£2k | £114,400£114k | Hellas Verona FC | 21 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 24 | Jacopo Seghetti | £2,100£2k | £109,200£109k | Empoli Football Club | 20 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 25 | Marco Pissardo | £1,900£2k | £98,800£99k | Società Sportiva Calcio Bari | 27 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 26 | Samuele Vitale | £1,600£2k | £83,200£83k | Ascoli Calcio 1898 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 27 | Simone Colombi | £1,600£2k | £83,200£83k | Virtus Entella | 34 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 28 | Enis Ujkaj | £1,300£1k | £67,600£68k | Delfino Pescara | 21 | Goalkeeper | Albania |
| 29 | Federico Del Frate | £1,300£1k | £67,600£68k | Virtus Entella | 29 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 30 | Giuseppe Ciocci | £1,200£1k | £62,400£62k | Spezia Calcio | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 31 | Jacopo Furlan | £1,100£1k | £57,200£57k | AC Reggiana 1919 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 32 | Pietro Boer | £817£817 | £42,484£42k | S.S. Juve Stabia 1907 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 33 | Leonardo Loria | £763£763 | £39,676£40k | Pisa Sporting Club | 26 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 34 | Samuele Massolo | £682£682 | £35,464£35k | Unione Calcio Sampdoria | 29 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 35 | Ivan Saio | £672£672 | £34,944£35k | Delfino Pescara | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 36 | Abdullah Laidani | £616£616 | £32,032£32k | Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L | 22 | Goalkeeper | Switzerland |
| 37 | Stefano Mazzini | £582£582 | £30,264£30k | Carrarese Calcio 1908 | 26 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 38 | Alessandro Signorini | £580£580 | £30,160£30k | S.S. Juve Stabia 1907 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 39 | Manuel Esposito | £531£531 | £27,612£28k | Benevento | 20 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 40 | Rok Bržan | £530£530 | £27,560£28k | Ascoli Calcio 1898 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Slovenia |
| 41 | Magnus Brøndbo | £497£497 | £25,844£26k | Delfino Pescara | 20 | Goalkeeper | Norway |
| 42 | Carlo Bassorizzi | £429£429 | £22,308£22k | Delfino Pescara | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 43 | Francesco Tommasi | £350£350 | £18,200£18k | Hellas Verona FC | 19 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 44 | Simon Esosa Aibangbee | £264£264 | £13,728£14k | AC Reggiana 1919 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Nigeria |
| 45 | Edoardo Borrelli | £240£240 | £12,480£12k | Catanzaro 1929 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 46 | Mirko Castagnini | £219£219 | £11,388£11k | Hellas Verona FC | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 47 | Mark Topollaj | £219£219 | £11,388£11k | Hellas Verona FC | 17 | Goalkeeper | Albania |
| 48 | Francesco Versari | £188£188 | £9,776£10k | Empoli Football Club | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 49 | Diego Tortorella | £188£188 | £9,776£10k | Spezia Calcio | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
| 50 | Lorenzo Bonifacio | £188£188 | £9,776£10k | FC Südtirol | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy |
What each position earns in Serie B
Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for
Goalkeepers take 8% of what Serie B 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 Serie B club, added together, a week
Palermo F.C. pay 2 goalkeepers £55,000 a week between them, and Mattia Perin takes 82% of it.
The best-paid goalkeeper at every Serie B club
24 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's goalkeepers
| CLUB | PLAYER | WEEKLY | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palermo F.C. | Mattia Perin | £45,000£45k | 1 |
| U.S. Cremonese | Andrea Fulignati | £17,000£17k | 2 |
| Catanzaro 1929 | Mirko Pigliacelli | £13,000£13k | 3 |
| Pisa Sporting Club | Simone Scuffet | £10,000£10k | 5 |
| Società Sportiva Calcio Bari | Michele Cerofolini | £9,000£9k | 6 |
| Lanerossi Vicenza | Riccardo Gagno | £8,700£9k | 7 |
| Carrarese Calcio 1908 | Semuel Pizzignacco | £8,600£9k | 8 |
| Benevento | Gianmarco Vannucchi | £8,200£8k | 9 |
| Spezia Calcio | Rafael (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro) | £8,000£8k | 10 |
| Hellas Verona FC | Nicola Leali | £7,900£8k | 11 |
| Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L | Leandro Chichizola | £7,000£7k | 14 |
| FC Südtirol | Alessandro Plizzari | £5,500£6k | 15 |
| Empoli Football Club | Samuele Perisan | £4,600£5k | 16 |
| Calcio Padova | Alessandro Sorrentino | £3,500£4k | 18 |
| Mantova 1911 | Luca Gemello | £3,000£3k | 19 |
| S.S. Juve Stabia 1907 | Paolo Vismara | £2,800£3k | 20 |
| Virtus Entella | Simone Colombi | £1,600£2k | 27 |
| Ascoli Calcio 1898 | Samuele Vitale | £1,600£2k | 26 |
| Delfino Pescara | Enis Ujkaj | £1,300£1k | 28 |
| AC Reggiana 1919 | Jacopo Furlan | £1,100£1k | 31 |
| Unione Calcio Sampdoria | Samuele Massolo | £682£682 | 34 |
| Cesena F.C. | No wage held | - | - |
| S.S. Arezzo | No wage held | - | - |
| U.S. Avellino 1912 | No wage held | - | - |
The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league
42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. Serie B ranks 14th.
| 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 Serie B?
Mattia Perin of Palermo F.C., on £45,000 a week in 2026/27, or £2,340,000 a year. Andrea Fulignati of U.S. Cremonese is second on £17,000 a week.
How much do Serie B goalkeepers earn?
The average Serie B goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £6,094 a week, and the median one £4,000. Goalkeepers take 8% of what Serie B pays its players of that age.
Which Serie B club pays its goalkeepers the most?
Palermo F.C., £55,000 a week across the 2 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Mattia Perin on £45,000.
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 Serie B ranks 14th of the 42 leagues on that measure.
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