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SERIE B · MIDFIELDERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Serie B midfielders

Ali Al Musrati is the best-paid midfielder in Serie B, on £55,000 a week at Hellas Verona FC, or £2,860,000 a year. Suat Serdar is next on £32,000 at Hellas Verona FC. We hold wages for 147 Serie B midfielders in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £55k
AVERAGE WAGE £8,344
SHARE OF WAGE BILL26%
TOP 10 A WEEK £258k
WAGES HELD147

The 50 best-paid Serie B midfielders

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 midfielders in Serie B in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Ali Al Musrati £55,000£55k £2,860,000£2.9m Hellas Verona FC 29 Defensive midfielder Libya
2 Suat Serdar £32,000£32k £1,664,000£1.7m Hellas Verona FC 28 Defensive midfielder Germany
3 Antoine Bernede £26,000£26k £1,352,000£1.4m Hellas Verona FC 26 Central midfielder France
4 Alberto Grassi £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m U.S. Cremonese 30 Defensive midfielder Italy
5 Nicolas Viola £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m Benevento 30 Defensive midfielder, central midfielder Italy
6 Filippo Bandinelli £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Empoli Football Club 30 Central midfielder Italy
7 Salvatore Esposito £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Unione Calcio Sampdoria 24 Defensive midfielder Italy
8 Giuseppe Pezzella £19,000£19k £988,000£988k U.S. Cremonese 27 Left-back, left midfielder Italy
9 Gabriele Zappa £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Hellas Verona FC 25 Centre-back, right midfielder Italy
10 Claudio Gomes £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Palermo F.C. 24 Defensive midfielder France
11 Antonio Palumbo £18,000£18k £936,000£936k Palermo F.C. 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Italy
12 Nahuel Estévez £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Palermo F.C. 29 Defensive midfielder Argentina
13 Edoardo Iannoni £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Hellas Verona FC 24 Defensive midfielder Italy
14 Abdou Harroui £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Hellas Verona FC 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Morocco
15 Mehdi Dorval £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Catanzaro 1929 24 Full-back, left midfielder Algeria
16 Davide Faraoni £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Delfino Pescara 33 Right-back, right midfielder Italy
17 Hernâni £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Palermo F.C. 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Brazil
18 Liam Henderson £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Unione Calcio Sampdoria 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Scotland
19 Emil Bohinen £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Cesena F.C. 26 Defensive midfielder Norway
20 Morten Thorsby £13,000£13k £676,000£676k U.S. Cremonese 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
21 Filippo Costa £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Lanerossi Vicenza 30 Left-back, left midfielder Italy
22 Duccio Degli Innocenti £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Empoli Football Club 22 Defensive midfielder Italy
23 Simone Santoro £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L 25 Defensive midfielder Italy
24 Tommaso Augello £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Palermo F.C. 30 Left-back, left midfielder Italy
25 Paulo Azzi £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L 30 Full-back, wide midfielder Brazil
26 Luca Vignali £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Virtus Entella 29 Right-back, right midfielder Italy
27 Francesco Zampano £9,300£9k £483,600£484k Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L 31 Full-back, wide midfielder Italy
28 Filippo Ranocchia £9,300£9k £483,600£484k Palermo F.C. 24 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Italy
29 Lukas Grgic £9,000£9k £468,000£468k Società Sportiva Calcio Bari 29 Defensive midfielder Austria
30 Lorenzo Carissoni £9,000£9k £468,000£468k Calcio Padova 28 Centre-back, right midfielder Italy
31 Mattia Maita £8,900£9k £462,800£463k Benevento 30 Defensive midfielder Italy
32 Michele Collocolo £8,900£9k £462,800£463k U.S. Cremonese 25 Defensive midfielder Italy
33 Fabio Gerli £8,300£8k £431,600£432k U.S. Cremonese 28 Defensive midfielder Italy
34 Giacomo Ricci £8,200£8k £426,400£426k Benevento 28 Left-back, left midfielder Italy
35 Simone Pontisso £8,000£8k £416,000£416k U.S. Cremonese 28 Defensive midfielder Italy
36 Tommaso Barbieri £8,000£8k £416,000£416k U.S. Cremonese 22 Right-back, right midfielder Italy
37 Matthias Braunöder £7,900£8k £410,800£411k Carrarese Calcio 1908 23 Defensive midfielder Austria
38 Ahmad Benali £7,500£8k £390,000£390k Virtus Entella 33 Defensive midfielder Libya
39 Davide Buglio £7,400£7k £384,800£385k S.S. Juve Stabia 1907 27 Defensive midfielder Italy
40 Giulio Maggiore £7,200£7k £374,400£374k Società Sportiva Calcio Bari 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Italy
41 Gerard Yepes £7,200£7k £374,400£374k Empoli Football Club 22 Defensive midfielder Spain
42 Gastón Brugman £7,200£7k £374,400£374k Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L 32 Defensive midfielder Uruguay
43 Jacopo Segre £7,100£7k £369,200£369k Palermo F.C. 28 Defensive midfielder Italy
44 Salvatore Molina £6,600£7k £343,200£343k FC Südtirol 33 Wing-back, wide midfielder Italy
45 Alessandro Bellemo £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Lanerossi Vicenza 29 Defensive midfielder Italy
46 Aldo Florenzi £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Spezia Calcio 23 Central midfielder Italy
47 Alessandro Di Pardo £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Unione Calcio Sampdoria 25 Right-back, right midfielder Italy
48 Bjorn Meijer £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Unione Calcio Sampdoria 22 Left-back, left midfielder Netherlands
49 Felipe Loyola £6,300£6k £327,600£328k Pisa Sporting Club 24 Right-back, defensive midfielder Chile
50 Luca Magnino £6,000£6k £312,000£312k Empoli Football Club 27 Defensive midfielder Italy

What each position earns in Serie B

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

Goalkeepers £6,094 Defenders £6,876 Midfielders £8,344 Attackers £8,599

Midfielders take 26% 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 midfielders the most

Every midfielder wage we hold at each Serie B club, added together, a week

Hellas Verona FC £169k Palermo F.C. £98k U.S. Cremonese £95k Benevento £63k Unione Calcio Sampdoria £55k Empoli Football Club £49k Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L £44k Virtus Entella £31k Lanerossi Vicenza £29k Delfino Pescara £23k

Hellas Verona FC pay 14 midfielders £169,404 a week between them, and Ali Al Musrati takes 32% of it.

The best-paid midfielder at every Serie B club

24 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's midfielders

Each Serie B club's best-paid midfielder in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every midfielder in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Hellas Verona FC Ali Al Musrati £55,000£55k 1
U.S. Cremonese Alberto Grassi £25,000£25k 4
Benevento Nicolas Viola £23,000£23k 5
Unione Calcio Sampdoria Salvatore Esposito £20,000£20k 7
Empoli Football Club Filippo Bandinelli £20,000£20k 6
Palermo F.C. Claudio Gomes £19,000£19k 10
Delfino Pescara Davide Faraoni £15,000£15k 16
Catanzaro 1929 Mehdi Dorval £15,000£15k 15
Lanerossi Vicenza Filippo Costa £13,000£13k 21
Cesena F.C. Emil Bohinen £13,000£13k 19
Modena F.C. 2018 S.R.L Simone Santoro £12,000£12k 23
Virtus Entella Luca Vignali £11,000£11k 26
Società Sportiva Calcio Bari Lukas Grgic £9,000£9k 29
Calcio Padova Lorenzo Carissoni £9,000£9k 30
Carrarese Calcio 1908 Matthias Braunöder £7,900£8k 37
S.S. Juve Stabia 1907 Davide Buglio £7,400£7k 39
FC Südtirol Salvatore Molina £6,600£7k 44
Spezia Calcio Aldo Florenzi £6,500£7k 46
Pisa Sporting Club Felipe Loyola £6,300£6k 49
Ascoli Calcio 1898 Tommaso Milanese £5,600£6k 52
AC Reggiana 1919 Massimo Bertagnoli £4,900£5k 56
Mantova 1911 Fahem Benaissa-Yahia £1,300£1k 92
S.S. Arezzo No wage held - -
U.S. Avellino 1912 No wage held - -

The best-paid midfielder in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid midfielder. Serie B ranks 18th.

The best-paid midfielder in each men's league we rank midfielders in, the weekly wage, and the league's average midfielder wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Otávio £472,000£472k £49,687£50k
Süper Lig N'Golo Kanté £348,000£348k £21,488£21k
Bundesliga Joshua Kimmich £315,000£315k £39,483£39k
Premier League Bruno Fernandes £300,000£300k £76,710£77k
Major League Soccer Casemiro £300,000£300k £11,731£12k
Ligue 1 Marquinhos £279,000£279k £30,015£30k
La Liga Trent Alexander-Arnold £249,000£249k £40,838£41k
Serie A John Stones £200,000£200k £44,528£45k
Primeira Liga João Palhinha £199,000£199k £11,158£11k
Championship Kalvin Phillips £165,000£165k £20,131£20k
Croatian First League Ismaël Bennacer £117,000£117k £4,206£4k
Brasileirão Série A Arthur £99,000£99k £10,842£11k
Eredivisie Lutsharel Geertruida £99,000£99k £9,142£9k
2. Bundesliga Maximilian Arnold £74,000£74k £11,170£11k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,664£17k
Liga MX Carlos Gruezo £64,000£64k £6,811£7k
League One Boubakary Soumaré £58,000£58k £6,405£6k
Serie B Ali Al Musrati £55,000£55k £8,344£8k
La Liga 2 Donny van de Beek £54,000£54k £5,199£5k
Super Liga Leandro Paredes £44,000£44k £4,100£4k
Chinese Super League Ibrahim Amadou £42,000£42k £5,544£6k
Scottish Premiership Callum McGregor £39,000£39k £5,790£6k
J1 League Oriol Romeu £35,000£35k £4,063£4k
Danish Superliga Philip Billing £35,000£35k £7,123£7k
Superleague Greece Christos Zafeiris £33,000£33k £7,533£8k
Czech First League Sivert Mannsverk £33,000£33k £2,010£2k
Belgian Pro League László Bénes £25,000£25k £6,702£7k
Ekstraklasa Karol Linetty £25,000£25k £3,410£3k
Ligue 2 Ibou Sissoko £21,000£21k £4,966£5k
Austrian Bundesliga Bendegúz Bolla £20,000£20k £3,500£4k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Mats Rits £16,000£16k £2,048£2k
Eliteserien Hrannar Snær Magnússon £13,000£13k £2,231£2k
League Two Joe Williams £12,000£12k £2,560£3k
Categoría Primera A Élan Ricardo £11,000£11k £3,852£4k
Thai League Roque Mesa £8,000£8k £2,247£2k
Indian Super League Lalengmawia £5,500£6k £707£707
Veikkausliiga Alexander Ring £4,500£5k £708£708
Scottish Championship Graeme Shinnie £4,200£4k £907£907
National League Jake Rooney £4,100£4k £1,293£1k
A-League Jake Girdwood-Reich £4,100£4k £1,219£1k
I-League Jordi Altena £3,100£3k £364£364
Canadian Premier League Manuel Aparicio £810£810 £458£458
Meistriliiga Modou Tambedou £484£484 £161£161

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid midfielder in Serie B?

Ali Al Musrati of Hellas Verona FC, on £55,000 a week in 2026/27, or £2,860,000 a year. Suat Serdar of Hellas Verona FC is second on £32,000 a week.

How much do Serie B midfielders earn?

The average Serie B midfielder aged 22 or over earns £8,344 a week, and the median one £6,500. Midfielders take 26% of what Serie B pays its players of that age.

Which Serie B club pays its midfielders the most?

Hellas Verona FC, £169,404 a week across the 14 midfielders we hold a wage for, led by Ali Al Musrati on £55,000.

Who is the highest paid midfielder in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank midfielders in, the best-paid is Otávio of Al-Qadsiah Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £472,000 a week. The best-paid in Serie B ranks 18th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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