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SUPERLEAGUE GREECE · MIDFIELDERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Superleague Greece midfielders

Christos Zafeiris is the best-paid midfielder in the Superleague Greece, on £33,000 a week at AS PAOK Salonika, or £1,716,000 a year. Imrân Louza is next on £31,000 at Panathinaikos AO. We hold wages for 72 Superleague Greece midfielders in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £33k
AVERAGE WAGE £7,533
SHARE OF WAGE BILL13%
TOP 10 A WEEK £260k
WAGES HELD72

The 50 best-paid Superleague Greece 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 the Superleague Greece in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Christos Zafeiris £33,000£33k £1,716,000£1.7m AS PAOK Salonika 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Greece
2 Imrân Louza £31,000£31k £1,612,000£1.6m Panathinaikos AO 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Morocco
3 Mady Camara £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m AS PAOK Salonika 28 Defensive midfielder Guinea
4 Chiquinho £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Olympiacos SF Piraeus 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Portugal
5 Pedro Chirivella £26,000£26k £1,352,000£1.4m Panathinaikos AO 28 Defensive midfielder Spain
6 Soualiho Meïté £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m AS PAOK Salonika 31 Defensive midfielder France
7 Dimitris Kourbelis £24,000£24k £1,248,000£1.2m AGS Asteras Tripolis 31 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Greece
8 Moussa Sissoko £24,000£24k £1,248,000£1.2m Panathinaikos AO 35 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
9 Uroš Racic £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m AS Aris Salonika 27 Defensive midfielder Serbia
10 Razvan Marin £17,000£17k £884,000£884k AEK Athens 29 Defensive midfielder Romania
11 Giorgos Kyriakopoulos £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Panathinaikos AO 29 Left-back, left midfielder Greece
12 Yvan Neyou £17,000£17k £884,000£884k NPS Volos 28 Defensive midfielder Cameroon
13 Baptiste Santamaria £16,000£16k £832,000£832k AS PAOK Salonika 30 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder France
14 Petros Mantalos £15,000£15k £780,000£780k AEK Athens 33 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Greece
15 Martin Hongla £13,000£13k £676,000£676k AS Aris Salonika 27 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Cameroon
16 Jérémy Petris £13,000£13k £676,000£676k AS Aris Salonika 27 Right-back, right midfielder Martinique
17 Santiago Hezze £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Olympiacos SF Piraeus 23 Defensive midfielder Argentina
18 Lorenzo Dickmann £8,000£8k £416,000£416k OFI Crete 28 Right-back, right midfielder Italy
19 Giannis Kotsiras £7,200£7k £374,400£374k AGS Asteras Tripolis 32 Right-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder Greece
20 Lorenzo Scipioni £7,000£7k £364,000£364k Olympiacos SF Piraeus 20 Defensive midfielder Argentina
21 Keidi Bare £6,000£6k £312,000£312k NPS Volos 27 Defensive midfielder Albania
22 Tom Dele-Bashiru £5,600£6k £291,200£291k AS Aris Salonika 25 Defensive midfielder Nigeria
23 Hakim Sahabo £5,200£5k £270,400£270k AEK Athens 20 Defensive midfielder Rwanda
24 Marvelous Nakamba £4,900£5k £254,800£255k GFS Panetolikos 31 Defensive midfielder Zimbabwe
25 Dani García £4,400£4k £228,800£229k Olympiacos SF Piraeus 35 Defensive midfielder Spain
26 Julián Chicco £4,100£4k £213,200£213k AGS Asteras Tripolis 27 Defensive midfielder Argentina
27 Moses Odubajo £3,900£4k £202,800£203k AEK Athens 31 Right-back, right midfielder Nigeria
28 Sotiris Kontouris £3,600£4k £187,200£187k Panathinaikos AO 20 Defensive midfielder Greece
29 Goni Naor £3,200£3k £166,400£166k AE Larisas 26 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Lithuania
30 Gustavo Puerta £3,200£3k £166,400£166k Olympiacos SF Piraeus 21 Defensive midfielder Colombia
31 Kervin Arriaga £3,000£3k £156,000£156k AEK Athens 27 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Honduras
32 Kostas Galanopoulos £3,000£3k £156,000£156k AS Aris Salonika 27 Defensive midfielder Greece
33 Etienne Camara £3,000£3k £156,000£156k Panathinaikos AO 22 Defensive midfielder France
34 Kostas Thymianis £3,000£3k £156,000£156k AS PAOK Salonika 24 Centre-back, defensive midfielder Greece
35 Andreas Bouchalakis £2,500£3k £130,000£130k OFI Crete 32 Defensive midfielder Greece
36 Charis Tsingaras £2,400£2k £124,800£125k APS Atromitos Athens 24 Defensive midfielder Greece
37 Davíð Kristján Ólafsson £2,400£2k £124,800£125k AE Larisas 30 Left-back, left midfielder Iceland
38 Giannis Kosti £2,200£2k £114,400£114k APO Levadeiakos 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Cyprus
39 Giannis Bouzoukis £2,200£2k £114,400£114k AGS Asteras Tripolis 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Greece
40 Giannis Apostolakis £2,200£2k £114,400£114k OFI Crete 20 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Greece
41 Jani Atanasov £2,100£2k £109,200£109k AE Larisas 25 Defensive midfielder North Macedonia
42 Éder £2,000£2k £104,000£104k AGS Asteras Tripolis 28 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Spain
43 Zisis Karachalios £2,000£2k £104,000£104k OFI Crete 29 Defensive midfielder Greece
44 Miki £1,900£2k £98,800£99k AGS Asteras Tripolis 30 Defensive midfielder Spain
45 Miguel Luís £1,900£2k £98,800£99k GFS Panetolikos 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Portugal
46 Maximiliano Comba £1,900£2k £98,800£99k NPS Volos 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Argentina
47 Quentin Lecoeuche £1,700£2k £88,400£88k NPS Volos 31 Left-back, left midfielder France
48 Stavros Pilios £1,600£2k £83,200£83k AEK Athens 24 Left-back, left midfielder Greece
49 Samuel Moutoussamy £1,600£2k £83,200£83k APS Atromitos Athens 28 Defensive midfielder Congo - Kinshasa
50 Thanasis Androutsos £1,600£2k £83,200£83k OFI Crete 28 Right-back, defensive midfielder Greece

What each position earns in the Superleague Greece

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

Goalkeepers £6,841 Defenders £10k Midfielders £7,533 Attackers £14k

Midfielders take 13% of what the Superleague Greece 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 Superleague Greece club, added together, a week

AS PAOK Salonika £109k Panathinaikos AO £105k AS Aris Salonika £58k Olympiacos SF Piraeus £54k AEK Athens £46k AGS Asteras Tripolis £45k NPS Volos £29k OFI Crete £20k AE Larisas £10k GFS Panetolikos £9,299

AS PAOK Salonika pay 6 midfielders £108,600 a week between them, and Christos Zafeiris takes 30% of it.

The best-paid midfielder at every Superleague Greece club

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

Each Superleague Greece 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
AS PAOK Salonika Christos Zafeiris £33,000£33k 1
Panathinaikos AO Imrân Louza £31,000£31k 2
Olympiacos SF Piraeus Chiquinho £27,000£27k 4
AGS Asteras Tripolis Dimitris Kourbelis £24,000£24k 7
AS Aris Salonika Uroš Racic £23,000£23k 9
AEK Athens Razvan Marin £17,000£17k 10
NPS Volos Yvan Neyou £17,000£17k 12
OFI Crete Lorenzo Dickmann £8,000£8k 18
GFS Panetolikos Marvelous Nakamba £4,900£5k 24
AE Larisas Goni Naor £3,200£3k 29
APS Atromitos Athens Charis Tsingaras £2,400£2k 36
APO Levadeiakos Giannis Kosti £2,200£2k 38
AE Kifisias No wage held - -
GS Iraklis Salonika No wage held - -
PS Kalamata No wage held - -

The best-paid midfielder in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid midfielder. The Superleague Greece ranks 25th.

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 the Superleague Greece?

Christos Zafeiris of AS PAOK Salonika, on £33,000 a week in 2026/27, or £1,716,000 a year. Imrân Louza of Panathinaikos AO is second on £31,000 a week.

How much do Superleague Greece midfielders earn?

The average Superleague Greece midfielder aged 22 or over earns £7,533 a week, and the median one £2,450. Midfielders take 13% of what the Superleague Greece pays its players of that age.

Which Superleague Greece club pays its midfielders the most?

AS PAOK Salonika, £108,600 a week across the 6 midfielders we hold a wage for, led by Christos Zafeiris on £33,000.

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 the Superleague Greece ranks 25th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

The same Superleague Greece squads, cut a different way

See the highest paid Superleague Greece players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Superleague Greece players are paid at every age, or the Superleague Greece wage bill, club by club.