VEIKKAUSLIIGA · TOP 100

Highest paid Veikkausliiga players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in the Veikkausliiga?

Otto Ruoppi of Kuopion Palloseura, on £9,000 per week — £468,000 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 Veikkausliiga players earn between them?

£86,645 per week and £4,505,540 per year, which is 74% of the entire Veikkausliiga wage bill.

Q: Which Veikkausliiga club has the most players in the top 100?

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, with 15 of them, paying £31,527 a week across those players.

Q: What does it take to make the top 100?

£435 per week — that is what Tuomas Kaukua earns in 100th place.

Otto Ruoppi leads on £9,000 per week. These 100 players take £86,645 a week between them - 74% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 205 of the 322 players in the Veikkausliiga.

TOP 100 WEEKLY £87k

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL74%

MEDIAN AGE25

MOST IN THE LIST15 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi

Veikkausliiga league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi 15 £32k

Kuopion Palloseura 10 £16k

FC Inter Turku 13 £7k

IF Gnistan 14 £7k

Ilves 10 £5k

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho 9 £5k

FF Jaro 9 £5k

Vaasan Palloseura 5 £3k

AC Oulu 5 £2k

Valkeakosken Haka 4 £2k

IFK Mariehamn 4 £2k

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat 2 £1k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 23 £21k

23-26 38 £28k

27-30 24 £22k

Over 30 15 £15k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 £9k #10 £2k #100 £435

Otto Ruoppi earns 4.7× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 21× the 100th. Half of the £87k a week on this page goes to the first 18 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Otto Ruoppi	£9,000	£468,000	Kuopion Palloseura	Finland	19	AM RC
02	Alexander Ring	£4,500	£234,000	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	34	DM, AM C
03	Teemu Pukki	£3,600	£187,200	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	35	ST
04	Emmanuel Boateng	£3,300	£171,600	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Ghana	28	DM, AM C
05	Alfie Cicale	£2,500	£130,000	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	England	23	WB/AM L
06	Ville Tikkanen	£2,500	£130,000	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	25	D C
07	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	£2,400	£124,800	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	30	D LC
08	Lucas Lingman	£2,000	£104,000	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	27	DM, AM C
09	Leonel Montano	£2,000	£104,000	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Denmark	25	D/WB/M L
10	Matej Marković	£1,900	£98,800	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Bosnia & Herzegovina	28	GK

11	Mihailo Bogićević	£1,900	£98,800	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Switzerland	27	D C
12	Till Cissokho	£1,600	£83,200	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	France	25	D C
13	Taneli Hämäläinen	£1,600	£83,200	Kuopion Palloseura	Finland	24	D RLC
14	Brooklyn Lyons-Foster	£1,500	£78,000	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	England	24	D RLC
15	Johannes Kreidl	£1,100	£57,200	Kuopion Palloseura	Austria	29	GK
16	Mads Borchers	£900	£46,800	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Denmark	23	AM L, ST
17	Alie Conteh	£823	£42,796	FC Inter Turku	Sierra Leone	20	ST
18	Clinton Antwi	£755	£39,260	Kuopion Palloseura	Ghana	25	D/WB L
19	Evgeny Bashkirov	£682	£35,464	IF Gnistan	Russia	34	DM, AM C
20	Gustav Engvall	£671	£34,892	Kuopion Palloseura	Sweden	29	AM LC, F C
21	Anton Popovitch	£664	£34,528	Ilves	Finland	28	DM
22	Kasper Paananen	£660	£34,320	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Finland	22	AM RC
23	Albin Granlund	£659	£34,268	FC Inter Turku	Finland	35	D RLC
24	Jasse Tuominen	£655	£34,060	FC Inter Turku	Finland	29	ST
25	Danny Pérez	£640	£33,280	IF Gnistan	Venezuela	25	AM RL, ST
26	Ayo Obileye	£630	£32,760	IF Gnistan	Nigeria	30	D C, DM
27	Petteri Pennanen	£625	£32,500	Kuopion Palloseura	Finland	34	AM LC
28	Loic Essomba	£621	£32,292	FC Inter Turku	Cameroon	21	AM RL, ST
29	Adam Vidjeskog	£615	£31,980	FF Jaro	Finland	27	DM
30	Atomu Tanaka	£615	£31,980	Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat	Japan	37	AM RLC
31	Anton Lepola	£601	£31,252	Valkeakosken Haka	Finland	28	GK
32	Julius Tauriainen	£598	£31,096	FC Inter Turku	Finland	24	D/WB RL
33	Niklas Friberg	£596	£30,992	Valkeakosken Haka	Finland	29	D RLC
34	Bismark Ampofo	£592	£30,784	FC Inter Turku	Ghana	22	DM
35	Sauli Väisänen	£581	£30,212	Ilves	Finland	31	D C
36	Eetu Mömmö	£576	£29,952	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Finland	23	D/WB L, AM RL
37	Herman Sjögrell	£573	£29,796	FF Jaro	Sweden	24	AM RL
38	Jean Botué	£569	£29,588	FC Inter Turku	Burkina Faso	22	ST
39	Eetu Huuhtanen	£562	£29,224	FC Inter Turku	Finland	22	GK
40	Jayden Turfkruier	£560	£29,120	Vaasan Palloseura	Suriname	22	WB/AM L

41	Matias Ojala	£559	£29,068	AC Oulu	Finland	30	DM, AM C
42	Jesper Svenungsen Skau	£553	£28,756	FF Jaro	Norway	22	D C, DM
43	Adeleke Akinyemi	£553	£28,756	IF Gnistan	Nigeria	26	ST
44	Anttoni Huttunen	£553	£28,756	IFK Mariehamn	Finland	23	AM RC
45	Armaan Wilson	£544	£28,288	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Canada	23	D C, DM
46	Elias Mastokangas	£533	£27,716	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Finland	24	AM RLC
47	Emmanuel Patut	£528	£27,456	IFK Mariehamn	Finland	22	DM
48	Ramilson Almeida	£526	£27,352	IF Gnistan	Brazil	25	GK
49	Jeremiah Streng	£526	£27,352	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Finland	23	ST
50	Max Bjurstrøm	£522	£27,144	IF Gnistan	Norway	19	D/WB R
51	Álex Craninx	£517	£26,884	IF Gnistan	Belgium	29	GK
52	Kelvin Pires	£516	£26,832	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Cape Verde	25	D C
53	Juhani Ojala	£514	£26,728	IF Gnistan	Finland	36	D C
54	Artur Atarah	£514	£26,728	IF Gnistan	Finland	20	AM RL, ST
55	Danila Bulgakov	£514	£26,728	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Finland	20	AM RLC
56	Juuso Hämäläinen	£512	£26,624	FC Inter Turku	Finland	31	D C
57	Adam Larsson	£512	£26,624	IFK Mariehamn	Sweden	25	ST
58	Andre Raymond	£512	£26,624	Ilves	Trinidad & Tobago	24	D/WB L
59	Aron Bjonbäck	£507	£26,364	FF Jaro	Finland	23	D/WB RL
60	Fabian Østigård Ness	£507	£26,364	FF Jaro	Norway	25	D/WB/M L
61	Joona Veteli	£505	£26,260	Ilves	Finland	30	DM, AM LC
62	Erik Gunnarsson	£503	£26,156	FF Jaro	Sweden	26	D C
63	Matias Rale	£502	£26,104	Ilves	Finland	24	D LC
64	Eero-Matti Auvinen	£500	£26,000	Valkeakosken Haka	Finland	29	D C
65	Luka Smyth	£499	£25,948	Vaasan Palloseura	Australia	21	ST
66	Markus Arsalo	£496	£25,792	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Finland	22	DM
67	Michael Ogungbaro	£495	£25,740	FF Jaro	Nigeria	29	D C, DM
68	Roope Riski	£494	£25,688	Ilves	Finland	33	ST
69	Luka Kuittinen	£492	£25,584	FC Inter Turku	Finland	22	D C
70	Jabir Abdihakim Ali	£491	£25,532	Vaasan Palloseura	Sweden	26	ST

71	Calvin Kabuye	£488	£25,376	Kuopion Palloseura	Uganda	22	AM L, ST
72	Jesse Öst	£485	£25,220	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	34	GK
73	Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba	£483	£25,116	Kuopion Palloseura	Finland	22	AM R, ST
74	Rasmus Karjalainen	£482	£25,064	AC Oulu	Finland	29	AM L, ST
75	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	£481	£25,012	Vaasan Palloseura	Finland	26	D/WB/M RL
76	Jardell Kanga	£478	£24,856	Ilves	Sweden	19	AM RC
77	Saku Ylätupa	£477	£24,804	IF Gnistan	Finland	25	AM RLC, F C
78	Martti Haukioja	£475	£24,700	Vaasan Palloseura	Finland	25	D LC
79	Jerry Voutilainen	£469	£24,388	Kuopion Palloseura	Finland	30	DM, AM C
80	Juha Pirinen	£468	£24,336	AC Oulu	Finland	33	D LC
81	Kalle Wallius	£468	£24,336	Ilves	Finland	22	D/WB R
82	Samuel Chukwudi	£465	£24,180	Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho	Faroe Islands	22	D C
83	Iiro Järvinen	£464	£24,128	FC Inter Turku	Finland	28	WB R, M RC
84	Edmund Arko-Mensah	£461	£23,972	IF Gnistan	Ghana	23	D/WB/M L
85	Niklas Jokelainen	£455	£23,660	AC Oulu	Finland	25	AM RC, F C
86	Petteri Forsell	£452	£23,504	Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat	Finland	34	AM LC
87	Rachide Gnanou	£447	£23,244	IF Gnistan	Burkina Faso	20	D C
88	Roman Eremenko	£447	£23,244	IF Gnistan	Finland	38	AM C
89	Ollie Whyte	£446	£23,192	Valkeakosken Haka	New Zealand	25	DM, AM C
90	Lauri Ala-Myllymäki	£443	£23,036	Ilves	Finland	28	AM LC
91	Arttu Heinonen	£443	£23,036	Kuopion Palloseura	Finland	26	AM LC, F C
92	Jere Kallinen	£442	£22,984	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	Finland	23	DM
93	Otso Virtanen	£441	£22,932	Ilves	Finland	31	GK
94	Jussi Niska	£440	£22,880	FC Inter Turku	Finland	22	D/WB/M L
95	Jim Myrevik	£439	£22,828	FF Jaro	Finland	29	D/WB/M L
96	Senne Vits	£438	£22,776	FF Jaro	Belgium	28	GK
97	Noah Nurmi	£438	£22,776	IFK Mariehamn	Finland	24	D C, DM
98	Sergey Eremenko	£437	£22,724	IF Gnistan	Russia	26	AM C
99	Seth Saarinen	£436	£22,672	FC Inter Turku	Finland	24	D/WB R
100	Tuomas Kaukua	£435	£22,620	AC Oulu	Finland	24	D/WB L, AM RL

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in the Veikkausliiga?

Otto Ruoppi of Kuopion Palloseura, on £9,000 per week — £468,000 a year.

How much do the top 100 Veikkausliiga players earn between them?

£86,645 per week and £4,505,540 per year, which is 74% of the entire Veikkausliiga wage bill.

Which Veikkausliiga club has the most players in the top 100?

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, with 15 of them, paying £31,527 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

£435 per week — that is what Tuomas Kaukua earns in 100th place.