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The highest salaries earned by Bayern Munich have been made public.
Even after joining the team, Luis Diaz’s earnings do not place him among the top four attackers.
Manuel Neuer is the second-highest paid player on the team.
Unquestionably, one of the biggest teams in Europe has been and will remain Bayern Munich. The dominant power in Germany has used its domestic dominance to grow into one of the biggest teams on the continent.
Some of the best players in the world have been drawn to the Bavarians to don their iconic red shirt in an effort to help them reach new heights. The top players in the world will always want big salary, thus there is a cost to that.
Considering the record-high football earnings, some of the figures presented to the Bayern Munich players are concerning. And according to the experts at Capology, we now specifically know how much money each member of Vincent Kompany’s team earns.
Goalies Daniel Peretz, Jonas Urbig, Manuel Neuer, and Alexander Nubel
What person would want to play goalie? Usually underpaid, rarely commended, and constantly insulted. The latter is unquestionably untrue, as Bayern Munich’s captain, Manuel Neuer, is the second-highest paid player at the team due to his longevity and status as one of the best goalkeepers of all time.
A weekly salary of £133,301 will certainly ease the agony, even though Alexander Nubel has often had to watch from the dugout as Neuer performs his job.
Despite not being in the senior squad at the moment, the two young players, Daniel Peretz and Jonas Urbig, hope to join the team in the future.
The salary of Bayern Munich’s custodian
The participant
Weekly Salary
Contract signing
The date of expiration
Manuel Neuer
£349.916
February 3, 2025
June 30, 2026
Alexander Nubel
£133,301
12 April 2024
June 30, 2029
Daniel Peretz
£24,994
25 August 2023
June 30, 2028
Jonas Urbig
£10,997
January 27, 2025
June 30, 2029
Defenders Tarek Buchmann, Adam Aznou, Josip Stansic, Hiroki Ito, Sacha Boey, Jonathan Tah, Dayot Upamecano, Konrad Laimer, Raphael Guerreiro, Min-jae Kim, and Alphonso Davies
Attack wins games, but defence wins championships. Their financial status, however, does not always indicate how important having a strong backline is. Frenchman Sacha Boey, who ranks third from the bottom with a weekly salary of just less than £50,000, earns significantly more than youngster Adam Aznou and Tarek Buchmann, who are at the bottom of the list.
Hiroki Ito, a Japanese defender now sidelined by a fractured metatarsal, is the last defender to make less than six figures. Josip Stansic is the first of seven defenders to make over £100,000 in a year. Next is Raphael Guerreiro, one of many players that left Borussia Dortmund to join Bayern.
Konrad Laimer was originally acquired as a midfield player, but in order to get playing time in Bavaria, he had to adapt to full-back. Because of his versatility, he most certainly earns his contract, which is close to £150,000. Dayot Upamecano was the third-highest paid player in the backline prior to Jonathan Tah joining on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen. Since there was no transfer fee, he was able to bargain for a better offer.
Tah joined Bayern from Napoli in 2023, and he is tied with another central defender, Min-jae Kim. First place goes to Alphonso Davies, one of the world’s fastest football players.
Bayern Munich Defenders’ Wages
The participant
Weekly Salary
Contract signing
The date of expiration
Alphonso Davies
£249,940
February 4, 2025
June 30, 2030
Kim Min-jae
£199,952
18 July 2023
June 30, 2028
Tah Jonathan
£199,952
9 June 2025
June 30, 2029
Upamecano Dayot
£166,626
5 July 2021
June 30, 2026
Laimer, Konrad
£149,964
July 1, 2023
June 30, 2027
Guerreiro, Raphael
£133,301
July 1, 2023
June 30, 2026
Stansic, Josip
£109,973
June 27, 2024
June 30, 2029
Ito Hiroki
£62,985
July 1, 2024
June 30, 2028
Boey Sacha
£49,988
January 28, 2024
June 30, 2028
Aznou, Adam
£5,165
July 1, 2024
June 30, 2027
Buchmann, Tarek
£2,499
July 1, 2023
June 30, 2026
Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joao Palhinha, Leon Goretzka, and Joshua Kimmich are midfielders.
Bayern’s midfield ranks might seem extremely sparse since Capology is deploying players who could play as number 10 or a more seasoned midfielder as attackers. Joshua Kimmich is now leading the midfield rankings after putting an end to rumours of his departure in March by agreeing to a brand-new contract worth over £330,000 per week.
One of the Bayern team’s longest-running contracts was signed by Leon Goretzka in September 2021. Another well-known player with an uncertain future is the German, who may be preparing his next move since his contract expires in the summer.
When Joao Palhinha moved in last summer, he was making a few pounds more a week at Fulham than he was at Craven Cottage. The only midfield player on less is a young midfielder named Aleksandar Pavlovic, but bigger contracts are definitely on the way.
Bayern Munich midfielders’ salaries
The participant
Weekly Salary
Contract signing
The date of expiration
Joshua Kimmich
£333,253
March 13, 2025
June 30, 2029
Leon Goretzka
£216,614
16 September 2021
June 30, 2026
Joao Palhinha
£166,626
11 July 2024
June 30, 2028
Aleksandar Pavlovic
£29,993
16 June 2024
June 30, 2029
Michael Olise, Bryan Zaragoza, Paul Wanner, Luis Diaz, Serge Gnabry, Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, and Kingsley Coman were the attackers.
In football, the offence has always received the majority of revenue due to the high value of goals. As is customary, the younger players receive lower salaries; the lowest two are 19-year-old Paul Wanner, who was born in Austria, and Spanish winger Bryan Zaragoza, who makes six figures despite playing infrequently.
Zaragoza’s salary is more than double that of former Crystal Palace standout Michael Olise. Even though he was a star player for Selhurst Park, his claimed pay of £100,000 was less than that of his Spanish teammate. Next up is Luis Diaz, a Colombian who Forbes estimates will earn £230,000 each week.
Players like Kingsley Coman and Serge Gnabry will compete with Diaz for a position on Vincent Kompany’s flanks, but both men are paid more. The same is true for Jamal Musiala, who will earn a lot of money even though he is sidelined by a serious injury.
Harry Kane, however, is the team’s best player. The Englishman commands a huge salary—roughly half a million pounds a week—because he is one of the world’s top attackers.
The participant
Weekly Salary
Contract signing
The date of expiration
Harry and Kane
£416,566
12 August 2023
June 30, 2027
Jamal Musiala
£314,424
14 February 2025
June 30, 2030
Serge Gnabry
£314,424
16 July 2022
June 30, 2026
Kingsley and Coman
£283,265
12 January 2022
June 30, 2027
Luis Diaz
£230,000
July 27, 2025
June 30, 2029
Michael Olise
£224,946
7 July 2024
June 30, 2029
Bryan Zaragoza
£109,973
1 July 2024
June 30, 2029
Paul Wanner
£33,325
January 31, 2022
June 30, 2027
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