Borussia Dortmund Salaries 2025/26

Bundesliga

Top Earner: N. Süle (€14.0M)

Lowest Earner: F. Mané (€350K)

N. Süle

Top Earner

F. Mané

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Goalkeeper Out-Earns Top Striker

Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, with a salary of €10.0M, is the club's second-highest earner. He earns more than any forward on the team, including the top-earning striker, Serhou Guirassy (€9.4M).

Top Defender Earns Double His Peers

Niklas Süle's €14.0M salary is more than double that of the next highest-paid defender, Nico Schlotterbeck (€6.5M). The €7.5M gap between them is larger than Schlotterbeck's entire salary.

Top Trio of Defenders Out-Earns Attack

The combined annual salary of the three highest-paid defenders—Niklas Süle, Nico Schlotterbeck, and Waldemar Anton—totals €26.5M, which is more than the entire wage bill for the club's four forwards (€24.4M).

One Defender Out-Earns All Goalkeepers

Center-back Niklas Süle's salary of €14.0M is greater than the combined salaries of all three goalkeepers on the roster, which totals €11.7M.

The Six Million Euro Trio

A notable salary cluster exists at the €6.0M mark, tying together three players from three different areas of the pitch: defender Waldemar Anton, midfielder Felix Nmecha, and forward Karim Adeyemi.

Midfield Chiefs Trail Other Positions

The highest-paid midfielders, Julian Brandt and Emre Can (€8.0M), earn less than the top earner in attack (Serhou Guirassy, €9.4M), goal (Gregor Kobel, €10.0M), and defense (Niklas Süle, €14.0M).

Midfield Leaders on Identical Pay

Julian Brandt (Attacking Midfielder) and Emre Can (Defensive Midfielder) are the joint-highest earners in the midfield, both with salaries of €8.0M.

Dortmund's Four-Tier Wage Structure

The club's salaries are grouped into four distinct tiers. The Elite tier (over €9M) includes players like Niklas Süle, Gregor Kobel, and Serhou Guirassy. The Senior tier (€6M-€8M) features players such as Julian Brandt and Emre Can. A Core group (€4M-€6M) includes Maximilian Beier and Julian Ryerson, while a Development tier (under €4M) contains the remaining players.

Attack's Highest Paid Player

The top earner among the forwards is Center-Forward Serhou Guirassy, whose annual salary is €9.4M.

Top Earner is a Defender

The highest-paid player at Borussia Dortmund is Niklas Süle, a center-back, with an annual salary of €14.0M.

Transfer rumour salaries: Marcos Senesi, Jadon Sancho

Latest reported salary figures for players linked with a move to the club.

Borussia Dortmund is offering Marcos Senesi an annual salary of four million euros, though he is reportedly requesting €5M per year or more than 5 million euros net per season. Jadon Sancho is reportedly willing to lower his salary to up to 7 million euros per season for a move to Dortmund, with reports also suggesting he would earn around five million euros excluding performance-related bonuses, and Dortmund is reportedly offering a base salary between five and six million euros with potential bonuses, while his requested 9 million euros net per season is considered too high.

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Potential wage savings if Serhou Guirassy and Julian Brandt leave

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Serhou Guirassy currently earns €9.4M/year and is linked with a move to FC Barcelona. Julian Brandt, with a salary of €8.0M/year, is rumored to be a target for clubs like Atlético Madrid, Inter, and Roma. Nico Schlotterbeck, earning €6.5M/year, has attracted interest from several top clubs including Liverpool, FC Barcelona, and Paris Saint Germain. Waldemar Anton, who earns €6.0M/year, is linked with potential transfers to Atlético Madrid, Aston Villa, or Manchester United. Almugera Kabar, with a salary of €750K/year, is rumored to be moving to Hamburger SV.

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