Real Madrid Salaries 2025/26

La Liga

Top Earner: K. Mbappé (€31.2M)

Lowest Earner: G. García (€3.0M)

K. Mbappé

Top Earner

G. García

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Defense is Madrid's Most Expensive Department

The club's ten defenders have a combined annual salary of €116.8M, making the defense the highest-paid department in the squad. This total wage bill is significantly larger than that of the seven forwards (€87.2M) and the five midfielders (€72.9M).

Top Defender Out-earns Star Midfielders

Centre-back David Alaba (€22.5M) is the highest-paid defender and earns more than every midfielder at the club, including top earner Jude Bellingham (€20.8M).

Mbappé's Salary Matches Entire Right Wing

The annual salary of centre-forward Kylian Mbappé (€31.2M) is almost identical to the combined wages of all four right-wingers on the squad: Rodrygo, Brahim Díaz, Franco Mastantuono, and Arda Güler, which total €32.2M.

Three Youngsters' Wages Equal One Star

The combined annual salaries of the three youngest players, Franco Mastantuono (18), Dean Huijsen (20), and Arda Güler (21), total €21.4M. This is almost identical to the individual salaries of stars like Jude Bellingham (€20.8M) and Vinícius Júnior (€20.8M).

Full-Backs and Midfielder Form €10.4M Club

A salary cluster exists at €10.4M, shared by three players in three distinct positions: left-back Ferland Mendy, right-back Daniel Carvajal, and central midfielder Dani Ceballos.

Bellingham and Vinícius on Identical Salaries

Two of the club's key young stars, attacking midfielder Jude Bellingham and left-winger Vinícius Júnior, are on the exact same annual salary of €20.8M.

Madrid's Three Distinct Salary Tiers

The squad's salaries are grouped into clear tiers. The Elite tier (over €20M) includes Kylian Mbappé, David Alaba, Jude Bellingham, and Vinícius Júnior. The Star tier (€14M-€17M) features five players: Federico Valverde, Thibaut Courtois, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rüdiger, and Éder Militão. A large group of Key Players earns between €10M and €13M, including Eduardo Camavinga, Rodrygo, and Dani Ceballos.

Mbappé Is The Club's Top Earner

Centre-forward Kylian Mbappé is the highest-paid player at the club, with an annual salary of €31.2M.

Alaba Leads Defensive Wages

David Alaba is the highest-paid defender at the club. The centre-back earns an annual salary of €22.5M.

Bellingham Is Midfield's Highest Earner

Attacking midfielder Jude Bellingham is the top earner in the midfield, with an annual salary of €20.8M.

Transfer rumour salaries: Ibrahima Konaté, William Saliba

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

Ibrahima Konaté was reportedly offered a contract worth around 10 million euros net per year by Real Madrid, and he also demanded a salary of £200,000 a week. Real Madrid intended to offer William Saliba €8.5 million per year.

22d ago

Potential wage savings from Antonio Rüdiger and Raúl Asencio's rumored departures

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Antonio Rüdiger, currently earning €14.6M/year, is rumored to be a target for Juventus. Raúl Asencio, with a salary of €6.2M/year, is linked with moves to Everton or West Ham United. Brahim Díaz, earning €7.3M/year, could potentially move to FC Bayern München. Gonzalo García, with a salary of €3.0M/year, is linked with a transfer to Newcastle United.

22d ago