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Top 10 Highest-Paid Goalkeepers In The World (2024)

In this article, we will discuss the top 10 highest-paid goalkeepers in the world. Football players are well-known for being among the

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January 8, 2024

Olawale Egbeyemi

In this article, we will discuss the top 10 highest-paid goalkeepers in the world. Football players are well-known for being among the highest-paid athletes in the world. Club wage bills have risen dramatically recently, but wage distribution has remained lopsided, with strikers, midfielders, and wingers receiving the lion’s share.

Defenders and goalkeepers, on the other hand, are frequently at the bottom of the pay scale. Clubs are gradually waking up to the fact that the top goalkeepers are required to win trophies. As a result, a new elite class of goalkeepers has emerged, earning on par with or even exceeding their teammates. Let’s discuss the top 10 highest-paid goalkeepers in the world.

10. Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund) – £151,533

Gregor Kobel of Borussia Dortmund rounds off the list of the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world, with a weekly wage of £151,533. Despite his young career, Kobel has proven himself to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world, earning his place as the second-highest-paid goalkeeper in the German league.

Kobel made his professional debut for 1899 Hoffenheim in 2018. He was however loaned out to VfB Stuttgart, where he signed a permanent deal until June 2024. However, On 31 May 2021, Kobel signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund, where he has proven himself to be one of the best shot-stoppers in the game.

9. Kepa Arrizabalaga (Real Madrid) – £151,533

Spanish footballer and former Chelsea Keeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga, surprisingly makes the list of the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world, despite his inconsistent form in recent years. Kepa earns a whooping £151,533, playing as a loan player for the prestigious and decorated Spanish club, Real Madrid.

Kepa began his senior club career with Athletic Bilbao. In 2018, he was the subject of a record football transfer when he moved to Chelsea in a transfer worth €80 million, a record fee for a goalkeeper. There, he won the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup.

8. Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal) – £168,370

Yassine Bounou is a Moroccan professional footballer and one of the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world, earning as much as £168,370 per week. He is one of the many footballers who left one of the top European leagues for the emerging Saudi Pro League, where he plays for Al Hilal.

Bono began his career in Morocco, playing for Wydad AC. He, however, spent most of his senior career in Spain, making over 150 La Liga appearances for Girona and Sevilla, and over 50 in the Segunda División for Zaragoza and Girona. He won two UEFA Europa League and Zamora Trophies with Sevilla.

7. Keylor Navas (Paris Saint-Germain) – £183,692

PSG makes the list again with Keylor Navas, the second goalkeeper for the team, who earns a weekly wage of £183,692. With this Keylor despite spending most of his time on the bench is the second-highest-paid goalkeeper in Ligue One and the highest-paid goalkeeper in the world.

Before this, Keylor Navas had played for numerous Spanish teams such as Albacete, Levante, and Real Madrid, where he won a total of twelve titles, including one La Liga and three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles. With PSG, he has won the Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and Trophée des Champions.

6. Edouard Mendy (Al-Ahli) – £185,207

Senegalese and Former Chelsea player Edouard Mendy joins the list of the highest-paid goalkeepers after moving to the Saudi Pro League, earning a weekly wage of £185,207. He left Chelsea and joined Al-Ahli, towards the end of the 2022/23 season, after a few seasons of high-level performance.

While with Chelsea, Mendy won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup. Before his stint at Chelsea, he had played for a series of French Football clubs such as Cherbourg, Marseille, and Reims, where he won the second division of the French professional League known as League 2.

5. Wojciech Szczęsny

Wojciech Szczesny is a Polish player and one of the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world, with a weekly wage of £202,717. He joined Juventus in 2017 for a reported sum of £10 million as a backup for Gianluigi Buffon, but by 2018 had replaced the Italian icon as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper, owing in part to Buffon’s injury problems that season.

Before his move to Juventus, Szczesny had a mostly bench-sitting stint at Arsenal, before moving to Roma and ultimately ending at Juventus. Throughout his promising career, he has won the FA Cup, the FA Community Shield, Serie A on three occasions, Coppa Italia, and the Supercoppa Italiana.

4. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain) – £214,335

Star of the Euro 2020, Gianluigi Donnarumma has risen over the years to become one of the best as well as one of the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world, with a weekly wage of £214,335. His performance at the Euro 2020 along with his rise to prominence at AC Milan, earned his move to PSG after his contract at the San Siro had expired.

Despite just making his senior debut in 2018, Donnarumma has shown that he could be one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the sport. Aside from the UEFA European Championship and the Supercoppa Italiana, he also won the Ligue 1 Twice and the Trophée des Champions in 2022.

3. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) – £252,555

With a weekly wage of £252,555, 31-year-old Belgian goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois grabs the third spot among the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world. He is one of the most decorated goalkeepers in the generation, with a career that spans across the Belgian professional league, the English Premier League, and La Liga.

The Genk Academy alum has developed into one of the best shot-stoppers in the world, with a knack for producing incredible reflex saves. He has won La Liga and the Premier League multiple times and multiple European competitions such as the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, and the UEFA Champions League

2. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) – £350,715

Jan Oblack of Atletico Madrid grabs the second spot among the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world, with a weekly wage of £350,715. He was recently referred to as the Lionel Messi of goalkeepers thanks to his international consistency between the sticks for the La Liga club.

Since his transfer to Atletico Madrid, Oblak has stopped 636 of 819 shots faced in the Spanish top division, helping him win four consecutive Zamora Trophy and La Liga Goalkeeper of the Year awards. He also holds the record for the fastest century of clean sheets, with his 100th clean sheet coming after only 182 league games.

1. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) – £353,577

Bayern Munich veteran Keeper, Manuel Neuer is presently the highest-paid goalkeeper in the world, with a weekly wage of £353,577. Despite having most of his impressible days behind him, Manuel Neuer is one of the major players who contributed to Bayern Munich’s decade-long hold on the Bundesliga.

Manuel Neuer is no doubt one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, thanks to his tremendous performances between the sticks, impressive trophy chest, and, most importantly, his part in reinventing the sweeper-keeper role in the modern game. He is one of the few players in football history who have won the treble twice.