Bayern Munich wages: Top 11 highest-paid players amid Harry Kane contract renewal hopes

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Who are Bayern's highest-paid players?

Bayern Munich unsurprisingly have the biggest wage bill in the Bundesliga and have even been able to attract some top talent away from the Premier League in recent years.

Usually the dominant force in German football, Bayern saw their run of 11 consecutive league titles ended by Bayer Leverkusen in 2024, but are once again at the summit a year later. In all honesty, it’s the least they should expect when you consider how much they are paying compared to their competitors.

Bayern’s payroll for players isn’t just the biggest in the Bundesliga – it’s bigger than the second and third put together. In fact, the side they recently reclaimed the title from – Leverkusen – could pay their players three times over and still have a smaller wage bill than Bayern.

The 11 highest-paid players in the Bundesliga all belong to Bayern and here they are.

Wages are listed as what they earn per week, and the conversions to pounds are rounded to the nearest thousand and are based on the exchange rates at the time of writing, which are subject to change.

1. Harry Kane 

  • Weekly salary: €480,769 (£415,000)
  • Annual salary: €25m (£21.6m)
  • Contract until: 2027

It was going to take something special to lure Kane away from Tottenham Hotspur after almost two decades on their books, but that’s what Bayern managed to do in 2023.

Bayern forked out a club-record – and Bundesliga record – fee to sign Kane from Spurs, spending €100m for the privilege.

They set aside the same amount of money for his wages, worth €25m per season for a four-year contract. It’s more than double what he was being paid by Spurs; in fact, it’s not far off matching the whole amount he earned over the last 10 years of his Spurs career.

The England captain won the European Golden Shoe in his debut season, but won’t have believed his luck when his long wait for a trophy went on due to Leverkusen beating Bayern to the Bundesliga title.

Kane’s curse was finally lifted the season after, which was music to his ears, given that a desire for trophies was what led him out of north London more so than any financial incentives.

Nevertheless, Kane can’t complain at being the highest-paid English player in Europe, bettered only in the world by Al-Ahli striker Ivan Toney.

The 32-year-old, who scored 60 Bundesliga goals from his first 60 games in the competition, is still due to be on Bayern’s books until 2027.

Bayern board member Max Eberl has hinted at a new contract for Kane.

2. Manuel Neuer 

  • Weekly salary: €403,846 (£348,000)
  • Annual salary: €21m (£18.1m)
  • Contract until: 2026

The best-paid German player overall is long-serving goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who has taken home nearly €200m from Bayern since joining the club in 2011.

Neuer is in fact the highest-paid goalkeeper in the world, despite now being 39 years old. His annual salary is worth €21m.

There is still one year remaining on Neuer’s contract too, thanks to a renewal that was announced in February.

He may split his gametime more this season with Jonas Urbig, but that didn’t stop Bayern keeping Neuer on a high salary that will still be valid after he turns 40.

There aren’t many more iconic goalkeepers in footballing history than Neuer, though. He has won an abundance of trophies over the years and helped revolutionise his position at the prime of his career.

Neuer was named as the best goalkeeper in the world by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics on five separate occasions and was named in the FIFA FIFPRO World 11 for four years in a row between 2013 and 2016.

Back in those days, he was earning less than €160,000 per week, but he has been earning more than €400,000 per week since May 2022.

3. Joshua Kimmich

  • Weekly salary: €384,615 (£332,000)
  • Annual salary: €20m (£17.2m)
  • Contract until: 2029

Kimmich now has 10 years of service to Bayern under his belt after joining them from RB Leipzig in 2015, a transfer that was agreed while he was still a teenager.

Originally earning €1.19m per year in Munich, Kimmich now earns €20m every season thanks to his latest new deal, which he signed in March.

“At FC Bayern I have the best environment to achieve my sporting goals,” he said. “That is what my decision was based on. For me at the moment, there is no better package of team-mates, coaching staff and club environment in order to achieve maximum success. I feel at home here and I am not finished yet.”

It followed contract updates in March 2018 and August 2021 for the versatile midfielder, who surpassed 450 appearances in Bayern colours at this year’s Club World Cup.

Kimmich is the best-paid outfield German player in the world at the moment, even ranking above those playing abroad such as Antonio Rudiger and Kai Havertz.

=4. Jamal Musiala

  • Weekly salary: €362,885 (£313,000)
  • Annual salary: €18.87m (£16.3m)
  • Contract until: 2030

After leaving Chelsea’s academy in 2019, Musiala has gone on to flourish as one of the brightest talents in Europe with Bayern.

The attacking midfielder pockets more than £300,000 per week thanks to a contract extension he signed in February.

He was previously earning €5m per season, but more than trebled his earnings by committing his future to the club until 2030.

“I feel at home both in Munich and at the club with our great fans,” Musiala said at the time of his renewal.

“We’ve got a lot of things we want to achieve. I’m excited for everything that’s to come.”

Still only 22, Musiala is the highest-paid U23 player in the Bundesliga and second in Europe behind Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham.

Musiala can also earn up to €162,923 (around £110,000) per week in bonuses.

=4. Serge Gnabry

  • Weekly salary: €362,885 (£313,000)
  • Annual salary: €18.87m (£16.3m)
  • Contract until: 2026

Once labelled as not good enough to play for West Bromwich Albion by Tony Pulis, Gnabry has completed his seventh season with Bayern, where he earns €18.87m per season.

And with more than 90 goals for the club to his name, he has progressed over the years to justify his status.

Gnabry was given an €8m annual salary when Bayern signed him from Werder Bremen in 2017. Five years later, he was rewarded with a lucrative contract extension, with his salary shooting up by more than €10m a year (but with no bonuses).

Bayern will need to make a decision about Gnabry’s future soon, though, since he is in the final year of his contract. It remains to be seen if there could be any new deal further down the line for the 30-year-old.

His output has declined over the past couple of seasons, in contrast to the effective start he made to his Bayern career.

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6. Alphonso Davies

  • Weekly salary: €288,462 (£249,000)
  • Annual salary: €15m (£12.9m)
  • Contract until: 2030

Davies ended speculation over a move to Real Madrid by signing a new contract in February 2025.

His new terms will last until 2030, but Bayern won’t get much value in return for a while due to the ACL injury that the left-back suffered in late March.

To convince Davies to stay, when it seemed he was likely to move to Madrid on a Bosman transfer, Bayern increased his wages from €11.25m per year to €15m per year.

If he fulfils the length of his new deal, Davies will have surpassed a decade of service to Bayern, who brought him to Europe from Vancouver Whitecaps in 2018.

When he originally joined Bayern in January 2019, he was given a salary worth just €10,000 per week, but by April 2020 – after consolidating his status as a first-team player – he was ready to be rewarded with a salary more than 21 times greater.

7. Luis Diaz

  • Weekly salary: €269,231 (£232,000)
  • Annual salary: €14m (£12.1m)
  • Contract until: 2029

Despite his regular involvement for Liverpool, Diaz was relatively underpaid during his three-and-a-half years in the Premier League.

His salary started at around £55,000 per week after joining from Porto and rose incrementally over time, although it never became clear what to.

Diaz didn’t show much interest in extending his Liverpool contract past 2027, so Bayern ultimately succeeded in signing him for an expensive £65.5m fee.

And the winger has signed a contract more than four times more valuable than his original Liverpool terms.

8. Michael Olise

  • Weekly salary: €259,615 (£224,000)
  • Annual salary: €13.5m (£11.6m)
  • Contract until: 2029

Olise attracted interest from clubs in the Premier League and Europe towards the end of his time with Crystal Palace, but it was Bayern who won the race to sign him in the summer of 2024.

The winger agreed a five-year contract for his first taste of European football, through which he more than doubled his salary.

He had signed an improved contract with Palace a year before his move to Bayern, but it was still dwarfed by what he would go on to earn in Germany.

“The talks with FC Bayern were very positive, and I’m very happy to now be playing for such a big club,” Olise said when joining the club. “It’s a great challenge, and that’s exactly what I was looking for. I want to prove myself at this level and play my part in ensuring that we win as many titles as possible with our team in the coming years.”

Olise has made an impression in his new surroundings too, reaching more than 40 goal contributions for his debut season.

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9. Leon Goretzka

  • Weekly salary: €250,000 (£216,000)
  • Annual salary: €15m (£11.2m)
  • Contract until: 2026

Goretzka joined Bayern as a free agent from Schalke in 2018, which earned him a healthy increase in wages.

The midfielder’s first Bayern salary was worth €10m per season, compared to €1.78m per season at Schalke.

Bayern upgraded Goretzka’s contract in September 2021, with the deal now in its final year.

=10. Kim Min-jae

  • Weekly salary: €230,769 (£199,000)
  • Annual salary: €12m (£10.3m)
  • Contract until: 2028

After just one season with Napoli, Kim earned a move to Bayern in 2023 on the back of winning Serie A.

He was earning about €89,000 per week in Italy, but his move to Germany after Bayern activated his release clause gave him the most lucrative salary of his career.

=10. Jonathan Tah

  • Weekly salary: €230,769 (£199,000)
  • Annual salary: €12m (£10.3m)
  • Contract until: 2029

Bayern signed Tah on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in June 2025, a transfer method that usually helps clubs offer stronger salaries.

After signing a four-year deal, the defender is earning more than four times what he was being paid by Leverkusen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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