French Ligue 1 - Teams & Player Salaries

Rank	Team	Wage Bill	Highest Paid Player	Salary
1	Paris Saint Germain	€ 175.2m	Ousmane Dembélé	€17.0 million
2	AS Monaco	€ 62.9m	Eric Dier	€5.2 million
3	Olympique de Marseille	€ 82.6m	Benjamin Pavard	€6.5 million
4	Olympique Lyonnais	€ 28.8m	Alexandre Lacazette	€6.0 million
5	Lille Losc	€ 32.4m	André Gomes	€5.5 million
6	Rennes	€ 55.6m	Seko Fofana	€9.0 million
7	Nice	€ 29.6m	Gaëtan Laborde	€3.8 million
8	FC Nantes	€ 19.8m	Anthony Lopes	€2.3 million
9	Brest	€ 18.9m	Pierre Lees-Melou	€2.2 million
10	RC Lens	€ 25.9m	Odsonne Edouard	€4.0 million
11	Strasbourg	€ 24m	Ben Chilwell	€6.0 million
12	Auxerre	€ 10.5m	Ado Onaiwu	€0.8 million
13	Le Havre	€ 5.2m	Abdoulaye Touré	€1.1 million
14	FC Lorient	€ 8.8m	Jean-Victor Makengo	€1.2 million
15	Angers SCO	€ 9.5m	Louis Mouton	€1.2 million
16	Toulouse FC	€ 7m	Charlie Cresswell	€1.0 million
17	Paris FC	€ 9.1m	Otávio	€1.1 million
18	FC Metz	€ 8.9m	Boubacar Traore	€1.7 million

Highest Paid Players in French Ligue 1

Rank	Player	Verified	Weekly	Yearly	Team	Age	Contract
1	Ousmane Dembélé		€ 325k	€ 17m		28	2028
2	Marquinhos		€ 260k	€ 13.5m		31	2028
3	Achraf Hakimi		€ 253k	€ 13.2m		27	2030
4	Lucas Hernández		€ 253k	€ 13.2m		29	2028
5	Warren Zaïre-Emery		€ 220k	€ 11.4m		19	2029
6	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia		€ 205k	€ 10.8m		24	2029
7	Vitinha		€ 205k	€ 10.8m		25	2029
8	Nuno Mendez		€ 185k	€ 9.6m		23	2029
9	Fabián Ruiz		€ 175k	€ 9.1m		29	2027
10	João Neves		€ 175k	€ 9.1m		21	2029
11	Seko Fofana		€ 173k	€ 9m		30	2029
12	Ilya Zabarnyi		€ 159.5k	€ 8.3m		23	2030
13	Presnel Kimpembe		€ 145k	€ 7.7m		30	2026
14	Lucas Chevalier		€ 145k	€ 7.7m		24	2030
15	Bradley Barcola		€ 125k	€ 6.6m		23	2028
16	Benjamin Pavard		€ 125k	€ 6.5m		29	2026
17	Désiré Doué		€ 115k	€ 6m		20	2029
18	Brice Samba		€ 115.5k	€ 6m		31	2029
19	Ben Chilwell		€ 115k	€ 6m		28	2027
20	André Gomes		€ 105k	€ 5.5m		32	2026
21	Geoffrey Kondogbia		€ 104k	€ 5.4m		32	2027
22	Corentin Tolisso		€ 104k	€ 5.4m		31	2027
23	Gonçalo Ramos		€ 102.5k	€ 5.3m		24	2028
24	Eric Dier		€ 100k	€ 5.2m		31	2028
25	Mason Greenwood		€ 100k	€ 5.2m		24	2029

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French Ligue 1 is widely considered as one of the top 5 european leagues and that largely down to the fact PSG have dominated the domestic football in France for best part of last 15 years. They have won 11 of the last 12 Ligue 1 titles, assembled glactico squads and really put French football on world stage. But doing so they have kind of brought Imbalance to French ligue 1 both in terms of financial fairplay and talent pool. 

French Ligue 1 Wage Bill Club By Club:

40% of the total wage bill in French top division is spent by PSG on their squad salaries. Their wage bill is not only highest in France but they also have one of the highest wage bill in the world only behind the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester City. 8 of the clubs in Ligue 1 dont even have 10% of PSG's wage bill while the second highest wage bill in the league is more than half of PSG's €196 million a year expense on salaries. 

*We breakdown each French Ligue 1 squad financially and list every club's wage bill in 2024/25 season. All the financial numbers are taken from trusted sources like Deloitte and L’Equipe etc.