Saudi Pro League - Teams & Player Salaries
| Rank | Team | Wage Bill | Highest Paid Player | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Al Nassr
|
€379 million | €200.0 million | |
| 2 |
Al-Hilal
|
€ 200 million | €25.0 million | |
| 3 |
Al-Ahli
|
€177 million | €26.0 million | |
| 4 |
Al-Ittihad
|
€140 million | €50.0 million | |
| 5 |
Al-Ettifaq
|
€45 million | €15.0 million |
Highest Paid Players in Saudi Pro League
| Rank | Player | Team | Weekly | Yearly | Age | Contract Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
|
€ 3.9m | € 200m | 40 | 2026 |
| 2 |
Karim Benzema
|
|
€ 960k | € 50m | 38 | 2026 |
| 3 |
Sadio Mané
|
|
€ 769k | € 40m | 33 | 2026 |
| 4 |
Riyad Mahrez
|
|
€ 500k | € 26m | 34 | 2027 |
| 5 |
Kalidou Koulibaly
|
|
€ 480k | € 25m | 34 | 2026 |
| 6 |
Aymeric Laporte
|
|
€ 471k | € 24.5m | 31 | 2026 |
| 7 |
Georginio Wijnaldum
|
|
€ 288k | € 15m | 35 | 2026 |
Saudi Pro League has made headlines over the last few years mainly because of the financial muscle of some of the clubs in the league. Currently world's highest paid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is playing for Al Nassr where his new 2-year (2025/27) contract is worth €200 million a-year (tax-free). His salary is bigger then some of the top european club's yearly wage bill. On this page you will see the breakdown of Saudi Pro League's top 5 clubs and how much each of the player in their squad is earning with their lucrative contracts.
Top 5 Saudi Pro League clubs current combined wage bill is around €1 billion at the start of 2025/26 season. Average salary of the top 5 clubs is around €4.5 million per season. Since the FIFA World Cup 2030 is taking place in Saudi Arabia we can expect Saudi's to keep spending money on football at-least until the world cup year. If they can sustain the current model is remain to be seen.
