Every club in Europe ranked by their 2024-25 wage bill: PSG 6th, Liverpool 9th…

When it comes to money spent on player wages, European football is dominated by a select group of clubs. The Premier League is particularly well-represented at the top table.

English clubs account for five of the top nine spending clubs in Europe’s top five leagues – with the likes of Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea all towards the top end.

But it’s Real Madrid that top the charts for outlay on wages, spending a colossal €272million a year according to industry estimates.

The La Liga giants are undoubtedly one of European football’s true powerhouse clubs and their wage bill has risen following the signing of their latest Galactico, Kylian Mbappe. Los Blancos signed the World Cup winner on a free, so it’s no surprise that he’s well-remunerated when it comes to wages.

The likes of David Alaba, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, Thibaut Courtois and Antonio Rudiger are also believed to take home a pretty penny.

Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen are only 26th on the list, lower than the likes of Everton, Crystal Palace and newly-promoted Leicester City, with an estimated wage bill that’s less than a third of Bayern’s.

Borussia Dortmund, meanwhile, are 15th, nestled in between Juventus and Newcastle United with an estimated annual wage bill of €111million.

Barcelona are seven places and about €80million behind Real Madrid in terms of wage outlay, which sees them ahead of the likes of Liverpool, Inter and Atletico Madrid but behind Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Manchester City are believed to spend about €242million per year on Pep Guardiola’s star-studded squad, while it can’t be denied that their city rivals – who are one of seven clubs to break the €200million barrier – are getting considerably less bang for their buck.

Newly-promoted Ipswich Town have the lowest wage bill in the Premier League at an estimated €41million a year, but that’s still more than almost half the other clubs across Europe’s five major leagues. The beleaguered Tractor Boys are believed quadruple on wages than Ligue 1 minnows Le Havre.

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Here’s every club from Europe’s five major leagues ranked in order of their wage bill. The figures come from FBref, via Capology:

1. Real Madrid — €272,960,000 (£227,325,281, $284,997,920)
2. Bayern Munich — €264,170,000 (£220,004,835, $275,820,265)
3. Manchester City — €242,366,459 (£201,864,000, $253,099,041)
4. Manchester Utd — €216,884,026 (£180,640,000, $226,488,189)
5. Arsenal — €206,685,770 (£172,146,000, $215,838,323)
6. PSG — €205,060,000 (£170,777,117, $214,103,435)
7. Chelsea — €203,376,799 (£169,390,000, $212,382,825)
8. Barcelona — €192,320,000 (£160,167,050, $200,801,584)
9. Liverpool — €154,647,532 (£128,804,000, $161,495,709)
10. Inter — €144,500,000 (£120,341,820, $150,872,653)
11. Atletico Madrid — €136,420,000 (£113,612,671, $142,436,318)
12. Aston Villa — €129,112,271 (£107,536,000, $134,829,681)
13. Tottenham — €125,834,517 (£104,806,000, $131,406,780)
14. Newcastle Utd — €123,992,732 (£103,272,000, $129,483,437)
15. Dortmund — €111,450,000 (£92,817,274, $116,365,100)
16. Juventus — €111,072,000 (£92,502,469, $115,970,431)
17. West Ham — €108,321,949 (£90,220,000, $113,118,711)
18. RB Leipzig — €102,440,000 (£85,313,603, $106,957,750)
19. Milan — €97,550,000 (£81,241,136, $101,852,090)
20. Roma — €87,710,000 (£73,046,237, $91,578,134)
21. Napoli — €87,150,000 (£72,579,855, $90,993,438)
22. Everton — €85,752,274 (£71,422,000, $89,549,596)
23. Crystal Palace — €83,816,839 (£69,810,000, $87,528,453)
24. Fulham — €82,131,137 (£68,406,000, $85,768,106)
25. Leicester City — €78,541,217 (£65,416,000, $82,019,216)
26. Bayer Leverkusen — €78,050,000 (£65,001,238, $81,492,115)
27. Nottingham Forest — €76,231,181 (£63,492,000, $79,606,886)
28. Lazio — €75,770,000 (£63,102,419, $79,111,561)
29. Brighton — €73,140,726 (£60,918,000, $76,379,577)
30. Lyon — €71,010,000 (£59,138,218, $74,141,641)
31. Marseille — €70,600,000 (£58,796,765, $73,713,559)
32. Southampton — €67,271,988 (£56,030,000, $70,250,961)
33. Bournemouth — €65,679,937 (£54,704,000, $68,588,406)
34. Wolves — €63,900,584 (£53,222,000, $66,730,261)
35. Athletic Club — €59,370,000 (£49,444,248, $61,988,298)
36. Sevilla — €58,730,000 (£48,911,246, $61,320,074)
37. Fiorentina — €56,740,000 (£47,253,939, $59,242,313)
38. Atalanta — €56,240,000 (£46,837,532, $58,720,263)
39. Wolfsburg — €53,270,000 (£44,364,073, $55,619,283)
40. Hoffenheim — €53,070,000 (£44,197,510, $55,410,464)
41. Monaco — €52,980,000 (£44,122,558, $55,316,494)
42. Real Betis — €50,370,000 (£41,948,910, $52,591,386)
43. Brentford — €49,790,636 (£41,470,000, $51,995,490)
44. Torino — €44,260,000 (£36,860,406, $46,211,930)
45. Villarreal — €43,780,000 (£36,460,656, $45,710,756)
46. Borussia Monchengladbach — €42,330,000 (£35,253,074, $44,196,814)
47. Real Sociedad — €42,060,000 (£35,028,214, $43,914,903)
48. Lille — €41,200,000 (£34,311,992, $43,016,977)
49. Ipswich Town — €41,081,175 (£34,216,000, $42,900,357)
50. Eintracht Frankfurt — €40,540,000 (£33,762,334, $42,327,870)
51. Stuttgart — €38,450,000 (£32,021,747, $40,145,701)
52. Valencia — €37,320,000 (£31,080,668, $38,965,866)
53. Bologna — €36,650,000 (£30,522,681, $38,266,315)
54. Girona — €36,220,000 (£30,164,572, $37,817,353)
55. Como — €35,310,000 (£29,406,709, $36,867,219)
56. Genoa — €34,570,000 (£28,790,427, $36,094,584)
57. Celta Vigo — €32,590,000 (£27,141,452, $34,027,262)
58. Monza — €31,910,000 (£26,575,138, $33,317,277)
59. Nice — €29,640,000 (£24,684,648, $30,947,165)
60. Las Palmas — €29,050,000 (£24,193,287, $30,331,148)
61. Rennes — €28,990,000 (£24,143,317, $30,268,500)
62. Udinese — €27,720,000 (£23,085,642, $28,942,489)
63. Mainz 05 — €27,060,000 (£22,535,985, $28,253,385)
64. Lens — €26,990,000 (£22,477,686, $28,180,297)
65. Augsburg — €26,480,000 (£22,052,956, $27,647,804)
66. Union Berlin — €25,990,000 (£21,644,874, $27,136,194)
67. Werder Bremen — €25,800,000 (£21,486,636, $26,937,819)
68. Freiburg — €24,800,000 (£20,653,825, $25,893,714)
69. Cagliari — €24,670,000 (£20,545,552, $25,757,984)
70. Brest — €24,250,000 (£20,195,773, $25,319,460)
71. Parma — €24,160,000 (£20,120,819, $25,225,489)
72. Getafe — €23,230,000 (£19,346,301, $24,254,478)
73. Mallorca — €22,500,000 (£18,738,347, $23,492,279)
74. Osasuna — €22,370,000 (£18,630,079, $23,356,547)
75. Nantes — €22,160,000 (£18,455,189, $23,137,285)
76. Rayo Vallecano — €21,700,000 (£18,072,093, $22,657,000)
77. Venezia — €21,520,000 (£17,922,188, $22,469,066)
78. Bochum — €21,130,000 (£17,597,388, $22,061,862)
79. Strasbourg — €20,920,000 (£17,422,500, $21,842,600)
80. Espanyol — €20,780,000 (£17,305,902, $21,696,428)
81. Lecce — €20,740,000 (£17,272,591, $21,654,666)
82. Hellas Verona — €20,730,000 (£17,264,263, $21,644,224)
83. Empoli — €20,660,000 (£17,205,966, $21,571,132)
84. Alavés — €19,090,000 (£15,898,445, $19,931,894)
85. Valladolid — €18,430,000 (£15,348,789, $19,242,788)
86. Auxerre — €17,970,000 (£14,965,693, $18,762,502)
87. Reims — €16,890,000 (£14,066,252, $17,634,873)
88. Leganés — €16,640,000 (£13,858,047, $17,373,848)
89. Heidenheim — €15,350,000 (£12,783,715, $16,026,955)
90. Saint —Étienne — €14,880,000 (£12,392,293, $15,536,230)
91. Angers — €14,880,000 (£12,392,295, $15,536,226)
92. Montpellier — €14,670,000 (£12,217,403, $15,316,967)
93. Toulouse — €14,020,000 (£11,676,072, $14,638,302)
94. St. Pauli — €13,360,000 (£11,126,413, $13,949,192)
95. Holstein Kiel — €11,680,000 (£9,727,284, $12,195,103)
96. Le Havre — €11,510,000 (£9,585,705, $12,017,606)