While the 2024/2025 Ligue 1 season is in full swing, players' salaries continue to fuel the debates and reflect the financial challenges of French football. Between the XXL contracts of the championship stars, the disparities between the clubs and the impact of the new economic regulations, the salary grid of the elite of hexagonal football offers an overview of the behind the scenes of the sport. The question of players' salaries returns once again to the heart of the discussions. In a championship where remuneration differences are sometimes dizzying between the different teams, analyzing wages makes it possible to better understand the economic dynamics of French football. The biggest stars in the championship, often courted by European cadors, continue to touch impressive emoluments, while some clubs must juggle strict budgetary constraints to remain competitive without harming their financial stability. In this context, the impact of new regulations, in particular those imposed by the DNCG and changes related to TV rights, plays a key role in the way in which clubs manage their wage bill.
The differences between the richest clubs, capable of offering contracts at several million euros annually, and the more modest teams, which must optimize each euro spent, perfectly illustrate the economic challenges of Ligue 1.. Some clubs put on a policy of reducing costs to ensure their sustainability, while others do not hesitate to break their shoots to attract or keep their talents. The impact of TV rights, European performance and the attractiveness of the championship also plays a major role in these wage gaps. Like every year, the newspaper The team Details players' salaries for the 2024/2025 season, highlighting the biggest contracts, market trends, as well as the evolution of wage policies of French clubs. What clubs devote most of their budget to wages? What are the new financial realities in the championship? Who are the best paid players? How do clubs balance their payroll in the face of economic challenges? These new revelations highlight several capital elements.
New absolute domination of PSG!
With the departure of Kylian Mbappé, who was largely at the top of the ranking a year ago with a gross salary of around 6 million euros per month at PSG, the new leader in this ranking is none other than OUMEMANE DEMBÉLÉ. Unsurprisingly, the now head of the Parisian attack sits in front of his three teammates and defenders Marquinhos, Lucas Hernandez and Achraf Hakimi. The rest is thus completed by the two Parisian circles Warren Zaïre-Emery and Vitinha. Note that the winter star recruit, KHVITCHA KVAratskhelia, receives the same salary as its Vitinha and therefore sits in the sixth position ex-aequo. Five other protégés by Luis Enrique continue the classification with Gianluigi Donnarumma, Nuno Mendes, Presnel Kimpembe, Bradley Barcola and Désiré Doué respectively. Without real surprise, in total, the first 12 places are occupied by a player from Paris Saint-Germain.
The first non-Parisians are the two Marseille circles Adrien Rabiot and Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg and the Lyonnais captain Alexandre Lacazette. The three receive a gross salary of € 500,000. Their respective teammates Geoffrey Kondogbia, Ismaël Bennacer and Corentin Tolisso follow very close in a group of players at € 450,000. Note the very big surprise since Mason Greenwood, who arrived at OM last summer in a blockbuster transfer, ultimately affects “only” € 450,000, which may seem derisory for a player of his talent who comes from Premier League and Manchester United. Stade Rennais makes a noticed arrival in the Top 30 thanks to its two winter recruits: Seko Fofana and Brice Samba who receive € 400,000, as well as João Neves from PSG and Nemanja Matic of OL. With Gaëtan Laborde at € 320,000, the OGC Nice also enters the top 30 for this season. The first players of AS Monaco appear at the end of the ranking with Aleksandr Golovin and Denis Zakaria.
The salaries of Ligue 1 players
- Ousmane Dembélé (PSG) € 1,500,000
- Marquinhos (PSG) € 1,120,000
- Lucas Hernandez (PSG) € 1,100,000
- Achraf Hakimi (PSG) € 1,100,000
- Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG) € 950,000
- Vitinha (PSG) € 900,000
- KHVITCHA KVAratskhelia (PSG) € 900,000
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG) € 849,500
- Nuno Mendes (PSG) € 800,000
- Presnel Kimpembe (PSG) € 640,000
- Bradley Barcola (PSG) € 550,000
- Désiré Goué (PSG) € 500,000
- Adrien Rabiot (OM) € 500,000
- Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg (OM) € 500,000
- Alexandre Lacazette (OL) € 500,000
- Mason Greenwood (OM) € 450,000
- Geoffrey Kondogbia (OM) € 450,000
- Ismaël Bennacer (OM) € 450,000
- Corentin Tolisso (OL) € 450,000
- Gonçalo Ramos (PSG) € 443,500
- Fabian Ruiz (PSG) € 434,300
- Nemanja Matic (OL) € 400,000
- Seko Fofana (Rennes) € 400,000
- Brice Samba (Rennes) € 400,000
- Joao Neves (PSG) € 400,000
- Leonardo BALERDI (OM) € 350,000
- Rayan Cherki (OL) € 330,000
- Valentin Rongier (OM) € 330,000
- Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) € 320,000
- Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) € 320,000
- Denis Zakaria (Monaco) € 320,000
