Dembele Tops Ligue 1 Salary List as PSG Dominates the Paychecks
2 April 2026
Dembele Tops Ligue 1 Salary List
Ousmane Dembele, PSG's star and Ballon dOr winner according to France Football, heads the monthly payroll chart in Ligue 1 as revealed on Thursday.
The Ligue 1 ranking, published by L'Equipe, places Dembele at the summit with a remarkable 1.5 million euros per month gross.
He sits ahead of a clutch of PSG teammates, while the first non Paris-based player on the list is Pierre-Emile Hoiberg of Marseille, at 500 thousand euros monthly.
Full Top 15 Salaries
1. Dembele (PSG) 1,500,000 euros
2. Marquinhos (PSG) 1,120,000 euros
3. Achraf Hakimi (PSG) 1,100,000 euros
4. Lucas Hernandez (PSG) 1,100,000 euros
5. Zaire Emery (PSG) 950,000 euros
6. Vitinha (PSG) 900,000 euros
7. Kvaratskhelia (PSG) 900,000 euros
8. Joao Neves (PSG) 900,000 euros
9. Nuno Mendes (PSG) 800,000 euros
10. Willian Batshu (PSG) 800,000 euros
11. Fabian Ruiz (PSG) 800,000 euros
12. Bradley Barcola (PSG) 550,000 euros
13. Pierre-Emile Hoibier (Marseille) 500,000 euros
14. Desire Doi (PSG) 500,000 euros
15. Lucas Chovallier (PSG) 500,000 euros
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Punchline 1: With that kind of money, the players’ wallets travel first class to the press conference.
Punchline 2: If football paid by the hour, PSG would need a longer clock and a bigger stadium to cash the checks.