Best Value Footballers 2024 (Lowest Salary per Goal)
Updated April 15, 2026
The 100 players delivering the lowest salary per league goal this season — only players with 900+ minutes and 5+ goals are ranked, so sample size filters out small-sample anomalies.
Top 100 by Salary per Goal (Ascending)
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Weekly Wage | Salary / Goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Désiré Doué | Paris Saint-Germain Football Club | 5 | €94 | €980 |
| 2 | Lamine Yamal | Futbol Club Barcelona | 14 | €288 | €1k |
| 3 | Erling Haaland | Manchester City Football Club | 22 | €519 | €1k |
| 4 | Kenan Yıldız | Juventus Football Club | 10 | €255 | €1k |
| 5 | Raúl Jiménez | Valencia Club de Fútbol S. A. D. | 9 | €288 | €2k |
| 6 | Danny Welbeck | Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club | 12 | €394 | €2k |
| 7 | Raúl Jiménez | Fulham Football Club | 9 | €394 | €2k |
| 8 | Viktor Gyökeres | Arsenal Football Club | 11 | €519 | €2k |
| 9 | Antoine Semenyo | Manchester City Football Club | 10 | €519 | €3k |
| 10 | Casemiro | Manchester United Football Club | 7 | €394 | €3k |
| 11 | Bryan Mbeumo | Manchester United Football Club | 9 | €519 | €3k |
| 12 | Richarlison | Tottenham Hotspur Football Club | 9 | €519 | €3k |
| 13 | Morgan Gibbs-White | Nottingham Forest Football Club | 9 | €519 | €3k |
| 14 | Bruno Guimarães | Newcastle United Football Club | 9 | €519 | €3k |
| 15 | Harry Wilson | Fulham Football Club | 10 | €587 | €3k |
| 16 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Leeds United Association Football Club | 10 | €587 | €3k |
| 17 | Igor Thiago | Brentford Football Club | 19 | €1,221 | €3k |
| 18 | Jean-Philippe Mateta | Crystal Palace Football Club | 8 | €519 | €3k |
| 19 | Enzo Fernández | Chelsea Football Club | 8 | €519 | €3k |
| 20 | Zian Flemming | Burnley Football Club | 8 | €519 | €3k |
| 21 | Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa Football Club | 9 | €587 | €3k |
| 22 | Jarrod Bowen | West Ham United Football Club | 8 | €587 | €4k |
| 23 | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United Football Club | 8 | €587 | €4k |
| 24 | Matheus Cunha | Manchester United Football Club | 7 | €519 | €4k |
| 25 | Ismaïla Sarr | Crystal Palace Football Club | 7 | €519 | €4k |
| 26 | Phil Foden | Manchester City Football Club | 7 | €519 | €4k |
| 27 | Jaidon Anthony | Burnley Football Club | 7 | €519 | €4k |
| 28 | Callum Wilson | West Ham United Football Club | 5 | €394 | €4k |
| 29 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool Football Club | 5 | €394 | €4k |
| 30 | Anthony Gordon | Newcastle United Football Club | 6 | €519 | €5k |
| 31 | Beto | Everton Football Club | 6 | €519 | €5k |
| 32 | Cody Gakpo | Liverpool Football Club | 6 | €519 | €5k |
| 33 | Iliman Ndiaye | Everton Football Club | 6 | €519 | €5k |
| 34 | Eberechi Eze | Arsenal Football Club | 6 | €519 | €5k |
| 35 | Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Everton Football Club | 6 | €519 | €5k |
| 36 | Evanilson | Association Football Club Bournemouth | 6 | €519 | €5k |
| 37 | João Pedro | Chelsea Football Club | 14 | €1,221 | €5k |
| 38 | Said El Mala | 1. Fußball-Club Köln | 10 | €875 | €5k |
| 39 | Yan Diomande | RasenBallsport Leipzig | 10 | €875 | €5k |
| 40 | Pedro Neto | Chelsea Football Club | 5 | €519 | €5k |
| 41 | Martín Zubimendi | Arsenal Football Club | 5 | €519 | €5k |
| 42 | Dominik Szoboszlai | Liverpool Football Club | 5 | €519 | €5k |
| 43 | Tijjani Reijnders | Manchester City Football Club | 5 | €519 | €5k |
| 44 | Harvey Barnes | Newcastle United Football Club | 5 | €519 | €5k |
| 45 | Marcus Tavernier | Association Football Club Bournemouth | 5 | €519 | €5k |
| 46 | Hugo Ekitiké | Liverpool Football Club | 11 | €1,221 | €6k |
| 47 | Leandro Trossard | Arsenal Football Club | 5 | €587 | €6k |
| 48 | Cole Palmer | Chelsea Football Club | 9 | €1,221 | €7k |
| 49 | Benjamin Sesko | Manchester United Football Club | 9 | €1,221 | €7k |
| 50 | João Pedro | Moreirense Futebol Clube | 14 | €1,942 | €7k |
| 51 | João Pedro | Gil Vicente Futebol Clube | 14 | €1,942 | €7k |
| 52 | João Pedro | Clube Desportivo Santa Clara | 14 | €1,942 | €7k |
| 53 | João Pedro | Radomiak S.A. | 14 | €2,019 | €8k |
| 54 | Morgan Rogers | Aston Villa Football Club | 8 | €1,221 | €8k |
| 55 | Nick Woltemade | Newcastle United Football Club | 7 | €1,221 | €9k |
| 56 | Kevin Schade | Brentford Football Club | 7 | €1,221 | €9k |
| 57 | Christian Kofane | Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball | 5 | €875 | €9k |
| 58 | Luka Vuskovic | Hamburger Sport Verein | 5 | €875 | €9k |
| 59 | Lennart Karl | FC Bayern München | 5 | €875 | €9k |
| 60 | Bukayo Saka | Arsenal Football Club | 6 | €1,221 | €11k |
| 61 | Brian Brobbey | Sunderland Association Football Club | 6 | €1,221 | €11k |
| 62 | Thierno Barry | Everton Football Club | 6 | €1,221 | €11k |
| 63 | Rômulo | Portimonense SC | 8 | €1,798 | €12k |
| 64 | Dango Ouattara | Brentford Football Club | 5 | €1,221 | €13k |
| 65 | Crysencio Summerville | West Ham United Football Club | 5 | €1,221 | €13k |
| 66 | Diego Gómez | Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club | 5 | €1,221 | €13k |
| 67 | Beto | SC Farense | 6 | €1,942 | €17k |
| 68 | Vladyslav Vanat | Girona Fútbol Club S. A. D. | 9 | €3,404 | €20k |
| 69 | Alberto Moleiro | Villarreal Club de Fútbol S.A.D. | 9 | €3,404 | €20k |
| 70 | Fábio Vieira | Vitória Sport Clube | 5 | €1,942 | €20k |
| 71 | Harry Kane | FC Bayern München | 31 | €12,462 | €21k |
| 72 | João Pedro | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 14 | €5,923 | €22k |
| 73 | Ante Budimir | Club Atlético Osasuna | 15 | €8,077 | €28k |
| 74 | Joaquín Panichelli | Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace | 16 | €8,808 | €29k |
| 75 | Roberto Fernández | Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D. | 6 | €3,404 | €30k |
| 76 | Mason Greenwood | Olympique de Marseille | 15 | €8,808 | €31k |
| 77 | Vedat Muriqi | Real Club Deportivo Mallorca S.A.D. | 19 | €11,250 | €31k |
| 78 | Florian Thauvin | Racing Club de Lens | 9 | €5,654 | €33k |
| 79 | Estéban Lepaul | Stade Rennais Football Club | 15 | €9,538 | €33k |
| 80 | Mikel Oyarzabal | Real Sociedad de Fútbol S.A.D. | 12 | €7,673 | €33k |
| 81 | Ferran Torres | Futbol Club Barcelona | 12 | €7,673 | €33k |
| 82 | Robert Lewandowski | Futbol Club Barcelona | 12 | €8,077 | €35k |
| 83 | Álvaro Rodríguez | Elche Club de Fútbol S.A.D. | 5 | €3,404 | €35k |
| 84 | Fermín López | Futbol Club Barcelona | 5 | €3,404 | €35k |
| 85 | Víctor Muñoz | Club Atlético Osasuna | 5 | €3,404 | €35k |
| 86 | Abde Ezzalzouli | Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. | 5 | €3,404 | €35k |
| 87 | Karl Etta Eyong | Levante Unión Deportiva S.A.D. | 5 | €3,404 | €35k |
| 88 | Carlos Romero | Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D. | 5 | €3,404 | €35k |
| 89 | Deniz Undav | Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 | 18 | €12,462 | €36k |
| 90 | Michael Olise | FC Bayern München | 11 | €7,673 | €36k |
| 91 | Vinicius Junior | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol | 11 | €7,673 | €36k |
| 92 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Olympique de Marseille | 8 | €5,654 | €37k |
| 93 | Borja Iglesias | Real Club Celta de Vigo S. A. D. | 11 | €8,077 | €38k |
| 94 | Odsonne Édouard | Racing Club de Lens | 12 | €9,538 | €41k |
| 95 | Luis Díaz | FC Bayern München | 15 | €12,462 | €43k |
| 96 | Hugo Duro | Valencia Club de Fútbol S. A. D. | 9 | €7,673 | €44k |
| 97 | Fisnik Asllani | Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim Fußball-Spielbetriebs | 9 | €7,673 | €44k |
| 98 | Georges Mikautadze | Villarreal Club de Fútbol S.A.D. | 9 | €7,673 | €44k |
| 99 | Pavel Sulc | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | €9,538 | €45k |
| 100 | Christoph Baumgartner | RasenBallsport Leipzig | 12 | €10,538 | €46k |
How This Is Calculated
Salary per Goal
Annual wage divided by 2025/26 league goals. Lower = better economic efficiency for the club.
Minimum Thresholds
We require at least 900 minutes played and 5 goals scored to appear on this leaderboard — this excludes hot-streak small-sample anomalies.
Caveats
The ranking does not account for assists, defensive contribution, or image-rights bonuses. It answers one question only: how many euros of base salary does this player’s club pay per goal scored?
Key Takeaways
Young forwards dominate
Pre-peak strikers on modest contracts routinely out-perform veterans on the cost-per-goal metric.
Second-tier leagues over-represented
Players in Championship or Bundesliga 2 often appear near the top because wage-structures are lower while scoring output can still be high.
Elite earners rarely feature
Mbappé and Haaland score heavily, but their €10m+ annual wages mean the denominator is so large the ratio climbs above €400k per goal.