Calcio and cash! From Torino to the San Siro and beyond, find out who stands alone atop the Serie A salary mountain this season in Italian football.
Remember when Serie A was the center of soccer universe? Before the Premier League was first consumed by ownership groups backed by unprecedented mega-billions in the aughts, Italian football — calcio, beg your pardon — was home to legends like Ronaldo (the thicc one), Batistuta, Maldini, Baggio, and Zidane.
The balance of power has shifted over the past 15-20 years to say the least, but the star power still surges and Italy’s top flight remains home to many of the impact players on its national team that won continental gold at Euro 2020. That got us thinking, however, about one big question: In a sport increasingly dominated by those mega-billions, who owns the distinction of being this season’s biggest earner among the Boot’s finest clubs?
Let’s dive into Boardroom’s full ranking of the highest-paid players in Serie A for the 2023-24 campaign below.
Highest-paid Players in Serie A 2023-24
All annual Serie A salary figures via Capology.
$10,000,000+ Salaries
PLAYER | CLUB | 2023-24 $ |
1. F Dušan Vlahović | Juventus | $13.79M |
2. G Wojciech Szczęsny | Juventus | $12.71M |
t3. F Lautaro Martínez | Inter Milan | $11.82M |
t3. M Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Inter Milan | $11.82M |
t3. D Alex Sandro | Juventus | $11.82M |
6. M Paul Pogba | Juventus | $10.92M |
7. D Alessandro Bastoni | Inter Milan | $10.84M |
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NOTE: Romelu Lukaku is on loan at AS Roma from Chelsea.
PLAYER | CLUB | 2023-24 $ |
t8. F Federico Chiesa | Juventus | $9.85M |
t8. M Nicoló Barella | Inter Milan | $9.85M |
t8. D Bremer | Juventus | $9.85M |
t11. F Romelu Lukaku | Roma | $9.54M |
t11. M Adrien Rabiot | Juventus | $9.54M |
13. F Marcus Thuram | Inter Milan | $8.18M |
14. F Ciro Immobile | Lazio | $7.88M |
t15. M/F Paulo Dybala | Roma | $7.49M |
t15. D Stefan de Vrij | Inter Milan | $7.49M |
t15. M Ismaël Bennacer | AC Milan | $7.49M |
t18. M Lorenzo Pellegrini | Roma | $6.89M |
t18. M Piotr Zielinski | Napoli | $6.89M |
t18. D Gianluca Mancini | Roma | $6.89M |
t18. D Daniele Rugani | Juventus | $6.89M |
PLAYER | CLUB | 2023-24 $ |
t22. D Benjamin Pavard | Inter Milan | $6.82M |
t22. F Rafael Leão | AC Milan | $6.82M |
24. F Gianluca Scamacca | Atalanta | $6.31M |
t25. M Leandro Paredes | Roma | $6.14M |
t25. F Tammy Abraham | Roma | $6.14M |
t26. M Manuel Locatelli | Juventus | $5.92M |
t26. D Alessandro Florenzi | AC Milan | $5.92M |
t26. D Giovanni Di Lorenzo | Napoli | $5.92M |
t26. D Alessio Romagnoli | Lazio | $5.92M |
t26. F Domenico Berardi | Sassuolo | $5.92M |
t26. D Nikola Milenković | Fiorentina | $5.92M |
t26. M Leonardo Spinazzola | Roma | $5.92M |