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EuroLeague budgets and payrolls

Net player payroll and total budget of every EuroLeague club. Payrolls are press figures (BasketNews tracker first, Gazzetta where it adds a club); when outlets disagree by more than 10% you see both. Next to them: the official Financial Fair Play levels and the 2025-26 luxury tax.

2026-27

20 clubs · sum of net payrolls €309.8M

#ClubNet payrollAll payroll figuresTotal budgetReported share
1 Panathinaikos €34M–44.3Msources differ €43M–45.6M Gazzetta ↗
€34M BasketNews tracker ↗
€55M–57.5M 100%
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv €20M–29Msources differ $31.83M Sport5 (N12/mako), sum of its player list ↗
€20M Gazzetta ↗
€29M BasketNews tracker ↗
€51.7M–70M 100%
3 Real Madrid €22.5M €20M–25M Gazzetta ↗ — 26%
4 Olympiacos €22M–22.2M €21.4M–23M Gazzetta ↗
€22M BasketNews tracker ↗
€23.3M 97%
5 Anadolu Efes €19M €18M–20M Gazzetta ↗ — 25%
6 Fenerbahçe €17M €17M BasketNews tracker ↗ — 15%
7 FC Barcelona €16.5M €15M–18M Gazzetta ↗ — 21%
8 Crvena Zvezda €16M €16M Gazzetta ↗ €20M 26%
9 Dubai Basketball €16M €16M Gazzetta ↗ €20M 55%
10 Maccabi Tel Aviv €15.5M–16M €16M Gazzetta ↗
€15.5M BasketNews tracker ↗
€39.8M 92%
11 Partizan €14.5M €14.5M Gazzetta ↗ €27.7M 16%
12 Olimpia Milano €13.8M €13.5M–14M Gazzetta ↗ €40M 17%
13 Žalgiris Kaunas €12M €12M BasketNews tracker ↗ €28.8M 51%
14 Valencia Basket €10M €10M Gazzetta ↗ — 0%
15 Baskonia €9.5M €9M–10M Gazzetta ↗ — 21%
16 Bayern Munich €9.5M €9M–10M Gazzetta ↗ €48M 0%
17 Beşiktaş €9.5M–12Msources differ €12M Gazzetta ↗
€9M–10M BasketNews tracker ↗
€20M 0%
18 Paris Basketball €8.2M €8.2M BasketNews tracker ↗ €30.9M 0%
19 LDLC ASVEL €7.88M €7.88M BasketNews tracker ↗ €24.8M 0%
20 Virtus Bologna €7.5M €7.5M Gazzetta ↗ €15M–25M 0%

Reported share = the part of the club's player total (our figures) that comes from published salaries; the rest is estimated. Total budget = all club spending, as published.

2025-26

20 clubs · sum of net payrolls €278.2M · luxury tax column is official

#ClubNet payrollAll payroll figuresTotal budgetReported shareLuxury tax
1 Panathinaikos €26.8M €26.5M–27M BasketNews ↗ — 100% €3.07M
2 Olympiacos €22.2M €22M–22.5M BasketNews ↗ — 98% €303kderived
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv €19.8M €19.5M–20M BasketNews ↗ €42.1M 96% €998k
4 Real Madrid €18.8M €18.5M–19M BasketNews ↗ — 86% —
5 Anadolu Efes €18.2M €18M–18.5M BasketNews ↗ — 18% €1.07M
6 Dubai Basketball €18.2M €18M–18.5M BasketNews ↗ — 18% —
7 Crvena Zvezda €16.2M €16M–16.5M BasketNews ↗ — 36% —
8 Fenerbahçe €16.2M €16M–16.5M BasketNews ↗ — 38% —
9 FC Barcelona €14.5M €14.5M BasketNews ↗ — 39% —
10 Partizan €14.5M €14.5M BasketNews ↗ — 26% —
11 AS Monaco €13.8M €13.5M–14M BasketNews / LNB via BasketNews ↗ €38.7M 91% —
12 Olimpia Milano €13.8M €13.5M–14M BasketNews ↗ — 6% —
13 Valencia Basket €9.5M €9.5M BasketNews ↗ — 30% —
14 Maccabi Tel Aviv €9.25M €9M–9.5M BasketNews ↗ €23.1M 94% —
15 Bayern Munich €9M €9M BasketNews ↗ €48M 13% —
16 Žalgiris Kaunas €8.75M €8.5M–9M BasketNews ↗ — 94% —
17 Baskonia €8.25M €8M–8.5M BasketNews ↗ — 23% —
18 Paris Basketball €8M €8M BasketNews / LNB via BasketNews ↗ €28.8M 58% —
19 Virtus Bologna €7.75M €7.5M–8M BasketNews / Italian media ↗ €28M 21% —
20 LDLC ASVEL €4.75M €4.5M–5M BasketNews / LNB ↗ €18.6M 75% paid €1.28M to players (below LRL)

Reported share = the part of the club's player total (our figures) that comes from published salaries; the rest is estimated. Total budget = all club spending, as published.

Financial Fair Play levels

EuroLeague's remuneration levels, all net player pay. Official unless marked derived.

SeasonItemAmountTypeSource
2025-26ALCDR (avg licensed clubs defined revenue)3-season average€19.5MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops ↗
2025-26Low Remuneration Level (licensed clubs)30% of ALCDR; minimum net spend on players€5.85MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops ↗
2025-26Base Remuneration Levelminimum raised from 8M to 10M net (June 2025); excludes anchor players U23 extended-tenure LTI exceptions€10MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops ↗
2025-26CBC tax Panathinaikosexceeded BRL by 6.185M; capped at 10% of total player remuneration€3.07MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops 2026-04-15 ↗
2025-26CBC tax Anadolu Efesexceeded BRL by 1.8M€1.07MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops 2026-04-15 ↗
2025-26CBC tax Hapoel Tel Avivexceeded BRL by 1.66M€998kofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops 2026-04-15 ↗
2025-26CBC tax Olympiacosderived; ~0.5M over BRL at ~0.6 EUR per EUR€303kderivedtotal 5438684 minus the three published amounts ↗
2025-26CBC total collectedshared 362579 each among 15 compliant clubs€5.44MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops 2026-04-15 ↗
2025-26ASVEL delta below LRL paid to players€1.28MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops 2026-04-15 ↗
2025-26Panathinaikos total net player remuneration (implied)derived: uncapped tax at ~0.6/EUR would be ~3.7M so cap binds; remuneration incl. image rights agent fees transfer fees€30.7MderivedCBC 3065691 = 10% cap ↗
2026-27ALCDR+14%€22.3MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops 2026-02-27 ↗
2026-27Base Remuneration Level40% of ALCDR = 8919437 < floor€10MofficialEuroleague via Eurohoops 2026-02-27 ↗
2026-27Low Remuneration Level (licensed clubs)computed from published ALCDR€6.69Mderived30% of ALCDR ↗
2026-27High Remuneration Levelplanned HRL removed by General Assembly—officialEurohoops 2026-07-07 ↗

BRL = Base Remuneration Level (above it, a club pays the competitive balance contribution, "luxury tax"). LRL = Low Remuneration Level (a club spending less pays the difference to its players). ALCDR = average licensed-club defined revenue.