Domestic league · 18 clubs with figures
Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
Club budgets and player payrolls, and the league's money rules, each with its source.
Player salaries in the BBL are not published by the media, apart from the odd single figure, so this page shows club budgets, payrolls and league rules only. The EuroLeague clubs of this country have player-by-player figures on their own pages.
Club budgets and payrolls
The figure we lead with per club and season; open a club for every source. Amounts in other currencies are converted at approximate rates.
| Club | Budget 2025-26 | Payroll 2025-26 | Budget 2024-25 | Payroll 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBA Berlin | €11.4M | €4.69Mgross club cost | €12.8M | €6.79Mgross club cost |
| ratiopharm Ulm | €9.21M | €3Mgross club cost | €10.5M | €2.97Mgross club cost |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | €9.16M | €3.24Mgross club cost | €9.42M | €2.82Mgross club cost |
| EWE Baskets Oldenburg | €9.08M | €3.17Mgross club cost | €8.31M | €2.86Mgross club cost |
| Niners Chemnitz | €7.51M | €2.76Mgross club cost | €7.34M | €2.62Mgross club cost |
| Rostock Seawolves | €7.04M | €2.11Mgross club cost | €6.26M | €1.88Mgross club cost |
| Würzburg Baskets | €6.73M | €2.75Mgross club cost | €6.94M | €2.59Mgross club cost |
| Löwen Braunschweig | €6.68M | €1.86Mgross club cost | €5.85M | €1.47Mgross club cost |
| Bamberg Baskets | €5.58M | €1.46Mgross club cost | €6.63M | €1.92Mgross club cost |
| Veolia Towers Hamburg | €6.63M | €2.08Mgross club cost | €6.3M | €1.37Mgross club cost |
| Skyliners Frankfurt | €6.38M | €2.21Mgross club cost | €5.2M | €2.24Mgross club cost |
| MLP Academics Heidelberg | €6.02M | €2.2Mgross club cost | €5.52M | €1.79Mgross club cost |
| MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | €5.74M | €2.52Mgross club cost | €5.76M | €2.53Mgross club cost |
| RASTA Vechta | €5.68M | €2.46Mgross club cost | €5.68M | €2.44Mgross club cost |
| Syntainics MBC | €4.61M | €1.47Mgross club cost | €4.68M | €1.49Mgross club cost |
| Gladiators Trier | €4.62M | €1.56Mgross club cost | not published | not published |
| BG Göttingen | not published | not published | €4.52M | €1.71Mgross club cost |
| Science City Jena | €4.26M | €1.57Mgross club cost | not published | not published |
Budget = total club budget or revenue as published. Payroll = player (sometimes player and coach) wages as published: "gross club cost" includes the employer's taxes and charges; net figures are what the players receive. Official BBL payrolls are gross club cost.
EuroLeague clubs
Net player payroll from the EuroLeague trackers; each club page has player-by-player figures.
| Club | Net payroll 2026-27 | Net payroll 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayern Munich | €9.5M | €9M |
Rules and league finances
Minimum salaries, foreign-player limits, budget floors and league-wide figures, as published.
| Season | Rule or figure | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | BBL (all clubs)MINIMUM BUDGET (revenue side of plan) 2026-27 = 4.0M; 2027-28/28-29 4.5M; 2029-31 5.0M; 2031-32 5.5M; 2032-33 6.0M; barter max 400k; positive equity >=250k; NO salary cap, NO minimum player payroll in statute; budgets confidential in licensing (publication is a separate BBL decision) | €4M | easyCredit BBL Lizenzstatut 2026/2027 (§5 Abs.3 lit.c) ↗28 Jan 2026 |
| 2025-26 | BBL (all 18 clubs)LEAGUE TOTAL planned budget 2025-26 (prev. 148.1M); player salaries = 36% of total budgets (Holz); DGUV contributions 9.4M for all 18 pro squads | €165M | Eurohoops (BBL published club figures; Stefan Holz) ↗19 Dec 2025 |
| 2024-25 | BBL (17 clubs)LEAGUE TOTAL club revenue 2024-25 (record; 2023-24 148.1M with 18 clubs); average revenue per club 9.459M; avg expenses per club 9.722M (p.32-34) | €160.8M | easyCredit BBL Ligareport 2024/25 ↗ |
| 2024-25 | BBL (17 clubs)LEAGUE TOTAL sport personnel costs 2024-25 (2023-24: 65.9M); avg per club 4.340M; by table place: 1-6 avg 6.335M, 7-12 avg 3.832M, 13-17 avg 2.557M (p.34) | €73.8Mgross | easyCredit BBL Ligareport 2024/25 ↗ |
| 2024-25 | BBL (all clubs)MINIMUM CLUB BUDGET (Mindestetat) rule: 3.5M from 2024-25, rising in steps to 6M by 2032 (p.9); no salary cap in BBL | €3.5M–€6M | easyCredit BBL Ligareport 2024/25 ↗ |
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