Saudi Arabia have won matches at each of the last two World Cups, but they haven’t made it out of the group stage since 1994. Will you be backing them in the sports betting markets this time around?
Drawn alongside Spain, Cape Verde and Uruguay, Saudi Arabia will be hopeful of clinching the win that might be enough to reach the last-16 stage. Who knows what to expect at the 2026 World Cup...
What is the average salary for Saudi Arabia players?
Twenty-five of Saudi Arabia’s 26-man World Cup squad play in the Saudi Pro League. The average weekly salary for the top-tier domestic players in the Saudi Pro League is around £15,000 per week.
Saud Abdulhamid, the only player in Saudi Arabia’s World Cup squad playing outside of his home country, is on approximately £30,000 per week at Lens.
Who are the top earning players for Saudi Arabia?
Salem Al-Dawsari is on around £120,000 per week at Al-Hilal. Al-Dawsari, if the reporting is accurate, is by far the highest-earning player in the Saudi Arabia World Cup squad.
Several others are in the £30,000 region, including Abdulhamid and Saleh Al-Shehri. Given the amount of money that has been spent in the Saudi Pro League in recent years, there is potential for the best Saudi Arabian players to earn massive salaries if they make an impression at the World Cup.
How much does the Saudi Arabia manager earn?
Giorgos Donis’s salary is around £4 million. Donis, a former Greece international, has been in charge of the Green Falcons since April 2026. He’s managed five clubs in the Saudi Pro League, along with stints in charge of Panathinaikos and AEK Athens.
That salary makes Donis one of the highest-paid managers at the 2026 World Cup.
