The invention relates to a disk brake, preferably operated by compressed air, for a utility-vehicle wheel, comprising a brake caliper (1), which reaches around a brake disk (5) arranged on the wheel rotational axis (A1), a brake application device, which is arranged in the brake caliper (1) on the one side of the brake disk (5) and can be actuated by means of a force element (8) and preferably a compressed-air cylinder, brake pads (6, 7) on both sides of the brake disk (5), wherein at least the brake-application-side brake pad (6) is arranged in a pad shaft having first and second supporting surfaces (31, 32), which have the same distance from a pad-shaft center line (40) in the circumferential direction and against which the brake pad (6) lies by means of the edges of the brake pad pointing in the circumferential direction, and a brake lever (9), which is part of the brake application device and is composed of a lever arm (19), against which the force element (8) is supported, and of a brake application shaft (20), which is connected to the lever arm (19) and is supported within the brake caliper (1) on a pivot axis (A) and is supported in a rotationally movable manner against a one- or multi-part pressure piece (10) that works against the brake-application-side brake pad (6). In order to arrive at compensation of the angled wear of the brake pads, which angled wear results from geometry, the pivot axis (A) of the brake application shaft (20) is arranged at an angle to the main pad-shaft extent (S) which extends between the two supporting surfaces (31, 32) at a right angle to the pad-shaft center line (40).