How much does a League One player earn?
The median League One player earns £4,100 a week — £213,200 a year — across the 427 senior players at 24 clubs whose wages we hold. The mean is £5,971.
261 of the 427 senior players earn under £5,000 a week. The handful above them pull the mean £1,871 clear of the median, and the median is the number that describes the league: Boubakary Soumaré on £58,000 out-earns 205 Premier League seniors and tells you nothing about the other 426 players here.
What a League One player actually earns
Senior players by weekly wage band
A quarter earn £2,900 or less, half earn £4,100 or less, and a tenth clear £9,000. The lowest senior wage we hold is £410.
Every League One club, by median wage
The middle senior earner at each club — not the wage bill
The 20 best paid in League One
Weekly wage, senior players
| # | Player | Weekly | Yearly | Club | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Boubakary Soumaré | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | Leicester City | 26 |
| 02 | Hamza Choudhury | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | Leicester City | 27 |
| 03 | Oliver Skipp | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Leicester City | 24 |
| 04 | Bobby De Cordova-Reid | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | Leicester City | 32 |
| 05 | Wes Morgan | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | Leicester City | 36 |
| 06 | Caleb Okoli | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Leicester City | 24 |
| 07 | Stephy Mavididi | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | Leicester City | 27 |
| 08 | Harry Souttar | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Leicester City | 26 |
| 09 | Wout Faes | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Leicester City | 27 |
| 10 | Luke Thomas | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Leicester City | 24 |
| 11 | Alex McCarthy | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Leicester City | 35 |
| 12 | Woyo Coulibaly | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | Leicester City | 26 |
| 13 | Barry Bannan | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Sheffield Wednesday | 35 |
| 14 | Conor Chaplin | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Leicester City | 28 |
| 15 | Jakub Stolarczyk | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Leicester City | 24 |
| 16 | Daniel Barlaser | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Milton Keynes Dons | 28 |
| 17 | Alfie May | £19,000 | £988,000 | Doncaster Rovers | 32 |
| 18 | Ben Osborn | £19,000 | £988,000 | Stockport County | 30 |
| 19 | Steve Cook | £18,000 | £936,000 | Wycombe Wanderers | 34 |
| 20 | Wes Burns | £16,000 | £832,000 | Leicester City | 30 |
By position
Average weekly wage, senior players
By age
Average weekly wage — every age we hold, not just seniors
How that compares
Median senior wage, the leagues we have published so far
Where these numbers come from
Averages count only players aged 22 and over. Our squad lists run down to academy age — the League One carries 1234 players, of whom 427 are senior — and averaging all of them measures how deep a club's youth data goes rather than what the league pays. The median is the figure to quote: the mean is pulled upwards by a small number of very large contracts, and on this page the two differ by £1,871.
Frequently asked questions
League One wages
How much does the average League One player earn?
The median is £4,100 a week (£213,200 a year) and the mean is £5,971, taken across the 427 players aged 22 or over whose wages we hold. The median is the better answer: a small number of very large contracts pull the mean above what a typical player earns.
Who is the highest paid player in League One?
Boubakary Soumaré of Leicester City, on £58,000 a week — £3,016,000 a year.
What does the lowest paid League One player earn?
The lowest senior wage we hold in League One is £410 a week. A quarter of the division earns £2,900 or less.
Which League One club pays the best?
Leicester City, on a median senior wage of £35,500 a week. Bromley has the lowest at £1,850.
Why do these figures only count players aged 22 and over?
Our squad lists run down to academy age — the League One carries 1234 players, of whom 427 are aged 22 and over. Averaging all of them measures how deep a club's youth data goes rather than what the league pays, and it is not comparable between leagues, so every average here is taken over senior players only.
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