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CHAMPIONSHIP · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every Championship club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Kalvin Phillips of Sheffield United leads on AU$311,850 a week. At the other end, Portsmouth pays its own best paid player, John Swift, AU$28,350 — a gap of 11×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$312k Kalvin Phillips · Sheffield United
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$28k John Swift · Portsmouth
TOP TO BOTTOM 11× Sheffield United over Portsmouth
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 28% Sheffield United's bill taken by Kalvin Phillips
Championship top 100 Championship wage bills All leagues

The best paid at each club

Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most

Kalvin Phillips Sheffield United AU$312k Jarrod Bowen West Ham United AU$236k James Ward-Prowse Southampton AU$236k Kieran Trippier Wolverhampton Wanderers AU$217k Kyle Walker Burnley AU$189k Samuel Iling Bolton Wanderers AU$100k Carlos Vicente Birmingham City AU$89k Ben Johnson Stoke City AU$81k Stephy Mavididi Watford AU$72k Romain Esse Millwall AU$72k Jeremy Sarmiento Middlesbrough AU$70k Chris Mepham West Bromwich Albion AU$70k

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages

Sheffield United Kalvin Phillips 28% Lincoln City Chiedozie Ogbene 20% Bolton Wanderers Samuel Iling 18% Southampton James Ward-Prowse 18% West Bromwich Albion Chris Mepham 13% Cardiff City Omari Kellyman 13% Millwall Romain Esse 12% Burnley Kyle Walker 12% Watford Stephy Mavididi 11% Wolverhampton Wanderers Kieran Trippier 11% Queens Park Rangers Tariq Lamptey 11% Stoke City Ben Johnson 11%

Every club's top earner

All 24 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL WAGES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 Sheffield United Kalvin Phillips
AU$311,850
AU$16,216,200 29 DM AU$1.1m 70/70
02 West Ham United Jarrod Bowen
AU$236,250
AU$12,285,000 28 AM RL, ST AU$2.4m 71/71
03 Southampton James Ward-Prowse
AU$236,250
AU$12,285,000 30 DM, AM C AU$1.3m 69/69
04 Wolverhampton Wanderers Kieran Trippier
AU$217,350
AU$11,302,200 34 D/WB R AU$2m 62/62
05 Burnley Kyle Walker
AU$189,000
AU$9,828,000 35 D RC AU$1.6m 83/83
06 Bolton Wanderers Samuel Iling
AU$100,170
AU$5,208,840 21 WB L, AM RL AU$556k 62/62
07 Birmingham City Carlos Vicente
AU$88,830
AU$4,619,160 26 AM R AU$1.1m 69/69
08 Stoke City Ben Johnson
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 25 D/WB RL, M R AU$754k 73/73
09 Watford Stephy Mavididi
AU$71,820
AU$3,734,640 27 AM L AU$640k 69/70
10 Millwall Romain Esse
AU$71,820
AU$3,734,640 20 AM RLC AU$615k 59/59
11 Middlesbrough Jeremy Sarmiento
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 23 AM RLC AU$896k 69/69
12 West Bromwich Albion Chris Mepham
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 27 D C AU$539k 72/72
13 Queens Park Rangers Tariq Lamptey
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 24 D/WB RL, M R AU$605k 67/67
14 Cardiff City Omari Kellyman
AU$64,260
AU$3,341,520 19 AM RLC AU$503k 62/63
15 Wrexham Lewis O'Brien
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 26 DM AU$947k 53/53
16 Derby County Sam Szmodics
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 29 AM LC, F C AU$705k 74/74
17 Lincoln City Chiedozie Ogbene
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 28 WB/AM R AU$252k 38/38
18 Norwich City Kenny McLean
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 33 DM AU$641k 80/80
19 Bristol City Jed Wallace
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 31 AM RLC AU$432k 66/66
20 Swansea City Ross Stewart
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 29 ST AU$526k 57/57
21 Preston North End Harry Clarke
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 24 D RC AU$481k 54/54
22 Charlton Athletic Karlan Grant
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 27 AM L, ST AU$466k 65/65
23 Blackburn Rovers Todd Cantwell
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 27 AM C AU$389k 60/61
24 Portsmouth John Swift
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 30 DM, AM C AU$463k 47/47
A club's weekly bill is the wages we hold for its squad, so WAGES HELD is what that figure and the share beside it are taken over.

Frequently asked questions

Championship club top earners

Which Championship club pays the biggest single wage?

Sheffield United. Kalvin Phillips earns AU$311,850 per week there, AU$16,216,200 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which Championship club has the lowest paid top earner?

Portsmouth, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is John Swift on AU$28,350 per week. Sheffield United pays 11 times that for its own top earner.

Which Championship club leans hardest on one player?

Sheffield United. Kalvin Phillips takes 28% of the AU$1,124,312 a week the club pays across the 70 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many Championship clubs are on this list?

All 24 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.