Cristiano Ronaldo AU$5,670,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema AU$1,566,810/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané AU$1,181,250/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix AU$1,096,200/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé AU$939,330/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly AU$939,330/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio AU$892,080/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland AU$850,500/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen AU$824,040/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski AU$816,480/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala AU$782,460/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves AU$782,460/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman AU$782,460/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah AU$756,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane AU$720,090/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic AU$697,410/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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CHAMPIONSHIP · TOP 100

Highest paid Championship players

Kalvin Phillips leads on AU$311,850 per week. These 100 players take AU$9,276,120 a week between them - 45% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 1,560 of the 1,563 players in Championship.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$9.3m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL45%
MEDIAN AGE26
MOST IN THE LIST21 West Ham United
Championship league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

West Ham United 21 AU$3m Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 AU$2m Burnley 16 AU$1.2m Southampton 10 AU$644k Sheffield United 5 AU$603k Birmingham City 7 AU$474k Wrexham 6 AU$359k Bolton Wanderers 2 AU$151k Watford 2 AU$127k Queens Park Rangers 2 AU$125k Cardiff City 2 AU$125k West Bromwich Albion 2 AU$123k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 17 AU$1.1m
23-26 39 AU$2.9m
27-30 30 AU$3.4m
Over 30 14 AU$1.9m

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$312k #10 AU$166k #100 AU$51k

Kalvin Phillips earns 1.9× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 6.1× the 100th. Half of the AU$9.3m a week on this page goes to the first 29 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Kalvin Phillips
AU$311,850
AU$16,216,200 Sheffield United England 29 DM
02 Jarrod Bowen
AU$236,250
AU$12,285,000 West Ham United England 28 AM RL, ST
03 Niclas Füllkrug
AU$236,250
AU$12,285,000 West Ham United Germany 32 ST
04 James Ward-Prowse
AU$236,250
AU$12,285,000 West Ham United England 30 DM, AM C
05 Aaron Wan-Bissaka
AU$226,800
AU$11,793,600 West Ham United Congo - Kinshasa 27 D R
06 Alphonse Areola
AU$226,800
AU$11,793,600 West Ham United France 32 GK
07 Kieran Trippier
AU$217,350
AU$11,302,200 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 34 D/WB R
08 Kyle Walker
AU$189,000
AU$9,828,000 Burnley England 35 D RC
09 Edson Álvarez
AU$189,000
AU$9,828,000 West Ham United Mexico 27 D C, DM
10 Raúl Jiménez
AU$166,320
AU$8,648,640 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mexico 34 ST
11 Tomáš Soucek
AU$164,430
AU$8,550,360 West Ham United Czechia 30 DM
12 Konstantinos Mavropanos
AU$151,200
AU$7,862,400 West Ham United Greece 27 D RC
13 Max Kilman
AU$149,310
AU$7,764,120 West Ham United England 28 D C
14 Sam Johnstone
AU$147,420
AU$7,665,840 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 32 GK
15 Valentín Castellanos
AU$145,530
AU$7,567,560 West Ham United Argentina 26 ST
16 Aaron Ramsdale
AU$141,750
AU$7,371,000 Southampton England 27 GK
17 Jean-Clair Todibo
AU$141,750
AU$7,371,000 West Ham United France 25 D C
18 José Sá
AU$136,080
AU$7,076,160 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portugal 32 GK
19 André
AU$128,520
AU$6,683,040 Wolverhampton Wanderers Brazil 23 DM
20 Hwang Hee-Chan (Hee-Chan Hwang)
AU$124,740
AU$6,486,480 Wolverhampton Wanderers South Korea 29 AM RL, ST
21 Kyle Walker-Peters
AU$122,850
AU$6,388,200 West Ham United England 28 D/WB RL
22 Maxwel Cornet
AU$120,960
AU$6,289,920 West Ham United Côte d’Ivoire 28 AM RL, ST
23 Armando Broja
AU$119,070
AU$6,191,640 Burnley Albania 23 AM RL, ST
24 Mads Hermansen
AU$111,510
AU$5,798,520 West Ham United Denmark 25 GK
25 Joël Veltman
AU$107,730
AU$5,601,960 West Ham United Netherlands 33 D RC
26 Matt Doherty
AU$102,060
AU$5,307,120 Sheffield United Ireland 33 D RC
27 Manor Solomon
AU$102,060
AU$5,307,120 West Ham United Israel 25 AM RLC
28 Samuel Iling
AU$100,170
AU$5,208,840 Bolton Wanderers England 21 WB L, AM RL
29 Adam Armstrong
AU$100,170
AU$5,208,840 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 28 AM R, ST
30 Saša Kalajdžic
AU$100,170
AU$5,208,840 Wolverhampton Wanderers Austria 28 ST
31 David Møller Wolfe
AU$98,280
AU$5,110,560 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norway 23 D/WB/M L
32 Jackson Tchatchoua
AU$94,500
AU$4,914,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cameroon 23 D/WB/M R
33 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
AU$94,500
AU$4,914,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers Haiti 27 AM RLC
34 Carlos Vicente
AU$88,830
AU$4,619,160 Birmingham City Spain 26 AM R
35 El Hadji Malick Diouf
AU$88,830
AU$4,619,160 West Ham United Senegal 20 D LC
36 Fer López
AU$88,830
AU$4,619,160 Wolverhampton Wanderers Spain 21 AM RC
37 Soungountou Magassa
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 West Ham United France 21 D C, DM
38 Tommy Doyle
AU$79,380
AU$4,127,760 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 23 DM
39 Ivo Grbic
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 Sheffield United Croatia 29 GK
40 Zeki Amdouni
AU$75,600
AU$3,931,200 Burnley Switzerland 24 AM LC, F C
41 Louis Beyer
AU$75,600
AU$3,931,200 Burnley Germany 25 D RC
42 Lukasz Fabianski
AU$75,600
AU$3,931,200 West Ham United Poland 40 GK
43 Marvin Ducksch
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 Birmingham City Germany 31 AM/F C
44 Marcus Edwards
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 Burnley England 26 AM RLC
45 Pablo Felipe
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 West Ham United Portugal 21 ST
46 Nasser Djiga
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burkina Faso 22 D C
47 Marshall Munetsi
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 Wolverhampton Wanderers Zimbabwe 29 DM, AM C
48 August Priske
AU$71,820
AU$3,734,640 Birmingham City Denmark 21 ST
49 Boubacar Traoré
AU$71,820
AU$3,734,640 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mali 23 DM
50 Demarai Gray
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 Birmingham City Jamaica 29 AM RL
51 Jeremy Sarmiento
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 Middlesbrough Ecuador 23 AM RLC
52 Chris Mepham
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 West Bromwich Albion Wales 27 D C
53 Conor Coady
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 Wrexham England 32 D C, DM
54 Edoardo Bove
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 Watford Italy 23 DM, AM C
55 Yerson Mosquera
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 Wolverhampton Wanderers Colombia 24 D C
56 Bright Osayi-Samuel
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Birmingham City Nigeria 27 D/WB R, M RL
57 Zian Flemming
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Burnley Netherlands 26 AM RLC, F C
58 Jacob Bruun Larsen
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Burnley Denmark 26 AM RL
59 Tariq Lamptey
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Queens Park Rangers Ghana 24 D/WB RL, M R
60 Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye
AU$64,260
AU$3,341,520 Burnley Belgium 26 AM LC
61 Omari Kellyman
AU$64,260
AU$3,341,520 Cardiff City England 19 AM RLC
62 Toti (Toti Gomes)
AU$64,260
AU$3,341,520 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portugal 26 D LC
63 Bashir Humphreys
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 Burnley England 22 D LC
64 Rodrigo Gomes
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portugal 22 WB/AM RL
65 Lewis O'Brien
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 Wrexham England 26 DM
66 Calum Chambers
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Cardiff City England 30 D C, DM
67 Callum O'Hare
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Sheffield United England 27 AM RLC, F C
68 Damion Downs
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Southampton United States 21 AM RL, ST
69 Finn Azaz
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Southampton Ireland 24 AM LC
70 Flynn Downes
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Southampton England 26 DM
71 Anthony Patterson
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Wrexham England 25 GK
72 Hannibal
AU$58,590
AU$3,046,680 Burnley Tunisia 22 AM C
73 Dennis Cirkin
AU$58,590
AU$3,046,680 Queens Park Rangers England 23 D/WB L
74 Imrân Louza
AU$58,590
AU$3,046,680 Watford Morocco 26 DM, AM C
75 Santiago Bueno
AU$58,590
AU$3,046,680 Wolverhampton Wanderers Uruguay 26 D C
76 Lyle Foster
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Burnley South Africa 24 AM L, ST
77 Joe Worrall
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Burnley England 28 D C
78 Josh Cullen
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Burnley Ireland 29 DM
79 Léo Scienza
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Southampton Brazil 26 AM RLC
80 Jack Stephens
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Southampton England 31 D C
81 Zak Vyner
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Wrexham England 28 D C
82 Mads Roerslev
AU$54,810
AU$2,850,120 Southampton Denmark 26 D/WB R
83 Nathan Broadhead
AU$54,810
AU$2,850,120 Wrexham Wales 27 AM LC
84 Liberato Cacace
AU$54,810
AU$2,850,120 Wrexham New Zealand 24 D/WB/M L
85 Jay Stansfield
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Birmingham City England 22 AM LC, F C
86 Aaron Ramsey
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Burnley England 22 AM C
87 Sam Szmodics
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Derby County Ireland 29 AM LC, F C
88 Alfie Doughty
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Millwall England 25 D/WB RL, DM, AM RLC
89 Ben Pearson
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Stoke City England 30 DM
90 Branislav Ivanović
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 West Bromwich Albion Serbia 36 D (RC)
91 Arne Engels
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 West Ham United Belgium 21 DM, AM C
92 Christoph Klarer
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Birmingham City Austria 25 D C
93 Ben Davies
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Bolton Wanderers England 29 D C
94 Connor Roberts
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Burnley Wales 29 D/WB R
95 Michael Obafemi
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Burnley Ireland 25 ST
96 Ben Brereton Díaz
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Derby County Chile 26 AM RL, ST
97 Tom Cannon
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Sheffield United Ireland 22 ST
98 Taylor Harwood-Bellis
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Southampton England 23 D C
99 Caspar Jander
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Southampton Germany 22 DM
100 Daniel Peretz
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Southampton Israel 25 GK

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Championship?

Kalvin Phillips of Sheffield United, on AU$311,850 per week — AU$16,216,200 a year.

How much do the top 100 Championship players earn between them?

AU$9,276,120 per week and AU$482,358,240 per year, which is 45% of the entire Championship wage bill.

Which Championship club has the most players in the top 100?

West Ham United, with 21 of them, paying AU$3,041,010 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$51,030 per week — that is what Daniel Peretz earns in 100th place.