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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LEAGUE ONE · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every League One club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Boubakary Soumaré of Leicester City leads on AU$109,620 a week. At the other end, Burton Albion pays its own best paid player, George Evans, AU$9,828 — a gap of 11×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$110k Boubakary Soumaré · Leicester City
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$10k George Evans · Burton Albion
TOP TO BOTTOM 11× Leicester City over Burton Albion
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 22% Doncaster Rovers' bill taken by Alfie May
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The best paid at each club

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

Boubakary Soumaré Leicester City AU$110k Barry Bannan Sheffield Wednesday AU$43k Alfie Gilchrist Leyton Orient AU$43k Ishé Samuels-Smith Notts County AU$40k Daniel Barlaser Milton Keynes Dons AU$38k Ben Osborn Stockport County AU$36k Alfie May Doncaster Rovers AU$36k Steve Cook Wycombe Wanderers AU$34k Cameron Brannagan Oxford United AU$30k Kasey Palmer Luton Town AU$25k Dion Charles Blackpool AU$23k Rhys Healey Huddersfield Town AU$23k

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

Doncaster Rovers Alfie May 22% Notts County Ishé Samuels-Smith 21% Leyton Orient Alfie Gilchrist 17% Bromley Damola Ajayi 15% Sheffield Wednesday Barry Bannan 14% Stockport County Ben Osborn 14% Wycombe Wanderers Steve Cook 14% Milton Keynes Dons Daniel Barlaser 13% AFC Wimbledon Brodi Hughes 11% Cambridge United Gassan Ahadme 11% Mansfield Town George Abbott 9% Oxford United Cameron Brannagan 9%

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 Leicester City Boubakary Soumaré
AU$109,620
AU$5,700,240 26 DM AU$1.3m 70/70
02 Sheffield Wednesday Barry Bannan
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 35 DM AU$308k 53/53
03 Leyton Orient Alfie Gilchrist
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 21 D RC AU$257k 51/51
04 Notts County Ishé Samuels-Smith
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 19 D LC AU$190k 65/65
05 Milton Keynes Dons Daniel Barlaser
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 28 DM AU$284k 45/45
06 Stockport County Ben Osborn
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 30 WB L, DM AU$257k 59/59
07 Doncaster Rovers Alfie May
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 32 AM/F C AU$163k 43/43
08 Wycombe Wanderers Steve Cook
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 34 D C AU$251k 51/52
09 Oxford United Cameron Brannagan
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 29 DM, AM C AU$326k 52/52
10 Luton Town Kasey Palmer
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 28 AM RLC AU$415k 58/58
11 Blackpool Dion Charles
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 29 ST AU$285k 46/46
12 Huddersfield Town Rhys Healey
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 30 ST AU$281k 56/56
13 Mansfield Town George Abbott
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 19 DM AU$222k 58/58
14 Reading Mark O'Mahony
AU$16,821
AU$874,692 20 ST AU$244k 70/70
15 Plymouth Argyle Alex Mitchell
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 23 D C AU$246k 43/43
16 Bromley Damola Ajayi
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 19 AM RL, ST AU$105k 51/52
17 Stevenage Harry Cornick
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 30 AM RL, ST AU$173k 42/42
18 Bradford City MacAulay Gillesphey
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 29 D LC AU$170k 38/38
19 AFC Wimbledon Brodi Hughes
AU$14,175
AU$737,100 20 D RC AU$131k 41/41
20 Cambridge United Gassan Ahadme
AU$11,718
AU$609,336 24 ST AU$110k 41/41
21 Peterborough United Thomas O'Connor
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 26 D C, DM AU$167k 46/46
22 Wigan Athletic Dara Costelloe
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 22 ST AU$156k 60/61
23 Barnsley Cieran Slicker
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 22 GK AU$144k 53/53
24 Burton Albion George Evans
AU$9,828
AU$511,056 30 D C, DM AU$112k 39/39
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

League One club top earners

Which League One club pays the biggest single wage?

Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré earns AU$109,620 per week there, AU$5,700,240 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which League One club has the lowest paid top earner?

Burton Albion, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is George Evans on AU$9,828 per week. Leicester City pays 11 times that for its own top earner.

Which League One club leans hardest on one player?

Doncaster Rovers. Alfie May takes 22% of the AU$162,852 a week the club pays across the 43 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many League One 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.