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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, Notts County pays its own best paid player, Dean Campbell, AU$8,316 — a gap of 13×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$110k Boubakary Soumaré · Leicester City
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$8k Dean Campbell · Notts County
TOP TO BOTTOM 13× Leicester City over Notts County
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 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 Bali Mumba Huddersfield Town AU$18k Michael Smith Mansfield Town AU$17k

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% Stockport County Ben Osborn 16% Leyton Orient Alfie Gilchrist 16% Bromley Damola Ajayi 15% Wycombe Wanderers Steve Cook 13% Sheffield Wednesday Barry Bannan 13% AFC Wimbledon Brodi Hughes 13% Milton Keynes Dons Daniel Barlaser 12% Burton Albion Raphael Borges Rodrigues 11% Oxford United Cameron Brannagan 10% Stevenage Harry Cornick 10% Leicester City Boubakary Soumaré 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 69/69
02 Sheffield Wednesday Barry Bannan
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 35 DM AU$327k 53/53
03 Leyton Orient Alfie Gilchrist
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 21 D RC AU$270k 48/48
04 Milton Keynes Dons Daniel Barlaser
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 28 DM AU$311k 48/48
05 Stockport County Ben Osborn
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 30 WB L, DM AU$221k 56/56
06 Doncaster Rovers Alfie May
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 32 AM/F C AU$162k 42/42
07 Wycombe Wanderers Steve Cook
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 34 D C AU$253k 51/52
08 Oxford United Cameron Brannagan
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 29 DM, AM C AU$310k 52/52
09 Luton Town Kasey Palmer
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 28 AM RLC AU$349k 54/54
10 Blackpool Dion Charles
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 29 ST AU$309k 46/46
11 Huddersfield Town Bali Mumba
AU$17,955
AU$933,660 23 D/WB/AM L AU$239k 53/53
12 Mansfield Town Michael Smith
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 33 ST AU$201k 57/57
13 Reading Mark O'Mahony
AU$16,821
AU$874,692 20 ST AU$267k 72/72
14 Plymouth Argyle Alex Mitchell
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 23 D C AU$240k 43/43
15 Bromley Damola Ajayi
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 19 AM RL, ST AU$105k 51/52
16 Stevenage Harry Cornick
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 30 AM RL, ST AU$160k 40/40
17 Bradford City MacAulay Gillesphey
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 29 D LC AU$189k 41/41
18 Burton Albion Raphael Borges Rodrigues
AU$14,553
AU$756,756 21 AM RLC AU$134k 41/41
19 AFC Wimbledon Brodi Hughes
AU$14,175
AU$737,100 20 D RC AU$108k 35/35
20 Cambridge United Gassan Ahadme
AU$11,718
AU$609,336 24 ST AU$137k 43/43
21 Peterborough United Thomas O'Connor
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 26 D C, DM AU$156k 45/45
22 Wigan Athletic Christian Saydee
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 23 AM/F C AU$155k 59/60
23 Barnsley Connor O'Riordan
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 21 D C AU$127k 50/51
24 Notts County Dean Campbell
AU$8,316
AU$432,432 24 DM AU$154k 66/66
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?

Notts County, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Dean Campbell on AU$8,316 per week. Leicester City pays 13 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$161,907 a week the club pays across the 42 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.