LEAGUE ONE · TOP 100

Highest paid League One players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in League One?

Boubakary Soumaré of Leicester City, on AU$109,620 per week — AU$5,700,240 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 League One players earn between them?

AU$2,793,231 per week and AU$145,248,012 per year, which is 44% of the entire League One wage bill.

Q: Which League One club has the most players in the top 100?

Leicester City, with 20 of them, paying AU$1,198,260 a week across those players.

Q: What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$14,742 per week — that is what Oliver Irow earns in 100th place.

Boubakary Soumaré leads on AU$109,620 per week. These 100 players take AU$2,793,231 a week between them - 44% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 1,231 of the 1,234 players in League One.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$2.8m

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL44%

MEDIAN AGE27

MOST IN THE LIST20 Leicester City

League One 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

Leicester City 20 AU$1.2m Luton Town 12 AU$233k Oxford United 12 AU$227k Sheffield Wednesday 8 AU$198k Milton Keynes Dons 9 AU$173k Blackpool 9 AU$152k Huddersfield Town 7 AU$121k Leyton Orient 4 AU$106k Reading 4 AU$63k Mansfield Town 3 AU$53k Stockport County 2 AU$51k Wycombe Wanderers 2 AU$50k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 21 AU$467k

23-26 28 AU$864k

27-30 36 AU$955k

Over 30 15 AU$507k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 AU$110k #10 AU$66k #100 AU$15k

Boubakary Soumaré earns 1.7× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 7.4× the 100th. Half of the AU$2.8m a week on this page goes to the first 24 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Boubakary Soumaré	AU$109,620	AU$5,700,240	Leicester City	France	26	DM
02	Hamza Choudhury	AU$105,840	AU$5,503,680	Leicester City	Bangladesh	27	D RL, DM
03	Oliver Skipp	AU$92,610	AU$4,815,720	Leicester City	England	24	DM
04	Bobby De Cordova-Reid	AU$90,720	AU$4,717,440	Leicester City	Jamaica	32	AM RLC
05	Wes Morgan	AU$86,940	AU$4,520,880	Leicester City	Jamaica	36	D (C)
06	Caleb Okoli	AU$79,380	AU$4,127,760	Leicester City	Italy	24	D C
07	Stephy Mavididi	AU$71,820	AU$3,734,640	Leicester City	England	27	AM L
08	Harry Souttar	AU$68,040	AU$3,538,080	Leicester City	Australia	26	D C
09	Wout Faes	AU$68,040	AU$3,538,080	Leicester City	Belgium	27	D C
10	Luke Thomas	AU$66,150	AU$3,439,800	Leicester City	England	24	D LC

11	Tom Watson	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Leicester City	England	19	AM RL, ST
12	Alex McCarthy	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Leicester City	England	35	GK
13	Woyo Coulibaly	AU$49,140	AU$2,555,280	Leicester City	Mali	26	D/WB RL
14	Ben Nelson	AU$43,470	AU$2,260,440	Leicester City	England	21	D C
15	Alfie Gilchrist	AU$43,470	AU$2,260,440	Leyton Orient	England	21	D RC
16	Barry Bannan	AU$43,470	AU$2,260,440	Sheffield Wednesday	Scotland	35	DM
17	Conor Chaplin	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Leicester City	England	28	AM RLC
18	Ishé Samuels-Smith	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	Notts County	England	19	D LC
19	Jakub Stolarczyk	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	Leicester City	Poland	24	GK
20	Daniel Barlaser	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	Milton Keynes Dons	England	28	DM
21	Alfie May	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Doncaster Rovers	England	32	AM/F C
22	Ben Osborn	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Stockport County	England	30	WB L, DM
23	Steve Cook	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	Wycombe Wanderers	England	34	D C
24	Wes Burns	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Leicester City	Wales	30	WB/AM R
25	Isaac Hayden	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Leyton Orient	England	30	DM
26	Cameron Brannagan	AU$30,240	AU$1,572,480	Oxford United	England	29	DM, AM C
27	Jamal Lowe	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	Sheffield Wednesday	Jamaica	30	AM RL, ST
28	Liam Palmer	AU$28,350	AU$1,474,200	Sheffield Wednesday	Scotland	33	D RC, DM
29	Di'Shon Bernard	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	Sheffield Wednesday	Jamaica	24	D C
30	Max Lowe	AU$26,460	AU$1,375,920	Sheffield Wednesday	England	28	D/WB L
31	Kasey Palmer	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	Luton Town	Jamaica	28	AM RLC
32	George Saville	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	Luton Town	Northern Ireland	32	DM
33	Aaron Collins	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	Milton Keynes Dons	Wales	28	AM RL, ST
34	Dion Charles	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	Blackpool	Northern Ireland	29	ST
35	Rhys Healey	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	Huddersfield Town	England	30	ST
36	Callum Marshall	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	Luton Town	Northern Ireland	20	AM RLC, F C
37	Jerry Yates	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	Luton Town	England	28	ST
38	Devante Cole	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	Luton Town	Jamaica	30	AM RL, ST
39	Siriki Dembélé	AU$22,680	AU$1,179,360	Oxford United	Scotland	28	AM RLC
40	Will Alves	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Leicester City	England	20	AM RLC

41	Isaiah Jones	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Luton Town	Guyana	26	WB R, AM RL
42	George Abbott	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Mansfield Town	England	19	DM
43	Jamie Cumming	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Oxford United	England	25	GK
44	Jun Jin-Woo	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Oxford United	South Korea	25	AM RL
45	Louis Page	AU$18,900	AU$982,800	Leicester City	England	17	DM, AM C
46	Bali Mumba	AU$17,955	AU$933,660	Huddersfield Town	England	23	D/WB/AM L
47	Brian De Keersmaecker	AU$17,955	AU$933,660	Oxford United	Belgium	25	DM, AM C
48	Aidomo Emakhu	AU$17,955	AU$933,660	Oxford United	Ireland	21	AM RL, ST
49	Ciaron Brown	AU$17,766	AU$923,832	Oxford United	Northern Ireland	27	D LC
50	Fraser Horsfall	AU$17,577	AU$914,004	Blackpool	England	28	D C
51	George Honeyman	AU$17,388	AU$904,176	Blackpool	England	30	AM RLC
52	Marcus McGuane	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Huddersfield Town	England	26	DM
53	Nathan Baxter	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Leyton Orient	England	26	GK
54	Nigel Lonwijk	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Luton Town	Suriname	22	D RC
55	Nahki Wells	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Luton Town	Bermuda	35	ST
56	Michael Smith	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Mansfield Town	England	33	ST
57	Nathaniel Méndez-Laing	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Milton Keynes Dons	Guatemala	33	AM RLC
58	Michał Helik	AU$17,010	AU$884,520	Oxford United	Poland	29	D C
59	Niall Ennis	AU$16,821	AU$874,692	Blackpool	England	26	ST
60	Mark O'Mahony	AU$16,821	AU$874,692	Reading	Ireland	20	ST
61	Radinio Balker	AU$16,443	AU$855,036	Huddersfield Town	Suriname	26	D RC
62	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	AU$16,065	AU$835,380	Blackpool	Northern Ireland	28	GK
63	Antony Evans	AU$16,065	AU$835,380	Huddersfield Town	England	26	AM RC
64	Ben Wiles	AU$16,065	AU$835,380	Milton Keynes Dons	England	26	AM C
65	Brodie Spencer	AU$16,065	AU$835,380	Oxford United	Northern Ireland	21	D RLC
66	Alex Mitchell	AU$16,065	AU$835,380	Plymouth Argyle	England	23	D C
67	Dale Taylor	AU$15,876	AU$825,552	Blackpool	Northern Ireland	21	AM/F C
68	Damola Ajayi	AU$15,876	AU$825,552	Bromley	England	19	AM RL, ST
69	Curtis Nelson	AU$15,876	AU$825,552	Milton Keynes Dons	England	32	D C
70	Callum Paterson	AU$15,876	AU$825,552	Milton Keynes Dons	Scotland	30	WB R, M R, ST

71	Wes Harding	AU$15,876	AU$825,552	Plymouth Argyle	Jamaica	28	D RC
72	Cauley Woodrow	AU$15,876	AU$825,552	Wycombe Wanderers	England	30	AM/F C
73	Finley Munroe	AU$15,687	AU$815,724	Blackpool	England	20	D/WB L
74	Fin Stevens	AU$15,687	AU$815,724	Leyton Orient	Wales	22	D/WB R
75	Hakeem Odoffin	AU$15,498	AU$805,896	Luton Town	England	27	D C, DM
76	Haydon Roberts	AU$15,498	AU$805,896	Reading	England	23	D LC
77	Harry Cornick	AU$15,498	AU$805,896	Stevenage	England	30	AM RL, ST
78	Jordan Williams	AU$15,309	AU$796,068	Blackpool	England	25	D RC
79	Jack Whatmough	AU$15,309	AU$796,068	Huddersfield Town	England	28	D C
80	Joe Low	AU$15,309	AU$796,068	Huddersfield Town	Wales	23	D C
81	Jordan Clark	AU$15,309	AU$796,068	Luton Town	England	31	AM RC
82	Jamie McDonnell	AU$15,309	AU$796,068	Oxford United	Northern Ireland	21	DM
83	Jacob Brown	AU$15,309	AU$796,068	Reading	Scotland	27	AM R, ST
84	Joe Lumley	AU$15,309	AU$796,068	Sheffield Wednesday	England	30	GK
85	Liam Cullen	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Leicester City	Wales	26	ST
86	Kal Naismith	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Luton Town	Scotland	33	D LC, DM
87	Ryan Wintle	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Milton Keynes Dons	England	28	DM
88	Kane Wilson	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Milton Keynes Dons	England	25	D/WB/AM R
89	Samuel Silvera	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Milton Keynes Dons	Australia	24	AM RL
90	Tyler Goodrham	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Oxford United	England	21	AM RLC
91	Lewis Wing	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Reading	England	30	DM, AM C
92	Ricardo Almeida Santos	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Sheffield Wednesday	Cape Verde	30	D C
93	Lewis Bate	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Stockport County	England	22	DM
94	Michael Ihiekwe	AU$14,931	AU$776,412	Blackpool	England	32	D C
95	MacAulay Gillesphey	AU$14,931	AU$776,412	Bradford City	England	29	D LC
96	Mads Andersen	AU$14,931	AU$776,412	Luton Town	Denmark	27	D C
97	Mark Harris	AU$14,931	AU$776,412	Oxford United	Wales	26	AM/F C
98	Mathias Ross	AU$14,931	AU$776,412	Plymouth Argyle	Denmark	24	D C
99	Mason Burstow	AU$14,931	AU$776,412	Sheffield Wednesday	England	21	AM RL, ST
100	Oliver Irow	AU$14,742	AU$766,584	Mansfield Town	England	19	AM RL, ST

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in League One?

Boubakary Soumaré of Leicester City, on AU$109,620 per week — AU$5,700,240 a year.

How much do the top 100 League One players earn between them?

AU$2,793,231 per week and AU$145,248,012 per year, which is 44% of the entire League One wage bill.

Which League One club has the most players in the top 100?

Leicester City, with 20 of them, paying AU$1,198,260 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$14,742 per week — that is what Oliver Irow earns in 100th place.