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LEAGUE ONE · TOP 100

Highest paid League One players

Boubakary Soumaré leads on AU$109,620 per week. These 100 players take AU$2,719,710 a week between them - 44% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 1,214 of the 1,219 players in League One.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$2.7m
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 Sheffield Wednesday 9 AU$223k Oxford United 11 AU$209k Luton Town 10 AU$186k Blackpool 10 AU$175k Milton Keynes Dons 9 AU$173k Leyton Orient 6 AU$144k Huddersfield Town 6 AU$98k Reading 5 AU$78k Stockport County 3 AU$66k Wycombe Wanderers 2 AU$50k Plymouth Argyle 3 AU$47k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 21 AU$445k
23-26 28 AU$870k
27-30 35 AU$809k
Over 30 16 AU$596k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$110k #10 AU$51k #100 AU$15k

Boubakary Soumaré earns 2.1× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 7.4× the 100th. Half of the AU$2.7m a week on this page goes to the first 24 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Boubakary Soumaré
AU$109,620
AU$5,700,240 Leicester City France 26 DM
02 John Lundstram
AU$98,280
AU$5,110,560 Leicester City England 31 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 Harry Souttar
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 Leicester City Australia 26 D C
08 Wout Faes
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 Leicester City Belgium 27 D C
09 Luke Thomas
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Leicester City England 24 D LC
10 Tom Watson
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Leicester City England 19 AM RL, ST
11 Alex McCarthy
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Leicester City England 35 GK
12 Woyo Coulibaly
AU$49,140
AU$2,555,280 Leicester City Mali 26 D/WB RL
13 Ben Nelson
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Leicester City England 21 D C
14 Alfie Gilchrist
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Leyton Orient England 21 D RC
15 Barry Bannan
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Sheffield Wednesday Scotland 35 DM
16 Conor Chaplin
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Leicester City England 28 AM RLC
17 Emil Riis
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Leicester City Denmark 27 ST
18 Jakub Stolarczyk
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Leicester City Poland 24 GK
19 Daniel Barlaser
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Milton Keynes Dons England 28 DM
20 Alfie May
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Doncaster Rovers England 32 AM/F C
21 Ben Osborn
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Stockport County England 30 WB L, DM
22 Steve Cook
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Wycombe Wanderers England 34 D C
23 Wes Burns
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Leicester City Wales 30 WB/AM R
24 Isaac Hayden
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Leyton Orient England 30 DM
25 Cameron Brannagan
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Oxford United England 29 DM, AM C
26 Jamal Lowe
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Sheffield Wednesday Jamaica 30 AM RL, ST
27 Liam Palmer
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Sheffield Wednesday Scotland 33 D RC, DM
28 Max Lowe
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Sheffield Wednesday England 28 D/WB L
29 Di'Shon Bernard
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Sheffield Wednesday Jamaica 24 D C
30 Kasey Palmer
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Luton Town Jamaica 28 AM RLC
31 Aaron Collins
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Milton Keynes Dons Wales 28 AM RL, ST
32 Ali Al-Hamadi
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Sheffield Wednesday Iraq 23 AM RL, ST
33 Dion Charles
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Blackpool Northern Ireland 29 ST
34 Jerry Yates
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Blackpool England 28 ST
35 Dane Scarlett
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Leyton Orient England 21 ST
36 Devante Cole
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Luton Town Jamaica 30 AM RL, ST
37 Callum Marshall
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Luton Town Northern Ireland 20 AM RLC, F C
38 Siriki Dembélé
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Oxford United Scotland 28 AM RLC
39 Will Alves
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Leicester City England 20 AM RLC
40 Isaiah Jones
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Luton Town Guyana 26 WB R, AM RL
41 Jun Jin-Woo
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Oxford United South Korea 25 AM RL
42 Jamie Cumming
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Oxford United England 25 GK
43 Louis Page
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 Leicester City England 17 DM, AM C
44 Bali Mumba
AU$17,955
AU$933,660 Huddersfield Town England 23 D/WB/AM L
45 Aidomo Emakhu
AU$17,955
AU$933,660 Oxford United Ireland 21 AM RL, ST
46 Ciaron Brown
AU$17,766
AU$923,832 Oxford United Northern Ireland 27 D LC
47 Fraser Horsfall
AU$17,577
AU$914,004 Blackpool England 28 D C
48 George Honeyman
AU$17,388
AU$904,176 Blackpool England 30 AM RLC
49 Marcus McGuane
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Huddersfield Town England 26 DM
50 Nathan Baxter
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Leyton Orient England 26 GK
51 Nahki Wells
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Luton Town Bermuda 35 ST
52 Nigel Lonwijk
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Luton Town Suriname 22 D RC
53 Michael Smith
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Mansfield Town England 33 ST
54 Nathaniel Méndez-Laing
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Milton Keynes Dons Guatemala 33 AM RLC
55 Michał Helik
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Oxford United Poland 29 D C
56 Niall Ennis
AU$16,821
AU$874,692 Blackpool England 26 ST
57 Mark O'Mahony
AU$16,821
AU$874,692 Reading Ireland 20 ST
58 Radinio Balker
AU$16,443
AU$855,036 Huddersfield Town Suriname 26 D RC
59 Bailey Peacock-Farrell
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 Blackpool Northern Ireland 28 GK
60 Ben Wiles
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 Milton Keynes Dons England 26 AM C
61 Brodie Spencer
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 Oxford United Northern Ireland 21 D RLC
62 Alex Mitchell
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 Plymouth Argyle England 23 D C
63 Dale Taylor
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Blackpool Northern Ireland 21 AM/F C
64 Damola Ajayi
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Bromley England 19 AM RL, ST
65 Cameron Humphreys
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Huddersfield Town England 21 DM, AM C
66 Callum Paterson
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Milton Keynes Dons Scotland 30 WB R, M R, ST
67 Curtis Nelson
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Milton Keynes Dons England 32 D C
68 Wes Harding
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Plymouth Argyle Jamaica 28 D RC
69 Cauley Woodrow
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Wycombe Wanderers England 30 AM/F C
70 Finley Munroe
AU$15,687
AU$815,724 Blackpool England 20 D/WB L
71 Fin Stevens
AU$15,687
AU$815,724 Leyton Orient Wales 22 D/WB R
72 Hakeem Odoffin
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 Luton Town England 27 D C, DM
73 Haydon Roberts
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 Reading England 23 D LC
74 Harry Cornick
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 Stevenage England 30 AM RL, ST
75 Jordan Williams
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Blackpool England 25 D RC
76 Jack Whatmough
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Huddersfield Town England 28 D C
77 Joe Low
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Huddersfield Town Wales 23 D C
78 Jordan Clark
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Luton Town England 31 AM RC
79 Jamie McDonnell
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Oxford United Northern Ireland 21 DM
80 Josh Knight
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Reading England 27 D C
81 Jacob Brown
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Reading Scotland 27 AM R, ST
82 Joe Lumley
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Sheffield Wednesday England 30 GK
83 Liam Cullen
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Leicester City Wales 26 ST
84 Kal Naismith
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Luton Town Scotland 33 D LC, DM
85 Samuel Silvera
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Milton Keynes Dons Australia 24 AM RL
86 Kane Wilson
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Milton Keynes Dons England 25 D/WB/AM R
87 Ryan Wintle
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Milton Keynes Dons England 28 DM
88 Tyler Goodrham
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Oxford United England 21 AM RLC
89 Lewis Wing
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Reading England 30 DM, AM C
90 Ricardo Almeida Santos
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Sheffield Wednesday Cape Verde 30 D C
91 Lewis Bate
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Stockport County England 22 DM
92 Michael Ihiekwe
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 Blackpool England 32 D C
93 MacAulay Gillesphey
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 Bradford City England 29 D LC
94 Mads Andersen
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 Luton Town Denmark 27 D C
95 Mark Harris
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 Oxford United Wales 26 AM/F C
96 Mathias Ross
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 Plymouth Argyle Denmark 24 D C
97 Mason Burstow
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 Sheffield Wednesday England 21 AM RL, ST
98 Oliver Dovin
AU$14,742
AU$766,584 Leyton Orient Sweden 23 GK
99 Oliver Irow
AU$14,742
AU$766,584 Mansfield Town England 19 AM RL, ST
100 Oliver Norwood
AU$14,742
AU$766,584 Stockport County Northern Ireland 34 DM

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$2,719,710 per week and AU$141,424,920 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$1,158,570 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

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