SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Sheffield Wednesday
Barry Bannan has earned AU$17.9m at Sheffield Wednesday across 8 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 18 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS AU$262.3m
PLAYERS RANKED123
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB116
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Sheffield Wednesday history
These 20 players took AU$163.1m between them, 62% of everything Sheffield Wednesday has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Sheffield Wednesday player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Sheffield Wednesday wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Bannan Current squad | AU$17.9m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 2 | Keiren Westwood | AU$14.7m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 3 | Liam Palmer Current squad | AU$12.1m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 4 | Adam Reach | AU$11.3m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 5 | Tom Lees | AU$10.8m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 6 | Fernando Forestieri | AU$10.6m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 7 | Dominic Iorfa | AU$8.8m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 8 | Steven Fletcher | AU$8.3m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 9 | Sam Hutchinson | AU$8.1m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 10 | Kieran Lee | AU$7.9m | 6 | 2014-2019 |
| 11 | Gary Hooper | AU$6.2m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 12 | Connor Wickham | AU$6.1m | 1 | 2020 |
| 13 | Atdhe Nuhiu | AU$5.9m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 14 | Josh Windass | AU$5.9m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 15 | Joost van Aken | AU$5.9m | 3 | 2018-2021 |
| 16 | Callum Paterson | AU$5.7m | 4 | 2021-2024 |
| 17 | Jeff Hendrick | AU$4.9m | 1 | 2024 |
| 18 | Sam Winnall | AU$4.1m | 3 | 2017-2020 |
| 19 | Joey Pelupessy | AU$4m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 20 | Cameron Dawson | AU$3.9m | 7 | 2017-2024 |
| 21 | Massimo Luongo | AU$3.7m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 22 | Jack Hunt | AU$3.7m | 4 | 2017-2023 |
| 23 | Max Lowe Current squad | AU$3.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 24 | Morgan Fox | AU$3.1m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 25 | Di'Shon Bernard Current squad | AU$3m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 26 | Callum McManaman | AU$2.9m | 1 | 2017 |
| 27 | Josh Onomah | AU$2.9m | 1 | 2019 |
| 28 | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | AU$2.8m | 1 | 2022 |
| 29 | Joe Wildsmith | AU$2.7m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 30 | Iké Ugbo | AU$2.7m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 31 | Izzy Brown | AU$2.6m | 1 | 2021 |
| 32 | Svante Ingelsson | AU$2.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 33 | Jacob Murphy | AU$2.5m | 1 | 2020 |
| 34 | Lee Gregory | AU$2.5m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 35 | Nathaniel Chalobah | AU$2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 36 | Jamal Lowe Current squad | AU$2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 37 | Urby Emanuelson | AU$2.2m | 1 | 2017 |
| 38 | Jerry Yates | AU$2.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Kadeem Harris | AU$2m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 40 | Yan Valery Current squad | AU$2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Marvelous Nakamba | AU$1.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Marvin Johnson | AU$1.8m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 43 | Achraf Lazaar | AU$1.8m | 1 | 2019 |
| 44 | Ashley Fletcher | AU$1.8m | 1 | 2024 |
| 45 | Jack Marriott | AU$1.8m | 1 | 2021 |
| 46 | Chey Dunkley | AU$1.7m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 47 | Michael Hector | AU$1.6m | 1 | 2019 |
| 48 | Fisayo Dele-Bashiru | AU$1.6m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 49 | Mallik Wilks | AU$1.6m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 50 | Jacob Butterfield | AU$1.5m | 1 | 2018 |
| 51 | Akin Famewo | AU$1.4m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 52 | Will Vaulks | AU$1.4m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 53 | Aden Flint | AU$1.3m | 1 | 2023 |
| 54 | Tayo Adaramola | AU$1.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Rolando Aarons | AU$1.2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 56 | Harlee Dean | AU$1.1m | 1 | 2022 |
| 57 | Liam Cooper Current squad | AU$1.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | George Byers | AU$1m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 59 | Moses Odubajo | AU$963k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 60 | Alessio da Cruz | AU$934k | 1 | 2020 |
| 61 | Anthony Musaba | AU$835k | 1 | 2024 |
| 62 | Bambo Diaby | AU$835k | 1 | 2024 |
| 63 | Jacques Maghoma | AU$806k | 2 | 2014-2015 |
| 64 | Charlie McNeill | AU$767k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 65 | Matt Penney | AU$767k | 2 | 2019-2021 |
| 66 | Saido Berahino | AU$747k | 1 | 2022 |
| 67 | Djeidi Gassama | AU$727k | 1 | 2024 |
| 68 | Ciaran Brennan | AU$677k | 7 | 2017-2024 |
| 69 | David Stockdale | AU$629k | 1 | 2023 |
| 70 | Elias Kachunga | AU$619k | 1 | 2021 |
| 71 | Ian Poveda | AU$600k | 1 | 2024 |
| 72 | Jordan Storey | AU$600k | 1 | 2022 |
| 73 | David Bates | AU$531k | 1 | 2020 |
| 74 | Lewis Gibson | AU$491k | 1 | 2022 |
| 75 | Nathaniel Méndez-Laing | AU$482k | 1 | 2022 |
| 76 | Murphy Cooper | AU$472k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 77 | Olamide Shodipo | AU$472k | 1 | 2022 |
| 78 | Andre Green | AU$442k | 1 | 2021 |
| 79 | Jack Stobbs | AU$401k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 80 | Sylla Sow | AU$354k | 1 | 2022 |
| 81 | Tyreeq Bakinson | AU$354k | 1 | 2023 |
| 82 | Florian Kamberi | AU$324k | 1 | 2022 |
| 83 | Luke Jackson | AU$313k | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 84 | Alex Hunt | AU$285k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 85 | Josh Dawodu | AU$220k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 86 | Fraser Preston | AU$216k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 87 | Connor Kirby | AU$186k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 88 | Joshua Render | AU$185k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 89 | Jay Glover | AU$181k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 90 | Jack Lee | AU$175k | 4 | 2016-2019 |
| 91 | Ryan Galvin | AU$173k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 92 | Liam Waldock | AU$168k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 93 | Charles Hagan | AU$155k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 94 | Isaac Rice | AU$148k | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 95 | Liam Shaw | AU$140k | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 96 | Joe West | AU$110k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 97 | Omar Damba | AU$110k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 98 | Osaze Urhoghide | AU$110k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 99 | Lewis Farmer | AU$108k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 100 | Paulo Aguas | AU$105k | 4 | 2020-2023 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Sheffield Wednesday?
Barry Bannan, with AU$17.9m across 8 seasons at Sheffield Wednesday.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 123 players we hold a Sheffield Wednesday wage for, from 2014 to 2026.