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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SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every Scottish Championship club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Leon King of Ayr United leads on AU$15,120 a week. At the other end, Queen's Park pays its own best paid player, Aidan Connolly, AU$1,512 — a gap of 10×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$15k Leon King · Ayr United
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$2k Aidan Connolly · Queen's Park
TOP TO BOTTOM 10× Ayr United over Queen's Park
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 31% Ayr United's bill taken by Leon King
Scottish Championship top 100 Scottish Championship wage bills All leagues

The best paid at each club

Weekly wage of the top earner at every club

Leon King Ayr United AU$15k Graeme Shinnie Inverness Caledonian Thistle AU$8k Aaron Donnelly Dunfermline Athletic AU$7k Jamie Lindsay Ross County AU$6k Bruce Anderson Livingston AU$5k Alex Samuel Partick Thistle AU$5k Elyh Harrison Greenock Morton AU$4k George Oakley Raith Rovers AU$4k Aidan Nesbitt Arbroath AU$2k Kane Ritchie-Hosler Stenhousemuir AU$2k Aidan Connolly Queen's Park AU$2k

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

Ayr United Leon King 31% Greenock Morton Elyh Harrison 20% Inverness Caledonian Thistle Graeme Shinnie 18% Partick Thistle Alex Samuel 15% Stenhousemuir Kane Ritchie-Hosler 15% Dunfermline Athletic Aaron Donnelly 13% Raith Rovers George Oakley 12% Ross County Jamie Lindsay 10% Arbroath Aidan Nesbitt 10% Livingston Bruce Anderson 10% Queen's Park Aidan Connolly 9%

Every club's top earner

All 11 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 Ayr United Leon King
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 21 D RC AU$48k 23/24
02 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Graeme Shinnie
AU$7,938
AU$412,776 33 D L, DM AU$43k 28/29
03 Dunfermline Athletic Aaron Donnelly
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 22 D LC AU$49k 26/26
04 Ross County Jamie Lindsay
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 29 DM AU$56k 29/30
05 Livingston Bruce Anderson
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 26 ST AU$49k 32/46
06 Partick Thistle Alex Samuel
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 29 AM/F C AU$31k 16/21
07 Greenock Morton Elyh Harrison
AU$4,347
AU$226,044 19 GK AU$22k 18/21
08 Raith Rovers George Oakley
AU$4,158
AU$216,216 29 ST AU$35k 19/19
09 Arbroath Aidan Nesbitt
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 28 AM C AU$19k 23/24
10 Stenhousemuir Kane Ritchie-Hosler
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 22 WB/AM R AU$12k 18/18
11 Queen's Park Aidan Connolly
AU$1,512
AU$78,624 29 AM RL AU$17k 18/31
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

Scottish Championship club top earners

Which Scottish Championship club pays the biggest single wage?

Ayr United. Leon King earns AU$15,120 per week there, AU$786,240 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which Scottish Championship club has the lowest paid top earner?

Queen's Park, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Aidan Connolly on AU$1,512 per week. Ayr United pays 10 times that for its own top earner.

Which Scottish Championship club leans hardest on one player?

Ayr United. Leon King takes 31% of the AU$48,299 a week the club pays across the 23 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many Scottish Championship clubs are on this list?

All 11 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.