SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP · TOP 100

Highest paid Scottish Championship players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in Scottish Championship?

Leon King of Ayr United, on AU$15,120 per week — AU$786,240 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 Scottish Championship players earn between them?

AU$256,602 per week and AU$13,343,279 per year, which is 67% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

Q: Which Scottish Championship club has the most players in the top 100?

Ross County, with 19 of them, paying AU$50,009 a week across those players.

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

AU$1,380 per week — that is what Ricki Lamie earns in 100th place.

Leon King leads on AU$15,120 per week. These 100 players take AU$256,602 a week between them - 67% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 250 of the 289 players in Scottish Championship.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$257k

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL67%

MEDIAN AGE26

MOST IN THE LIST19 Ross County

Scottish Championship 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

Ross County 19 AU$50k Livingston 18 AU$39k Ayr United 13 AU$38k Dunfermline Athletic 14 AU$37k Raith Rovers 14 AU$29k Partick Thistle 9 AU$25k Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 AU$20k Greenock Morton 3 AU$8k Queen's Park 3 AU$4k Arbroath 2 AU$3k Stenhousemuir 1 AU$2k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 27 AU$82k

23-26 27 AU$59k

27-30 25 AU$67k

Over 30 21 AU$49k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 AU$15k #10 AU$5k #100 AU$1k

Leon King earns 3.2× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 11× the 100th. Half of the AU$257k a week on this page goes to the first 28 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Leon King	AU$15,120	AU$786,240	Ayr United	Scotland	21	D RC
02	Graeme Shinnie	AU$7,938	AU$412,776	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	33	D L, DM
03	Kerr Smith	AU$7,560	AU$393,120	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	20	D RC
04	Aaron Donnelly	AU$6,615	AU$343,980	Dunfermline Athletic	Northern Ireland	22	D LC
05	Jamie Lindsay	AU$5,859	AU$304,668	Ross County	Scotland	29	DM
06	Ben Summers	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Ayr United	Scotland	21	AM C
07	Aston Oxborough	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Dunfermline Athletic	England	27	GK
08	Bruce Anderson	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Livingston	Scotland	26	ST
09	Alex Samuel	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Partick Thistle	Wales	29	AM/F C
10	Akil Wright	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Ross County	England	29	D RC, DM

11	Dean Cornelius	AU$4,536	AU$235,872	Ross County	Scotland	24	DM, M RC
12	Elyh Harrison	AU$4,347	AU$226,044	Greenock Morton	England	19	GK
13	Ethan Ingram	AU$4,347	AU$226,044	Partick Thistle	England	22	D/WB R
14	George Oakley	AU$4,158	AU$216,216	Raith Rovers	England	29	ST
15	Luke Robinson	AU$3,780	AU$196,560	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	23	D LC
16	Liam Polworth	AU$3,780	AU$196,560	Livingston	Scotland	30	AM C
17	Luke Armstrong	AU$3,780	AU$196,560	Raith Rovers	England	29	ST
18	Olly Thomas	AU$3,402	AU$176,904	Dunfermline Athletic	England	20	AM RL, ST
19	Oisin Smyth	AU$3,402	AU$176,904	Partick Thistle	Northern Ireland	25	DM
20	Sam Nicholson	AU$3,024	AU$157,248	Livingston	Scotland	30	AM RLC, F C
21	Tony Watt	AU$3,024	AU$157,248	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	AM LC, F C
22	Trevor Carson	AU$3,024	AU$157,248	Ross County	Northern Ireland	37	GK
23	Alfons Amade	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Dunfermline Athletic	Mozambique	25	D/WB R, DM
24	Billy Mckay	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Northern Ireland	36	ST
25	Ben McPherson	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Partick Thistle	Scotland	21	D/WB R
26	Uche Ikpeazu	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Ross County	Uganda	30	ST
27	Alex Iacovitti	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Ross County	Scotland	27	D C
28	Ben Crompton	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Ross County	England	21	D RC
29	Callumn Morrison	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	AM R
30	Curtis Main	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Greenock Morton	England	33	ST
31	Cristian Montaño	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Livingston	Colombia	33	D/AM L
32	Calum Adamson	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Raith Rovers	Scotland	17	M C
33	Connor Randall	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Ross County	England	29	D/WB R, DM
34	Declan Gallagher	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Ross County	Scotland	34	D C
35	Francis Turley	AU$2,457	AU$127,764	Ayr United	Northern Ireland	19	DM
36	Emmanuel Danso	AU$2,457	AU$127,764	Livingston	Ghana	24	DM
37	Graham Carey	AU$2,268	AU$117,936	Livingston	Ireland	36	AM LC
38	Jérôme Prior	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Livingston	France	29	GK
39	Joshua Zimmerman	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Livingston	Curaçao	24	AM RL
40	Jai Rowe	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Raith Rovers	England	23	D/WB R

41	Josh Reid	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Ross County	Scotland	23	D/WB L
42	Jordan White	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Ross County	Scotland	33	AM/F C
43	Jayden Carbon	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Ross County	England	19	AM RL
44	James Scott	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Ross County	Scotland	24	AM R, ST
45	Anton Dowds	AU$1,985	AU$103,194	Raith Rovers	Scotland	28	ST
46	Aidan Nesbitt	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Arbroath	Scotland	28	AM C
47	Kevin Holt	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Ayr United	Scotland	32	D C
48	Aidan Fitzpatrick	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Partick Thistle	Scotland	24	AM R
49	Lewis Stevenson	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Raith Rovers	Scotland	37	D/WB L
50	Billy Terrell	AU$1,871	AU$97,297	Dunfermline Athletic	England	21	GK
51	Bradley Foster	AU$1,871	AU$97,297	Ross County	England	23	GK
52	Chris Kane	AU$1,852	AU$96,314	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	30	ST
53	Cammy Kerr	AU$1,852	AU$96,314	Livingston	Scotland	29	D/WB RL
54	Connor McLennan	AU$1,852	AU$96,314	Livingston	Scotland	25	AM RLC
55	Dylan Easton	AU$1,833	AU$95,332	Raith Rovers	Scotland	31	AM LC
56	Jamie Murphy	AU$1,814	AU$94,349	Ayr United	Scotland	35	AM LC
57	Jack Hamilton	AU$1,720	AU$89,435	Livingston	Scotland	31	GK
58	Max Thompson	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Ayr United	England	20	GK
59	Marco Rus	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Ayr United	Romania	22	AM C
60	Zak Rudden	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	25	ST
61	Kieran Phillips	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Ross County	England	25	AM/F C
62	Kane Ritchie-Hosler	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Stenhousemuir	England	22	WB/AM R
63	Brooklyn Kabongolo	AU$1,682	AU$87,469	Livingston	France	22	D C
64	Lee Ashcroft	AU$1,682	AU$87,469	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	D C
65	Callum Fordyce	AU$1,663	AU$86,486	Raith Rovers	Scotland	33	D RC
66	Miller Thomson	AU$1,663	AU$86,486	Ross County	Scotland	20	D/WB/AM R
67	Daniel O'Reilly	AU$1,644	AU$85,504	Partick Thistle	Ireland	30	D C
68	Darragh O'Connor	AU$1,644	AU$85,504	Raith Rovers	Ireland	25	D C
69	Jay Henderson	AU$1,625	AU$84,521	Ross County	Scotland	23	AM R, ST
70	Andrew Winter	AU$1,607	AU$83,538	Arbroath	Scotland	23	AM R, ST

71	Kyle Benedictus	AU$1,607	AU$83,538	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	33	D C
72	Aidan Denholm	AU$1,607	AU$83,538	Livingston	Scotland	21	AM LC
73	George Finney	AU$1,588	AU$82,555	Ayr United	England	18	D/WB R
74	Liam Dick	AU$1,588	AU$82,555	Ayr United	Scotland	29	D LC
75	Babacar Fati	AU$1,584	AU$82,359	Livingston	Guinea-Bissau	25	D/WB L
76	Robbie Muirhead	AU$1,569	AU$81,572	Livingston	Scotland	29	AM RL, ST
77	Shaun Want	AU$1,550	AU$80,590	Ayr United	Scotland	28	D RC
78	David Wotherspoon	AU$1,550	AU$80,590	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Canada	35	AM LC
79	Daniel Finlayson	AU$1,550	AU$80,590	Livingston	Northern Ireland	24	D RC
80	Ethan Walker	AU$1,531	AU$79,607	Ayr United	England	22	AM RLC, F C
81	Josh Rae	AU$1,531	AU$79,607	Raith Rovers	Scotland	24	GK
82	Oli Shaw	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	27	AM L, ST
83	Aidan Connolly	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Queen's Park	Scotland	29	AM RL
84	Kyle Turner	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Raith Rovers	Scotland	27	AM C
85	Paul Hanlon	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Raith Rovers	Scotland	35	D C
86	Paul McMullan	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	AM RC, F C
87	Lewis Jamieson	AU$1,493	AU$77,641	Ross County	Scotland	23	ST
88	Charlie Gilmour	AU$1,474	AU$76,658	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	DM
89	Charlie Fox	AU$1,474	AU$76,658	Queen's Park	England	26	D C
90	Nick McAllister	AU$1,455	AU$75,676	Ayr United	Scotland	24	D RC
91	Dylan Lobban	AU$1,455	AU$75,676	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	D/WB R, M C
92	James Storer	AU$1,436	AU$74,693	Greenock Morton	England	20	GK
93	Andrew Tod	AU$1,418	AU$73,710	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	AM RLC, F C
94	Lawal Samson	AU$1,399	AU$72,727	Livingston	Nigeria	21	DM, AM C
95	Lewis Vaughan	AU$1,399	AU$72,727	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	AM L, ST
96	Len O'Sullivan	AU$1,399	AU$72,727	Ross County	Ireland	21	D/WB L
97	Mark McKenzie	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Ayr United	Scotland	24	AM RLC, ST
98	Mitchell Robertson	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Livingston	Scotland	20	D LC
99	Robbie Crawford	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	DM, AM C
100	Ricki Lamie	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Queen's Park	Scotland	32	D C

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Scottish Championship?

Leon King of Ayr United, on AU$15,120 per week — AU$786,240 a year.

How much do the top 100 Scottish Championship players earn between them?

AU$256,602 per week and AU$13,343,279 per year, which is 67% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

Which Scottish Championship club has the most players in the top 100?

Ross County, with 19 of them, paying AU$50,009 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$1,380 per week — that is what Ricki Lamie earns in 100th place.