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$261,875 per week and AU$13,617,480 per year, which is 70% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

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

Livingston, with 19 of them, paying AU$49,647 a week across those players.

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

AU$1,361 per week — that is what Dylan Watret earns in 100th place.

Leon King leads on AU$15,120 per week. These 100 players take AU$261,875 a week between them - 70% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 237 of the 275 players in Scottish Championship.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$262k

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL70%

MEDIAN AGE25

MOST IN THE LIST19 Livingston

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

Livingston 19 AU$50k Ross County 16 AU$41k Ayr United 13 AU$38k Dunfermline Athletic 14 AU$37k Raith Rovers 15 AU$31k Partick Thistle 9 AU$25k Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 AU$20k Greenock Morton 4 AU$11k 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 30 AU$96k

23-26 27 AU$58k

27-30 23 AU$61k

Over 30 20 AU$47k

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$262k a week on this page goes to the first 27 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	Adam Montgomery	AU$10,395	AU$540,540	Livingston	Scotland	22	D/WB/AM L
03	Graeme Shinnie	AU$7,938	AU$412,776	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	33	D L, DM
04	Kerr Smith	AU$7,560	AU$393,120	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	20	D RC
05	Aaron Donnelly	AU$6,615	AU$343,980	Dunfermline Athletic	Northern Ireland	22	D LC
06	Jamie Lindsay	AU$5,859	AU$304,668	Ross County	Scotland	29	DM
07	Ben Summers	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Ayr United	Scotland	21	AM C
08	Aston Oxborough	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Dunfermline Athletic	England	27	GK
09	Bruce Anderson	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Livingston	Scotland	26	ST
10	Alex Samuel	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Partick Thistle	Wales	29	AM/F C

11	Akil Wright	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Ross County	England	29	D RC, DM
12	Dean Cornelius	AU$4,536	AU$235,872	Ross County	Scotland	24	DM, M RC
13	Elyh Harrison	AU$4,347	AU$226,044	Greenock Morton	England	19	GK
14	Ethan Ingram	AU$4,347	AU$226,044	Partick Thistle	England	22	D/WB R
15	George Oakley	AU$4,158	AU$216,216	Raith Rovers	England	29	ST
16	Luke Robinson	AU$3,780	AU$196,560	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	23	D LC
17	Liam Polworth	AU$3,780	AU$196,560	Livingston	Scotland	30	AM C
18	Luke Armstrong	AU$3,780	AU$196,560	Raith Rovers	England	29	ST
19	Olly Thomas	AU$3,402	AU$176,904	Dunfermline Athletic	England	20	AM RL, ST
20	Oisin Smyth	AU$3,402	AU$176,904	Partick Thistle	Northern Ireland	25	DM
21	Sam Nicholson	AU$3,024	AU$157,248	Livingston	Scotland	30	AM RLC, F C
22	Tony Watt	AU$3,024	AU$157,248	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	AM LC, F C
23	Trevor Carson	AU$3,024	AU$157,248	Ross County	Northern Ireland	37	GK
24	Alfons Amade	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Dunfermline Athletic	Mozambique	25	D/WB R, DM
25	Billy Mckay	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Northern Ireland	36	ST
26	Ben McPherson	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Partick Thistle	Scotland	21	D/WB R
27	Brian Graham	AU$2,835	AU$147,420	Ross County	Scotland	37	ST
28	Callumn Morrison	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	AM R
29	Christopher Cupps	AU$2,646	AU$137,592	Greenock Morton	United States	17	D C
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	Francis Turley	AU$2,457	AU$127,764	Ayr United	Northern Ireland	19	DM
35	Emmanuel Danso	AU$2,457	AU$127,764	Livingston	Ghana	24	DM
36	Graham Carey	AU$2,268	AU$117,936	Livingston	Ireland	36	AM LC
37	Jérôme Prior	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Livingston	France	29	GK
38	Joshua Zimmerman	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Livingston	Curaçao	24	AM RL
39	Jai Rowe	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Raith Rovers	England	23	D/WB R
40	Jayden Carbon	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Ross County	England	19	AM RL

41	Josh Reid	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Ross County	Scotland	23	D/WB L
42	James Scott	AU$2,079	AU$108,108	Ross County	Scotland	24	AM R, ST
43	Anton Dowds	AU$1,985	AU$103,194	Raith Rovers	Scotland	28	ST
44	Aidan Nesbitt	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Arbroath	Scotland	28	AM C
45	Kevin Holt	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Ayr United	Scotland	32	D C
46	Aidan Fitzpatrick	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Partick Thistle	Scotland	24	AM R
47	Lewis Stevenson	AU$1,890	AU$98,280	Raith Rovers	Scotland	37	D/WB L
48	Billy Terrell	AU$1,871	AU$97,297	Dunfermline Athletic	England	21	GK
49	Bradley Foster	AU$1,871	AU$97,297	Ross County	England	23	GK
50	Chris Kane	AU$1,852	AU$96,314	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	30	ST
51	Cammy Kerr	AU$1,852	AU$96,314	Livingston	Scotland	29	D/WB RL
52	Connor McLennan	AU$1,852	AU$96,314	Livingston	Scotland	25	AM RLC
53	Dylan Easton	AU$1,833	AU$95,332	Raith Rovers	Scotland	31	AM LC
54	Jamie Murphy	AU$1,814	AU$94,349	Ayr United	Scotland	35	AM LC
55	Jack Hamilton	AU$1,720	AU$89,435	Livingston	Scotland	31	GK
56	Max Thompson	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Ayr United	England	20	GK
57	Marco Rus	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Ayr United	Romania	22	AM C
58	Zak Rudden	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	25	ST
59	Kieran Phillips	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Ross County	England	25	AM/F C
60	Kane Ritchie-Hosler	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Stenhousemuir	England	22	WB/AM R
61	Brooklyn Kabongolo	AU$1,682	AU$87,469	Livingston	France	22	D C
62	Lee Ashcroft	AU$1,682	AU$87,469	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	D C
63	Callum Fordyce	AU$1,663	AU$86,486	Raith Rovers	Scotland	33	D RC
64	Miller Thomson	AU$1,663	AU$86,486	Ross County	Scotland	20	D/WB/AM R
65	Daniel O'Reilly	AU$1,644	AU$85,504	Partick Thistle	Ireland	30	D C
66	Darragh O'Connor	AU$1,644	AU$85,504	Raith Rovers	Ireland	25	D C
67	Andrew Winter	AU$1,607	AU$83,538	Arbroath	Scotland	23	AM R, ST
68	Kyle Benedictus	AU$1,607	AU$83,538	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	33	D C
69	Aidan Denholm	AU$1,607	AU$83,538	Livingston	Scotland	21	AM LC
70	Liam Dick	AU$1,588	AU$82,555	Ayr United	Scotland	29	D LC

71	George Finney	AU$1,588	AU$82,555	Ayr United	England	18	D/WB R
72	Babacar Fati	AU$1,584	AU$82,359	Livingston	Guinea-Bissau	25	D/WB L
73	Robbie Muirhead	AU$1,569	AU$81,572	Livingston	Scotland	29	AM RL, ST
74	David Wotherspoon	AU$1,550	AU$80,590	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Canada	35	AM LC
75	Daniel Finlayson	AU$1,550	AU$80,590	Livingston	Northern Ireland	24	D RC
76	Ethan Walker	AU$1,531	AU$79,607	Ayr United	England	22	AM RLC, F C
77	Josh Rae	AU$1,531	AU$79,607	Raith Rovers	Scotland	24	GK
78	Jack Baird	AU$1,531	AU$79,607	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	D C
79	Jack Turner	AU$1,531	AU$79,607	Ross County	England	22	DM, AM C
80	Oli Shaw	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	27	AM L, ST
81	Aidan Connolly	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Queen's Park	Scotland	29	AM RL
82	Kyle Turner	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Raith Rovers	Scotland	27	AM C
83	Paul McMullan	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	AM RC, F C
84	Paul Hanlon	AU$1,512	AU$78,624	Raith Rovers	Scotland	35	D C
85	Lewis Jamieson	AU$1,493	AU$77,641	Ross County	Scotland	23	ST
86	Charlie Gilmour	AU$1,474	AU$76,658	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	DM
87	Charlie Fox	AU$1,474	AU$76,658	Queen's Park	England	26	D C
88	Nick McAllister	AU$1,455	AU$75,676	Ayr United	Scotland	24	D RC
89	Dylan Lobban	AU$1,455	AU$75,676	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	D/WB R, M C
90	James Storer	AU$1,436	AU$74,693	Greenock Morton	England	20	GK
91	Andrew Tod	AU$1,418	AU$73,710	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	AM RLC, F C
92	Lawal Samson	AU$1,399	AU$72,727	Livingston	Nigeria	21	DM, AM C
93	Lewis Vaughan	AU$1,399	AU$72,727	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	AM L, ST
94	Len O'Sullivan	AU$1,399	AU$72,727	Ross County	Ireland	21	D/WB L
95	Mark McKenzie	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Ayr United	Scotland	24	AM RLC, ST
96	Mitchell Robertson	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Livingston	Scotland	20	D LC
97	Robbie Crawford	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	DM, AM C
98	Ricki Lamie	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Queen's Park	Scotland	32	D C
99	Chris Hamilton	AU$1,380	AU$71,744	Ross County	Scotland	24	D RC, DM
100	Dylan Watret	AU$1,361	AU$70,762	Ayr United	Scotland	18	D R

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$261,875 per week and AU$13,617,480 per year, which is 70% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

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

Livingston, with 19 of them, paying AU$49,647 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$1,361 per week — that is what Dylan Watret earns in 100th place.