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SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP · TOP 100

Highest paid Scottish Championship players

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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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Leon King
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Ayr United Scotland 21 Centre-back
02 Adam Montgomery
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Livingston Scotland 22 Left-back, left winger
03 Graeme Shinnie
AU$7,938
AU$412,776 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland 33 Left-back, defensive midfielder
04 Kerr Smith
AU$7,560
AU$393,120 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland 20 Centre-back
05 Aaron Donnelly
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Dunfermline Athletic Northern Ireland 22 Centre-back
06 Jamie Lindsay
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Ross County Scotland 29 Defensive midfielder
07 Ben Summers
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Ayr United Scotland 21 Attacking midfielder
08 Aston Oxborough
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Dunfermline Athletic England 27 Goalkeeper
09 Bruce Anderson
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Livingston Scotland 26 Striker
10 Alex Samuel
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Partick Thistle Wales 29 Attacking midfielder, striker
11 Akil Wright
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Ross County England 29 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
12 Dean Cornelius
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Ross County Scotland 24 Defensive midfielder, central midfielder
13 Elyh Harrison
AU$4,347
AU$226,044 Greenock Morton England 19 Goalkeeper
14 Ethan Ingram
AU$4,347
AU$226,044 Partick Thistle England 22 Right-back
15 George Oakley
AU$4,158
AU$216,216 Raith Rovers England 29 Striker
16 Luke Robinson
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 23 Centre-back
17 Liam Polworth
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Livingston Scotland 30 Attacking midfielder
18 Luke Armstrong
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Raith Rovers England 29 Striker
19 Olly Thomas
AU$3,402
AU$176,904 Dunfermline Athletic England 20 Winger, striker
20 Oisin Smyth
AU$3,402
AU$176,904 Partick Thistle Northern Ireland 25 Defensive midfielder
21 Sam Nicholson
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Livingston Scotland 30 Attacking midfielder, striker
22 Tony Watt
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Partick Thistle Scotland 31 Attacking midfielder, striker
23 Trevor Carson
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Ross County Northern Ireland 37 Goalkeeper
24 Alfons Amade
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Dunfermline Athletic Mozambique 25 Right-back, defensive midfielder
25 Billy Mckay
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Northern Ireland 36 Striker
26 Ben McPherson
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Partick Thistle Scotland 21 Right-back
27 Brian Graham
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Ross County Scotland 37 Striker
28 Callumn Morrison
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 26 Right winger
29 Curtis Main
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Greenock Morton England 33 Striker
30 Christopher Cupps
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Greenock Morton United States 17 Centre-back
31 Cristian Montaño
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Livingston Colombia 33 Left-back, left winger
32 Calum Adamson
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Raith Rovers Scotland 17 Central midfielder
33 Connor Randall
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Ross County England 29 Right-back, defensive midfielder
34 Francis Turley
AU$2,457
AU$127,764 Ayr United Northern Ireland 19 Defensive midfielder
35 Emmanuel Danso
AU$2,457
AU$127,764 Livingston Ghana 24 Defensive midfielder
36 Graham Carey
AU$2,268
AU$117,936 Livingston Ireland 36 Attacking midfielder
37 Joshua Zimmerman
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Livingston Curaçao 24 Winger
38 Jérôme Prior
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Livingston France 29 Goalkeeper
39 Jai Rowe
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Raith Rovers England 23 Right-back
40 James Scott
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Ross County Scotland 24 Right winger, striker
41 Jayden Carbon
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Ross County England 19 Winger
42 Josh Reid
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Ross County Scotland 23 Left-back
43 Anton Dowds
AU$1,985
AU$103,194 Raith Rovers Scotland 28 Striker
44 Aidan Nesbitt
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Arbroath Scotland 28 Attacking midfielder
45 Kevin Holt
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Ayr United Scotland 32 Centre-back
46 Aidan Fitzpatrick
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Partick Thistle Scotland 24 Right winger
47 Lewis Stevenson
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Raith Rovers Scotland 37 Left-back
48 Billy Terrell
AU$1,871
AU$97,297 Dunfermline Athletic England 21 Goalkeeper
49 Bradley Foster
AU$1,871
AU$97,297 Ross County England 23 Goalkeeper
50 Chris Kane
AU$1,852
AU$96,314 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 30 Striker
51 Cammy Kerr
AU$1,852
AU$96,314 Livingston Scotland 29 Full-back
52 Connor McLennan
AU$1,852
AU$96,314 Livingston Scotland 25 Attacking midfielder
53 Dylan Easton
AU$1,833
AU$95,332 Raith Rovers Scotland 31 Attacking midfielder
54 Jamie Murphy
AU$1,814
AU$94,349 Ayr United Scotland 35 Attacking midfielder
55 Jack Hamilton
AU$1,720
AU$89,435 Livingston Scotland 31 Goalkeeper
56 Max Thompson
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Ayr United England 20 Goalkeeper
57 Marco Rus
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Ayr United Romania 22 Attacking midfielder
58 Zak Rudden
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 25 Striker
59 Kieran Phillips
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Ross County England 25 Attacking midfielder, striker
60 Kane Ritchie-Hosler
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Stenhousemuir England 22 Right wing-back, right winger
61 Brooklyn Kabongolo
AU$1,682
AU$87,469 Livingston France 22 Centre-back
62 Lee Ashcroft
AU$1,682
AU$87,469 Partick Thistle Scotland 31 Centre-back
63 Callum Fordyce
AU$1,663
AU$86,486 Raith Rovers Scotland 33 Centre-back
64 Miller Thomson
AU$1,663
AU$86,486 Ross County Scotland 20 Right-back, right winger
65 Daniel O'Reilly
AU$1,644
AU$85,504 Partick Thistle Ireland 30 Centre-back
66 Darragh O'Connor
AU$1,644
AU$85,504 Raith Rovers Ireland 25 Centre-back
67 Andrew Winter
AU$1,607
AU$83,538 Arbroath Scotland 23 Right winger, striker
68 Kyle Benedictus
AU$1,607
AU$83,538 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 33 Centre-back
69 Aidan Denholm
AU$1,607
AU$83,538 Livingston Scotland 21 Attacking midfielder
70 George Finney
AU$1,588
AU$82,555 Ayr United England 18 Right-back
71 Liam Dick
AU$1,588
AU$82,555 Ayr United Scotland 29 Centre-back
72 Babacar Fati
AU$1,584
AU$82,359 Livingston Guinea-Bissau 25 Left-back
73 Robbie Muirhead
AU$1,569
AU$81,572 Livingston Scotland 29 Winger, striker
74 David Wotherspoon
AU$1,550
AU$80,590 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Canada 35 Attacking midfielder
75 Daniel Finlayson
AU$1,550
AU$80,590 Livingston Northern Ireland 24 Centre-back
76 Ethan Walker
AU$1,531
AU$79,607 Ayr United England 22 Attacking midfielder, striker
77 Josh Rae
AU$1,531
AU$79,607 Raith Rovers Scotland 24 Goalkeeper
78 Jack Baird
AU$1,531
AU$79,607 Raith Rovers Scotland 29 Centre-back
79 Jack Turner
AU$1,531
AU$79,607 Ross County England 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
80 Oli Shaw
AU$1,512
AU$78,624 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 27 Left winger, striker
81 Aidan Connolly
AU$1,512
AU$78,624 Queen's Park Scotland 29 Winger
82 Paul Hanlon
AU$1,512
AU$78,624 Raith Rovers Scotland 35 Centre-back
83 Paul McMullan
AU$1,512
AU$78,624 Raith Rovers Scotland 29 Attacking midfielder, striker
84 Kyle Turner
AU$1,512
AU$78,624 Raith Rovers Scotland 27 Attacking midfielder
85 Lewis Jamieson
AU$1,493
AU$77,641 Ross County Scotland 23 Striker
86 Charlie Gilmour
AU$1,474
AU$76,658 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 26 Defensive midfielder
87 Charlie Fox
AU$1,474
AU$76,658 Queen's Park England 26 Centre-back
88 Nick McAllister
AU$1,455
AU$75,676 Ayr United Scotland 24 Centre-back
89 Dylan Lobban
AU$1,455
AU$75,676 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 19 Right-back, central midfielder
90 James Storer
AU$1,436
AU$74,693 Greenock Morton England 20 Goalkeeper
91 Andrew Tod
AU$1,418
AU$73,710 Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 19 Attacking midfielder, striker
92 Lawal Samson
AU$1,399
AU$72,727 Livingston Nigeria 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
93 Lewis Vaughan
AU$1,399
AU$72,727 Raith Rovers Scotland 29 Left winger, striker
94 Len O'Sullivan
AU$1,399
AU$72,727 Ross County Ireland 21 Left-back
95 Mark McKenzie
AU$1,380
AU$71,744 Ayr United Scotland 24 Attacking midfielder, striker
96 Mitchell Robertson
AU$1,380
AU$71,744 Livingston Scotland 20 Centre-back
97 Robbie Crawford
AU$1,380
AU$71,744 Partick Thistle Scotland 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
98 Ricki Lamie
AU$1,380
AU$71,744 Queen's Park Scotland 32 Centre-back
99 Chris Hamilton
AU$1,380
AU$71,744 Ross County Scotland 24 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
100 Dylan Watret
AU$1,361
AU$70,762 Ayr United Scotland 18 Right-back

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.