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SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP · TOP 100

Highest paid Scottish Premiership players

Ben Godfrey leads on AU$151,200 per week. These 100 players take AU$2,133,054 a week between them - 81% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 337 of the 414 players in Scottish Premiership.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$2.1m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL81%
MEDIAN AGE25
MOST IN THE LIST26 Rangers
Scottish Premiership 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

Rangers 26 AU$828k Celtic 22 AU$799k Aberdeen 13 AU$141k Hibernian 16 AU$135k Dundee 8 AU$69k Motherwell 4 AU$50k St Mirren 2 AU$40k Kilmarnock 4 AU$25k Dundee United 2 AU$20k Heart Of Midlothian 1 AU$14k St Johnstone 1 AU$7k Falkirk 1 AU$6k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 27 AU$422k
23-26 40 AU$761k
27-30 23 AU$537k
Over 30 10 AU$414k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$151k #10 AU$43k #100 AU$6k

Ben Godfrey earns 3.5× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 26× the 100th. Half of the AU$2.1m a week on this page goes to the first 17 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Ben Godfrey
AU$151,200
AU$7,862,400 Rangers England 27 Centre-back
02 Sam Johnstone
AU$147,420
AU$7,665,840 Celtic England 32 Goalkeeper
03 Kieran Tierney
AU$94,500
AU$4,914,000 Celtic Scotland 28 Left-back
04 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
AU$81,270
AU$4,226,040 Celtic England 31 Attacking midfielder
05 Callum McGregor
AU$73,710
AU$3,832,920 Celtic Scotland 32 Defensive midfielder
06 Cameron Carter-Vickers
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 Celtic United States 27 Centre-back
07 Dan Neil
AU$58,590
AU$3,046,680 Rangers England 23 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
08 Kosta Nedeljković
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Rangers Serbia 19 Right-back
09 Bojan Miovski
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Rangers North Macedonia 26 Striker
10 Rabbi Matondo
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Rangers Wales 24 Winger
11 Dujon Sterling
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Rangers England 25 Defender, defensive midfielder, central midfielder
12 Youssef Chermiti
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Rangers Portugal 21 Striker
13 James Forrest
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Celtic Scotland 34 Winger
14 Alistair Johnston
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Celtic Canada 26 Right-back
15 Djeidi Gassama
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Rangers Mauritania 21 Winger, striker
16 Marius Müller
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Aberdeen Germany 32 Goalkeeper
17 Oliver Sørensen
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Celtic Denmark 23 Defensive midfielder
18 Nicolas Raskin
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 Rangers Belgium 24 Defensive midfielder
19 Jota (João Filipe)
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Celtic Portugal 26 Winger
20 John Souttar
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Rangers Scotland 28 Centre-back
21 Auston Trusty
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Celtic United States 26 Centre-back
22 Calvin Ramsay
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 St Mirren Scotland 21 Right-back
23 Óscar Cortés
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Rangers Colombia 21 Attacking midfielder
24 José Cifuentes
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Rangers Ecuador 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
25 Ryan Don Naderi
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Rangers Germany 22 Attacking midfielder, striker
26 Anthony Ralston
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Celtic Scotland 26 Right-back
27 Benjamin Nygren
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Celtic Sweden 24 Attacking midfielder
28 Alex Paulsen
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Motherwell New Zealand 23 Goalkeeper
29 Thelo Aasgaard
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Rangers Norway 23 Attacking midfielder
30 James Penrice
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Rangers Scotland 26 Left-back
31 Ivor Pandur
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Rangers Croatia 25 Goalkeeper
32 Tochi Chukwuani
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Rangers Denmark 22 Defensive midfielder
33 Connor Ronan
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Aberdeen Ireland 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
34 Clinton Nsiala-Makengo
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Rangers France 21 Centre-back
35 Sebastian Tounekti
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Celtic Tunisia 23 Winger
36 Ross Doohan
AU$14,553
AU$756,756 Celtic Scotland 27 Goalkeeper
37 Ross McCrorie
AU$14,553
AU$756,756 Rangers Scotland 27 Right-back
38 Matai Akinmboni
AU$14,175
AU$737,100 Dundee United States 18 Centre-back
39 Daisuke Yokota
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 Rangers Japan 25 Attacking midfielder
40 Ageu
AU$13,797
AU$717,444 Heart Of Midlothian Brazil 23 Defensive midfielder
41 Liam Scales
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Celtic Ireland 26 Centre-back
42 Liam Kelly
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Rangers Scotland 29 Goalkeeper
43 Tuur Rommens
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Rangers Belgium 22 Left-back
44 Lawrence Shankland
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Rangers Scotland 29 Attacking midfielder, striker
45 Emmanuel Fernandez
AU$11,907
AU$619,164 Rangers England 23 Centre-back
46 Jamie McGrath
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Hibernian Ireland 28 Attacking midfielder
47 Jason Kerr
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Hibernian Scotland 28 Centre-back
48 Lyall Cameron
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Dundee United Scotland 22 Attacking midfielder
49 Marko Ivezić
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Hibernian Serbia 23 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
50 Ante Palaversa
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Aberdeen Croatia 25 Defensive midfielder
51 Bradley Fink
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Dundee Switzerland 22 Striker
52 Bobby Wales
AU$10,395
AU$540,540 Dundee Scotland 20 Winger, striker
53 Callum Wright
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 Hibernian England 25 Attacking midfielder
54 Dylan Levitt
AU$10,206
AU$530,712 Motherwell Wales 24 Central midfielder
55 Yang Hyunjun
AU$10,017
AU$520,884 Celtic South Korea 23 Winger
56 Felix Passlack
AU$10,017
AU$520,884 Hibernian Germany 27 Full-back
57 Kristers Tobers
AU$9,450
AU$491,400 Aberdeen Latvia 24 Centre-back
58 Luke McCowan
AU$9,450
AU$491,400 Celtic Scotland 27 Attacking midfielder
59 Martin Boyle
AU$9,261
AU$481,572 Hibernian Australia 32 Right winger, striker
60 Odin Thiago Holm
AU$9,072
AU$471,744 Celtic Norway 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
61 Raphael Sallinger
AU$8,883
AU$461,916 Hibernian Austria 29 Goalkeeper
62 Stuart Armstrong
AU$8,694
AU$452,088 Aberdeen Scotland 33 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
63 Toyosi Olusanya
AU$8,694
AU$452,088 Aberdeen England 27 Right winger, striker
64 Afeez Aremu
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Aberdeen Nigeria 25 Defensive midfielder
65 Bert Esselink
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Dundee United Netherlands 25 Centre-back
66 Adam Mayor
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Hibernian England 21 Left-back, winger
67 Alex Lowry
AU$8,505
AU$442,260 Motherwell Scotland 22 Attacking midfielder
68 Cameron Devlin
AU$8,316
AU$432,432 Rangers Australia 27 Defensive midfielder
69 Emmanuel Gyamfi
AU$8,127
AU$422,604 Aberdeen Germany 20 Left-back, left winger
70 Haissem Hassan
AU$7,938
AU$412,776 Celtic France 23 Winger
71 Joe Wright
AU$7,749
AU$402,948 Dundee Wales 30 Centre-back
72 Joe Newell
AU$7,749
AU$402,948 Hibernian England 32 Defensive midfielder
73 Josh Mulligan
AU$7,749
AU$402,948 Hibernian Scotland 22 Right wing-back, defensive midfielder
74 Kusini Yengi
AU$7,560
AU$393,120 Aberdeen Australia 26 Striker
75 Kevin Nisbet
AU$7,560
AU$393,120 Aberdeen Scotland 28 Striker
76 Mats Knoester
AU$7,371
AU$383,292 Aberdeen Netherlands 26 Centre-back
77 Mika Baur
AU$7,371
AU$383,292 Celtic Germany 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
78 Miguel Chaiwa
AU$7,371
AU$383,292 Hibernian Zambia 21 Defensive midfielder
79 Nikolas Agrafiotis
AU$7,371
AU$383,292 St Mirren Serbia 25 Striker
80 Owen Goodman
AU$7,182
AU$373,464 Dundee Canada 21 Goalkeeper
81 Olwethu Makhanya
AU$7,182
AU$373,464 Rangers South Africa 21 Centre-back
82 Ruari Paton
AU$6,993
AU$363,636 St Johnstone Ireland 24 Right winger, striker
83 Thibaut Klidje
AU$6,804
AU$353,808 Hibernian Togo 24 Striker
84 Viljami Sinisalo
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Celtic Finland 23 Goalkeeper
85 Bradley Halliday
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Dundee England 30 Centre-back
86 Azeem Abdulai
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Hibernian Scotland 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
87 Bailey Rice
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Kilmarnock Scotland 18 Defensive midfielder
88 Aaron Tshibola
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Kilmarnock Congo - Kinshasa 30 Defensive midfielder
89 Chris Cadden
AU$6,426
AU$334,152 Aberdeen Scotland 28 Right-back, attacking midfielder
90 Dan Happe
AU$6,426
AU$334,152 Aberdeen England 26 Centre-back
91 Callum Osmand
AU$6,426
AU$334,152 Celtic England 19 Winger, striker
92 Craig Sibbald
AU$6,426
AU$334,152 Falkirk Scotland 30 Defensive midfielder
93 Ethan Hamilton
AU$6,237
AU$324,324 Dundee Scotland 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
94 Erik Ring
AU$6,237
AU$324,324 Kilmarnock Sweden 23 Winger
95 Emmanuel Longelo
AU$6,237
AU$324,324 Motherwell England 24 Left-back
96 Grant Hanley
AU$6,048
AU$314,496 Hibernian Scotland 33 Centre-back
97 Joel Cotterill
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Dundee Wales 20 Defensive midfielder
98 Jordan Obita
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Hibernian Uganda 31 Left-back, left winger
99 Jack Iredale
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Hibernian Australia 29 Centre-back
100 Joe Hugill
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Kilmarnock England 21 Striker

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Scottish Premiership?

Ben Godfrey of Rangers, on AU$151,200 per week — AU$7,862,400 a year.

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

AU$2,133,054 per week and AU$110,918,808 per year, which is 81% of the entire Scottish Premiership wage bill.

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

Rangers, with 26 of them, paying AU$827,820 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$5,859 per week — that is what Joe Hugill earns in 100th place.