
The highest earners in the history of Derby County
Tom Lawrence has earned $10m at Derby County across 5 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 16 of the twenty above have since left the club.
The 20 biggest earners in Derby County history
These 20 players took $94.7m between them, 56% of everything Derby County has paid the players we hold a salary for.
Every Derby County player we hold a salary for
Every player we hold a Derby County salary for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Lawrence | $10m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 2 | Ikechi Anya | $8.1m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 3 | Bradley Johnson | $7.9m | 4 | 2016-2019 |
| 4 | Andre Wisdom | $7.3m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 5 | Craig Forsyth Current squad | $5.7m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 6 | David Nugent | $5.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 7 | Tom Huddlestone | $4.6m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 8 | Matt Clarke Current squad | $4.3m | 4 | 2020-2026 |
| 9 | Krystian Bielik | $4.2m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 10 | Matej Vydra | $4.1m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 11 | Alex Pearce | $3.9m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 12 | Sam Szmodics Current squad | $3.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 13 | Scott Carson | $3.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 14 | Ben Brereton Díaz | $3.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 15 | Wayne Rooney | $3.2m | 1 | 2020 |
| 16 | Lewis Travis Current squad | $3.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 17 | Andy King | $3m | 1 | 2019 |
| 18 | Chris Martin | $2.8m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 19 | Max Bird | $2.8m | 7 | 2018-2024 |
| 20 | Patrick Roberts | $2.7m | 1 | 2021 |
| 21 | Carlton Morris Current squad | $2.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 22 | Jack Marriott | $2.5m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 23 | Rhian Brewster Current squad | $2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 24 | Scott Malone | $2.5m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 25 | Kelle Roos | $2.5m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 26 | Jacob Widell Zetterström Current squad | $2.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Louie Sibley | $2.3m | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 28 | Jason Knight | $2.1m | 6 | 2018-2023 |
| 29 | Max Johnston Current squad | $2.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Martyn Waghorn | $2m | 4 | 2019-2024 |
| 31 | Lee Grant | $1.9m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 32 | Oscar Fraulo Current squad | $1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 33 | Conor Hourihane | $1.7m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 34 | Andreas Weimann | $1.6m | 1 | 2018 |
| 35 | Bobby Clark Current squad | $1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 36 | Dion Sanderson Current squad | $1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 37 | Callum Elder | $1.5m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 38 | Thomas Ince | $1.5m | 1 | 2017 |
| 39 | Danny Batth | $1.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 40 | Kasey Palmer | $1.4m | 1 | 2018 |
| 41 | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen Current squad | $1.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Eiran Cashin Current squad | $1.3m | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 43 | James Collins | $1.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 44 | Liam Thompson | $1.1m | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 45 | Tom Barkhuizen | $1.1m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 46 | Jacob Butterfield | $1.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 47 | Korey Smith | $983k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 48 | Sam Winnall | $983k | 1 | 2018 |
| 49 | Will Hughes | $983k | 1 | 2017 |
| 50 | Nathaniel Méndez-Laing | $976k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 51 | Harry Wilson | $913k | 1 | 2019 |
| 52 | Patrick Agyemang Current squad | $899k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 53 | Graeme Shinnie | $870k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 54 | Lee Gregory | $842k | 1 | 2021 |
| 55 | Harvey White | $772k | 1 | 2023 |
| 56 | Ryan Shotton | $772k | 1 | 2015 |
| 57 | Duane Holmes | $758k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 58 | Florian Jozefzoon | $744k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 59 | Joe Wildsmith | $716k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 60 | Jeff Hendrick | $702k | 1 | 2016 |
| 61 | Johnny Russell | $702k | 1 | 2017 |
| 62 | Jordon Ibe | $702k | 1 | 2021 |
| 63 | Richard Stearman | $660k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 64 | Ben Hamer | $597k | 1 | 2020 |
| 65 | Beni Baningime | $597k | 1 | 2021 |
| 66 | Curtis Nelson | $590k | 1 | 2024 |
| 67 | Mason Bennett | $548k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 68 | Sonny Bradley | $534k | 1 | 2024 |
| 69 | Lee Buchanan | $533k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 70 | David McGoldrick | $519k | 1 | 2023 |
| 71 | Kamil Jóźwiak | $491k | 1 | 2021 |
| 72 | Lewis Dobbin | $491k | 1 | 2023 |
| 73 | Jake Rooney | $489k | 3 | 2023-2025 |
| 74 | Cyrus Christie | $449k | 1 | 2017 |
| 75 | Jayden Bogle | $449k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 76 | Max Lowe | $407k | 2 | 2017-2020 |
| 77 | Ryan Nyambe Current squad | $400k | 1 | 2024 |
| 78 | Ebou Adams | $372k | 1 | 2024 |
| 79 | Efe Ambrose | $372k | 1 | 2019 |
| 80 | Fikayo Tomori | $372k | 1 | 2019 |
| 81 | Kane Wilson | $351k | 1 | 2024 |
| 82 | Luke Plange | $351k | 1 | 2022 |
| 83 | Mason Mount | $344k | 1 | 2019 |
| 84 | Ryan Allsop | $330k | 1 | 2022 |
| 85 | Tyrese Fornah | $323k | 1 | 2024 |
| 86 | George Nunn | $309k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 87 | Connor Dixon | $296k | 6 | 2018-2023 |
| 88 | George Edmundson | $295k | 1 | 2021 |
| 89 | David Ozoh Current squad | $237k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 90 | Morgan Whittaker | $218k | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 91 | Kido Taylor-Hart | $211k | 1 | 2023 |
| 92 | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | $190k | 1 | 2020 |
| 93 | Ethan Wassall | $186k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 94 | Max Bardell | $179k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 95 | Henrich Ravas | $170k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 96 | Alex Babos | $154k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 97 | Jonathan Mitchell | $154k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 98 | Kwaku Oduroh | $140k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 99 | Festy Ebosele | $138k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 100 | Joe Bateman | $133k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Derby County?
Tom Lawrence, with $10m across 5 seasons at Derby County.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the salary the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 134 players we hold a Derby County salary for, from 2014 to 2026.