CHAMPIONSHIP · TOP 100
Highest paid Championship players Kalvin Phillips leads on $222,750 per week. These 100 players take $6,625,800 a week between them - 45% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 1,560 of the 1,563 players in Championship.
TOP 100 WEEKLY $6.6m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL 45%
MEDIAN AGE 26
MOST IN THE LIST 21 West Ham United
Where the top 100 play Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
Under 23 17 $819k
23-26 39 $2.1m
27-30 30 $2.4m
Over 30 14 $1.3m
The shape of the top 100 Weekly wage by rank #1 $223k #10 $119k #100 $36k
Kalvin Phillips earns 1.9 × what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 6.1 × the 100th. Half of the $6.6m a week on this page goes to the first 29 players on it.
The top 100 Tap a column heading to re-rank # PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY TEAM NATION AGE POSITION 01 Kalvin Phillips $222,750
$11,583,000 Sheffield United England 29 DM 02 Niclas Füllkrug $168,750
$8,775,000 West Ham United Germany 32 ST 03 James Ward-Prowse $168,750
$8,775,000 West Ham United England 30 DM, AM C 04 Jarrod Bowen $168,750
$8,775,000 West Ham United England 28 AM RL, ST 05 Alphonse Areola $162,000
$8,424,000 West Ham United France 32 GK 06 Aaron Wan-Bissaka $162,000
$8,424,000 West Ham United Congo - Kinshasa 27 D R 07 Kieran Trippier $155,250
$8,073,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 34 D/WB R 08 Kyle Walker $135,000
$7,020,000 Burnley England 35 D RC 09 Edson Álvarez $135,000
$7,020,000 West Ham United Mexico 27 D C, DM 10 Raúl Jiménez $118,800
$6,177,600 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mexico 34 ST
11 Tomáš Soucek $117,450
$6,107,400 West Ham United Czechia 30 DM 12 Konstantinos Mavropanos $108,000
$5,616,000 West Ham United Greece 27 D RC 13 Max Kilman $106,650
$5,545,800 West Ham United England 28 D C 14 Sam Johnstone $105,300
$5,475,600 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 32 GK 15 Valentín Castellanos $103,950
$5,405,400 West Ham United Argentina 26 ST 16 Aaron Ramsdale $101,250
$5,265,000 Southampton England 27 GK 17 Jean-Clair Todibo $101,250
$5,265,000 West Ham United France 25 D C 18 José Sá $97,200
$5,054,400 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portugal 32 GK 19 André $91,800
$4,773,600 Wolverhampton Wanderers Brazil 23 DM 20 Hwang Hee-Chan (Hee-Chan Hwang) $89,100
$4,633,200 Wolverhampton Wanderers South Korea 29 AM RL, ST 21 Kyle Walker-Peters $87,750
$4,563,000 West Ham United England 28 D/WB RL 22 Maxwel Cornet $86,400
$4,492,800 West Ham United Côte d’Ivoire 28 AM RL, ST 23 Armando Broja $85,050
$4,422,600 Burnley Albania 23 AM RL, ST 24 Mads Hermansen $79,650
$4,141,800 West Ham United Denmark 25 GK 25 Joël Veltman $76,950
$4,001,400 West Ham United Netherlands 33 D RC 26 Matt Doherty $72,900
$3,790,800 Sheffield United Ireland 33 D RC 27 Manor Solomon $72,900
$3,790,800 West Ham United Israel 25 AM RLC 28 Samuel Iling $71,550
$3,720,600 Bolton Wanderers England 21 WB L, AM RL 29 Adam Armstrong $71,550
$3,720,600 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 28 AM R, ST 30 Saša Kalajdžic $71,550
$3,720,600 Wolverhampton Wanderers Austria 28 ST 31 David Møller Wolfe $70,200
$3,650,400 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norway 23 D/WB/M L 32 Jackson Tchatchoua $67,500
$3,510,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cameroon 23 D/WB/M R 33 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde $67,500
$3,510,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers Haiti 27 AM RLC 34 Carlos Vicente $63,450
$3,299,400 Birmingham City Spain 26 AM R 35 El Hadji Malick Diouf $63,450
$3,299,400 West Ham United Senegal 20 D LC 36 Fer López $63,450
$3,299,400 Wolverhampton Wanderers Spain 21 AM RC 37 Soungountou Magassa $58,050
$3,018,600 West Ham United France 21 D C, DM 38 Tommy Doyle $56,700
$2,948,400 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 23 DM 39 Ivo Grbic $55,350
$2,878,200 Sheffield United Croatia 29 GK 40 Louis Beyer $54,000
$2,808,000 Burnley Germany 25 D RC
41 Zeki Amdouni $54,000
$2,808,000 Burnley Switzerland 24 AM LC, F C 42 Lukasz Fabianski $54,000
$2,808,000 West Ham United Poland 40 GK 43 Marvin Ducksch $52,650
$2,737,800 Birmingham City Germany 31 AM/F C 44 Marcus Edwards $52,650
$2,737,800 Burnley England 26 AM RLC 45 Pablo Felipe $52,650
$2,737,800 West Ham United Portugal 21 ST 46 Marshall Munetsi $52,650
$2,737,800 Wolverhampton Wanderers Zimbabwe 29 DM, AM C 47 Nasser Djiga $52,650
$2,737,800 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burkina Faso 22 D C 48 August Priske $51,300
$2,667,600 Birmingham City Denmark 21 ST 49 Boubacar Traoré $51,300
$2,667,600 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mali 23 DM 50 Demarai Gray $49,950
$2,597,400 Birmingham City Jamaica 29 AM RL 51 Jeremy Sarmiento $49,950
$2,597,400 Middlesbrough Ecuador 23 AM RLC 52 Chris Mepham $49,950
$2,597,400 West Bromwich Albion Wales 27 D C 53 Conor Coady $49,950
$2,597,400 Wrexham England 32 D C, DM 54 Edoardo Bove $48,600
$2,527,200 Watford Italy 23 DM, AM C 55 Yerson Mosquera $48,600
$2,527,200 Wolverhampton Wanderers Colombia 24 D C 56 Bright Osayi-Samuel $47,250
$2,457,000 Birmingham City Nigeria 27 D/WB R, M RL 57 Jacob Bruun Larsen $47,250
$2,457,000 Burnley Denmark 26 AM RL 58 Zian Flemming $47,250
$2,457,000 Burnley Netherlands 26 AM RLC, F C 59 Tariq Lamptey $47,250
$2,457,000 Queens Park Rangers Ghana 24 D/WB RL, M R 60 Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye $45,900
$2,386,800 Burnley Belgium 26 AM LC 61 Omari Kellyman $45,900
$2,386,800 Cardiff City England 19 AM RLC 62 Toti (Toti Gomes) $45,900
$2,386,800 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portugal 26 D LC 63 Bashir Humphreys $44,550
$2,316,600 Burnley England 22 D LC 64 Rodrigo Gomes $44,550
$2,316,600 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portugal 22 WB/AM RL 65 Lewis O'Brien $44,550
$2,316,600 Wrexham England 26 DM 66 Calum Chambers $43,200
$2,246,400 Cardiff City England 30 D C, DM 67 Callum O'Hare $43,200
$2,246,400 Sheffield United England 27 AM RLC, F C 68 Damion Downs $43,200
$2,246,400 Southampton United States 21 AM RL, ST 69 Finn Azaz $43,200
$2,246,400 Southampton Ireland 24 AM LC 70 Flynn Downes $43,200
$2,246,400 Southampton England 26 DM
71 Anthony Patterson $43,200
$2,246,400 Wrexham England 25 GK 72 Hannibal $41,850
$2,176,200 Burnley Tunisia 22 AM C 73 Dennis Cirkin $41,850
$2,176,200 Queens Park Rangers England 23 D/WB L 74 Imrân Louza $41,850
$2,176,200 Watford Morocco 26 DM, AM C 75 Santiago Bueno $41,850
$2,176,200 Wolverhampton Wanderers Uruguay 26 D C 76 Joe Worrall $40,500
$2,106,000 Burnley England 28 D C 77 Josh Cullen $40,500
$2,106,000 Burnley Ireland 29 DM 78 Lyle Foster $40,500
$2,106,000 Burnley South Africa 24 AM L, ST 79 Léo Scienza $40,500
$2,106,000 Southampton Brazil 26 AM RLC 80 Jack Stephens $40,500
$2,106,000 Southampton England 31 D C 81 Zak Vyner $40,500
$2,106,000 Wrexham England 28 D C 82 Mads Roerslev $39,150
$2,035,800 Southampton Denmark 26 D/WB R 83 Liberato Cacace $39,150
$2,035,800 Wrexham New Zealand 24 D/WB/M L 84 Nathan Broadhead $39,150
$2,035,800 Wrexham Wales 27 AM LC 85 Jay Stansfield $37,800
$1,965,600 Birmingham City England 22 AM LC, F C 86 Aaron Ramsey $37,800
$1,965,600 Burnley England 22 AM C 87 Sam Szmodics $37,800
$1,965,600 Derby County Ireland 29 AM LC, F C 88 Alfie Doughty $37,800
$1,965,600 Millwall England 25 D/WB RL, DM, AM RLC 89 Ben Pearson $37,800
$1,965,600 Stoke City England 30 DM 90 Branislav Ivanović $37,800
$1,965,600 West Bromwich Albion Serbia 36 D (RC) 91 Arne Engels $37,800
$1,965,600 West Ham United Belgium 21 DM, AM C 92 Christoph Klarer $36,450
$1,895,400 Birmingham City Austria 25 D C 93 Ben Davies $36,450
$1,895,400 Bolton Wanderers England 29 D C 94 Connor Roberts $36,450
$1,895,400 Burnley Wales 29 D/WB R 95 Michael Obafemi $36,450
$1,895,400 Burnley Ireland 25 ST 96 Ben Brereton Díaz $36,450
$1,895,400 Derby County Chile 26 AM RL, ST 97 Tom Cannon $36,450
$1,895,400 Sheffield United Ireland 22 ST 98 Taylor Harwood-Bellis $36,450
$1,895,400 Southampton England 23 D C 99 Daniel Peretz $36,450
$1,895,400 Southampton Israel 25 GK 100 Caspar Jander $36,450
$1,895,400 Southampton Germany 22 DM
Frequently asked questions Who is the highest paid player in Championship? Kalvin Phillips of Sheffield United, on $222,750 per week — $11,583,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Championship players earn between them? $6,625,800 per week and $344,541,600 per year, which is 45% of the entire Championship wage bill.
Which Championship club has the most players in the top 100? West Ham United, with 21 of them, paying $2,172,150 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100? $36,450 per week — that is what Caspar Jander earns in 100th place.
