CELTIC · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Celtic
Callum McGregor has earned $17.5m at Celtic across 10 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 13 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS $289.3m
PLAYERS RANKED100
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB87
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Celtic history
These 20 players took $143.7m between them, 50% of everything Celtic has paid the players we hold a salary for.
Every Celtic player we hold a salary for
Every player we hold a Celtic 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 | Callum McGregor Current squad | $17.5m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 2 | Scott Brown | $12.9m | 8 | 2014-2021 |
| 3 | James Forrest Current squad | $11.9m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 4 | Cameron Carter-Vickers Current squad | $11m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 5 | Mohamed Elyounoussi | $8.3m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 6 | Kieran Tierney Current squad | $8.1m | 5 | 2017-2026 |
| 7 | Tom Rogic | $6.5m | 8 | 2015-2022 |
| 8 | Tom Rogić | $6.5m | 8 | 2014-2021 |
| 9 | Anthony Ralston Current squad | $5.8m | 9 | 2017-2026 |
| 10 | Julián Araujo | $5.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 11 | Leigh Griffiths | $5.7m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 12 | Daizen Maeda | $5.6m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 13 | Nir Bitton | $5.1m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 14 | Fraser Forster | $5.1m | 1 | 2020 |
| 15 | Patrick Roberts | $5.1m | 3 | 2016-2018 |
| 16 | Reo Hatate | $4.8m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 17 | Alistair Johnston Current squad | $4.8m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 18 | Odsonne Édouard | $4.8m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 19 | Daniel Arzani | $4.5m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 20 | Jota (João Filipe) Current squad | $4.1m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 21 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Current squad | $4.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 22 | Craig Gordon | $4m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 23 | Greg Taylor | $4m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 24 | Diego Laxalt | $4m | 1 | 2021 |
| 25 | Kyogo Furuhashi | $4m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 26 | Christopher Jullien | $3.9m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 27 | James McCarthy | $3.9m | 4 | 2022-2025 |
| 28 | Jozo Simunovic | $3.7m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 29 | Jeremy Toljan | $3.7m | 1 | 2019 |
| 30 | Tomas Cvancara | $3.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | Cristian Gamboa | $3.6m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 32 | Liel Abada | $3.5m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 33 | Charlie Mulgrew | $3.4m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 34 | Moussa Dembélé | $3.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 35 | Dedryck Boyata | $3.2m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 36 | Joe Hart | $3.2m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Kristoffer Ajer | $3.1m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 38 | Scott Bain | $3m | 7 | 2018-2024 |
| 39 | Shane Duffy | $3m | 1 | 2021 |
| 40 | Arne Engels | $2.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Junior Adamu | $2.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Kelechi Iheanacho | $2.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Olivier Ntcham | $2.9m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 44 | Ismaïla Soro | $2.9m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 45 | Matt O'Riley | $2.7m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 46 | David Turnbull | $2.6m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 47 | Carl Starfelt | $2.5m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 48 | Albian Ajeti | $2.5m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 49 | Filip Benkovic | $2.2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 50 | Benjamin Nygren Current squad | $2.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 51 | Paulo Bernardo | $2.1m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 52 | Mikey Johnston | $1.9m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 53 | Auston Trusty Current squad | $1.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 54 | Kasper Schmeichel | $1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Alexandro Bernabéi | $1.7m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 56 | Jack Hendry | $1.7m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 57 | Stephen Welsh | $1.7m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 58 | Ryan Christie | $1.6m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 59 | Adam Idah | $1.6m | 1 | 2024 |
| 60 | Liam Scales Current squad | $1.5m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 61 | Michel-Ange Balikwisha | $1.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 62 | Mubarak Wakaso | $1.4m | 1 | 2015 |
| 63 | Efe Ambrose | $1.3m | 1 | 2017 |
| 64 | Moritz Bauer | $1.3m | 1 | 2020 |
| 65 | Vasilis Barkas | $1.3m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 66 | Stuart Armstrong | $1.2m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 67 | Charly Musonda | $1.2m | 1 | 2018 |
| 68 | Josip Juranović | $1.1m | 1 | 2022 |
| 69 | Luis Palma | $1.1m | 1 | 2024 |
| 70 | Boli Bolingoli | $1.1m | 1 | 2020 |
| 71 | Jonjoe Kenny | $1.1m | 1 | 2021 |
| 72 | Luca Connell | $1.1m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 73 | Erik Sviatchenko | $983k | 1 | 2017 |
| 74 | Hatem Abd Elhamed | $983k | 1 | 2020 |
| 75 | Luke McCowan Current squad | $983k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 76 | Marcelo Saracchi | $969k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 77 | Oh Hyeon-Gyu | $969k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 78 | Marian Shved | $899k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 79 | Maik Nawrocki | $842k | 1 | 2024 |
| 80 | Nicolas Kühn | $842k | 1 | 2024 |
| 81 | Oliver Burke | $842k | 1 | 2019 |
| 82 | Sead Hakšabanovic | $842k | 1 | 2023 |
| 83 | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | $842k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 84 | Patryk Klimala | $814k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 85 | Timothy Weah | $632k | 1 | 2019 |
| 86 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | $576k | 1 | 2022 |
| 87 | Tomoki Iwata | $576k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 88 | Jeremie Frimpong | $569k | 1 | 2020 |
| 89 | Lee O'Connor | $491k | 1 | 2020 |
| 90 | Darnell Fisher | $477k | 2 | 2014-2015 |
| 91 | Karamoko Dembélé | $463k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 92 | Jonathan Afolabi | $288k | 1 | 2022 |
| 93 | Liam Henderson | $211k | 1 | 2017 |
| 94 | Brody Paterson | $126k | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 95 | Colby Donovan Current squad | $126k | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 96 | Ewan Otoo | $105k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 97 | Bosun Lawal | $90k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 98 | Armstrong Oko-Flex | $6k | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 99 | Jack Aitchison | $4k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 100 | Leo Fuhr Hjelde | $2k | 1 | 2020 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Celtic?
Callum McGregor, with $17.5m across 10 seasons at Celtic.
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 100 players we hold a Celtic salary for, from 2014 to 2026.