DERBY COUNTY · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Derby County
Tom Lawrence has earned £7.4m at Derby County across 5 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 16 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £126m
PLAYERS RANKED134
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB118
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Derby County history
These 20 players took £70m between them, 56% of everything Derby County has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Derby County player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Derby County wage 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 | £7.4m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 2 | Ikechi Anya | £6.0m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 3 | Bradley Johnson | £5.8m | 4 | 2016-2019 |
| 4 | Andre Wisdom | £5.4m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 5 | Craig Forsyth Current squad | £4.2m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 6 | David Nugent | £4.2m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 7 | Tom Huddlestone | £3.4m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 8 | Matt Clarke Current squad | £3.2m | 4 | 2020-2026 |
| 9 | Krystian Bielik | £3.1m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 10 | Matej Vydra | £3.0m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 11 | Alex Pearce | £2.9m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 12 | Sam Szmodics Current squad | £2.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 13 | Scott Carson | £2.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 14 | Ben Brereton Díaz | £2.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 15 | Wayne Rooney | £2.4m | 1 | 2020 |
| 16 | Lewis Travis Current squad | £2.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 17 | Andy King | £2.2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 18 | Chris Martin | £2.1m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 19 | Max Bird | £2.0m | 7 | 2018-2024 |
| 20 | Patrick Roberts | £2.0m | 1 | 2021 |
| 21 | Carlton Morris Current squad | £1.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 22 | Jack Marriott | £1.9m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 23 | Rhian Brewster Current squad | £1.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 24 | Scott Malone | £1.9m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 25 | Kelle Roos | £1.8m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 26 | Jacob Widell Zetterström Current squad | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Louie Sibley | £1.7m | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 28 | Jason Knight | £1.6m | 6 | 2018-2023 |
| 29 | Max Johnston Current squad | £1.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Martyn Waghorn | £1.5m | 4 | 2019-2024 |
| 31 | Lee Grant | £1.4m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 32 | Oscar Fraulo Current squad | £1.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 33 | Conor Hourihane | £1.2m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 34 | Andreas Weimann | £1.2m | 1 | 2018 |
| 35 | Bobby Clark Current squad | £1.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 36 | Dion Sanderson Current squad | £1.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 37 | Callum Elder | £1.1m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 38 | Thomas Ince | £1.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 39 | Danny Batth | £1.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 40 | Kasey Palmer | £1.0m | 1 | 2018 |
| 41 | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen Current squad | £988k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Eiran Cashin Current squad | £977k | 6 | 2019-2024 |
| 43 | James Collins | £842k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 44 | Liam Thompson | £798k | 8 | 2019-2026 |
| 45 | Tom Barkhuizen | £790k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 46 | Jacob Butterfield | £780k | 1 | 2017 |
| 47 | Korey Smith | £728k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 48 | Sam Winnall | £728k | 1 | 2018 |
| 49 | Will Hughes | £728k | 1 | 2017 |
| 50 | Nathaniel Méndez-Laing | £723k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 51 | Harry Wilson | £676k | 1 | 2019 |
| 52 | Patrick Agyemang Current squad | £666k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 53 | Graeme Shinnie | £645k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 54 | Lee Gregory | £624k | 1 | 2021 |
| 55 | Harvey White | £572k | 1 | 2023 |
| 56 | Ryan Shotton | £572k | 1 | 2015 |
| 57 | Duane Holmes | £562k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 58 | Florian Jozefzoon | £551k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 59 | Joe Wildsmith | £530k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 60 | Jeff Hendrick | £520k | 1 | 2016 |
| 61 | Johnny Russell | £520k | 1 | 2017 |
| 62 | Jordon Ibe | £520k | 1 | 2021 |
| 63 | Richard Stearman | £489k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 64 | Ben Hamer | £442k | 1 | 2020 |
| 65 | Beni Baningime | £442k | 1 | 2021 |
| 66 | Curtis Nelson | £437k | 1 | 2024 |
| 67 | Mason Bennett | £406k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 68 | Sonny Bradley | £395k | 1 | 2024 |
| 69 | Lee Buchanan | £395k | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 70 | David McGoldrick | £385k | 1 | 2023 |
| 71 | Kamil Jóźwiak | £364k | 1 | 2021 |
| 72 | Lewis Dobbin | £364k | 1 | 2023 |
| 73 | Jake Rooney | £362k | 3 | 2023-2025 |
| 74 | Cyrus Christie | £333k | 1 | 2017 |
| 75 | Jayden Bogle | £333k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 76 | Max Lowe | £302k | 2 | 2017-2020 |
| 77 | Ryan Nyambe Current squad | £296k | 1 | 2024 |
| 78 | Ebou Adams | £276k | 1 | 2024 |
| 79 | Efe Ambrose | £276k | 1 | 2019 |
| 80 | Fikayo Tomori | £276k | 1 | 2019 |
| 81 | Kane Wilson | £260k | 1 | 2024 |
| 82 | Luke Plange | £260k | 1 | 2022 |
| 83 | Mason Mount | £255k | 1 | 2019 |
| 84 | Ryan Allsop | £244k | 1 | 2022 |
| 85 | Tyrese Fornah | £239k | 1 | 2024 |
| 86 | George Nunn | £229k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 87 | Connor Dixon | £219k | 6 | 2018-2023 |
| 88 | George Edmundson | £218k | 1 | 2021 |
| 89 | David Ozoh Current squad | £175k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 90 | Morgan Whittaker | £161k | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 91 | Kido Taylor-Hart | £156k | 1 | 2023 |
| 92 | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | £140k | 1 | 2020 |
| 93 | Ethan Wassall | £138k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 94 | Max Bardell | £132k | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 95 | Henrich Ravas | £126k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 96 | Alex Babos | £114k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 97 | Jonathan Mitchell | £114k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 98 | Kwaku Oduroh | £104k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 99 | Festy Ebosele | £102k | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 100 | Joe Bateman | £98k | 5 | 2017-2021 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Derby County?
Tom Lawrence, with £7.4m across 5 seasons at Derby County.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage 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 wage for, from 2014 to 2026.