CHAMPIONSHIP · TOP 100
Highest paid Championship players
Kalvin Phillips leads on £165,000 per week. These 100 players take £4,643,000 a week between them - 44% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 1,549 of the 1,554 players in the Championship.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £4.6m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL44%
MEDIAN AGE26
MOST IN THE LIST19 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rank #1 £165k #10 £80k #100 £26k
Kalvin Phillips earns 2.1× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 6.3× the 100th. Half of the £4.6m a week on this page goes to the first 30 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kalvin Phillips | £165,000 | £8,580,000 | Sheffield United | England | 29 | DM |
| 02 | James Ward-Prowse | £125,000 | £6,500,000 | Southampton | England | 30 | DM, AM C |
| 03 | Jarrod Bowen | £125,000 | £6,500,000 | West Ham United | England | 28 | AM RL, ST |
| 04 | Alphonse Areola | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | West Ham United | France | 32 | GK |
| 05 | Kieran Trippier | £115,000 | £5,980,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | England | 34 | D/WB R |
| 06 | Kyle Walker | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | Burnley | England | 35 | D RC |
| 07 | Edson Álvarez | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | West Ham United | Mexico | 27 | D C, DM |
| 08 | Raúl Jiménez | £88,000 | £4,576,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Mexico | 34 | ST |
| 09 | Tomáš Soucek | £87,000 | £4,524,000 | West Ham United | Czechia | 30 | DM |
| 10 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | £80,000 | £4,160,000 | West Ham United | Greece | 27 | D RC |
| 11 | Max Kilman | £79,000 | £4,108,000 | West Ham United | England | 28 | D C |
| 12 | Valentín Castellanos | £77,000 | £4,004,000 | West Ham United | Argentina | 26 | ST |
| 13 | Aaron Ramsdale | £75,000 | £3,900,000 | Southampton | England | 27 | GK |
| 14 | José Sá | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Portugal | 32 | GK |
| 15 | André | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Brazil | 23 | DM |
| 16 | Hwang Hee-Chan (Hee-Chan Hwang) | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | South Korea | 29 | AM RL, ST |
| 17 | Kyle Walker-Peters | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | West Ham United | England | 28 | D/WB RL |
| 18 | Maxwel Cornet | £64,000 | £3,328,000 | West Ham United | Côte d’Ivoire | 28 | AM RL, ST |
| 19 | Armando Broja | £63,000 | £3,276,000 | Burnley | Albania | 23 | AM RL, ST |
| 20 | Mads Hermansen | £59,000 | £3,068,000 | West Ham United | Denmark | 25 | GK |
| 21 | Joël Veltman | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | West Ham United | Netherlands | 33 | D RC |
| 22 | Hamza Choudhury | £56,000 | £2,912,000 | Sheffield United | Bangladesh | 27 | D RL, DM |
| 23 | Largie Ramazani | £55,000 | £2,860,000 | Burnley | Belgium | 24 | AM RL, ST |
| 24 | Matt Doherty | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | Sheffield United | Ireland | 33 | D RC |
| 25 | Manor Solomon | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | West Ham United | Israel | 25 | AM RLC |
| 26 | Samuel Iling | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | Bolton Wanderers | England | 21 | WB L, AM RL |
| 27 | Adam Armstrong | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | England | 28 | AM R, ST |
| 28 | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Haiti | 27 | AM RLC |
| 29 | Jackson Tchatchoua | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Cameroon | 23 | D/WB/M R |
| 30 | Carlos Vicente | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | Birmingham City | Spain | 26 | AM R |
| 31 | Fer López | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Spain | 21 | AM RC |
| 32 | Joël Piroe | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | West Ham United | Suriname | 25 | AM/F C |
| 33 | Ben Johnson | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | Stoke City | England | 25 | D/WB RL, M R |
| 34 | Soungountou Magassa | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | West Ham United | France | 21 | D C, DM |
| 35 | Tommy Doyle | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | England | 23 | DM |
| 36 | Louis Beyer | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | Burnley | Germany | 25 | D RC |
| 37 | Zeki Amdouni | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | Burnley | Switzerland | 24 | AM LC, F C |
| 38 | Lukasz Fabianski | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | West Ham United | Poland | 40 | GK |
| 39 | Marvin Ducksch | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | Birmingham City | Germany | 31 | AM/F C |
| 40 | Marcus Edwards | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | Burnley | England | 26 | AM RLC |
| 41 | Morato | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | West Ham United | Brazil | 24 | D C |
| 42 | Pablo Felipe | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | West Ham United | Portugal | 21 | ST |
| 43 | Nasser Djiga | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Burkina Faso | 22 | D C |
| 44 | Marshall Munetsi | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Zimbabwe | 29 | DM, AM C |
| 45 | August Priske | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | Birmingham City | Denmark | 21 | ST |
| 46 | Romain Esse | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | Millwall | England | 20 | AM RLC |
| 47 | Stephy Mavididi | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | Watford | England | 27 | AM L |
| 48 | Boubacar Traoré | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Mali | 23 | DM |
| 49 | Demarai Gray | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | Birmingham City | Jamaica | 29 | AM RL |
| 50 | Jeremy Sarmiento | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | Middlesbrough | Ecuador | 23 | AM RLC |
| 51 | Chris Mepham | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | West Bromwich Albion | Wales | 27 | D C |
| 52 | George Hirst | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Stoke City | Scotland | 26 | ST |
| 53 | Edoardo Bove | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Watford | Italy | 23 | DM, AM C |
| 54 | Yerson Mosquera | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Colombia | 24 | D C |
| 55 | Bright Osayi-Samuel | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Birmingham City | Nigeria | 27 | D/WB R, M RL |
| 56 | Jacob Bruun Larsen | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Burnley | Denmark | 26 | AM RL |
| 57 | Tariq Lamptey | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Queens Park Rangers | Ghana | 24 | D/WB RL, M R |
| 58 | Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Burnley | Belgium | 26 | AM LC |
| 59 | Omari Kellyman | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Cardiff City | England | 19 | AM RLC |
| 60 | Toti (Toti Gomes) | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Portugal | 26 | D LC |
| 61 | Bashir Humphreys | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Burnley | England | 22 | D LC |
| 62 | Rodrigo Gomes | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Portugal | 22 | WB/AM RL |
| 63 | Lewis O'Brien | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Wrexham | England | 26 | DM |
| 64 | Calum Chambers | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Cardiff City | England | 30 | D C, DM |
| 65 | Finn Azaz | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Southampton | Ireland | 24 | AM LC |
| 66 | Damion Downs | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Southampton | United States | 21 | AM RL, ST |
| 67 | Flynn Downes | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Southampton | England | 26 | DM |
| 68 | Callum O'Hare | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Wrexham | England | 27 | AM RLC, F C |
| 69 | Anthony Patterson | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | Wrexham | England | 25 | GK |
| 70 | Hannibal | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Burnley | Tunisia | 22 | AM C |
| 71 | Dennis Cirkin | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Queens Park Rangers | England | 23 | D/WB L |
| 72 | Santiago Bueno | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Uruguay | 26 | D C |
| 73 | Lyle Foster | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Burnley | South Africa | 24 | AM L, ST |
| 74 | Josh Cullen | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Burnley | Ireland | 29 | DM |
| 75 | Léo Scienza | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Southampton | Brazil | 26 | AM RLC |
| 76 | Jack Stephens | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Southampton | England | 31 | D C |
| 77 | Zak Vyner | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Wrexham | England | 28 | D C |
| 78 | Joe Worrall | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Wrexham | England | 28 | D C |
| 79 | Mads Roerslev | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Southampton | Denmark | 26 | D/WB R |
| 80 | Liberato Cacace | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Wrexham | New Zealand | 24 | D/WB/M L |
| 81 | Nathan Broadhead | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Wrexham | Wales | 27 | AM LC |
| 82 | Jay Stansfield | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Birmingham City | England | 22 | AM LC, F C |
| 83 | Aaron Ramsey | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Burnley | England | 22 | AM C |
| 84 | Sam Szmodics | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Derby County | Ireland | 29 | AM LC, F C |
| 85 | Alfie Doughty | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Millwall | England | 25 | D/WB RL, DM, AM RLC |
| 86 | Ben Pearson | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | Stoke City | England | 30 | DM |
| 87 | Branislav Ivanović | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | West Bromwich Albion | Serbia | 36 | D (RC) |
| 88 | Arne Engels | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | West Ham United | Belgium | 21 | DM, AM C |
| 89 | Christoph Klarer | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Birmingham City | Austria | 25 | D C |
| 90 | Ben Davies | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Bolton Wanderers | England | 29 | D C |
| 91 | Connor Roberts | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Burnley | Wales | 29 | D/WB R |
| 92 | Michael Obafemi | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Burnley | Ireland | 25 | ST |
| 93 | Chiedozie Ogbene | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Lincoln City | Ireland | 28 | WB/AM R |
| 94 | Ben Brereton Díaz | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Sheffield United | Chile | 26 | AM RL, ST |
| 95 | Tom Cannon | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Sheffield United | Ireland | 22 | ST |
| 96 | Daniel Peretz | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Southampton | Israel | 25 | GK |
| 97 | Caspar Jander | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Southampton | Germany | 22 | DM |
| 98 | Enso González | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Paraguay | 20 | AM R |
| 99 | Hjalmar Ekdal | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | Burnley | Sweden | 26 | D C |
| 100 | Hugo Bueno | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Spain | 22 | D/WB/M L |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the Championship?
Kalvin Phillips of Sheffield United, on £165,000 per week — £8,580,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Championship players earn between them?
£4,643,000 per week and £241,436,000 per year, which is 44% of the entire Championship wage bill.
Which Championship club has the most players in the top 100?
West Ham United, with 18 of them, paying £1,201,000 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£26,000 per week — that is what Hugo Bueno earns in 100th place.