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CHAMPIONSHIP · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Championship attackers

James Ward-Prowse and Jarrod Bowen are the best-paid attackers in the Championship, on £125,000 a week each, or £6,500,000 a year. Raúl Jiménez is next on £88,000 at Wolverhampton Wanderers. We hold wages for 621 Championship attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £125k
AVERAGE WAGE £18,757
SHARE OF WAGE BILL37%
TOP 10 A WEEK £770k
WAGES HELD621

The 50 best-paid Championship attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in the Championship in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £6,500,000£6.5m Southampton 30 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
2 Jarrod Bowen £125,000£125k £6,500,000£6.5m West Ham United 28 Winger, striker England
3 Raúl Jiménez £88,000£88k £4,576,000£4.6m Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 Striker Mexico
4 Valentín Castellanos £77,000£77k £4,004,000£4.0m West Ham United 26 Striker Argentina
5 Hwang Hee-Chan (Hee-Chan Hwang) £66,000£66k £3,432,000£3.4m Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 Winger, striker South Korea
6 Maxwel Cornet £64,000£64k £3,328,000£3.3m West Ham United 28 Winger, striker Côte d’Ivoire
7 Armando Broja £63,000£63k £3,276,000£3.3m Burnley 23 Winger, striker Albania
8 Largie Ramazani £55,000£55k £2,860,000£2.9m Burnley 24 Winger, striker Belgium
9 Manor Solomon £54,000£54k £2,808,000£2.8m West Ham United 25 Attacking midfielder Israel
10 Samuel Iling £53,000£53k £2,756,000£2.8m Bolton Wanderers 21 Left wing-back, winger England
11 Adam Armstrong £53,000£53k £2,756,000£2.8m Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 Right winger, striker England
12 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde £50,000£50k £2,600,000£2.6m Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 Attacking midfielder Haiti
13 Carlos Vicente £47,000£47k £2,444,000£2.4m Birmingham City 26 Right winger Spain
14 Fer López £47,000£47k £2,444,000£2.4m Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 Attacking midfielder Spain
15 Joël Piroe £45,000£45k £2,340,000£2.3m West Ham United 25 Attacking midfielder, striker Suriname
16 Zeki Amdouni £40,000£40k £2,080,000£2.1m Burnley 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Switzerland
17 Marvin Ducksch £39,000£39k £2,028,000£2.0m Birmingham City 31 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
18 Marcus Edwards £39,000£39k £2,028,000£2.0m Burnley 26 Attacking midfielder England
19 Pablo Felipe £39,000£39k £2,028,000£2.0m West Ham United 21 Striker Portugal
20 Marshall Munetsi £39,000£39k £2,028,000£2.0m Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Zimbabwe
21 August Priske £38,000£38k £1,976,000£2.0m Birmingham City 21 Striker Denmark
22 Romain Esse £38,000£38k £1,976,000£2.0m Millwall 20 Attacking midfielder England
23 Stephy Mavididi £38,000£38k £1,976,000£2.0m Watford 27 Left winger England
24 Demarai Gray £37,000£37k £1,924,000£1.9m Birmingham City 29 Winger Jamaica
25 Jeremy Sarmiento £37,000£37k £1,924,000£1.9m Middlesbrough 23 Attacking midfielder Ecuador
26 George Hirst £36,000£36k £1,872,000£1.9m Stoke City 26 Striker Scotland
27 Edoardo Bove £36,000£36k £1,872,000£1.9m Watford 23 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Italy
28 Jacob Bruun Larsen £35,000£35k £1,820,000£1.8m Burnley 26 Winger Denmark
29 Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye £34,000£34k £1,768,000£1.8m Burnley 26 Attacking midfielder Belgium
30 Omari Kellyman £34,000£34k £1,768,000£1.8m Cardiff City 19 Attacking midfielder England
31 Rodrigo Gomes £33,000£33k £1,716,000£1.7m Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 Wing-back, winger Portugal
32 Finn Azaz £32,000£32k £1,664,000£1.7m Southampton 24 Attacking midfielder Ireland
33 Damion Downs £32,000£32k £1,664,000£1.7m Southampton 21 Winger, striker United States
34 Callum O'Hare £32,000£32k £1,664,000£1.7m Wrexham 27 Attacking midfielder, striker England
35 Hannibal £31,000£31k £1,612,000£1.6m Burnley 22 Attacking midfielder Tunisia
36 Lyle Foster £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m Burnley 24 Left winger, striker South Africa
37 Léo Scienza £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m Southampton 26 Attacking midfielder Brazil
38 Nathan Broadhead £29,000£29k £1,508,000£1.5m Wrexham 27 Attacking midfielder Wales
39 Jay Stansfield £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Birmingham City 22 Attacking midfielder, striker England
40 Aaron Ramsey £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Burnley 22 Attacking midfielder England
41 Sam Szmodics £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Derby County 29 Attacking midfielder, striker Ireland
42 Alfie Doughty £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Millwall 25 Full-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
43 Arne Engels £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m West Ham United 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Belgium
44 Michael Obafemi £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Burnley 25 Striker Ireland
45 Chiedozie Ogbene £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Lincoln City 28 Right wing-back, right winger Ireland
46 Ben Brereton Díaz £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Sheffield United 26 Winger, striker Chile
47 Tom Cannon £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Sheffield United 22 Striker Ireland
48 Enso González £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 Right winger Paraguay
49 David Strelec £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Middlesbrough 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Slovakia
50 Lewis Dobbin £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Southampton 22 Attacking midfielder, striker England

What each position earns in the Championship

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £14k Defenders £18k Midfielders £20k Attackers £19k

Attackers take 37% of what the Championship pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.

The clubs that pay their attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Championship club, added together, a week

Burnley £477k West Ham United £465k Wolverhampton Wanderers £436k Southampton £327k Birmingham City £282k Middlesbrough £227k Watford £198k Millwall £184k Derby County £176k Stoke City £176k

Burnley pay 30 attackers £477,065 a week between them, and Armando Broja takes 13% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Championship club

24 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Championship club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
West Ham United Jarrod Bowen £125,000£125k 2
Southampton James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers Raúl Jiménez £88,000£88k 3
Burnley Armando Broja £63,000£63k 7
Bolton Wanderers Samuel Iling £53,000£53k 10
Birmingham City Carlos Vicente £47,000£47k 13
Watford Stephy Mavididi £38,000£38k 23
Millwall Romain Esse £38,000£38k 22
Middlesbrough Jeremy Sarmiento £37,000£37k 25
Stoke City George Hirst £36,000£36k 26
Cardiff City Omari Kellyman £34,000£34k 30
Wrexham Callum O'Hare £32,000£32k 34
Derby County Sam Szmodics £28,000£28k 41
Sheffield United Ben Brereton Díaz £27,000£27k 46
Lincoln City Chiedozie Ogbene £27,000£27k 45
Bristol City Jed Wallace £23,000£23k 54
Queens Park Rangers Kôki Saitô £22,000£22k 57
Swansea City Ross Stewart £22,000£22k 58
West Bromwich Albion Hal Robson-Kanu £21,000£21k 63
Charlton Athletic Karlan Grant £20,000£20k 66
Preston North End Delano Burgzorg £19,000£19k 73
Norwich City Ali Ahmed £17,000£17k 87
Blackburn Rovers Todd Cantwell £17,000£17k 83
Portsmouth Josh Murphy £15,000£15k 105

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Championship ranks 11th.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in the Championship?

James Ward-Prowse of Southampton and Jarrod Bowen of West Ham United, on £125,000 a week each in 2026/27, or £6,500,000 a year.

How much do Championship attackers earn?

The average Championship attacker aged 22 or over earns £18,757 a week, and the median one £14,000. Attackers take 37% of what the Championship pays its players of that age.

Which Championship club pays its attackers the most?

Burnley, £477,065 a week across the 30 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Armando Broja on £63,000.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the Championship ranks 11th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

The same Championship squads, cut a different way

See the highest paid Championship players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what Championship players are paid at every age, or the Championship wage bill, club by club.