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Barry Bannan vs Liam Palmer - salary comparison

Barry Bannan earns £8,000 a week more than Liam Palmer: £23,000 against £15,000, a difference of £416,000 over a year. The two best paid players at Sheffield Wednesday.

BARRY BANNAN £23,000
LIAM PALMER £15,000
GAP PER WEEK £8,000
GAP PER YEAR £416k

Side by side

Current weekly wage, and where each of them earns it

Barry Bannan Sheffield Wednesday · Defensive midfielder · age 35
£23,000 per week
Liam Palmer Sheffield Wednesday · Centre-back, defensive midfielder · age 33
£15,000 per week

Barry Bannan vs Liam Palmer, line by line

The better figure in each row is picked out in gold. A dash is a figure we do not hold.

Barry Bannan and Liam Palmer compared on wage, career earnings, age, position, club, league, nationality and contract expiry.
MEASURE BARRY BANNAN LIAM PALMER DIFFERENCE
Weekly wage £23,000 £15,000 £8,000
Yearly salary £1,196,000 £780,000 £416,000
Net worth £12m £6.4m £5.6m
Seasons we hold a wage for 10 10 -
Age 35 33 2 yr
Position DM D RC, DM -
Club Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday team-mates
League League One League One same league
Nationality Scotland Scotland same
Contract expiry JUN 2027 JUN 2027 same day
Net worth is the sum of every season we hold a wage for, not a stated figure.

What the gap buys

The difference between these two, put next to figures the rest of the site holds

Barry Bannan is paid £8,000 a week more than Liam Palmer, or £416,000 over a year.

CLUBS THE GAP OUTSPENDS 88

of the 910 clubs we hold squad wages for pay their whole first team less each week than the gap between these two. The biggest of them is MKE Ankaragücü, whose 31 players cost £8k a week between them.

TIMES THE WAGE 1.5×

what Liam Palmer is paid. Put another way, Barry Bannan earns Liam Palmer's entire week in 4.6 days.

WIDEST IT HAS BEEN £15k

a week, in 2020, the widest the two have been apart in any of the 11 seasons below that they both appear in.

Season by season

Weekly wage in each season both men appear in our data, newest at the bottom. Where they were is beside the figure.

Barry Bannan Liam Palmer
2017 £11k
2018 £11k
2019 £11k
2020 £15k
2021 £15k
2025 £10k
2026 £8k

Full histories: Barry Bannan · Liam Palmer

Frequently asked questions

Barry Bannan vs Liam Palmer

Who earns more, Barry Bannan or Liam Palmer?

Barry Bannan earns more. Barry Bannan is on £23,000 per week against Liam Palmer's £15,000, a gap of £8,000 a week.

What is the difference between Barry Bannan's and Liam Palmer's salary?

£8,000 per week, which comes to £416,000 over a year. Barry Bannan is paid 1.5 times what Liam Palmer is paid.

How much does Barry Bannan earn per week?

Barry Bannan earns £23,000 per week at Sheffield Wednesday, or £1,196,000 per year.

How much does Liam Palmer earn per week?

Liam Palmer earns £15,000 per week at Sheffield Wednesday, or £780,000 per year.

Who is older, Barry Bannan or Liam Palmer?

Barry Bannan is older, at 35 to 33.

Whose contract runs longer, Barry Bannan's or Liam Palmer's?

Both deals are recorded as expiring on 30 June 2027.

Who has earned more over their career, Barry Bannan or Liam Palmer?

Barry Bannan, on the seasons we hold a wage for. Barry Bannan has earned £11,960,000 across 10 seasons, Liam Palmer £6,396,000 across 10 seasons.

How big is the gap between Barry Bannan and Liam Palmer?

£8,000 a week. That is more than the entire first-team wage bill at 88 of the 910 clubs whose squads we hold wages for, the biggest of them MKE Ankaragücü on £7,974 a week.