Barnsley 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Cauley Woodrow on £8,400 per week · see the current Barnsley wage bill
Then and now
Barnsley pay £67,243 a week in 2026/27 — 39% lower than the £109,395 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 13 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cauley Woodrow | £8,400 | £436,800 | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Herbie Kane | £7,200 | £374,400 | 21 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alex Mowatt | £6,500 | £338,000 | 25 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dominik Frieser | £6,400 | £332,800 | 26 | Right wing-back, right midfielder, winger, striker | Austria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Michał Helik | £5,900 | £306,800 | 24 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Michael Sollbauer | £5,900 | £306,800 | 30 | Centre-back | Austria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Aapo Halme | £5,500 | £286,000 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Finland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mads Andersen | £4,900 | £254,800 | 22 | Centre-back | Denmark | JUN 2023 | ||
| Brad Collins | £4,500 | £234,000 | 23 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Conor Chaplin | £4,400 | £228,800 | 23 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Carlton Morris | £4,400 | £228,800 | 24 | Striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Callum Styles | £4,400 | £228,800 | 20 | Left wing-back, central midfielder | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jordan Williams | £4,100 | £213,200 | 20 | Right-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mallik Wilks | £3,900 | £202,800 | 21 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ben Williams | £3,500 | £182,000 | 21 | Left-back | Wales | JUN 2022 | ||
| Daryl Dike | £3,400 | £176,800 | 20 | Striker | U.S.A. | DEC 2022 | ||
| Callum Brittain | £3,400 | £176,800 | 22 | Right-back, right midfielder, right winger | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jack Walton | £3,100 | £161,200 | 22 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Liam Kitching | £3,000 | £156,000 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2024 | ||
| Toby Sibbick | £2,600 | £135,200 | 21 | Centre-back, right wing-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Clarke Oduor | £2,400 | £124,800 | 21 | Left-back, central midfielder, left winger | Kenya | JUN 2023 | ||
| George Miller | £2,200 | £114,400 | 22 | Striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Romal Palmer | £700 | £36,400 | 21 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Corey Addai | £680 | £35,360 | 22 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Henry Kendrick | £630 | £32,760 | 19 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Aiden Marsh | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jasper Moon | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ali Omar | £500 | £26,000 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Victor Adeboyejo | £500 | £26,000 | 22 | Winger, striker | Nigeria | JUN 2021 | ||
| Cameron Thompson | £480 | £24,960 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jordan Helliwell | £410 | £21,320 | 18 | Defender | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Brad Binns | £390 | £20,280 | 18 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Charlie Winfield | £380 | £19,760 | 18 | Left-back, central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Steven Simpson | £270 | £14,040 | 20 | Striker | Canada | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rudi Pache | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2023 | ||
| Will Calligan | £180 | £9,360 | 18 | Left-back, left midfielder, left winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Will Lancaster | £180 | £9,360 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Archie Brown | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joe Ackroyd | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kareem Hassan-Smith | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Right-back, right midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Danny Benson | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ben Hall | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Right-back | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Blake Goucher | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Harrison Nejman | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Keegan Hartley | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Lloyd Smith | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Striker | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Amir Ariely | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Centre-back | Israel | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jack Birks | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Right midfielder, right winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Harry Widdop | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Bayley Hassell | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Connor Hodgson | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jack Sherlock | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Newton Sila-Conde | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Striker | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Angus Chapman | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Striker | Australia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kieren Flavell | £145 | £7,540 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sam Nicholson | £145 | £7,540 | 17 | Left-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 31% of the squad wage bill, across the 56 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Barnsley wages, 2020/21
What was Barnsley's wage bill in 2020/21?
Barnsley paid £109,395 a week in 2020/21 - £5,688,540 across the year - spread over a squad of 56. We hold a wage for all 56 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Barnsley player in 2020/21?
Cauley Woodrow was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £8,400 a week, 1.9x the 22+ squad average of £4,445.
What was the average Barnsley salary in 2020/21?
The average Barnsley player aged 22 or over earned £4,445 a week in 2020/21, across the 15 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 56. The top five earners took 31% of the bill between them.
How do Barnsley's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Barnsley pay £67,243 a week in 2026/27, 39% lower than the £109,395 of 2020/21. The current squad is 51 players against 56 then.