Bradford City 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Jacob Butterfield on £15,000 per week · see the current Bradford City wage bill
We hold a wage for all 51 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 19 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Bradford City pay £90,060 a week in 2026/27 — 7% lower than the £96,870 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Butterfield | £15,000 | £780,000 | 28 | AM C | England | ||
| Jack Payne | £12,000 | £624,000 | 23 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Eoin Doyle | £5,300 | £275,600 | 30 | ST | Ireland | ||
| Sean Scannell | £4,600 | £239,200 | 27 | AM RL | Ireland | ||
| Billy Clarke | £4,500 | £234,000 | 30 | AM RLC, F C | Ireland | ||
| Calum Woods | £4,400 | £228,800 | 31 | D RLC | England | ||
| Hope Akpan | £4,200 | £218,400 | 26 | DM | Nigeria | ||
| Jake Reeves | £4,100 | £213,200 | 25 | DM | England | ||
| Anthony O'Connor | £3,500 | £182,000 | 25 | D RC, DM | Ireland | ||
| David Ball | £3,400 | £176,800 | 28 | AM/F C | England | ||
| Josh Wright | £3,100 | £161,200 | 28 | AM C | England | ||
| Joe Riley | £3,100 | £161,200 | 21 | D RL, M R | England | ||
| Kelvin Mellor | £3,000 | £156,000 | 27 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Nathaniel Knight-Percival | £2,900 | £150,800 | 31 | D LC | England | ||
| Paul Caddis | £2,800 | £145,600 | 30 | D R | Scotland | ||
| Richard O'Donnell | £2,700 | £140,400 | 29 | GK | England | ||
| Ben Wilson | £2,500 | £130,000 | 25 | GK | England | ||
| Adam Chicksen | £2,500 | £130,000 | 26 | D L | Zimbabwe | ||
| George Miller | £2,200 | £114,400 | 20 | ST | England | ||
| Jermaine Anderson | £2,100 | £109,200 | 22 | DM | England | ||
| Paudie O'Connor | £1,800 | £93,600 | 20 | D C | Ireland | ||
| Lewis O'Brien | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | M LC | England | ||
| Omari Patrick | £800 | £41,600 | 22 | AM RL, ST | England | ||
| Connor Wood | £680 | £35,360 | 21 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Danny Devine | £670 | £34,840 | 20 | DM | England | ||
| Tyrell Robinson | £600 | £31,200 | 20 | D/WB/AM L | England | ||
| Luca Colville | £440 | £22,880 | 19 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Cameron Hawkes | £380 | £19,760 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| George Sykes-Kenworthy | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | GK | England | ||
| Tom Clare | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | ST | England | ||
| Kielen Adams | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | ST | England | ||
| Alfie Darke | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | GK | England | ||
| Sam Pickles | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM R | England | ||
| Eliot Goldthorp | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | DM | England | ||
| Hayden Smethurst | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D/WB RL | England | ||
| Finn Cousin-Dawson | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Daniel Francis | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | M C | Sierra Leone | ||
| Dylan Drovi | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM RL | England | ||
| Jorge Sikora | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D C | Poland | ||
| Wade Ripley | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM L | England | ||
| Jake Maltby | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | DM | England | ||
| Jeremie Milambo | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Oliver Kirkpatrick | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Matthew Birchall | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM C | England | ||
| Raeece Ellington | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Christian Farrar | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Daniel Aitken | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | AM RL, ST | England | ||
| Kian Scales | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D RC, DM | England | ||
| Edson Prata | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Reece Staunton | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | D LC | Ireland | ||
| Connor Shanks | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | AM RL | England | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 43% of the squad wage bill, across the 51 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bradford City wages, 2018/19
What was Bradford City's wage bill in 2018/19?
Bradford City paid £96,870 a week in 2018/19 - £5,037,240 across the year - spread over a squad of 51. We hold a wage for all 51 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bradford City player in 2018/19?
Jacob Butterfield was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £15,000 a week, 3.4x the 22+ squad average of £4,389.
What was the average Bradford City salary in 2018/19?
The average Bradford City player aged 22 or over earned £4,389 a week in 2018/19, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 51. The top five earners took 43% of the bill between them.
How do Bradford City's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Bradford City pay £90,060 a week in 2026/27, 7% lower than the £96,870 of 2018/19. The current squad is 38 players against 51 then.