Bradford City 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Luke McGee on £4,000 per week · see the current Bradford City wage bill
We hold a wage for all 44 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 21 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Bradford City pay £90,060 a week in 2026/27 — 54% higher than the £58,567 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke McGee | £4,000 | £208,000 | 23 | GK | England | ||
| Anthony O'Connor | £3,500 | £182,000 | 26 | D C, DM | Ireland | ||
| Clayton Donaldson | £3,400 | £176,800 | 35 | ST | Jamaica | ||
| Glenn Middleton | £3,200 | £166,400 | 19 | AM L | Scotland | ||
| Hope Akpan | £3,200 | £166,400 | 27 | DM | Nigeria | ||
| Jake Reeves | £3,100 | £161,200 | 26 | DM | England | ||
| Joe Riley | £3,100 | £161,200 | 22 | D RL, M R | England | ||
| Lee Novak | £3,000 | £156,000 | 30 | ST | England | ||
| Richard O'Donnell | £2,700 | £140,400 | 30 | GK | England | ||
| Shay McCartan | £2,600 | £135,200 | 25 | AM/F C | N.Ireland | ||
| Callum Cooke | £2,400 | £124,800 | 22 | DM, AM C | England | ||
| Jamie Devitt | £2,100 | £109,200 | 28 | AM RLC | Ireland | ||
| Jermaine Anderson | £2,100 | £109,200 | 23 | DM | England | ||
| Kelvin Mellor | £2,000 | £104,000 | 28 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Kurtis Guthrie | £2,000 | £104,000 | 26 | AM/F C | England | ||
| Zeli Ismail | £2,000 | £104,000 | 25 | AM RC | Albania | ||
| Paudie O'Connor | £1,800 | £93,600 | 21 | D C | Ireland | ||
| Adam Henley | £1,500 | £78,000 | 25 | D RL | Wales | ||
| Ben Richards-Everton | £1,500 | £78,000 | 27 | D LC | England | ||
| Dylan Connolly | £1,400 | £72,800 | 24 | AM RL | Ireland | ||
| Chris Taylor | £1,400 | £72,800 | 32 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Harry Pritchard | £1,200 | £62,400 | 26 | AM LC | England | ||
| Dylan Mottley-Henry | £870 | £45,240 | 21 | AM RL | England | ||
| Danny Devine | £670 | £34,840 | 21 | DM | England | ||
| Jordan Gibson | £610 | £31,720 | 21 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Connor Wood | £580 | £30,160 | 22 | D/WB/M L | England | ||
| Tyler French | £360 | £18,720 | 20 | D RC | England | ||
| George Sykes-Kenworthy | £250 | £13,000 | 19 | GK | England | ||
| Reece Staunton | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | D LC | Ireland | ||
| Kian Scales | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | M C | England | ||
| Olivier Sukiennicki | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | M C | Poland | ||
| Connor Shanks | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Tom Donaghy | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | GK | England | ||
| Finn Cousin-Dawson | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | D C | England | ||
| Oliver Norman | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Connor Morris | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | AM/F C | England | ||
| Wade Ripley | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | AM L | England | ||
| Hayden Smethurst | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | D/WB RL | England | ||
| Harvey Ormerod | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | AM/F C | England | ||
| Daniel Francis | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | D/WB/AM R | Sierra Leone | ||
| Eliot Goldthorp | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | DM | England | ||
| Jorge Sikora | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | D C | Poland | ||
| Charlie Wood | £120 | £6,240 | 16 | AM RL, ST | England | ||
| Cole Roberts | £117 | £6,084 | 16 | AM RL | England | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 30% of the squad wage bill, across the 44 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Bradford City wages, 2019/20
What was Bradford City's wage bill in 2019/20?
Bradford City paid £58,567 a week in 2019/20 - £3,045,484 across the year - spread over a squad of 44. We hold a wage for all 44 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Bradford City player in 2019/20?
Luke McGee was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £4,000 a week, 1.7x the 22+ squad average of £2,323.
What was the average Bradford City salary in 2019/20?
The average Bradford City player aged 22 or over earned £2,323 a week in 2019/20, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 44. The top five earners took 30% of the bill between them.
How do Bradford City's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Bradford City pay £90,060 a week in 2026/27, 54% higher than the £58,567 of 2019/20. The current squad is 38 players against 44 then.