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NATIONAL LEAGUE · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27

Highest paid National League goalkeepers

Ted Curd is the best-paid goalkeeper in the National League, on £6,600 a week at Boreham Wood, or £343,200 a year. Rory Mahady is next on £2,700 at Scunthorpe United. We hold wages for 61 National League goalkeepers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £7k
AVERAGE WAGE £932
SHARE OF WAGE BILL6%
TOP 10 A WEEK £22k
WAGES HELD61

The 50 best-paid National League goalkeepers

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 goalkeepers in the National League in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Ted Curd £6,600£7k £343,200£343k Boreham Wood 19 Goalkeeper England
2 Rory Mahady £2,700£3k £140,400£140k Scunthorpe United 18 Goalkeeper Scotland
3 Henry Gray £2,200£2k £114,400£114k Harrogate Town 20 Goalkeeper New Zealand
4 Luke McNicholas £2,000£2k £104,000£104k Forest Green Rovers 25 Goalkeeper Ireland
5 Nick Townsend £1,900£2k £98,800£99k Eastleigh 30 Goalkeeper Antigua & Barbuda
6 Mark Oxley £1,900£2k £98,800£99k Harrogate Town 34 Goalkeeper England
7 Ben Winterbottom £1,500£2k £78,000£78k Barrow AFC 23 Goalkeeper England
8 Chris Haigh £1,400£1k £72,800£73k Sutton United 28 Goalkeeper England
9 Nick Hayes £900£900 £46,800£47k Aldershot Town 26 Goalkeeper England
10 Archie Mair £900£900 £46,800£47k Carlisle United 24 Goalkeeper Scotland
11 Adam Smith £900£900 £46,800£47k Hartlepool United 32 Goalkeeper England
12 Ethan Ross £860£860 £44,720£45k Forest Green Rovers 28 Goalkeeper England
13 Adam Desbois £800£800 £41,600£42k Carlisle United 24 Goalkeeper England
14 Peter Jameson £800£800 £41,600£42k Gateshead 32 Goalkeeper England
15 Jack Sims £760£760 £39,520£40k Southend United 26 Goalkeeper England
16 Fiachra Pagel £750£750 £39,000£39k Forest Green Rovers 20 Goalkeeper Ireland
17 Matt Gould £730£730 £37,960£38k Yeovil Town 31 Goalkeeper England
18 Craig Ross £680£680 £35,360£35k Woking 35 Goalkeeper England
19 Dante Baptiste £670£670 £34,840£35k Wealdstone 23 Goalkeeper England
20 Louis Jones £640£640 £33,280£33k Scunthorpe United 26 Goalkeeper England
21 Jas Singh £610£610 £31,720£32k Tamworth 35 Goalkeeper England
22 Sam Johnson £600£600 £31,200£31k FC Halifax Town 32 Goalkeeper England
23 Myles Boney £580£580 £30,160£30k Morecambe 27 Goalkeeper England
24 Maison Campbell £580£580 £30,160£30k Scunthorpe United 21 Goalkeeper England
25 Rhys Lovett £530£530 £27,560£28k Boston United 28 Goalkeeper England
26 Daniel Rachel £470£470 £24,440£24k Tamworth 18 Goalkeeper England
27 Owen Mason £460£460 £23,920£24k Southend United 21 Goalkeeper Ireland
28 Killian Barrett £450£450 £23,400£23k Barrow AFC 21 Goalkeeper Ireland
29 Alfie Scales £450£450 £23,400£23k Morecambe 18 Goalkeeper England
30 Leon Phillips £440£440 £22,880£23k Tamworth 23 Goalkeeper England
31 Kian Eyers £400£400 £20,800£21k Sutton United 16 Goalkeeper England
32 Will Jääskeläinen £400£400 £20,800£21k Woking 26 Goalkeeper Finland
33 Casey Sillitoe £385£385 £20,020£20k Carlisle United 17 Goalkeeper Wales
34 Callum Godfrey £385£385 £20,020£20k Forest Green Rovers 17 Goalkeeper England
35 Nathaniel Ford £370£370 £19,240£19k FC Halifax Town 20 Goalkeeper England
36 George McCabe £345£345 £17,940£18k Harrogate Town 16 Goalkeeper England
37 Harry Ascroft £335£335 £17,420£17k Morecambe 16 Goalkeeper England
38 Kai Morgan £305£305 £15,860£16k Sutton United 17 Goalkeeper Northern Ireland
39 Louie Fallon £290£290 £15,080£15k Altrincham 18 Goalkeeper England
40 Mike Charvetto Parody £285£285 £14,820£15k Sutton United 17 Goalkeeper Gibraltar
41 Sam Worth £225£225 £11,700£12k Carlisle United 17 Goalkeeper England
42 Tom Perry £215£215 £11,180£11k Harrogate Town 16 Goalkeeper England
43 Zach Marsh £200£200 £10,400£10k Boston United 17 Goalkeeper England
44 William Graham £185£185 £9,620£10k Harrogate Town 16 Goalkeeper England
45 Keanu Black £150£150 £7,800£8k Aldershot Town 16 Goalkeeper England
46 Louis Knight £150£150 £7,800£8k Aldershot Town 17 Goalkeeper England
47 Harry Conyard £150£150 £7,800£8k Hartlepool United 16 Goalkeeper England
48 Connor Marsay £150£150 £7,800£8k Hartlepool United 16 Goalkeeper England
49 Joseph Hood £150£150 £7,800£8k Hartlepool United 16 Goalkeeper England
50 Ben Taylor £150£150 £7,800£8k Hartlepool United 16 Goalkeeper England

What each position earns in the National League

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

Goalkeepers £932 Defenders £1,165 Midfielders £1,293 Attackers £1,397

Goalkeepers take 6% of what the National League 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 goalkeepers the most

Every goalkeeper wage we hold at each National League club, added together, a week

Boreham Wood £6,600 Harrogate Town £4,845 Forest Green Rovers £3,995 Scunthorpe United £3,920 Sutton United £2,390 Carlisle United £2,310 Eastleigh £2,100 Barrow AFC £1,950 Tamworth £1,525 Southend United £1,520

The best-paid goalkeeper at every National League club

21 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's goalkeepers

Each National League club's best-paid goalkeeper in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every goalkeeper in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Boreham Wood Ted Curd £6,600£7k 1
Scunthorpe United Rory Mahady £2,700£3k 2
Harrogate Town Henry Gray £2,200£2k 3
Forest Green Rovers Luke McNicholas £2,000£2k 4
Eastleigh Nick Townsend £1,900£2k 5
Barrow AFC Ben Winterbottom £1,500£2k 7
Sutton United Chris Haigh £1,400£1k 8
Carlisle United Archie Mair £900£900 10
Hartlepool United Adam Smith £900£900 11
Aldershot Town Nick Hayes £900£900 9
Gateshead Peter Jameson £800£800 14
Southend United Jack Sims £760£760 15
Yeovil Town Matt Gould £730£730 17
Woking Craig Ross £680£680 18
Wealdstone Dante Baptiste £670£670 19
Tamworth Jas Singh £610£610 21
FC Halifax Town Sam Johnson £600£600 22
Morecambe Myles Boney £580£580 23
Boston United Rhys Lovett £530£530 25
Altrincham Louie Fallon £290£290 39
Solihull Moors Zak Frost £50£50 58

The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league

42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. The National League ranks 33rd.

The best-paid goalkeeper in each men's league we rank goalkeepers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average goalkeeper wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
La Liga Jan Oblak £308,000£308k £33,550£34k
Bundesliga Manuel Neuer £298,000£298k £26,779£27k
Premier League Gianluigi Donnarumma £250,000£250k £49,479£49k
Eredivisie Marc-André ter Stegen £232,000£232k £9,671£10k
Süper Lig Ederson £229,000£229k £19,950£20k
Saudi Pro League Édouard Mendy £170,000£170k £40,756£41k
Championship Alphonse Areola £120,000£120k £13,758£14k
Serie A Mike Maignan £109,000£109k £24,594£25k
Ligue 1 Brice Samba £102,000£102k £20,578£21k
Primeira Liga Diogo Costa £82,000£82k £7,355£7k
Scottish Premiership Sam Johnstone £78,000£78k £7,256£7k
Superleague Greece Stefan Ortega £58,000£58k £6,841£7k
Belgian Pro League Yann Sommer £49,000£49k £6,044£6k
Serie B Mattia Perin £45,000£45k £6,094£6k
Danish Superliga Diant Ramaj £43,000£43k £5,493£5k
Croatian First League Dominik Livaković £35,000£35k £2,378£2k
Liga MX Keylor Navas £29,000£29k £7,296£7k
La Liga 2 Paulo Gazzaniga £29,000£29k £4,582£5k
Major League Soccer Angus Gunn £28,000£28k £5,216£5k
Russian Premier League Igor Akinfeev £28,000£28k £10,471£10k
League One Alex McCarthy £27,000£27k £5,034£5k
Brasileirão Série A Cássio £24,000£24k £5,729£6k
J1 League Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) £20,000£20k £2,645£3k
Ekstraklasa Bartlomiej Dragowski £20,000£20k £2,314£2k
Super Liga Fernando Muslera £17,000£17k £3,207£3k
Chinese Super League Bao Yaxiong £13,000£13k £3,606£4k
Austrian Bundesliga Christian Früchtl £9,400£9k £2,221£2k
Categoría Primera A Jean £9,100£9k £3,699£4k
2. Bundesliga Marcel Schuhen £9,000£9k £4,703£5k
Ligue 2 Gautier Larsonneur £8,200£8k £2,571£3k
League Two Matthew Cox £7,900£8k £2,048£2k
Czech First League Ondřej Kolář £6,800£7k £1,182£1k
National League Ted Curd £6,600£7k £932£932
Thai League Neil Etheridge £5,900£6k £1,122£1k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Emile Doucouré £3,300£3k £1,148£1k
Indian Super League Gurpreet Singh Sandhu £3,200£3k £427£427
Eliteserien Ľubomír Belko £3,000£3k £1,145£1k
Scottish Championship Aston Oxborough £2,500£3k £787£787
A-League Filip Kurto £2,300£2k £1,190£1k
Veikkausliiga Matej Marković £1,900£2k £564£564
I-League Ryan Fulton £830£830 £191£191
Meistriliiga Marko Meerits £427£427 £160£160

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in the National League?

Ted Curd of Boreham Wood, on £6,600 a week in 2026/27, or £343,200 a year. Rory Mahady of Scunthorpe United is second on £2,700 a week.

How much do National League goalkeepers earn?

The average National League goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £932 a week, and the median one £780. Goalkeepers take 6% of what the National League pays its players of that age.

Which National League club pays its goalkeepers the most?

Boreham Wood, £6,600 a week across the 1 goalkeeper we hold a wage for, led by Ted Curd on £6,600.

Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in football?

Of the 42 men's leagues we rank goalkeepers in, the best-paid is Jan Oblak of Atlético Madrid in La Liga, on £308,000 a week. The best-paid in the National League ranks 33rd of the 42 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

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