Highest paid players from Northern Ireland
Conor Bradley is the best paid player from Northern Ireland at £120,000 a week. We hold a wage for 124 of the 125 players in the squads we track who give Northern Ireland, and they earn £562,808 a week between them, across 9 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Northern Ireland
The eleven highest-paid players from Northern Ireland that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Bailey Peacock-Farrell £8,500 Blackpool
- D Conor Bradley £120,000 Liverpool
- D Daniel Ballard £52,000 Sunderland
- D Trai Hume £44,000 Sunderland
- D Justin Devenny £20,000 Crystal Palace
- M Shea Charles £19,000 Fulham
- M George Saville £13,000 Luton Town
- M Ali McCann £13,000 Preston North End
- A Isaac Price £13,000 West Bromwich Albion
- A Callum Marshall £12,000 Luton Town
- A Dion Charles £12,000 Blackpool
Combined £326,500 per week · £16,978,000 per year
Highest paid from Northern Ireland
Top 50 by weekly wage — 91% of every Northern Ireland wage we hold. Sortable.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | CLUB | LEAGUE | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Conor Bradley | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | Liverpool | Premier League | 22 | D/WB R |
| 02 | Daniel Ballard | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | Sunderland | Premier League | 25 | D C |
| 03 | Trai Hume | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | Sunderland | Premier League | 23 | D/WB RL, M C |
| 04 | Justin Devenny | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 21 | WB L, DM, AM LC |
| 05 | Shea Charles | £19,000 | £988,000 | Fulham | Premier League | 21 | D C, DM |
| 06 | Ali McCann | £13,000 | £676,000 | Preston North End | Championship | 25 | DM |
| 07 | Isaac Price | £13,000 | £676,000 | West Bromwich Albion | Championship | 21 | AM C |
| 08 | George Saville | £13,000 | £676,000 | Luton Town | League One | 32 | DM |
| 09 | Dion Charles | £12,000 | £624,000 | Blackpool | League One | 29 | ST |
| 10 | Callum Marshall | £12,000 | £624,000 | Luton Town | League One | 20 | AM RLC, F C |
| 11 | Paddy McNair | £12,000 | £624,000 | Hull City | Premier League | 30 | D C, DM |
| 12 | Ciaron Brown | £9,400 | £488,800 | Oxford United | League One | 27 | D LC |
| 13 | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | £8,500 | £442,000 | Blackpool | League One | 28 | GK |
| 14 | Brodie Spencer | £8,500 | £442,000 | Oxford United | League One | 21 | D RLC |
| 15 | Dale Taylor | £8,400 | £436,800 | Blackpool | League One | 21 | AM/F C |
| 16 | Ethan Galbraith | £8,300 | £431,600 | Stoke City | Championship | 24 | D R, DM, AM C |
| 17 | Jamie McDonnell | £8,100 | £421,200 | Oxford United | League One | 21 | DM |
| 18 | Oliver Norwood | £7,800 | £405,600 | Stockport County | League One | 34 | DM |
| 19 | Paddy Lane | £6,800 | £353,600 | Reading | League One | 24 | AM RLC |
| 20 | Caolan Boyd-Munce | £6,400 | £332,800 | Wycombe Wanderers | League One | 25 | DM |
| 21 | Eoin Toal | £6,300 | £327,600 | Bolton Wanderers | Championship | 26 | D C |
| 22 | Jordan Thompson | £6,100 | £317,200 | Preston North End | Championship | 28 | WB L, M LC |
| 23 | Terry Devlin | £5,600 | £291,200 | Portsmouth | Championship | 21 | D/WB R, DM |
| 24 | Callum Camps | £5,400 | £280,800 | Stockport County | League One | 29 | DM, AM C |
| 25 | Luke Southwood | £5,000 | £260,000 | Blackpool | League One | 27 | GK |
| 26 | Paul Smyth | £4,800 | £249,600 | Queens Park Rangers | Championship | 27 | AM RL |
| 27 | Ruairi McConville | £4,700 | £244,400 | Norwich City | Championship | 20 | D C |
| 28 | Cameron McGeehan | £4,400 | £228,800 | Barnsley | League One | 30 | DM, AM C |
| 29 | Carl Johnston | £4,400 | £228,800 | Peterborough United | League One | 23 | D/WB R |
| 30 | Conor Hazard | £4,400 | £228,800 | Wycombe Wanderers | League One | 27 | GK |
| 31 | George Feeney | £4,200 | £218,400 | Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League | 17 | DM, AM/F C |
| 32 | Jamie Reid | £4,100 | £213,200 | Stevenage | League One | 30 | ST |
| 33 | Lee Bonis | £4,000 | £208,000 | Chesterfield | League Two | 25 | ST |
| 34 | Makenzie Kirk | £3,900 | £202,800 | Barnsley | League One | 21 | AM RL, ST |
| 35 | Patrick Kelly | £3,800 | £197,600 | Barnsley | League One | 20 | DM, AM C |
| 36 | Ronan Hale | £3,700 | £192,400 | Gillingham | League Two | 26 | AM L, ST |
| 37 | Aaron Donnelly | £3,500 | £182,000 | Dunfermline Athletic | Scottish Championship | 22 | D LC |
| 38 | Chris Conn-Clarke | £3,400 | £176,800 | Peterborough United | League One | 23 | AM RLC |
| 39 | Christy Pym | £3,400 | £176,800 | Grimsby Town | League Two | 30 | GK |
| 40 | Cole Brannigan | £3,400 | £176,800 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 18 | AM RLC |
| 41 | JJ McKiernan | £3,100 | £161,200 | Burton Albion | League One | 23 | DM, AM C |
| 42 | Josh Magennis | £3,100 | £161,200 | Stevenage | League One | 34 | ST |
| 43 | Shayne Lavery | £2,600 | £135,200 | Cambridge United | League One | 26 | AM L, ST |
| 44 | Brad Lyons | £2,500 | £130,000 | Aberdeen | Scottish Premiership | 28 | DM |
| 45 | Charlie McCann | £2,400 | £124,800 | Cheltenham Town | League Two | 23 | DM |
| 46 | Will Grigg | £2,400 | £124,800 | Chesterfield | League Two | 34 | ST |
| 47 | Josh Kelly | £2,100 | £109,200 | Woking | National League | 26 | AM/F C |
| 48 | Kofi Balmer | £2,000 | £104,000 | Bristol Rovers | League Two | 24 | D RC |
| 49 | Oisin Smyth | £1,800 | £93,600 | Partick Thistle | Scottish Championship | 25 | DM |
| 50 | Ryan Johnson | £1,700 | £88,400 | AFC Wimbledon | League One | 28 | D C |
Where Northern Ireland players play
Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them
What each position earns
Average weekly wage, and share of the Northern Ireland wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for
Peak earning years
Average weekly wage by age band
Clubs with the most Northern Ireland players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Northern Ireland
Who is the highest paid footballer from Northern Ireland?
Conor Bradley of Liverpool is the highest paid player from Northern Ireland in our data, on £120,000 per week (£6,240,000 per year).
How much do players from Northern Ireland earn?
The 48 players from Northern Ireland aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for earn £8,579 per week on average. The median is £3,600 — lower, because a small number of very large contracts pull the average up. Squad lists here run down to academy age, so the average is taken over senior players only.
Which league has the most players from Northern Ireland?
The Premier League has the most, with 34 players from Northern Ireland on wages we hold, ahead of League One on 30.
How many players from Northern Ireland do you cover?
125 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Northern Ireland, and we hold a weekly wage for 124 of them (99%). Figures are club wages — this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Northern Ireland?
Nottingham Forest, with 6 players from Northern Ireland in its current squad.
Every player from Northern Ireland
65 with a page of their own, A-Z — including players we hold no current club for