SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP · TOP 100

Highest paid Scottish Championship players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in the Scottish Championship?

Leon King of Ayr United, on £8,000 per week — £416,000 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 Scottish Championship players earn between them?

£135,768 per week and £7,059,936 per year, which is 67% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

Q: Which Scottish Championship club has the most players in the top 100?

Ross County, with 19 of them, paying £26,460 a week across those players.

Q: What does it take to make the top 100?

£730 per week — that is what Ricki Lamie earns in 100th place.

Leon King leads on £8,000 per week. These 100 players take £135,768 a week between them - 67% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 250 of the 289 players in the Scottish Championship.

TOP 100 WEEKLY £136k

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL67%

MEDIAN AGE26

MOST IN THE LIST19 Ross County

Scottish Championship league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Ross County 19 £26k Livingston 18 £21k Ayr United 13 £20k Dunfermline Athletic 14 £20k Raith Rovers 14 £15k Partick Thistle 9 £13k Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 £11k Greenock Morton 3 £4k Queen's Park 3 £2k Arbroath 2 £2k Stenhousemuir 1 £900

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 27 £44k

23-26 27 £31k

27-30 25 £35k

Over 30 21 £26k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 £8k #10 £3k #100 £730

Leon King earns 3.2× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 11× the 100th. Half of the £136k a week on this page goes to the first 28 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Leon King	£8,000	£416,000	Ayr United	Scotland	21	D RC
02	Graeme Shinnie	£4,200	£218,400	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	33	D L, DM
03	Kerr Smith	£4,000	£208,000	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	20	D RC
04	Aaron Donnelly	£3,500	£182,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Northern Ireland	22	D LC
05	Jamie Lindsay	£3,100	£161,200	Ross County	Scotland	29	DM
06	Ben Summers	£2,500	£130,000	Ayr United	Scotland	21	AM C
07	Aston Oxborough	£2,500	£130,000	Dunfermline Athletic	England	27	GK
08	Bruce Anderson	£2,500	£130,000	Livingston	Scotland	26	ST
09	Alex Samuel	£2,500	£130,000	Partick Thistle	Wales	29	AM/F C
10	Akil Wright	£2,500	£130,000	Ross County	England	29	D RC, DM

11	Dean Cornelius	£2,400	£124,800	Ross County	Scotland	24	DM, M RC
12	Elyh Harrison	£2,300	£119,600	Greenock Morton	England	19	GK
13	Ethan Ingram	£2,300	£119,600	Partick Thistle	England	22	D/WB R
14	George Oakley	£2,200	£114,400	Raith Rovers	England	29	ST
15	Luke Robinson	£2,000	£104,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	23	D LC
16	Liam Polworth	£2,000	£104,000	Livingston	Scotland	30	AM C
17	Luke Armstrong	£2,000	£104,000	Raith Rovers	England	29	ST
18	Olly Thomas	£1,800	£93,600	Dunfermline Athletic	England	20	AM RL, ST
19	Oisin Smyth	£1,800	£93,600	Partick Thistle	Northern Ireland	25	DM
20	Sam Nicholson	£1,600	£83,200	Livingston	Scotland	30	AM RLC, F C
21	Tony Watt	£1,600	£83,200	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	AM LC, F C
22	Trevor Carson	£1,600	£83,200	Ross County	Northern Ireland	37	GK
23	Alfons Amade	£1,500	£78,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Mozambique	25	D/WB R, DM
24	Billy Mckay	£1,500	£78,000	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Northern Ireland	36	ST
25	Ben McPherson	£1,500	£78,000	Partick Thistle	Scotland	21	D/WB R
26	Alex Iacovitti	£1,500	£78,000	Ross County	Scotland	27	D C
27	Uche Ikpeazu	£1,500	£78,000	Ross County	Uganda	30	ST
28	Ben Crompton	£1,500	£78,000	Ross County	England	21	D RC
29	Callumn Morrison	£1,400	£72,800	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	AM R
30	Curtis Main	£1,400	£72,800	Greenock Morton	England	33	ST
31	Cristian Montaño	£1,400	£72,800	Livingston	Colombia	33	D/AM L
32	Calum Adamson	£1,400	£72,800	Raith Rovers	Scotland	17	M C
33	Declan Gallagher	£1,400	£72,800	Ross County	Scotland	34	D C
34	Connor Randall	£1,400	£72,800	Ross County	England	29	D/WB R, DM
35	Francis Turley	£1,300	£67,600	Ayr United	Northern Ireland	19	DM
36	Emmanuel Danso	£1,300	£67,600	Livingston	Ghana	24	DM
37	Graham Carey	£1,200	£62,400	Livingston	Ireland	36	AM LC
38	Jérôme Prior	£1,100	£57,200	Livingston	France	29	GK
39	Joshua Zimmerman	£1,100	£57,200	Livingston	Curaçao	24	AM RL
40	Jai Rowe	£1,100	£57,200	Raith Rovers	England	23	D/WB R

41	Jordan White	£1,100	£57,200	Ross County	Scotland	33	AM/F C
42	James Scott	£1,100	£57,200	Ross County	Scotland	24	AM R, ST
43	Josh Reid	£1,100	£57,200	Ross County	Scotland	23	D/WB L
44	Jayden Carbon	£1,100	£57,200	Ross County	England	19	AM RL
45	Anton Dowds	£1,050	£54,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	28	ST
46	Aidan Nesbitt	£1,000	£52,000	Arbroath	Scotland	28	AM C
47	Kevin Holt	£1,000	£52,000	Ayr United	Scotland	32	D C
48	Aidan Fitzpatrick	£1,000	£52,000	Partick Thistle	Scotland	24	AM R
49	Lewis Stevenson	£1,000	£52,000	Raith Rovers	Scotland	37	D/WB L
50	Billy Terrell	£990	£51,480	Dunfermline Athletic	England	21	GK
51	Bradley Foster	£990	£51,480	Ross County	England	23	GK
52	Chris Kane	£980	£50,960	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	30	ST
53	Cammy Kerr	£980	£50,960	Livingston	Scotland	29	D/WB RL
54	Connor McLennan	£980	£50,960	Livingston	Scotland	25	AM RLC
55	Dylan Easton	£970	£50,440	Raith Rovers	Scotland	31	AM LC
56	Jamie Murphy	£960	£49,920	Ayr United	Scotland	35	AM LC
57	Jack Hamilton	£910	£47,320	Livingston	Scotland	31	GK
58	Marco Rus	£900	£46,800	Ayr United	Romania	22	AM C
59	Max Thompson	£900	£46,800	Ayr United	England	20	GK
60	Zak Rudden	£900	£46,800	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	25	ST
61	Kieran Phillips	£900	£46,800	Ross County	England	25	AM/F C
62	Kane Ritchie-Hosler	£900	£46,800	Stenhousemuir	England	22	WB/AM R
63	Brooklyn Kabongolo	£890	£46,280	Livingston	France	22	D C
64	Lee Ashcroft	£890	£46,280	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	D C
65	Callum Fordyce	£880	£45,760	Raith Rovers	Scotland	33	D RC
66	Miller Thomson	£880	£45,760	Ross County	Scotland	20	D/WB/AM R
67	Daniel O'Reilly	£870	£45,240	Partick Thistle	Ireland	30	D C
68	Darragh O'Connor	£870	£45,240	Raith Rovers	Ireland	25	D C
69	Jay Henderson	£860	£44,720	Ross County	Scotland	23	AM R, ST
70	Andrew Winter	£850	£44,200	Arbroath	Scotland	23	AM R, ST

71	Kyle Benedictus	£850	£44,200	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	33	D C
72	Aidan Denholm	£850	£44,200	Livingston	Scotland	21	AM LC
73	Liam Dick	£840	£43,680	Ayr United	Scotland	29	D LC
74	George Finney	£840	£43,680	Ayr United	England	18	D/WB R
75	Babacar Fati	£838	£43,576	Livingston	Guinea-Bissau	25	D/WB L
76	Robbie Muirhead	£830	£43,160	Livingston	Scotland	29	AM RL, ST
77	Shaun Want	£820	£42,640	Ayr United	Scotland	28	D RC
78	David Wotherspoon	£820	£42,640	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Canada	35	AM LC
79	Daniel Finlayson	£820	£42,640	Livingston	Northern Ireland	24	D RC
80	Ethan Walker	£810	£42,120	Ayr United	England	22	AM RLC, F C
81	Josh Rae	£810	£42,120	Raith Rovers	Scotland	24	GK
82	Oli Shaw	£800	£41,600	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	27	AM L, ST
83	Aidan Connolly	£800	£41,600	Queen's Park	Scotland	29	AM RL
84	Paul McMullan	£800	£41,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	AM RC, F C
85	Kyle Turner	£800	£41,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	27	AM C
86	Paul Hanlon	£800	£41,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	35	D C
87	Lewis Jamieson	£790	£41,080	Ross County	Scotland	23	ST
88	Charlie Gilmour	£780	£40,560	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	DM
89	Charlie Fox	£780	£40,560	Queen's Park	England	26	D C
90	Nick McAllister	£770	£40,040	Ayr United	Scotland	24	D RC
91	Dylan Lobban	£770	£40,040	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	D/WB R, M C
92	James Storer	£760	£39,520	Greenock Morton	England	20	GK
93	Andrew Tod	£750	£39,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	AM RLC, F C
94	Lawal Samson	£740	£38,480	Livingston	Nigeria	21	DM, AM C
95	Lewis Vaughan	£740	£38,480	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	AM L, ST
96	Len O'Sullivan	£740	£38,480	Ross County	Ireland	21	D/WB L
97	Mark McKenzie	£730	£37,960	Ayr United	Scotland	24	AM RLC, ST
98	Mitchell Robertson	£730	£37,960	Livingston	Scotland	20	D LC
99	Robbie Crawford	£730	£37,960	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	DM, AM C
100	Ricki Lamie	£730	£37,960	Queen's Park	Scotland	32	D C

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in the Scottish Championship?

Leon King of Ayr United, on £8,000 per week — £416,000 a year.

How much do the top 100 Scottish Championship players earn between them?

£135,768 per week and £7,059,936 per year, which is 67% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

Which Scottish Championship club has the most players in the top 100?

Ross County, with 19 of them, paying £26,460 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

£730 per week — that is what Ricki Lamie earns in 100th place.