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?

£138,558 per week and £7,205,016 per year, which is 70% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

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

Livingston, with 19 of them, paying £26,268 a week across those players.

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

£720 per week — that is what Dylan Watret earns in 100th place.

Leon King leads on £8,000 per week. These 100 players take £138,558 a week between them - 70% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 237 of the 275 players in the Scottish Championship.

TOP 100 WEEKLY £139k

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL70%

MEDIAN AGE25

MOST IN THE LIST19 Livingston

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Where the top 100 play

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

Livingston 19 £26k Ross County 16 £22k Ayr United 13 £20k Dunfermline Athletic 14 £20k Raith Rovers 15 £16k Partick Thistle 9 £13k Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 £11k Greenock Morton 4 £6k 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 30 £51k

23-26 27 £31k

27-30 23 £32k

Over 30 20 £25k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 £8k #10 £3k #100 £720

Leon King earns 3.2× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 11× the 100th. Half of the £139k a week on this page goes to the first 27 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	Centre-back
02	Adam Montgomery	£5,500	£286,000	Livingston	Scotland	22	Left-back, left winger
03	Graeme Shinnie	£4,200	£218,400	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	33	Left-back, defensive midfielder
04	Kerr Smith	£4,000	£208,000	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scotland	20	Centre-back
05	Aaron Donnelly	£3,500	£182,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Northern Ireland	22	Centre-back
06	Jamie Lindsay	£3,100	£161,200	Ross County	Scotland	29	Defensive midfielder
07	Ben Summers	£2,500	£130,000	Ayr United	Scotland	21	Attacking midfielder
08	Aston Oxborough	£2,500	£130,000	Dunfermline Athletic	England	27	Goalkeeper
09	Bruce Anderson	£2,500	£130,000	Livingston	Scotland	26	Striker
10	Alex Samuel	£2,500	£130,000	Partick Thistle	Wales	29	Attacking midfielder, striker

11	Akil Wright	£2,500	£130,000	Ross County	England	29	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
12	Dean Cornelius	£2,400	£124,800	Ross County	Scotland	24	Defensive midfielder, central midfielder
13	Elyh Harrison	£2,300	£119,600	Greenock Morton	England	19	Goalkeeper
14	Ethan Ingram	£2,300	£119,600	Partick Thistle	England	22	Right-back
15	George Oakley	£2,200	£114,400	Raith Rovers	England	29	Striker
16	Luke Robinson	£2,000	£104,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	23	Centre-back
17	Liam Polworth	£2,000	£104,000	Livingston	Scotland	30	Attacking midfielder
18	Luke Armstrong	£2,000	£104,000	Raith Rovers	England	29	Striker
19	Olly Thomas	£1,800	£93,600	Dunfermline Athletic	England	20	Winger, striker
20	Oisin Smyth	£1,800	£93,600	Partick Thistle	Northern Ireland	25	Defensive midfielder
21	Sam Nicholson	£1,600	£83,200	Livingston	Scotland	30	Attacking midfielder, striker
22	Tony Watt	£1,600	£83,200	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	Attacking midfielder, striker
23	Trevor Carson	£1,600	£83,200	Ross County	Northern Ireland	37	Goalkeeper
24	Alfons Amade	£1,500	£78,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Mozambique	25	Right-back, defensive midfielder
25	Billy Mckay	£1,500	£78,000	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Northern Ireland	36	Striker
26	Ben McPherson	£1,500	£78,000	Partick Thistle	Scotland	21	Right-back
27	Brian Graham	£1,500	£78,000	Ross County	Scotland	37	Striker
28	Callumn Morrison	£1,400	£72,800	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	Right winger
29	Curtis Main	£1,400	£72,800	Greenock Morton	England	33	Striker
30	Christopher Cupps	£1,400	£72,800	Greenock Morton	United States	17	Centre-back
31	Cristian Montaño	£1,400	£72,800	Livingston	Colombia	33	Left-back, left winger
32	Calum Adamson	£1,400	£72,800	Raith Rovers	Scotland	17	Central midfielder
33	Connor Randall	£1,400	£72,800	Ross County	England	29	Right-back, defensive midfielder
34	Francis Turley	£1,300	£67,600	Ayr United	Northern Ireland	19	Defensive midfielder
35	Emmanuel Danso	£1,300	£67,600	Livingston	Ghana	24	Defensive midfielder
36	Graham Carey	£1,200	£62,400	Livingston	Ireland	36	Attacking midfielder
37	Joshua Zimmerman	£1,100	£57,200	Livingston	Curaçao	24	Winger
38	Jérôme Prior	£1,100	£57,200	Livingston	France	29	Goalkeeper
39	Jai Rowe	£1,100	£57,200	Raith Rovers	England	23	Right-back
40	James Scott	£1,100	£57,200	Ross County	Scotland	24	Right winger, striker

41	Jayden Carbon	£1,100	£57,200	Ross County	England	19	Winger
42	Josh Reid	£1,100	£57,200	Ross County	Scotland	23	Left-back
43	Anton Dowds	£1,050	£54,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	28	Striker
44	Aidan Nesbitt	£1,000	£52,000	Arbroath	Scotland	28	Attacking midfielder
45	Kevin Holt	£1,000	£52,000	Ayr United	Scotland	32	Centre-back
46	Aidan Fitzpatrick	£1,000	£52,000	Partick Thistle	Scotland	24	Right winger
47	Lewis Stevenson	£1,000	£52,000	Raith Rovers	Scotland	37	Left-back
48	Billy Terrell	£990	£51,480	Dunfermline Athletic	England	21	Goalkeeper
49	Bradley Foster	£990	£51,480	Ross County	England	23	Goalkeeper
50	Chris Kane	£980	£50,960	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	30	Striker
51	Cammy Kerr	£980	£50,960	Livingston	Scotland	29	Full-back
52	Connor McLennan	£980	£50,960	Livingston	Scotland	25	Attacking midfielder
53	Dylan Easton	£970	£50,440	Raith Rovers	Scotland	31	Attacking midfielder
54	Jamie Murphy	£960	£49,920	Ayr United	Scotland	35	Attacking midfielder
55	Jack Hamilton	£910	£47,320	Livingston	Scotland	31	Goalkeeper
56	Max Thompson	£900	£46,800	Ayr United	England	20	Goalkeeper
57	Marco Rus	£900	£46,800	Ayr United	Romania	22	Attacking midfielder
58	Zak Rudden	£900	£46,800	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	25	Striker
59	Kieran Phillips	£900	£46,800	Ross County	England	25	Attacking midfielder, striker
60	Kane Ritchie-Hosler	£900	£46,800	Stenhousemuir	England	22	Right wing-back, right winger
61	Brooklyn Kabongolo	£890	£46,280	Livingston	France	22	Centre-back
62	Lee Ashcroft	£890	£46,280	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	Centre-back
63	Callum Fordyce	£880	£45,760	Raith Rovers	Scotland	33	Centre-back
64	Miller Thomson	£880	£45,760	Ross County	Scotland	20	Right-back, right winger
65	Daniel O'Reilly	£870	£45,240	Partick Thistle	Ireland	30	Centre-back
66	Darragh O'Connor	£870	£45,240	Raith Rovers	Ireland	25	Centre-back
67	Andrew Winter	£850	£44,200	Arbroath	Scotland	23	Right winger, striker
68	Kyle Benedictus	£850	£44,200	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	33	Centre-back
69	Aidan Denholm	£850	£44,200	Livingston	Scotland	21	Attacking midfielder
70	George Finney	£840	£43,680	Ayr United	England	18	Right-back

71	Liam Dick	£840	£43,680	Ayr United	Scotland	29	Centre-back
72	Babacar Fati	£838	£43,576	Livingston	Guinea-Bissau	25	Left-back
73	Robbie Muirhead	£830	£43,160	Livingston	Scotland	29	Winger, striker
74	David Wotherspoon	£820	£42,640	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Canada	35	Attacking midfielder
75	Daniel Finlayson	£820	£42,640	Livingston	Northern Ireland	24	Centre-back
76	Ethan Walker	£810	£42,120	Ayr United	England	22	Attacking midfielder, striker
77	Josh Rae	£810	£42,120	Raith Rovers	Scotland	24	Goalkeeper
78	Jack Baird	£810	£42,120	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	Centre-back
79	Jack Turner	£810	£42,120	Ross County	England	22	Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
80	Oli Shaw	£800	£41,600	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	27	Left winger, striker
81	Aidan Connolly	£800	£41,600	Queen's Park	Scotland	29	Winger
82	Paul Hanlon	£800	£41,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	35	Centre-back
83	Paul McMullan	£800	£41,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	Attacking midfielder, striker
84	Kyle Turner	£800	£41,600	Raith Rovers	Scotland	27	Attacking midfielder
85	Lewis Jamieson	£790	£41,080	Ross County	Scotland	23	Striker
86	Charlie Gilmour	£780	£40,560	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	26	Defensive midfielder
87	Charlie Fox	£780	£40,560	Queen's Park	England	26	Centre-back
88	Nick McAllister	£770	£40,040	Ayr United	Scotland	24	Centre-back
89	Dylan Lobban	£770	£40,040	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	Right-back, central midfielder
90	James Storer	£760	£39,520	Greenock Morton	England	20	Goalkeeper
91	Andrew Tod	£750	£39,000	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	19	Attacking midfielder, striker
92	Lawal Samson	£740	£38,480	Livingston	Nigeria	21	Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
93	Lewis Vaughan	£740	£38,480	Raith Rovers	Scotland	29	Left winger, striker
94	Len O'Sullivan	£740	£38,480	Ross County	Ireland	21	Left-back
95	Mark McKenzie	£730	£37,960	Ayr United	Scotland	24	Attacking midfielder, striker
96	Mitchell Robertson	£730	£37,960	Livingston	Scotland	20	Centre-back
97	Robbie Crawford	£730	£37,960	Partick Thistle	Scotland	31	Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
98	Ricki Lamie	£730	£37,960	Queen's Park	Scotland	32	Centre-back
99	Chris Hamilton	£730	£37,960	Ross County	Scotland	24	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
100	Dylan Watret	£720	£37,440	Ayr United	Scotland	18	Right-back

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?

£138,558 per week and £7,205,016 per year, which is 70% of the entire Scottish Championship wage bill.

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

Livingston, with 19 of them, paying £26,268 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

£720 per week — that is what Dylan Watret earns in 100th place.

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