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SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Scottish Championship attackers

Adam Montgomery is the best-paid attacker in the Scottish Championship, on £5,500 a week at Livingston, or £286,000 a year. Ben Summers is next on £2,500 at Ayr United. We hold wages for 99 Scottish Championship attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £6k
AVERAGE WAGE £928
SHARE OF WAGE BILL43%
TOP 10 A WEEK £24k
WAGES HELD99

The 50 best-paid Scottish Championship attackers

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 attackers in the Scottish Championship in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Livingston 22 Left-back, left winger Scotland
2 Ben Summers £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Ayr United 21 Attacking midfielder Scotland
3 Bruce Anderson £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Livingston 26 Striker Scotland
4 Alex Samuel £2,500£3k £130,000£130k Partick Thistle 29 Attacking midfielder, striker Wales
5 George Oakley £2,200£2k £114,400£114k Raith Rovers 29 Striker England
6 Liam Polworth £2,000£2k £104,000£104k Livingston 30 Attacking midfielder Scotland
7 Luke Armstrong £2,000£2k £104,000£104k Raith Rovers 29 Striker England
8 Olly Thomas £1,800£2k £93,600£94k Dunfermline Athletic 20 Winger, striker England
9 Sam Nicholson £1,600£2k £83,200£83k Livingston 30 Attacking midfielder, striker Scotland
10 Tony Watt £1,600£2k £83,200£83k Partick Thistle 31 Attacking midfielder, striker Scotland
11 Billy Mckay £1,500£2k £78,000£78k Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 Striker Northern Ireland
12 Brian Graham £1,500£2k £78,000£78k Ross County 37 Striker Scotland
13 Callumn Morrison £1,400£1k £72,800£73k Dunfermline Athletic 26 Right winger Scotland
14 Curtis Main £1,400£1k £72,800£73k Greenock Morton 33 Striker England
15 Cristian Montaño £1,400£1k £72,800£73k Livingston 33 Left-back, left winger Colombia
16 Graham Carey £1,200£1k £62,400£62k Livingston 36 Attacking midfielder Ireland
17 Joshua Zimmerman £1,100£1k £57,200£57k Livingston 24 Winger Curaçao
18 James Scott £1,100£1k £57,200£57k Ross County 24 Right winger, striker Scotland
19 Jayden Carbon £1,100£1k £57,200£57k Ross County 19 Winger England
20 Anton Dowds £1,050£1k £54,600£55k Raith Rovers 28 Striker Scotland
21 Aidan Nesbitt £1,000£1k £52,000£52k Arbroath 28 Attacking midfielder Scotland
22 Aidan Fitzpatrick £1,000£1k £52,000£52k Partick Thistle 24 Right winger Scotland
23 Chris Kane £980£980 £50,960£51k Dunfermline Athletic 30 Striker Scotland
24 Connor McLennan £980£980 £50,960£51k Livingston 25 Attacking midfielder Scotland
25 Dylan Easton £970£970 £50,440£50k Raith Rovers 31 Attacking midfielder Scotland
26 Jamie Murphy £960£960 £49,920£50k Ayr United 35 Attacking midfielder Scotland
27 Marco Rus £900£900 £46,800£47k Ayr United 22 Attacking midfielder Romania
28 Zak Rudden £900£900 £46,800£47k Dunfermline Athletic 25 Striker Scotland
29 Kieran Phillips £900£900 £46,800£47k Ross County 25 Attacking midfielder, striker England
30 Kane Ritchie-Hosler £900£900 £46,800£47k Stenhousemuir 22 Right wing-back, right winger England
31 Miller Thomson £880£880 £45,760£46k Ross County 20 Right-back, right winger Scotland
32 Andrew Winter £850£850 £44,200£44k Arbroath 23 Right winger, striker Scotland
33 Aidan Denholm £850£850 £44,200£44k Livingston 21 Attacking midfielder Scotland
34 Robbie Muirhead £830£830 £43,160£43k Livingston 29 Winger, striker Scotland
35 David Wotherspoon £820£820 £42,640£43k Inverness Caledonian Thistle 35 Attacking midfielder Canada
36 Ethan Walker £810£810 £42,120£42k Ayr United 22 Attacking midfielder, striker England
37 Jack Turner £810£810 £42,120£42k Ross County 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
38 Oli Shaw £800£800 £41,600£42k Dunfermline Athletic 27 Left winger, striker Scotland
39 Aidan Connolly £800£800 £41,600£42k Queen's Park 29 Winger Scotland
40 Paul McMullan £800£800 £41,600£42k Raith Rovers 29 Attacking midfielder, striker Scotland
41 Kyle Turner £800£800 £41,600£42k Raith Rovers 27 Attacking midfielder Scotland
42 Lewis Jamieson £790£790 £41,080£41k Ross County 23 Striker Scotland
43 Andrew Tod £750£750 £39,000£39k Dunfermline Athletic 19 Attacking midfielder, striker Scotland
44 Lawal Samson £740£740 £38,480£38k Livingston 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Nigeria
45 Lewis Vaughan £740£740 £38,480£38k Raith Rovers 29 Left winger, striker Scotland
46 Mark McKenzie £730£730 £37,960£38k Ayr United 24 Attacking midfielder, striker Scotland
47 Robbie Crawford £730£730 £37,960£38k Partick Thistle 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Scotland
48 Jake Hastie £710£710 £36,920£37k Ayr United 26 Winger Scotland
49 Robbie Fraser £700£700 £36,400£36k Dunfermline Athletic 22 Left-back, left winger Scotland
50 Ryan Duncan £700£700 £36,400£36k Inverness Caledonian Thistle 21 Attacking midfielder Scotland

What each position earns in the Scottish Championship

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

Goalkeepers £787 Defenders £952 Midfielders £907 Attackers £928

Attackers take 43% of what the Scottish Championship 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 attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Scottish Championship club, added together, a week

Livingston £21k Dunfermline Athletic £10k Raith Rovers £9,660 Ayr United £8,135 Ross County £8,090 Inverness Caledonian Thistle £7,900 Partick Thistle £7,130 Greenock Morton £4,750 Arbroath £3,315 Stenhousemuir £2,710

Livingston pay 14 attackers £20,500 a week between them, and Adam Montgomery takes 27% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Scottish Championship club

11 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Scottish Championship club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Livingston Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k 1
Ayr United Ben Summers £2,500£3k 2
Partick Thistle Alex Samuel £2,500£3k 4
Raith Rovers George Oakley £2,200£2k 5
Dunfermline Athletic Olly Thomas £1,800£2k 8
Ross County Brian Graham £1,500£2k 12
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Billy Mckay £1,500£2k 11
Greenock Morton Curtis Main £1,400£1k 14
Arbroath Aidan Nesbitt £1,000£1k 21
Stenhousemuir Kane Ritchie-Hosler £900£900 30
Queen's Park Aidan Connolly £800£800 39

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Scottish Championship ranks 39th.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in the Scottish Championship?

Adam Montgomery of Livingston, on £5,500 a week in 2026/27, or £286,000 a year. Ben Summers of Ayr United is second on £2,500 a week.

How much do Scottish Championship attackers earn?

The average Scottish Championship attacker aged 22 or over earns £928 a week, and the median one £765. Attackers take 43% of what the Scottish Championship pays its players of that age.

Which Scottish Championship club pays its attackers the most?

Livingston, £20,500 a week across the 14 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Adam Montgomery on £5,500.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the Scottish Championship ranks 39th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

Where to next

The same Scottish Championship squads, cut a different way

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