CELTIC · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Celtic
Callum McGregor has earned £13m at Celtic across 10 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 13 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £214m
PLAYERS RANKED100
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB87
YEARS2014-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Celtic history
These 20 players took £106m between them, 50% of everything Celtic has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Celtic player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Celtic wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum McGregor Current squad | £13m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 2 | Scott Brown | £9.6m | 8 | 2014-2021 |
| 3 | James Forrest Current squad | £8.8m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 4 | Cameron Carter-Vickers Current squad | £8.2m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 5 | Mohamed Elyounoussi | £6.1m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 6 | Kieran Tierney Current squad | £6.0m | 5 | 2017-2026 |
| 7 | Tom Rogic | £4.8m | 8 | 2015-2022 |
| 8 | Tom Rogić | £4.8m | 8 | 2014-2021 |
| 9 | Anthony Ralston Current squad | £4.3m | 9 | 2017-2026 |
| 10 | Julián Araujo | £4.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 11 | Leigh Griffiths | £4.2m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 12 | Daizen Maeda | £4.2m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 13 | Nir Bitton | £3.8m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 14 | Fraser Forster | £3.7m | 1 | 2020 |
| 15 | Patrick Roberts | £3.7m | 3 | 2016-2018 |
| 16 | Reo Hatate | £3.6m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 17 | Alistair Johnston Current squad | £3.5m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 18 | Odsonne Édouard | £3.5m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 19 | Daniel Arzani | £3.3m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 20 | Jota (João Filipe) Current squad | £3.1m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 21 | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Current squad | £3.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 22 | Craig Gordon | £3.0m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 23 | Greg Taylor | £3.0m | 5 | 2020-2024 |
| 24 | Diego Laxalt | £3.0m | 1 | 2021 |
| 25 | Kyogo Furuhashi | £3.0m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 26 | Christopher Jullien | £2.9m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 27 | James McCarthy | £2.9m | 4 | 2022-2025 |
| 28 | Jozo Simunovic | £2.7m | 5 | 2016-2020 |
| 29 | Jeremy Toljan | £2.7m | 1 | 2019 |
| 30 | Tomas Cvancara | £2.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | Cristian Gamboa | £2.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 32 | Liel Abada | £2.6m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 33 | Charlie Mulgrew | £2.5m | 3 | 2014-2016 |
| 34 | Moussa Dembélé | £2.5m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 35 | Dedryck Boyata | £2.4m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 36 | Joe Hart | £2.3m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Kristoffer Ajer | £2.3m | 4 | 2018-2021 |
| 38 | Scott Bain | £2.3m | 7 | 2018-2024 |
| 39 | Shane Duffy | £2.2m | 1 | 2021 |
| 40 | Arne Engels | £2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Junior Adamu | £2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Kelechi Iheanacho | £2.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Olivier Ntcham | £2.2m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 44 | Ismaïla Soro | £2.1m | 4 | 2020-2023 |
| 45 | Matt O'Riley | £2.0m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 46 | David Turnbull | £1.9m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 47 | Carl Starfelt | £1.9m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 48 | Albian Ajeti | £1.8m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 49 | Filip Benkovic | £1.7m | 1 | 2019 |
| 50 | Benjamin Nygren Current squad | £1.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 51 | Paulo Bernardo | £1.5m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 52 | Mikey Johnston | £1.4m | 6 | 2017-2022 |
| 53 | Auston Trusty Current squad | £1.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 54 | Kasper Schmeichel | £1.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 55 | Alexandro Bernabéi | £1.3m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 56 | Jack Hendry | £1.3m | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 57 | Stephen Welsh | £1.2m | 8 | 2017-2024 |
| 58 | Ryan Christie | £1.2m | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 59 | Adam Idah | £1.2m | 1 | 2024 |
| 60 | Liam Scales Current squad | £1.1m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 61 | Michel-Ange Balikwisha | £1.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 62 | Mubarak Wakaso | £1.0m | 1 | 2015 |
| 63 | Efe Ambrose | £988k | 1 | 2017 |
| 64 | Moritz Bauer | £988k | 1 | 2020 |
| 65 | Vasilis Barkas | £936k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 66 | Stuart Armstrong | £915k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 67 | Charly Musonda | £884k | 1 | 2018 |
| 68 | Josip Juranović | £832k | 1 | 2022 |
| 69 | Luis Palma | £832k | 1 | 2024 |
| 70 | Boli Bolingoli | £780k | 1 | 2020 |
| 71 | Jonjoe Kenny | £780k | 1 | 2021 |
| 72 | Luca Connell | £780k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 73 | Erik Sviatchenko | £728k | 1 | 2017 |
| 74 | Hatem Abd Elhamed | £728k | 1 | 2020 |
| 75 | Luke McCowan Current squad | £728k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 76 | Marcelo Saracchi | £718k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 77 | Oh Hyeon-Gyu | £718k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 78 | Marian Shved | £666k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 79 | Maik Nawrocki | £624k | 1 | 2024 |
| 80 | Nicolas Kühn | £624k | 1 | 2024 |
| 81 | Oliver Burke | £624k | 1 | 2019 |
| 82 | Sead Hakšabanovic | £624k | 1 | 2023 |
| 83 | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | £624k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 84 | Patryk Klimala | £603k | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 85 | Timothy Weah | £468k | 1 | 2019 |
| 86 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | £426k | 1 | 2022 |
| 87 | Tomoki Iwata | £426k | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 88 | Jeremie Frimpong | £421k | 1 | 2020 |
| 89 | Lee O'Connor | £364k | 1 | 2020 |
| 90 | Darnell Fisher | £354k | 2 | 2014-2015 |
| 91 | Karamoko Dembélé | £343k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 92 | Jonathan Afolabi | £213k | 1 | 2022 |
| 93 | Liam Henderson | £156k | 1 | 2017 |
| 94 | Brody Paterson | £94k | 9 | 2018-2026 |
| 95 | Colby Donovan Current squad | £93k | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 96 | Ewan Otoo | £78k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 97 | Bosun Lawal | £67k | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 98 | Armstrong Oko-Flex | £5k | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 99 | Jack Aitchison | £3k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 100 | Leo Fuhr Hjelde | £2k | 1 | 2020 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Celtic?
Callum McGregor, with £13m across 10 seasons at Celtic.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 100 players we hold a Celtic wage for, from 2014 to 2026.