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SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Scottish Premiership attackers

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is the best-paid attacker in the Scottish Premiership, on £43,000 a week at Celtic, or £2,236,000 a year. Dan Neil is next on £31,000 at Rangers. We hold wages for 147 Scottish Premiership attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £43k
AVERAGE WAGE £5,076
SHARE OF WAGE BILL32%
TOP 10 A WEEK £231k
WAGES HELD147

The 50 best-paid Scottish Premiership 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 Premiership in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £2,236,000£2.2m Celtic 31 Attacking midfielder England
2 Dan Neil £31,000£31k £1,612,000£1.6m Rangers 23 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder England
3 Bojan Miovski £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m Rangers 26 Striker North Macedonia
4 Rabbi Matondo £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m Rangers 24 Winger Wales
5 Youssef Chermiti £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m Rangers 21 Striker Portugal
6 James Forrest £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Celtic 34 Winger Scotland
7 Djeidi Gassama £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Rangers 21 Winger, striker Mauritania
8 Jota (João Filipe) £18,000£18k £936,000£936k Celtic 26 Winger Portugal
9 Óscar Cortés £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Rangers 21 Attacking midfielder Colombia
10 José Cifuentes £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Rangers 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Ecuador
11 Ryan Don Naderi £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Rangers 22 Attacking midfielder, striker Germany
12 Benjamin Nygren £14,000£14k £728,000£728k Celtic 24 Attacking midfielder Sweden
13 Thelo Aasgaard £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Rangers 23 Attacking midfielder Norway
14 Connor Ronan £8,400£8k £436,800£437k Aberdeen 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Ireland
15 Sebastian Tounekti £8,000£8k £416,000£416k Celtic 23 Winger Tunisia
16 Daisuke Yokota £7,400£7k £384,800£385k Rangers 25 Attacking midfielder Japan
17 Lawrence Shankland £7,000£7k £364,000£364k Rangers 29 Attacking midfielder, striker Scotland
18 Jamie McGrath £6,100£6k £317,200£317k Hibernian 28 Attacking midfielder Ireland
19 Lyall Cameron £6,000£6k £312,000£312k Dundee United 22 Attacking midfielder Scotland
20 Bradley Fink £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Dundee 22 Striker Switzerland
21 Bobby Wales £5,500£6k £286,000£286k Dundee 20 Winger, striker Scotland
22 Callum Wright £5,400£5k £280,800£281k Hibernian 25 Attacking midfielder England
23 Yang Hyunjun £5,300£5k £275,600£276k Celtic 23 Winger South Korea
24 Luke McCowan £5,000£5k £260,000£260k Celtic 27 Attacking midfielder Scotland
25 Martin Boyle £4,900£5k £254,800£255k Hibernian 32 Right winger, striker Australia
26 Odin Thiago Holm £4,800£5k £249,600£250k Celtic 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Norway
27 Stuart Armstrong £4,600£5k £239,200£239k Aberdeen 33 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Scotland
28 Toyosi Olusanya £4,600£5k £239,200£239k Aberdeen 27 Right winger, striker England
29 Adam Mayor £4,500£5k £234,000£234k Hibernian 21 Left-back, winger England
30 Alex Lowry £4,500£5k £234,000£234k Motherwell 22 Attacking midfielder Scotland
31 Emmanuel Gyamfi £4,300£4k £223,600£224k Aberdeen 20 Left-back, left winger Germany
32 Haissem Hassan £4,200£4k £218,400£218k Celtic 23 Winger France
33 Kusini Yengi £4,000£4k £208,000£208k Aberdeen 26 Striker Australia
34 Kevin Nisbet £4,000£4k £208,000£208k Aberdeen 28 Striker Scotland
35 Mika Baur £3,900£4k £202,800£203k Celtic 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Germany
36 Nikolas Agrafiotis £3,900£4k £202,800£203k St Mirren 25 Striker Serbia
37 Ruari Paton £3,700£4k £192,400£192k St Johnstone 24 Right winger, striker Ireland
38 Thibaut Klidje £3,600£4k £187,200£187k Hibernian 24 Striker Togo
39 Azeem Abdulai £3,500£4k £182,000£182k Hibernian 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Scotland
40 Chris Cadden £3,400£3k £176,800£177k Aberdeen 28 Right-back, attacking midfielder Scotland
41 Callum Osmand £3,400£3k £176,800£177k Celtic 19 Winger, striker England
42 Ethan Hamilton £3,300£3k £171,600£172k Dundee 26 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Scotland
43 Erik Ring £3,300£3k £171,600£172k Kilmarnock 23 Winger Sweden
44 Jordan Obita £3,100£3k £161,200£161k Hibernian 31 Left-back, left winger Uganda
45 Joe Hugill £3,100£3k £161,200£161k Kilmarnock 21 Striker England
46 Jake Young £3,100£3k £161,200£161k St Mirren 23 Attacking midfielder, striker England
47 Luke Thomas £3,000£3k £156,000£156k St Mirren 26 Attacking midfielder England
48 Mehdi Merghem £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Dundee United 27 Attacking midfielder Algeria
49 Nathan Lowe £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Hibernian 19 Striker England
50 Nicky Cleșcenco £2,900£3k £150,800£151k Kilmarnock 23 Attacking midfielder Moldova

What each position earns in the Scottish Premiership

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

Goalkeepers £7,256 Defenders £5,860 Midfielders £5,790 Attackers £5,076

Attackers take 32% of what the Scottish Premiership 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 Premiership club, added together, a week

Rangers £197k Celtic £132k Hibernian £42k Aberdeen £38k Dundee £33k St Mirren £23k Motherwell £22k Dundee United £15k Kilmarnock £15k St Johnstone £11k

Rangers pay 13 attackers £196,700 a week between them, and Dan Neil takes 16% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Scottish Premiership club

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

Each Scottish Premiership 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
Celtic Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k 1
Rangers Dan Neil £31,000£31k 2
Aberdeen Connor Ronan £8,400£8k 14
Hibernian Jamie McGrath £6,100£6k 18
Dundee United Lyall Cameron £6,000£6k 19
Dundee Bradley Fink £5,500£6k 20
Motherwell Alex Lowry £4,500£5k 30
St Mirren Nikolas Agrafiotis £3,900£4k 36
St Johnstone Ruari Paton £3,700£4k 37
Kilmarnock Erik Ring £3,300£3k 43
Falkirk Ben Broggio £2,500£3k 55
Heart Of Midlothian Yan Dhanda £2,300£2k 62

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Scottish Premiership ranks 26th.

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 Premiership?

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Celtic, on £43,000 a week in 2026/27, or £2,236,000 a year. Dan Neil of Rangers is second on £31,000 a week.

How much do Scottish Premiership attackers earn?

The average Scottish Premiership attacker aged 22 or over earns £5,076 a week, and the median one £2,500. Attackers take 32% of what the Scottish Premiership pays its players of that age.

Which Scottish Premiership club pays its attackers the most?

Rangers, £196,700 a week across the 13 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Dan Neil on £31,000.

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 Premiership ranks 26th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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