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The astonishing weekly wages of the Championship's highest paid players and the Burnley, Sheffield United, Sunderland, Watford, Reading, Stoke City and Middlesbrough stars who make the rich list
The Premier League might be the recognised home of fame and fortune in England — with players pocketing tens, or even hundreds, of thousands of pounds per week to fund their uber-lavish lifestyles.
By Dan Black
1 hour ago
But it isn’t just the top flight where players can earn millions of pounds per year to fund a celebrity lifestyle filled with cars, houses and high-fashion clothing.
Data produced by specialists at Salary Sport [ https://salarysport.com/] suggest there are also plenty of Championship stars raking in seven-figure annual salaries.
Their website, if accurate, indicates that 81 players in the second tier are earning in excess of £1million, with many others earning just short of that milestone.
According to their calculations, the top 100 football players in the Championship earn a combined £2,673,000 per week and £138,996,000 per year.
Here are the top 25 highest earners in the division, according to Salary Sport, in ascending order.
*Some players featured on the Salary Sport database are on loan*
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Its beyond "astonishing" with some of these salaries enough to paper a whole house.
Not surprising - 7 Norwich players are in the highest earners - since they spent unsuccessfully to stay in the Premiership.
Parachute payments may cover the extortionate salaries for now, but teams like Norwich are never going to get back what they paid for players if they dont go back up. Ben Gibson is reportedly earning £2,236,000 per year and second top Championship earner is Zak Steffen on £80,000 per week - £4,160,000 per year!
Some surprises: Baba Rahman is earning £89,000 a week alongside Jeff Hendrick £50,000 week and Liam Moor £30,000 week - at Reading! A club reportedly sailing close to the wind when it comes to FFP?
Top Burnley scorer - Jay Rodrigues takes £33,000 a week and Dwight Gayle picks up a paltry £37,000 a week at Stoke! Thank goodness Wilder didnt get his way! At middling club Birmingham, Harley Dean pockets £1,664,000 a year.
Basically these Championship salaries are obscene and unsustainable.
Those clubs with parachute payments are clearly being handed a step up the ladder, meaning the likes of Boro, Blackburn, Sunderland and others vying for promotion, are starting a step behind.
One more point - Sheffield United appear to be stretching resources, considering they were relegated in 2021, so need to return to the Premiership asap if they are to retain the likes of Sander Berge [£33,000 week] and Rhian Brewster [£1,760,000 yr].
Lets not forget, there are other players on below £30,000 a year who arent in this list. How can clubs seriously sustain whopping salaries without eventually hitting a financial brick wall?
Heres the list:
Amad Diallo (Sunderland)
Weekly wage: £28,000. Annual salary: £1,456,000.Max Aarons (Norwich City)
Weekly wage: £29,000. Annual salary: £1,508,000.Okay Yokuslu (West Brom)
Weekly wage: £29,000. Annual salary: £1,508,000.Liam Moore (Reading)
Weekly wage: £30,000. Annual salary: £1,560,000.Ashley Barnes (Burnley)
Weekly wage: £31,000. Annual salary: £1,612,000.Gabriel Sara (Norwich City)
Weekly wage: £31,000. Annual salary: £1,612,000.Grant Hanley (Norwich City)
Weekly wage: £31,000. Annual salary: £1,612,000.Imran Louza (Watford)
Weekly wage: £31,000. Annual salary: £1,612,000.Harlee Dean (Birmingham City)
Weekly wage: £32,000. Annual salary: £1,664,000.Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City)
Weekly wage: £32,000. Annual salary: £1,664,000.Sander Berge (Sheffield United)
Weekly wage: £33,000. Annual salary: £1,716,000.Jay Rodriguez (Burnley)
Weekly wage: £33,000. Annual salary: £1,716,000.Rhian Brewster (Sheffield United)
Weekly wage: £34,000. Annual salary: £1,768,000.Dimitrios Pelkas (Hull City)
Weekly wage: £35,000. Annual salary: £1,820,000.Dwight Gayle (Stoke City)
Weekly wage: £37,000. Annual salary: £1,924,000.Ismaila Sarr (Watford)
Weekly wage: £40,000. Annual salary: £2,080,000.Isaac Hayden (Norwich City)
Weekly wage: £41,000. Annual salary: £2,132,000.Ciaran Clark (Sheffield United)
Weekly wage: £42,000. Annual salary: £2,184,000.Ben Gibson (Norwich City)
Weekly wage: £43,000. Annual salary: £2,236,000.Teemu Pukki (Norwich City)
Weekly wage: £47,000. Annual salary: £2,444,000.Jeff Hendrick (Reading)
Weekly wage: £50,000. Annual salary: £2,600,000.Kortney Hause (Watford)
Weekly wage: £50,000. Annual salary: £2,600,000.Hamza Choudhury (Watford)
Weekly wage: £61,000. Annual salary: £3,172,000.Zack Steffen (Middlesborough)
Weekly wage: £80,000. Annual salary: £4,160,000.* Whatever we pay him now (?) we do not know.
Some fans have suggested signing him.
For me - hes worth nowhere near that.
Cheerio
Baba Rahman (Reading)
Weekly wage: £89,000. Annual salary: £4,628,000.
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