Salary Sport’s 2026/27 table lists Sheffield United’s Kalvin Phillips as the Championship’s highest-paid club player, at an estimated £165,000 per week. Portsmouth’s John Swift is the lowest-listed club leader, at £15,000 per week. These are tracked wage figures, not club-confirmed contract disclosures.
Highest-paid player at each Championship club
The ranking below follows Salary Sport’s listed weekly wages for its 24 tracked Championship clubs. The figures are estimates recorded by the site; they have not been independently verified as the players’ contractual pay.
| Rank | Club | Listed highest-paid player | Reported weekly wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheffield United | Kalvin Phillips | £165,000 |
| 2 | West Ham United | Jarrod Bowen | £125,000 |
| 3 | Southampton | James Ward-Prowse | £125,000 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Kieran Trippier | £115,000 |
| 5 | Burnley | Kyle Walker | £100,000 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | Samuel Iling | £53,000 |
| 7 | Birmingham City | Carlos Vicente | £47,000 |
| 8 | Stoke City | Ben Johnson | £43,000 |
| 9 | Watford | Stephy Mavididi | £38,000 |
| 10 | Millwall | Romain Esse | £38,000 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | Jeremy Sarmiento | £37,000 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | Chris Mepham | £37,000 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | Tariq Lamptey | £35,000 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | Omari Kellyman | £34,000 |
| 15 | Wrexham | Lewis O’Brien | £33,000 |
| 16 | Derby County | Sam Szmodics | £28,000 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | Chiedozie Ogbene | £27,000 |
| 18 | Norwich City | Kenny McLean | £25,000 |
| 19 | Bristol City | Jed Wallace | £23,000 |
| 20 | Swansea City | Ross Stewart | £22,000 |
| 21 | Preston North End | Harry Clarke | £21,000 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | Karlan Grant | £20,000 |
| 23 | Blackburn Rovers | Todd Cantwell | £17,000 |
| 24 | Portsmouth | John Swift | £15,000 |
Source: Salary Sport’s Championship highest-paid-player table, labeled 2026/27. It tracks wages for the listed players and clubs; its squad-wage counts indicate tracker coverage, not an audited payroll.
What the ranking says—and what it doesn’t
The two listed endpoints are £165,000 per week for Phillips and £15,000 for Swift. The first is 11 times the second, comparing Salary Sport’s estimates only. It is not a measure of the difference between their verified contractual compensation.
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Salary Sport presents wage figures in weekly and annual form, but the weekly amounts are the clearest basis for this ranking. A weekly wage estimate should not be treated as a complete measure of a club’s cost or a player’s total compensation.
Why “wage” needs a qualification
The EFL’s 2025/26 regulations distinguish basic wage—guaranteed weekly pay before bonuses or contingent payments—from the broader concept of individual player salary costs, which can include remuneration and benefits. Those regulatory definitions do not confirm Salary Sport’s figures, and the rules’ £3,400-per-week Established Player Basic Wage threshold for 2025/26 is a regulatory threshold, not a salary benchmark for these players. See the EFL regulations.
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The table reflects Salary Sport’s tracked cohort as checked on October 8, 2026. It can change as registrations, loans, renewals, club membership and the site’s estimates change. No cited source confirms the individual contract amounts, so the figures are best read as a point-in-time ranking from Salary Sport rather than an official payroll list.
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