The yearly salary costs of all 24 EFL Championship clubs are listed from lowest to highest.
Wage bills may frequently reveal as much about ambition and stability as on-field performance, from past Premier League powerhouses supported by parachute payments to recently promoted teams running on constrained, astute budgets. Football League World has ranked all 24 clubs in the 2025–26 Championship according to their yearly player wage expenditures, from the lowest payrolls to the highest expenditures, using estimates from Capology.
Due to their expected yearly salary of £9,103,200, the Addicks have brought a League One wage bill with them to the second division. With nearly a quarter of the total salary, summer acquisition Thomas Kaminski is the highest paid player, earning £1,040,000 a year in goalkeeping. Being the only other team to spend less than £10 million a year on player reimbursements, Portsmouth also supports the Championship wage chart.
Their £9,568,000 estimated yearly pay bill is headed by new acquisition John Swift, with hefty wage outlays for loanees Conor Chaplin and Min-hyeok Yang following him. It’s surprise the Owls fall low on the wage bill table, given their considerable troubles meeting payroll requirements this year. Wednesday have experienced almost a £6 million cut on their 24/25 spendings, with their expected payroll this season totalling to £11,515,400. Swansea City spends an estimated £12,380,000 on players, placing them 21st in the Championship’s pay bill standings.
After the Swans’ well-publicized and well-documented investment, they might not be far behind on this table for long. The Sky Blues are keeping costs down with a projected wage bill of £12,948,000. Coventry has allocated its salaries quite evenly throughout the team, in contrast to many other Championship teams that feature one or two high-earning players. At £1,560,000 year, Todd Cantwell commands the largest portion of Rovers’ estimated £13,106,000 wage expenditures.
This low payroll illustrates the famously frugal ownership of a club with Blackburn’s history and fan base; the Venky family continues to operate on a shoestring despite the annoyance of its supporters. With an expected wage bill of £13,322,400, Preston, a neighbour of Lancashire, is the next largest spender in the Championship. Given the Lilywhites’ great start to the 25/26 season, it demonstrates that astute hiring and sound management can surpass the chequebook, despite their modest approach.
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