Salary & Wage Data - Scotland Premiership

Nation

Scotland

Division

1st

Teams

Season

2025/26

Matches

228/228 Played

Progress

100% completed

Salaries - Premiership

€300,472

Average Annual Salary

297

Players With Salaries Recorded

€89,240,055

League Total Salary

Players with the highest salaries in the Premiership (Scotland)

#	Player	Annual Salary	Position	Age	Apps
1	Kieran Tierney	€2,963,999	DF	28	35
2	Mikey Moore	€2,608,320	FW	18	33
3	Nasser Yacouba Djiga	€2,433,600	DF	23	25
4	Max Aarons	€2,311,920	DF	26	21
5	Callum McGregor	€2,311,920	MF	32	37
6	Cameron Carter-Vickers	€2,193,360	DF	28	7
7	James Tavernier	€1,778,399	DF	34	34
8	Kelechi Iheanacho	€1,778,399	FW	29	13
9	Arne Engels	€1,659,839	MF	22	30
10	Jesper Karlsson	€1,600,559	FW	27	18
11	Danilo	€1,541,279	FW	27	14
12	Jack Butland	€1,481,999	GK	33	38
13	Joe Rothwell	€1,481,999	MF	31	8
14	Adil Aouchiche	€1,422,719	MF	23	20
15	Bojan Miovski	€1,363,439	FW	26	30
16	Rabbi Matondo	€1,363,439	FW	25	1
17	Dujon Sterling	€1,304,160	DF	26	14
18	Daizen Maeda	€1,244,880	FW	28	36
19	Youssef Chermiti	€1,244,880	FW	22	30
20	Djeidi Gassama	€1,185,600	FW	22	37
21	Alistair Johnston	€1,185,600	DF	27	7
22	James Forrest	€1,185,600	FW	34	27
23	Daniel Barlaser	€1,185,600	MF	29	35
24	Nicolas Raskin	€1,126,320	MF	25	33
25	Nedim Bajrami	€1,126,320	MF	27	12
26	Auston Trusty	€1,007,759	DF	27	26
27	Kieran Dowell	€948,479	MF	28	2
28	Reo Hatate	€948,479	MF	28	30
29	Anthony Ralston	€889,199	DF	27	24
30	Michel Ange Balikwisha	€889,199	FW	25	7
31	Connor Barron	€829,919	MF	23	27
32	Benjamin Nygren	€829,919	MF	24	37
33	Oliver Antman	€829,919	FW	24	16
34	Derek Cornelius	€829,919	DF	28	7
35	Kasper Schmeichel	€770,639	GK	39	26
36	Paulo Bernardo	€711,359	MF	24	8
37	Thelo Aasgaard	€711,359	MF	24	33
38	Mohammed Diomande	€652,080	MF	24	31
39	Stephen Welsh	€509,807	DF	26	28
40	Alfie Dorrington	€503,879	DF	21	6
41	John Souttar	€480,167	DF	29	24
42	Shin Yamada	€474,239	FW	25	8
43	Sebastian Tounekti	€474,239	FW	23	27
44	Ross Doohan	€456,455	GK	28	0
45	Eduardo Ageu Almeida Santos	€455,520	MF	24	7
46	Marcelo Josemir Saracchi Pintos	€430,560	DF	28	19
47	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey	€420,887	DF	20	1
48	Liam Kelly	€414,959	GK	30	0
49	Liam Scales	€414,959	DF	27	37
50	Lawrence Shankland	€414,959	FW	30	29

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Who is the highest paid player in the Premiership?

Currently, the highest paid footballer in Premiership is Kieran Tierney who plays for Celtic with an annual salary of €2,963,999 per season. The second highest is Mikey Moore with €2,608,320 per season, and the third highest paid footballer is Nasser Yacouba Djiga with €2,433,600 per season.

Annual Salaries by Teams in the Premiership (Club Wage Bills)

* This table includes data for known salaries only

Team

Average Salary

Total Payroll

Players

Rangers FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 5 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L L L L W	1.89
Home	D W W L L	2.00
Away	W W L L W	1.79

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	53%	58%	47%
AVG	3.13	3.16	3.11
Scored	2.00	2.05	1.95
Conceded	1.13	1.11	1.16
BTTS	66%	63%	68%
CS	32%	32%	32%

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€1,199,067

€28,777,617

Celtic FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 1 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W W W W	2.16
Home	W W W W W	2.42
Away	W L W W W	1.89

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	68%	79%	58%
AVG	3.00	3.05	2.95
Scored	1.92	2.26	1.58
Conceded	1.08	0.79	1.37
BTTS	58%	53%	63%
CS	34%	47%	21%

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€869,619

€25,218,942

Aberdeen FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 3 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W D W L L	1.05
Home	D W W W L	1.37
Away	L L L D L	0.74

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	29%	37%	21%
AVG	2.50	2.68	2.32
Scored	1.05	1.47	0.63
Conceded	1.45	1.21	1.68
BTTS	37%	47%	26%
CS	26%	32%	21%

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€308,209

€7,705,229

Hibernian FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 4 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L L W W L	1.50
Home	D W L L L	1.58
Away	D D L W W	1.42

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	39%	42%	37%
AVG	2.68	2.68	2.68
Scored	1.53	1.68	1.37
Conceded	1.16	1.00	1.32
BTTS	53%	47%	58%
CS	29%	42%	16%

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€236,079

€5,665,906

Dundee United FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 4 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W L L D D	1.18
Home	W W W W D	1.47
Away	D L L L D	0.89

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	26%	37%	16%
AVG	2.87	2.42	3.32
Scored	1.29	1.26	1.32
Conceded	1.58	1.16	2.00
BTTS	55%	47%	63%
CS	18%	32%	5%

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€200,400

€4,008,000

Heart of Midlothian FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 2 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W D W L	2.11
Home	W W W W W	2.58
Away	L D W D L	1.63

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	63%	79%	47%
AVG	2.66	2.53	2.79
Scored	1.76	1.95	1.58
Conceded	0.89	0.58	1.21
BTTS	47%	42%	53%
CS	45%	58%	32%

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€190,050

€5,131,357

Dundee FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 2 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L W W L W	1.11
Home	D L W W W	1.63
Away	W L D L L	0.58

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	29%	47%	11%
AVG	2.71	3.11	2.32
Scored	1.11	1.63	0.58
Conceded	1.61	1.47	1.74
BTTS	47%	63%	32%
CS	18%	21%	16%

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€128,674

€2,959,506

Motherwell FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 3 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W L D L W	1.61
Home	W D L D L	1.89
Away	L L W L W	1.32

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	42%	53%	32%
AVG	2.50	2.37	2.63
Scored	1.55	1.68	1.42
Conceded	0.95	0.68	1.21
BTTS	47%	37%	58%
CS	47%	63%	32%

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€96,610

€2,705,091

Saint Mirren FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 6 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L L L W D	0.89
Home	L W L L D	1.11
Away	L W L L W	0.68

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	21%	26%	16%
AVG	2.24	1.74	2.74
Scored	0.79	0.58	1.00
Conceded	1.45	1.16	1.74
BTTS	37%	16%	58%
CS	24%	42%	5%

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€90,031

€2,160,741

Kilmarnock FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 1 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L W W W W	1.05
Home	W W D W W	1.32
Away	L L L W W	0.79

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	26%	37%	16%
AVG	3.11	2.95	3.26
Scored	1.32	1.47	1.16
Conceded	1.79	1.47	2.11
BTTS	55%	47%	63%
CS	24%	32%	16%

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€87,216

€2,354,837

Livingston FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 5 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W D L D L	0.55
Home	D D D D L	0.61
Away	L L W L D	0.50

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	5%	6%	5%
AVG	3.03	3.33	2.75
Scored	1.05	1.33	0.80
Conceded	1.97	2.00	1.95
BTTS	66%	89%	45%
CS	11%	0%	20%

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€72,918

€1,750,029

Falkirk FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 6 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L W L L L	1.29
Home	L L W L L	1.30
Away	L D W L L	1.28

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	37%	35%	39%
AVG	2.95	3.35	2.50
Scored	1.32	1.65	0.94
Conceded	1.63	1.70	1.56
BTTS	53%	70%	33%
CS	24%	20%	28%

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€36,491

€802,800

Which team has the highest payroll in the Premiership?

Currently, the football team with the highest payroll in Premiership is Rangers with an annual total payroll of €28,777,617. This represents an average of €1,199,067 of annual salary per player. This is 12% higher than Celtic who is the team with the 2nd highest payroll in Premiership and 73% higher than Aberdeen who is the team with the third highest payroll in Premiership.

Players with the Lowest Salaries in the Premiership

* This table includes data for known salaries only. Lower range salaries can be inaccurate. We may update this table later.

#	Player	Annual Salary	Position	Age	Apps
1	Luke Douglas	€1,872	FW	16	3
2	Grant Tamosevicius	€5,927	GK	N/A	0
3	Jay Gillies	€8,736	DF	18	0
4	Aaron Thomson	€8,736	MF	17	0
5	Ethan Crombie	€9,360	MF	17	0
6	Archie James Traynor	€12,480	MF	17	0
7	Rocco McColm	€14,352	MF	17	1
8	Rhys Walker	€14,400	MF	20	0
9	Aaron Davis	€14,819	GK	23	0
10	Campbell Forrest	€15,600	MF	18	0
11	Nicky Hogarth	€18,000	GK	24	7
12	Connor Allan	€18,000	DF	25	25
13	Finn Yeats	€24,000	MF	22	20
14	Barney Stewart	€24,000	FW	22	17
15	Leon McCann	€26,400	DF	26	26
16	Cesar Garza Cantu	€26,832	MF	20	2
17	Evan Myles	€27,268	GK	17	0
18	Brian Graham	€27,600	FW	38	24
19	Eddie Beech	€29,639	GK	22	3
20	Keelan Adams	€30,000	DF	24	23
21	Liam Henderson	€30,000	DF	29	34
22	Scott Bain	€30,000	GK	34	32
23	Thomas Lang	€30,000	DF	28	0
24	Zander McAllister	€32,011	MF	18	2
25	Ben Brannan	€34,975	MF	19	17
26	Scott Pittman	€35,568	MF	33	35
27	Stevie May	€35,568	FW	33	34
28	Tummise Sobowale	€35,568	DF	27	6
29	Tómas Bent Magnússon	€35,568	MF	23	27
30	Tete Yengi	€35,568	FW	25	19
31	Scott Tiffoney	€35,568	FW	27	12
32	Brad Spencer	€36,000	MF	30	38
33	Sean Mackie	€36,000	DF	27	1
34	Coll Donaldson	€36,000	DF	31	10
35	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise	€37,440	FW	23	35
36	Tony Yogane	€37,440	FW	20	36
37	Sabah Kerjota	€37,440	FW	24	18
38	Luca Ross	€37,939	FW	19	9
39	Ethan Brown	€41,184	DF	20	18
40	Ryan McGowan	€41,496	DF	36	23
41	Ryan Mullen	€41,496	GK	25	2
42	Dylan Tait	€42,000	MF	24	38
43	Gary Oliver	€42,000	MF	30	5
44	Rudi Allan Molotnikov	€43,680	MF	20	3
45	Lewis Smith	€43,867	MF	26	35
46	Ethan Ross	€44,400	MF	24	29
47	Evan Mooney	€45,052	FW	18	11
48	Shane Blaney	€45,645	DF	27	5
49	Dylan Lobban	€45,645	DF	20	14
50	Samson Adeniran Lawal	€46,176	MF	22	15

Which players gets paid the least in the Premiership?

These are players with the lowest salaries in the Premiership currently : Luke Douglas is the lowest paid with an annual wage of €1,872, Grant Tamosevicius is the 2nd lowest paid with €5,927, and Jay Gillies is the 3rd worst with an annual salary of just €8,736.

Salary by Nationality of the Players

* This list includes data for nationalities where there are at least 3 players of the same nationality in this league.

	Nationality	Average Salary	Highest Paid Player	Players
1	USA	€831,324	Cameron Carter-Vickers	4
2	Belgium	€818,063	Arne Engels	5
3	Portugal	€722,800	Youssef Chermiti	3
4	Japan	€699,503	Daizen Maeda	4
5	Nigeria	€649,687	Kelechi Iheanacho	3
6	Sweden	€572,207	Jesper Karlsson	5
7	Canada	€559,140	Alistair Johnston	4
8	France	€478,741	Adil Aouchiche	7
9	Denmark	€400,280	Kasper Schmeichel	3
10	England	€383,625	Mikey Moore	52
11	Wales	€337,628	Rabbi Matondo	7
12	Finland	€328,301	Oliver Antman	4
13	Norway	€317,865	Thelo Aasgaard	5
14	Croatia	€221,480	Ante Palaversa	3
15	Scotland	€187,330	Kieran Tierney	113
16	Australia	€148,248	Cameron Devlin	13
17	Republic of Ireland	€145,120	Liam Scales	14
18	Germany	€140,295	Emmanuel Gyamfi	3
19	Northern Ireland	€123,853	Aaron Donnelly	6
20	Netherlands	€107,889	Mats Knoester	4

What nationality is paid the most in Premiership?

Currently, the players from USA tend to make the most money playing football in the Premiership. Their average annual income is €831,324.This is 2% higher than the second nationality (Belgium) which is €818,063 per year.
Furthermore, players from USA gets paid 15% higher than the 3rd nationality (Portugal) which is €722,800 per year.
We can explain these differences by the number of players and the range of salary. For example, the average salary data for players from Scotland is based on 113 players where the highest paid player is Kieran Tierney with an annual pay of €2,193,360. That means that even though there are highly paid players from Scotland, the sheer number of players can offset the average to a lower amount than expected.

Salary by Age

Age	Average Salary	Highest Paid Player	Players
16	€1,872	Luke Douglas	1
17	€14,439	Evan Myles	5
18	€541,944	Mikey Moore	5
19	€79,762	James Wilson	7
20	€93,578	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey	8
21	€171,287	Alfie Dorrington	7
22	€297,301	Arne Engels	20
23	€361,591	Nasser Yacouba Djiga	23
24	€241,312	Benjamin Nygren	32
25	€284,061	Rabbi Matondo	23
26	€344,072	Max Aarons	24
27	€397,973	Jesper Karlsson	28
28	€563,134	Kieran Tierney	21
29	€303,232	Kelechi Iheanacho	20
30	€148,446	Liam Kelly	21
31	€259,821	Joe Rothwell	11
32	€345,568	Callum McGregor	10
33	€330,274	Jack Butland	7
34	€395,960	James Tavernier	11
35	€116,791	David Junior Hoilett	3
36	€65,208	Andrew Shinnie	2
37	€124,134	Beni Baningime	4
38	€27,600	Brian Graham	1
39	€770,639	Kasper Schmeichel	1
43	€260,831	Craig Gordon	1

What is the average salary for younger players in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 18 to 23 in the Premiership is €278,261, with the highest paid young player being Mikey Moore with a yearly salary of €2,608,320.

What is the average salary for players in their 20s in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 20 to 29 in the Premiership is €328,918, with the highest paid player in their 20s being Kieran Tierney with a yearly salary of €2,963,999.

What is the average salary for players in their prime in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 25 to 32 in the Premiership is €224,549, with the highest paid prime aged player being Callum McGregor with a yearly wage of €2,311,920.

What is the average salary for players aged above 30 in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 30+ in the Premiership is €251,874, with the highest paid older player being Callum McGregor with an annual salary of €2,311,920.