INTEREST is booming in our truly captivating EFL Championship whereby many clubs are repeatedly reporting sell-out crowds.
Matchday spectator figures over recent years have been greater than the Bundesliga in Germany, Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A.
Therefore, huge Championship outright betting participation fully reflects the ranking as second highest attended football division in Europe behind the Premier League.
There are also massive television and online viewing audiences. Consequently football betting activity has never been greater for English football’s second tier.
The average annual salary in the EFL Championship is reported to be £595,000.
So who will be the best paid footballers involved here during this new 2025/26 campaign? Obviously there is a heavy emphasis towards players with teams freshly relegated from the Premier League.
These are the top 10 according to intelligent estimates across various online sites although players can add appearance money and goal-scoring bonuses to their extremely rewarding financial remuneration packages…
Aaron Ramsdale
- Salary – £6,240,000 per annum
- Club – Southampton
- Age - 27
- Playing position - Goalkeeper
- 2024/25 playing record – 30 starts, 0 substitute appearances for Southampton in the Premier League
Harry Winks
- Salary – £4,680,000 per annum
- Club – Leicester City
- Age - 29
- Playing position - Midfield
- 2024/25 playing record – 17 starts, 5 substitute appearances for Leicester City in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 0
Ricardo Pereira
- Salary – £4,200,000 per annum
- Club – Leicester City
- Age - 31
- Playing position – Defender
- 2024/25 playing record – 4 starts, 6 substitute appearances for Leicester City in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 0
Boubakary Soumare
- Salary – £4,100,000 per annum
- Club – Leicester City
- Age - 26
- Playing position – Midfielder
- 2024/25 playing record – 25 starts, 6 substitute appearances for Leicester City in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 0
Conor Coady
- Salary – £4,000,000 per annum
- Club – Leicester City
- Age - 32
- Playing position – Defender
- 2024/25 playing record – 19 starts, 3 substitute appearances for Leicester City in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 1
Wilfred Ndidi
- Salary – £3,900,000 per annum
- Club – Leicester City
- Age - 28
- Playing position – Midfielder
- 2024/25 playing record – 28 starts, 0 substitute appearances for Leicester City in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 0
Patson Daka
- Salary – £3,800,000 per annum
- Club – Leicester City
- Age - 26
- Playing position – Forward
- 2024/25 playing record – 6 starts, 17 substitute appearances for Leicester City in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 1
Joe Aribo
- Salary – £3,700,000 per annum
- Club – Southampton
- Age - 29
- Playing position – Midfielder
- 2024/25 playing record – 21 starts, 11 substitute appearances for Southampton in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 3
Jan Bednarek
- Salary – £3,600,000 per annum
- Club – Southampton
- Age - 29
- Playing position – Defender
- 2024/25 playing record – 30 starts, 0 substitute appearances for Southampton in the Premier League
- 2024/25 goals scored – 2
Adam Armstrong
- Salary – £3,200,000 per annum
- Club – Southampton
- Age - 28
- Playing position – Forward
- 2024/25 playing record – 15 starts, 5 substitute appearances for Southampton in the Premier League. Also 12 starts, 4 substitute appearances on loan for West Bromwich Albion in the Championship.
- 2024/25 goals scored – 2 Premier League, 3 Championship
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