Celtic Salaries 2025/26

The club's two primary goalkeepers, 39-year-old veteran Kasper Schmeichel and 24-year-old Viljami Sinisalo, are on the exact same annual salary of €1.3M.

Centre-back Cameron Carter-Vickers and left-winger Jota are on identical annual salaries of €2.3M, making them the joint third-highest earners at the club.

Left-back Kieran Tierney's individual salary of €3.1M is greater than the combined salaries of all three goalkeepers on the payroll, which totals €2.8M.

A player from each area of the pitch earns the exact same salary of €625K per year: defender Anthony Ralston (RB), midfielder Luke McCowan (CM), and forward Michel Ange Balikwisha (LW).

The club's two highest-paid players are not forwards. Central midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (€3.3M) and left-back Kieran Tierney (€3.1M) are the only players earning over €3M annually.

Midfielder Reo Hatate, center-forward Chukwubuike Adamu, and left-winger Daizen Maeda all share an identical annual salary of €1.1M.

The club's wage structure is split into five distinct tiers. The Elite Tier (over €3M) includes players like Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tierney. The Key Player Tier (€2M-€3M) features Arne Engels and Jota. A large Core Player group (€1M-€2M) includes Carter-Vickers and Iheanacho. The Rotation Tier (€500K-€1M) contains players like Liam Scales and Paulo Bernardo, while the Development Tier (under €500K) is for younger players like Benjamin Arthur and Hyun-jun Yang.

The highest-paid attacker at the club is Jota. The left-winger earns an annual salary of €2.3M.

Left-back Kieran Tierney is the highest-paid defender at the club with an annual salary of €3.1M. He is also the second-highest earner overall.

The highest-paid player at the club is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The central midfielder earns an annual salary of €3.3M.