Charlton Athletic Salaries 2025/26

The combined annual salaries of the club's top two earners, defender Conor Coady (€1.6M) and goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski (€1.2M), total €2.8M. This is the exact same amount as the wage bill for all six midfielders combined.

The club's top-paid midfielder (Luke Berry), top-paid attacker (Lyndon Dykes), and second-highest-paid defender (Harry Clarke) all earn the exact same salary of €936K per year.

Goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski, with a salary of €1.2M, earns more than both the highest-paid midfielder, Luke Berry, and the highest-paid forward, Lyndon Dykes, who each earn €936K.

The salary gap between the top-paid defender, Conor Coady (€1.6M), and the second-highest, Harry Clarke (€936K), is €664K. This gap alone is larger than the annual salary of every other defender on the team except for Reece Burke.

The salary of goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski (€1.2M) is greater than the combined annual salaries of the six lowest-paid players on the squad, which total approximately €671K.

The club's two highest-paid players, defender Conor Coady (€1.6M) and goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski (€1.2M), are both 33 years old. The third-highest salary tier (€936K) also includes a 33-year-old player, midfielder Luke Berry.

The squad's wage structure is split into four clear tiers. The Elite tier, earning over €1M, includes only Conor Coady and Thomas Kaminski. The High Earner tier (€750K-€1M) features players like Harry Clarke, Luke Berry, Lyndon Dykes, Reece Burke and Matt Godden. A Mid-Tier group earns between €400K-€650K, including players like Amari'i Bell and Conor Coventry. The Lower tier consists of players earning under €400K.

Centre-back Conor Coady is the club's highest-paid player, earning an annual salary of €1.6M. He is also the top earner among all defenders.

At €936K per year, central midfielder Luke Berry is the highest-paid player in the club's midfield.

Centre-forward Lyndon Dykes is the highest earner among the attackers, with an annual salary of €936K.